MUMBAI: Warner Music Group Corp and the family of Frank Sinatra have established a worldwide partnership to integrate content, rights management and the preservation of the legendary entertainer’s inspirational personality and prodigious body of...
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Animation veteran inks deal with Warner Bros.
MUMBAI: Sam Register, the veteran animation executive behind the development of animated series as Ben 10 and Teen Titans, and creator of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, has entered into a multi-property development and production...
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BT Vision inks deal with Paramount
MUMBAI: BT Vision has signed a deal with Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment to make around 150 films distributed by Paramount available from the BT Vision Download Store, an ISP-agnostic online video store. Titles available...
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Lennon iTunes video album unveils on 4 Dec
MUMBAI: Capitol/EMI Music Marketing and iTunes will release a new John Lennon Video Album on 4 December at Starbucks locations across the US. The John Lennon Video Album, the iTunes Digital Release card format’s...
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EMI backs Olivennes report against piracy
MUMBAI: EMI Music International welcomes the measures recommended by the Olivennes report which was presented to the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. EMI Music International, Chairman and CEO, Jean-François Cecillon stated, “This is a major...
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Robinov promoted as prez Warner Bros Pictures
MUMBAI: Jeff Robinov has been named president of the newly formed Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which brings together the studio’s motion picture production, marketing and distribution operations as well as Warner Independent Pictures into...
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UK Film Council funded movie bags honours
MUMBAI: The UK Film Council National Lottery funded short film Soft, written and directed by Simon Ellis has won the Best of British Award at Encounters, a film festival for short films. Lifesize Pictures’...
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Thomson inks deals with three US exhibitors
MUMBAI: Thomson, through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, has signed agreements with Clearview Cinemas, iPic Entertainment and Cinemaworld to install digital projection systems as part of its North American digital cinema equipment deployment. ...
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Dubai Intl Capital acquires stake in Sony
MUMBAI: NewDawn GSE Asset Management Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DIC Asset Management (DICAM) and the General Partner for the $2 billion Global Strategic Equities Fund (GSEF), has made a substantial investment in Sony...
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Malaysian cops bust second pirated factory
MUMBAI: Malaysia‘s anti-piracy authorities raided an unlicensed optical disc production factory, seizing two VCD replicating machines capable of producing over seven million pirated optical discs per year with a potential revenue of over US$20...
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