MUMBAI: Endemol USA, a subsidiary of the Endemol Group, the independent producer of reality and unscripted television, has acquired Original Media, an independent production company that specializes in television series and unique films. Original...
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Warner to offer Paramount, DreamWorks titles
MUMBAI: Warner Home Video (WHV) has signed an agreement with Paramount and DreamWorks Animation to distribute DVDs in China.WHV will leverage its distribution infrastructure and expertise to provide high quality, studio-authorized copies of these...
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UK box office hikes up 27 per cent in 2007
MUMBAI: Year 2007 sees an increase in cinema visits, record summer at the box office, increased market share for British films and a jump in inward investment Harry Potter and the Order of the...
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DreamWorks Animation ups Damaschke & Batter
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. has promoted two senior members of the DreamWorks Animation team, Bill Damaschke and John Batter, to co-presidents of production for feature animation, with Damaschke also being appointed to the...
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Verhoeven to direct Thomas Crown Affair 2
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. has roped in Paul Verhoeven to direct the romantic thriller The Thomas Crown Affair 2, the second installment in MGM’s highly successful The Thomas Crown Affair franchise. Rick Sands, MGM’s...
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First Australian conviction for piracy
MUMBAI: At Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, a man was sentenced to pay fines of $1,000 plus court costs for making an unauthorized recording of the film on his mobile phone at a...
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USA passes bill against digital piracy
MUMBAI: Several months after the United States Senate took action to address digital piracy on college campuses in its Higher Education Act (HEA) Reauthorization bill, lawmakers in the House introduced their own legislation that...
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MPAA lauds efforts to strengthen IP laws
MUMBAI: The fight against piracy got a boost when Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced legislation that would strengthen the government’s law enforcement resources to crack down...
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Columbia ropes in Sony’s Robin Russell
MUMBAI: Robin Russell has joined the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group as senior executive vice president of marketing and distribution, as announced by Jeff Blake, Chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for the Columbia...
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Star inks JV for Channel [V] Thailand
MUMBAI: Star, TrueVisions and GMM Media have entered into a three-party joint venture for CHANNEL [V] Thailand, the music and youth entertainment channel targeted at Thailand’s youth market. Star will hold a 49% stake...
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