MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures will digitally re-master Transformers into IMAX’s immersive format and released to IMAX theatres on 21 September. The Michael Bay-directed movie, which has already generated $310 million...
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Disney’s High School Musical a hit on VoD
MUMBAI: Verizon FiOS TV video-on-demand customers in record numbers watched an advance showing of Disney Channel’s High School Musical 2 last week, as the popularity of VOD on FiOS TV continues to soar. ...
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Theatres, cabs play anti-piracy trailers
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) in its partnership to fight piracy in New York, with the City of New York announced the arrival of new anti-piracy trailers to New York...
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Dubai Film Festival to be held in December
MUMBAI: The annual Dubai International Film Festival, which is touted as one of the premier film festivals in the world will commence on the 9 th of December 2007 and run until 16 December....
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Mandy Moore invites fans on tour
MUMBAI: Buzznet – a social media website that lets users create authentic communities around music and pop culture content, today announced that Mandy Moore has created a profile (http://mandymoore.buzznet.com) on the site. Moore will...
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Paramount and DreamWorks support HD DVD
MUMBAI: Viacom’s Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG, have each announced that they will exclusively support the next-generation HD DVD format on a worldwide basis. The exclusive HD DVD commitment will include all movies...
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HBO inks deal with show veteran Ben Karlin
MUMBAI: HBO has entered into an exclusive multiplatform development and production deal with Ben Karlin, a multiple Emmy winner for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. The...
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Simpsons Movie’s first pirated copy traced
MUMBAI: Close international cooperation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and Twentieth Century Fox resulted in the speedy removal of an unauthorised recording of the The Simpsons...
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Tom Cruise’s UA gets $500 million funding
MUMBAI: Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner’s partnership company with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios – United Artists Entertainment LLC (UA) has secured $500 million in financing through Merrill Lynch. The arrangement provides the studio with financing...
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Walt Disney announces Blu-ray titles for 2008
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) announced more innovations in the Blu-ray format with the Studio’s first ever Platinum Blu-ray release, first BD-Live title, and full motion picture-in-picture Blu-ray bonus features. The...
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