MUMBAI: Wireless service provider Xero Mobile has named Christine Peters to its board of directors. Peters’ company CFP Productions, a Paramount partner, produced the more than USD 400 million-grossing worldwide blockbuster How to Lose...
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Viacom authorizes $4 b stock purchase programme
MUMBAI: Viacom Inc.’s Board of Directors has approved a stock purchase program to acquire Viacom common stock. The program will involve the purchase of up to $4 billion of Viacom class A and class...
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YouTube to be available on Apple TV
MUMBAI: Apple will be bringing the Internet’s originally-created content from YouTube to the living room with Apple TV. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on...
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Telcogames inks 8 game deal with Sony Pictures
MUMBAI: Telcogames, a global publisher, distributor and developer of mobile games, announced a partnership with Sony Pictures to distribute eight of Sony’s award-winning games. Included in the distribution deal is the game based on...
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Harry Potter theme park to debut in 2009
MUMBAI: Warner Bros Entertainment and Universal Orlando Resort are partnering to create the world’s first fully immersive Harry Potter themed environment based on the bestselling books by J K Rowling. Envisioned as a “theme...
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BBC World news channel launches on YouTube
MUMBAI: BBC World News, a new dedicated news and information channel on YouTube, is now available to millions of internet users across the world. Around 30 news clips, gathered from the BBC’s 58 international...
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PC multitasks for American users, says study
MUMBAI: The PC is increasingly being used as a DVD player for movies or TV shows in many US homes-47 per cent of American PC users watched a DVD on their computers, up from...
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Chad Vader wins George Lucas Selects Award
MUMBAI: Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager received the coveted George Lucas Selects Award on Sunday night in the Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge presented by Lucasfilm Ltd and AtomFilms, a division of MTVN Entertainment...
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DreamWorks’ Losch joins MobiTV as CFO
MUMBAI: MobiTV, Inc, provider and platform for content delivery over mobile and broadband networks, has appointed Bill Losch as the Company’s chief financial officer (CFO). In this position, Losch will be responsible for all...
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NCircle signs distribution deal with Granada
MUMBAI: NCircle Entertainment has entered into an exclusive multi-year distribution partnership with Granada International, one of Europe’s leading television distribution companies. The new venture names NCircle the exclusive home entertainment distributor for award-winning animated...
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