MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and Russian exhibition chain Cinema Park, have signed an agreement to install up to 14 Imax theatre systems throughout Russia, beginning in 2010. The agreement, which marks the single largest European...
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Technicolor authors more than 50% of Blu-ray 3D titles
MUMBAI: Technicolor is set to deliver more than 15 Blu-ray 3D titles, leading the industry in 3D compression and authoring services. As announced at CES in January earlier this year, Technicolor produced the very...
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Walt Disney to acquire social game developer Playdom
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire online social gaming company Playdom Inc. Playdom shareholders will receive total consideration of $563.2 million, subject to certain conditions, and a performance-linked earn-out of up...
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Julie Taymor’s The Tempest to close 67th Venice Film Festival
MUMBAI: Julie Taymor’s The Tempest, which stars Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Djimon Hounsou, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Ben Whishaw, Reeve Carney and Felicity Jones, will be the closing film of...
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Relativity Media buys Overture Films from John Malone
MUMBAI: Relativity Media will take over the distribution and marketing operations and some assets of the Starz Overture Films subsidiary. Approximately 45 staff members, or two-thirds of Overture’s employees, will make the move to...
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Bee Gees legend Robin Gibb to tour South America in December 2010
MUMBAI: US based promoter Gabe Reed is organizing an extensive South American tour by Bee Gees legend Robin Gibb in December, 2010. The first confirmed performance will take place on 12 December, 2010 in...
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Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer named MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year
MUMBAI: Reed MIDEM, has named Lionsgate co-chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer as MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year. Feltheimer is being recognised for his leadership at the helm of Lionsgate and for driving creative...
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RMG Networks signs sales and marketing agreement with MTV
MUMBAI: RMG Networks (RMG) and MTV have inked an exclusive partnership that extends the companies’ sales and marketing reach through mtvU, MTV’s college television network, and across RMG’s place-based video networks that reach 35...
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Imax contributes box office revenue of $20 million for Inception
Mumbai: Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, continued its strong performance during the second weekend and is expected to cross $20 million in worldwide gross box office today across Imax screens. The worldwide...
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Oprah Winfrey Network to produce five original documentaries
Mumbai: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is producing five OWN original two-hour documentaries with Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway. The films will be presented as part of OWN’s...
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