MUMBAI: Time Warner Inc’s battle epic 300 recorded $70 million in ticket sales in the US and Canadian theatres this weekend, reports say. The film relegated Wild Hogs to second place with $28 million...
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Viacom drags YouTube to court in $1 bn suit
MUMBAI: Viacom Inc has sued wellknown portal YouTube and its parent, Google, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for intentional copyright infringement of Viacom’s entertainment properties. The suit...
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Warner Bros takes movies on VOD to Germany
MUMBAI: HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH and Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) have inked a multiyear video-on-demand (VOD) agreement for theatrical motion pictures on German television. The 100 film agreement gives Telekommunikation’s Alice homeTV digital...
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Sippys to release Just Married in Bombay
MUMBAI: Ramesh Sippy and son Rakesh will release Pritish Nandy’s Just Married in the Bombay circuit. Says Raksha Distributors’ Rakesh Sippy, “We are releasing the film with more than 100 prints. The final number of...
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eBay counterfeit trader arrested in London
MUMBAI: An eBay trader who was selling large quantities of pirate DVDs and making several thousand pounds per month has been arrested following extensive work by FACT’s Internet Investigations Team. In a combined raid...
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Cinemax offers couple passes to patrons
MUMBAI: Cinemax is offering couple passes to a Mumbai suburban discotheque to patrons frequenting the multiplex. Patrons do not have to incur additional cost to win the passes, says a company release. Patrons watching...
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Producers lock horns over Telugu remake
Despite producer Boney Kapoor's claims to the contrary, Nitin Kapoor is remaking <i>Bommarillu</i> in Hindi....
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Akbar Khan to launch two films in April
Producer-director Akbar Khan plans to bounce back into the reckoning with the launch of two films in April 2007....
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Liyaqat Gola to release Alien Returns-4
MUMBAI: Bombay distributor Liyaqat Gola, known in the trade as a ‘sequel specialist’ for the number of sequels he has distributed, has bagged the distribution rights of Hollywood film Alien Returns-4 for the entire...
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New Rajasthan distributor acquires 2 films
MUMBAI: Newly formed Rajasthan distribution concern, Roop Rajat Cine Vision has acquired the distribution rights of Just Married and Fool And Final. The concern, which started out with acquisition of the Priyadarshan directed Bhagam...
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