MUMBAI: BAG Films and Media Ltd has appointed Atul Gupta as head of distribution. Prior to this, Gupta was heading distribution for Channel 7 (IBN7) and was instrumental in making the channel visible in...
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K Sera Sera to ink JV with GV Films
MUMBAI: K Sera Sera, which is planning to raise $ 50 million for expansion, is in talks with South based film production house GV Films for a co-production joint venture. The company’s board will meet...
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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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Saavn, Joost ink deal for Bollywood hits
MUMBAI: New York-based media company Saavn has inked a deal with broadcast-quality Internet television service Joost to expand its distribution of Bollywood music videos over the Internet. Saavn is a web community and social...
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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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Shekhar Suman debuts with music album
MUMBAI: The audio launch of actor Shekhar Suman’s first album Kuch Khwaab Aise in Mumbai recently was a star studded affair. Suman has won several hats, as actor, RJ, TV show host and judge....
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Fun Cinemas to screen Pirates preview
MUMBAI: Fun Cinemas will hold an exclusive paid preview of The Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End, at Fun Cinemas, Manimajara, Chandigarh. The screening is already house-full for Thursday night’s exclusive showing...
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Eros International feted at NY Bollywood Awards
MUMBAI: Eros International recently received an Honorary Award in New York at the Bollywood Awards for its contribution to Indian cinema. The film extravaganza, held at the Nassau Coliseum in New York, was attended ...
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