MUMBAI: Veteran filmmaker Lekh Tandon is returning to films with a musical family drama, likely to be produced by Rajshri Films. Tandon is not only credited with launching the career of Shah Rukh Khan...
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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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Columbia acquires Sarah Thorp project
MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has acquired a pitch by screenwriter Sarah Thorp to be developed into a feature film produced by Original Film’s Neal H Moritz. Columbia Pictures’ production presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach...
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In-Stat report predicts IPTV gains in Asia
MUBAI: Competition between IPTV and cable/satellite TV is heating up in Asia, with IPTV poised to gain significant market share over the next several years, reports In-Stat. With the help of IPTV, incumbent telcos...
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Warner Bros takes ‘The Dark Knight’ to Imax
MUMBAI: Director Christopher Nolan is filming four sequences in the next instalment of Warner Bros Pictures’ Batman franchise, The Dark Knight, with extremely high resolution Imax cameras using the giant 15/70 film format. While...
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Jumeirah donates $110,000 auction prize at Cannes
MUMBAI: The Jumeirah Hotel Group donated an auction prize – ‘the Dubai Fantasy Vacation’- worth USD 110,000 to the amfAR gala event, held during the 60th Cannes International Film Festival. Actors Goldie Hawn and...
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