MUMBAI: Online movie rental service Netflix, Inc announced that it was dropping the price of two of its most popular subscription plans by $1. The price reduction will benefit a majority of Netflix’s more...
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Disney-ABC TV nabs 85 Emmy nominations
MUMBAI: Disney-ABC Television Group captured 85 Primetime Emmy nominations. The announcment was made by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This total reflects nominations for ABC, ABC Studios and Disney Channel programming. The...
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Mobile-worx launches in-game advertising
MUMBAI: Mobile-worx, a provider of mobile products and solutions announced the launch of an in-game advertising tool as a part of its mobile advertising marketplace – ZestADZ. ZestADZ enables Java mobile game and application...
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Dubbed Hollywood films: The pie grows
MUMBAI: The Hollywood dubbed film market in India is growing by the day and according to industry estimates, at present it’s a Rs 2 billion (Rs 200 crore) market. And it is not just...
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Muggles charmed by last Harry Potter book
MUMBAI: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has cast a spell on muggles all across the world and has created publishing history worldwide on the first day of its release. In India too, Harry Potter...
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Celebrities back NGO festival
MUMBAI: The NGO Festival 2007 at the InOrbit Mall, Mumbai is being backed by various celebrities who are pitching in some free time to ensure it goes of well. This 15 day festival is...
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Star Gold to air Rajnikanth’s Muthu Maharaja
MUMBAI: Star Gold in its slot, Ek Break Express, will be featuring the hindi dubbed version of the Tamil hit movie Muthu Maharaja on 29 July at 1 pm. The film is directed by...
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Filmy business head Ashutosh quits; Shailesh Kapoor upped
MUMBAI: Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited’s Hindi movie channel Filmy business head Ashutosh has put in his papers. Filmy content and marketing head Shailesh Kapoor, will now be stepping into Ashutosh’s shoes as...
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India to be focus country at Rome Film Fest
India will be the focus country at Rome Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held in October this year....
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Eros clinches Shah Rukh’s Om Shanti Om
MUMBAI: Acquisition of Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om starring Shah Rukh Khan and debutante Deepika Padukone has been generating excessive speculation for a while now. After T-Series bagged the audio rights of the film...
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Film industry gives £4.3 bn to UK economy
MUMBAI: The UK film industry contributed £4.3 billion to UK GDP in 2006, up from £3.1 billion in 2004, a 39 per cent increase in two years according to an independent report by Oxford...
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Devraj Sanyal upped as PDM India CEO
MUMBAI: PDM India COO Devraj Sanyal has been upped as the company’s CEO. Sanyal joined PDM in January 2004. In his capacity as COO, Sanyal ran looked after all business verticals. As CEO, Sanyal...
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Disney-ABC appoints Shetty as director India
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company’s international TV distribution arm Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), has appointed Swati Shetty as director India. Shetty, who was Disney Channel India associate director, advertising sales, replaces Amit Malhotra....
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