MUMBAI: MotionDSP, the provider of digital video technology has come out with its new, free consumer service — FixMyMovie.com that now supports the high-quality H.264 video compression standard. FixMyMovie.com is one of the first...
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Dia Mirza declares winner of BigAdda contest
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Dia Mirza annpunced the winner of her ‘Click with Dia’ contest, organized by Reliance ADA group’s youth networking site, BigAdda.com. Dia had created the ‘Click with Dia’ adda to reach out...
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BAG Films kicks off News 24 from 15 December
MUMBAI: BAG Films and Media Ltd has launched News 24, its 24-hour Hindi news channel. Targeted at the young adult, News 24 is a combination of the modern broadcast technology and editorial talent and...
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Saregama to invest Rs 300 mn in film production
MUMBAI: Audio company Saregama India is now stepping up on movie production. The company has already signed five – six directors and work has commenced on the scripts and stories of these films. Saregama...
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Curtains down on Hollywood films in China
MUMBAI: China has stopped giving permission for American films to be shown in its theaters, as per recent media reports. While the Chinese government has not announced any ban, American movies are no longer...
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Zee Next hits airwaves on 17 December
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)’s second Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) – Zee Next will hit airwaves with five new shows from 17 December, 2007. Zee Next business head and ZEEL network operating...
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Paramore nominated best artist for Grammy
MUMBAI: Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore has been nominated as Best New Artist at the upcoming 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The news comes just as ‘RIOT!’, the band’s acclaimed second album, has received...
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EMI to showcase AV content on Apple iPhone
MUMBAI: EMI Records has launched a series of artist marketing campaigns utilising the Apple iPhone and iPod touch platforms to showcase audiovisual content. Initial activity to make use of the devices’ compelling wi-fi experience...
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Porwal is Percept Talent Management CEO
MUMBAI: Starcom’s Manish Porwal will be joining Percept’s talent company – Percept Talent Management (PTM) as CEO with effect from 7 January, 2008. PTM is a 50:50 JV between Percept Holdings and Lachlan Murdoch’s...
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Singh Is Kinng
Film: Singh Is Kinng Producer: Vipul Shah Director: Anees Bazmi Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Om Puri, Javed Jaffrey, Ranvir Shorey, Kamal Chopra, Himanshu Pandey Release Date: 15 August, 2008 After Namastey...
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TV18 buys 53% stake in Infomedia India
MUMBAI: TV 18 has acquired at least 53 per cent stake in publishing company Infomedia India Ltd., from an ICICI Venture managed fund. The stake will be purchased in a staggered manner – 40...
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Aamir Khan to host Pogo Amazing Kids’ Awards
MUMBAI: This year actor Aamir Khan will be hosting the finale of Pogo Amazing Kids’ Awards with Taare Zameen Par child co-actor Darsheel. The awards will be aired on 29 December at 6 pm....
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BIG FM Goa to host Chak De concert
MUMBAI: Goa State Aids Control Society (GSACS) will be hosting the Chak De Aids Awareness Entertainment Evening on 14 December at the Campal Football Ground, near Kala Academy, Panjim. Big 92.7 FM will be...
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Nickelodeon, DreamWorks join hands for series
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon, a division of Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks, and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., have tied for a new, 26-episode, CG animated comedy series tentatively titled The Penguins of Madagascar. The Penguins of Madagascar is...
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Bindass backs social cause through TVCs
MUMBAI: Bindass, India’s first local 360 entertainment brand by UTV, is now inviting 30 secs public service TVC’s on any social cause, the last day for submissions being 20 December. The five best films...
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BAG Films readies show for Zee Next
MUMBAI: BAG Films and Media Ltd’s show Ek Thi Rajkumari will be aired on Zee Next, the upcoming channel of Zee TV, at 10 pm from Monday to Thursday. Ek Thi Rajkumari is a...
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Blog aids TV fans speak for striking Hollywood writers
MUMBAI: The networks have walked away again from negotiating a fair deal with the on digital media earnings and TV viewers continue to miss their favorite shows, but now fans have a chance to...
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DIFF’s CEO files multi-million dollar suit
MUMBAI: The founder and former CEO of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against two senior officials of the festival “for their deplorable and despicable behavior,” charging they...
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B4U appoints managers for India & overseas
MUMBAI: B4U Network has appointed two senior managers in India and the overseas market, thereby filling in key positions in the organization so as to increase focus in both regions. Alkesh Kanani will now...
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MPAA, RIAA take efforts to curb piracy
MUMBAI: MPAA and RIAA have kicked-off the holiday shopping season with a multi-state effort to curtail sales of counterfeit CDs and DVDs in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and New Orleans The...
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VoD, PPV market to burgeon in five years
MUMBAI: A new research released by media analysts Screen Digest reveals how the European TV-based video-on-demand and pay-per-view markets will develop over the next five years and what the industry is worth today. From...
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MGM’s Spivak joins Sony Pictures as SVP
MUMBAI: Jason Spivak has joined Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) as Senior Vice President, Strategic Development. Additionally, Noam Meppen has been promoted to Vice President, Retail Promotions and Merchandising and Jamie Glinsky to Executive...
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Euro D-Cinema base laid for mainstream market
MUMBAI: The latest report from media analysts, Screen Digest, entitled – Digital Cinema: Global and European roll-out, business models and forecasts to 2012, argues that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema...
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Disney’s Sweeney is most powerful woman
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Co., Co-chairman of media networks and Disney-ABC Television Group, president, Anne Sweeney was named the most powerful woman in entertainment on The Hollywood Reporter’s 16th annual Women in Entertainment: Power 100...
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Parton’s Imagination Library expands to UK
MUMBAI: Entertainment superstar Dolly Parton was at London’s Savoy Hotel and traveled to the Magna Science and Adventure Park in Rotherham to announce the launch of her Imagination Library program in the United Kingdom....
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Cohen to consult for Warner Bros’ JV
The joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), has now officially been named the Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition and has hired industry veteran Steven B. Cohen as...
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Qube Cinema integrates Thomson’s Suite
MUMBAI: Thomson announced that Qube Cinema, a key supplier of digital sinema systems, has selected NexGuard, Thomson’s comprehensive, state-of-the-art content security suite, for integration into its DCI compliant D-Cinema and non-DCI E-Cinema servers across the...
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Graphiti Animation rolls 6-month course
MUMBAI: Graphiti School of Animation, the brain-child of Ram Mohan (Father of Indian Animation) and aligned to Graphiti Multimedia, has announced a six-month specialization course. Already into its second year, the school has already...
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BIG FM becomes Jamshedpur’s 1st private station
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched its station in Jamshedpur adding the 39th station of the network. In the first phase of its launches, BIG FM set up stations in the metros of Delhi,...
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Mukta Arts acquires rights of Marathi film
Ghai's Mukta Arts has bought the negative rights including worldwide distribution of Marathi film Valu....
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