MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd will be adding 36 theatres in Andhra Pradesh in the West Godavari and Nizam areas. With this acquisition, the company has added 23,000 seats in Andhra Pradesh. The company...
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Mediaone Global acquires 3 theatres in Tamil Nadu
MUMBAI: Mediaone Global Entertainment has finalised the acquisition of three theatres in Chengelpet District of Tamil Nadu. The company plans to acquire 20 more theatres in tier II and III cities by the end...
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Walt Disney Television India names Villeneuve as TV SVP, MD
MUMBAI: Antoine Villeneuve has been named senior vice president and managing director, Walt Disney Television India. Villeneuve will oversee Disney Channel, Toon Disney/Jetix and the newly acquired Hungama kids’ television channels in India. Villeneuve,...
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Konkona to be interviewed on CNN-IBN
MUMBAI: Konkona Sen Sharma will be interviewed this week on television channel CNN IBN this week. With impressive performances in Mr and Mrs Iyer, Page 3, Omkara and Traffic Signal, Konkona Sen Sharma has...
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DD launches programme on Tagore’s poetry
MUMBAI: Public broadcaster Doordarshan has launched Gitanjali, a programme on the Hindi rendition of select songs of Rabindranath Tagore. A DVD containing five songs of Tagore was released by the Lok Sabha speaker Somnath...
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Australia allots $ 10 million to IP crimefighting
MUMBAI: The Australian government will provide funding of $10.2 million over the next two years to combat intellectual property (IP) rights theft. The passing of Australia’s Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 in December has introduced more...
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UK Film Council chalks out funding plans
MUMBAI: The UK Film Council published its new funding and policy priorities from April 2007 to March 2010, including the creation of five new funding priorities to boost public access to film such as through film...
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Joost closes $45 million in financing
MUMBAI: Joost, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service, has announced that five selected parties have collectively invested approximately $45 million in the company. Each party has invested in a minority percentage of the...
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USVO delivers anti-piracy product to studio
MUMBAI: USA Video Interactive Corp has delivered the first of two installments of its MediaEscort anti-piracy product to its unnamed Hollywood customer. USVO had announced in November 2006 that it had signed an agreement with...
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Electronic Arts to launch The Simpsons game
MUMBAI: Electronic Arts Inc will soon launch The Simpsons Game, in partnership with Gracie Films and Twentieth Century Fox Television. The Game features a hilarious, sprawling storyline crafted by the TV show’s Emmy Award-winning...
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