MUMBAI: Viacom and Global Broadcast News, a group company of Network18, have completed their 50:50 joint venture Viacom 18 Media in India. The companies announced their plans for the joint venture in May 2007....
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Verizon to offer Bollywood mobile content
MUMBAI: Wireless company Verizon Wireless will be providing customers with Bollywood ringtones and ringback tones on their phones. Additionally, on Verizon FiOS TV, Verizon’s next generation TV service, customers can view music videos, television...
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Adlabs Cinemas forays into Rajasthan
MUMBAI: Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s Adlabs Cinemas has opened its first cinema in Rajasthan in the city of Kota. Adlabs Cinemas presently has 111 screens spread over 36 properties nationwide. It recently became...
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Shilpa Shetty’s perfume raises charity money
MUMBAI: Shilpa Shetty’s recently launched perfume S2 raised 15,000 Pounds Sterling (more than Rs 12 lakhs) for charity, at a special auction held in the UK last week. The proceeds from the event will...
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Saregama gets aggressive on digital music
MUMBAI: Music company Saregama India Ltd. will be loading close to 4.6 million sound tracks on its soon to be launched portal – www.saregama.com. This is apart from close to 300,000 music tracks that...
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Eros, multiplexes resolve OSO share issue
(UPDATED: 07 November, 2007) MUMBAI: Eros International and multiplex chains across India reached a middle ground early Tuesday evening (6 November) on revenue sharing terms for Om Shanti Om. However sources inform that as of...
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Studio 18 acquires Welcome from UTV
MUMBAI: It was only the beginning of the saga when in August this year UTV Motion Pictures acquired the worldwide rights (distribution, audio and home video) for Anees Bazmee directed Welcome from Firoz Nadiadwala....
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Indrani Mukerjea appointed INX Media CEO
MUMBAI: INX Media board of directors appointed Indrani Mukerjea as CEO of the company. Additionally, the board has also proposed the appointment of Peter Mukerjea as executive chairman and chief strategy officer of INX...
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Music & videos top mobile entertainment
MUMBAI: The Asia-Pacific mobile premium content market grew 57.4 per cent in 2006 on the back of rising popularity of mobile multimedia content and a fast-growing mobile data services segment as users demand a...
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Universal brings American Gangster to mobile
MUMBAI: Developer and publisher of mobile games Gameloft has inked a worldwide licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to produce American Gangster: The Mobile Game based on Universal Pictures’ upcoming crime drama,...
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