MUMBAI: Putting all speculation to rest, Apple has tied up with all major movie studios to offer iTunes Movie Rentals. This in turn has led online movie rental service Netflix to offer its subscribers...
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Maverick to launch Aamna Shariff in Bollywood
MUMBAI: Actor Anuj Saxena’s production house Maverick, which is presenting Sushmita Sen, Fardeen Khan and Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dulha Mil Gaya, is going to launch television actress Aamna Shariff in Bollywood. The film...
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Star India, DEN team up to distribute channels
MUMBAI: Star India and Digital Entertainment Networks (DEN) have announced a joint venture to create a platform for distributing television channels in India via all fixed networks including cable, DTH, IPTV, HITS and MMDS....
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Music Review: Bombay to Bangkok
Film: Bombay to Bangkok Director: Nagesh Kukunoor Producer: Elahe Hiptoolaa and Rahul Puri Music Director: Salim Sulaiman Lyrics: Mir Ali Hussain Rating : 2/5 After Welcome, comes yet another multi-composer album – Bombay to Bangkok....
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Mobile mkting revenue to hit $24 bn in 2013
MUMBAI: Mobile marketing, which was born in countries such as Japan and South Korea has taken off in Western Europe and is beginning to grow in North America . As consumers move to flat-rate...
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Rajat Kapoor to host Nat Geo Genius
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channel and Lufthansa have launched an Indian version of the internationally acclaimed quiz show Lufthansa Nat Geo Genius. Hosted by actor and director Rajat Kapoor, Lufthansa Nat Geo Genius will be...
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Hello FM launches in Tiruchirappalli
MUMBAI: Hello 106.4 FM launched in Tiruchirappalli on 14 January. The launch of this station has closely followed the radio station’s launch in other centers in Tamil Nadu like Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Coimbatore and...
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Napster shifts to 100% MP3 format
MUMBAI: Napster will shift its entire download sales catalog on PC service to the MP3 format in the second calendar quarter of 2008. All single track and album sales will be made available exclusively...
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WGA outs Videogame Writing Award nominees
MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for the Guilds’ inaugural Videogame Writing Award, honoring outstanding achievement in videogame writing during 2007....
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Two Akshay Kumar films in UK Top 5
MUMBAI: Of his four releases in 2007, Akshay Kumar has two releases in the UK Top 5 namely Welcome and Namastey London, with the former outdoing the latter to emerge as his highest in...
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Warner, NCM form marketing partnership
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. and National CineMedia (NCM) have formed a partnership to provide pre-feature entertainment content and advertising in movie theatres nationwide. Warner Bros. will provide original, exclusive content for NCM’s FirstLook pre-feature program,...
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Disney’s High School stars head to big screen
MUMBAI: The principal cast members from Disney’s High School Musical — Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman — will be reunited on the big screen for Walt...
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Rajat Kapoor’s Mithya to release on 8 Feb
MUMBAI: Actor-Director Rajat Kapoor’s latest comic thriller Mithya is set to release on 8 February. The film produced by Planman Motion Pictures and acquired by Tangerine Digital Entertainment stars Ranvir Shorey opposite Neha Dhupia....
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Mishra to co-produce films with Reliance
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra has started the New Year on a new footing. The director, who recently gave Khoya Khoya Chand with Pritish Nandy Communications, has now tied up with Reliance-ADAG’s entertainment wing for...
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Apple to lower iTunes prices in the UK
MUMBAI: Within the next six months, Apple will lower the prices its charges for music on the UK iTunes Store to match the already standardized pricing on iTunes across Europe in Austria, Belgium, Denmark,...
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Salman unveils statue at Madame Tussauds
Bollywood actor Salman Khan officially unveiled his wax figure at Madame Tussauds London on 15 January....
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