MUMBAI: NDTV Imagine has joined hands with Adlabs founder Manmohan Shetty and celebrity manager cum film producer Sunil Doshi to launch NDTV Lumière. Shetty and Doshi will be directors in NDTV Lumière. NDTV Lumière...
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French cinema comes to Indian theatres
MUMBAI: An addition to the cinema culture in India will be seen in the form of French films, which will soon be screened in multiplexes across the country. The 1st Rendezvous with French Cinema...
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Pyramid Saimira acquires UK gaming firm
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd has acquired a majority stake in UK-based Aurona Technologies Ltd, on 24 January, 2008. Aurona Technologies is a video games and interactive entertainment software company headquartered in London. Aurona...
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Goldman, Lehman buy stake in ENIL OOH co
MUMBAI: Radio broadcaster Entertainment Network (India) has sold 16.5 per cent stake in its outdoor advertising unit Times Innovative Media (TIM) to foreign investors for Rs 2 billion (Rs 200 crores). Goldman Sachs and...
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Chopra’s King of Bollywood in German
MUMBAI: The German translation of Anupama Chopra’s bestseller King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema will be released on 30 January. The book is being published by Rapid...
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94.3 MY FM launches online portal
MUMBAI: Along with launching its 15th station nationally, DBCL Group’s Radio station 94.3 MY FM has gone ahead and launched its online portal www.myfmindia.com. The website has introduced Podcasting for its listeners in India...
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Biggest movie pirate op in Australia busted
MUMBAI: Three homes raided in Melbourne‘s western suburbs; 170 burners and over 400,000 pirated DVDs seized Australia/Hong Kong – Victoria Police, assisted by the Australian Federal Police and investigators from Australian Federation Against Copyright...
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Sony BMG launches KK’s new album
MUMBAI: KK and Sony BMG came together again after eight years to launch the former’s new album titled Humsafar. KK has sung and composed all the tracks for this album. Comprising 10 tracks,...
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Excel Entertainment’s Rock On goes on floor
MUMBAI: Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar owned Excel Entertainment’s next film Rock On has gone on the floors on 7 January. The entire schedule is being filmed in Mumbai. The film revolves around...
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Sun TV Q3 net profit up 71.16 per cent
MUMBAI: Sun TV Network Ltd has posted a profit after taxes of Rs 1023.00 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 where as the same was at Rs 597.70 million for the quarter...
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Miramax gets 21 Academy Award nominations
MUMBAI: Miramax Films is flying high with 21 nominations including eight for No Country For Old Men, four for The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, one for Gone Baby Gone and eight for There...
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Sony Pictures, TCS sign SOA agreement
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services has signed an agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) to develop and deploy Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions that allow Sony and its customers to better use all of its IT...
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Turner, Outblaze to create Web 2.0 Force
MUMBAI: Turner Entertainment Holdings Asia Pacific (Turner) has entered into a strategic partnership with leading web infrastructure company Outblaze Limited (Outblaze), creating a powerful digital partnership, TurnOut Ventures Limited (TurnOut), in the Asia Pacific....
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Music Review: Jodhaa Akbar
Film: Jodhaa Akbar Director: Ashutosh Gowariker Producer: Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker Music Director: A R Rahman Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Rating: 4/5 They are the same instruments every...
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Saregama releases Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth
MUMBAI: Saregama India, the licensee in India for Paramount Home Entertainment Global, has released the acclaimed film An Inconvenient Truth on DVD and VCD. The film, which won two Oscars in 2007, presents a...
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PIX’s Gateway to be shot at Whistling Woods
MUMBAI: Gateway, India‘s first reality TV show on filmmaking that is soon to air on PIX, has announced its association with Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International. This 12 episode series will be shot on...
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Krazzy 4 first look in cinemas 25 January
MUMBAI: Cinema audiences will get a first look at Rakesh Roshan’s Krazzy 4, directed by Jaideep Sen, as the film’s trailer hits theatres on 25 January. Produced by Roshan under his banner FilmKraft...
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Mobile ent market to reach $64 bn by 2012
MUMBAI: Music, games and mobile TV will be the major contributors to the global mobile entertainment market which will rise from just over $20 billion in 2007 to more than $64 billion by 2012,...
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Shemaroo launches Republic Day music
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment brings home a nationalistic feeling with the release of the song compilation title Mera Bharat Mahaan in VCD and DVD. With the Republic Day round the corner, the time is just...
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Oscars awards face music of WGA strike
MUMBAI: After the Golden Globes faced a dismal reception owing to the Writer’s Guild Association strike, it is now Oscar Academy Awards facing the music. The Golden Globes, held more than a week...
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Imax signs two-theatre deal in Philippines
MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines, today announced an agreement to install two Imax digital projection systems at shopping malls in the cities of Manila and...
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BIG FM Hyderabad launches Podcast service
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM Hyderabad has become the first radio station in Hyderabad to Podcast on-air shows on its website www.big927fm.com. Through this new offering, Hyderabadis from anywhere in the world can catch...
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UTV Spotboy’s maiden film Aamir wraps up
MUMBAI: UTV Spotboy’s movie Aamir has wrapped up its shooting. The movie is directed by Rajkumar Gupta and will mark television actor Rajeev Khandelwal’s debut into movies. Gupta has worked as an associate director...
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Bindass to air SRK concert on 26 January
MUMBAI: This Republic Day get ready to watch some fun performances by Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Dia Mirza, Rakhi Sawant and others on Bindass that will telecast the Airtel Bindass India Concert. The...
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Zee Cinema launches Namaste Hollywood
MUMBAI: Zee Cinema will showcase two of Hollywood‘s biggest blockbusters dubbed in Hindi on the last Sunday of every month as a part of its new series Namaste Hollywood. Namaste Hollywood kicks off on...
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Autodesk, EA groom digital media leaders
MUMBAI: Autodesk and Electronic Arts are introducing a new project design workshop for Canada‘s first Masters for Digital Media (MDM) Program at Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. As part of the...
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Mukta Arts’ Valu at Rotterdam film festival
Valu will be the first Marathi film since the last 37 years to be screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival....
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Pyramid to pump Rs 500 million in North
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd is planning to invest Rs 500 million (Rs 50 crores) in North India this fiscal. The amount will be used towards the construction of multiplexes, improvement of infrastructure and digitization, amongst...
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