Mumbai: It was Chak de for the Chak De! India team at the Sunsilk Apsara The Producers’ Guild Award 2008. Chak De! dominated the awards for excellence and achievement in theatrical motion by sweeping...
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UTV Movies channel signs on Percept Out-of-Home
Mumbai: Percept Out-of-Home, the media division of Percept, bagged the outdoor duties for UTV’s latest Hindi movie channel – UTV Movies. Percept Outdoor will handle the out-of-home launch of the channel across Delhi NCR,...
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PVR acquires Shemaroo’s Mere Baap Pehle Aap
PVR has acquired the India theatrical rights of Shemaroo Entertainment's Mere Baap Pehle Aap....
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First internet TV as award for winners of Digistars
Mumbai: Campus18’s Digistars: War of the Videos winners are ready to steal the spotlight with the first internet serial of India. Mailesan Rangaswamy won Best Video for Street Light and Aryan Adityo won Best...
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Aamir Khan’s Jaane Tu… to release on 4 July
The release of screenplay and dialogue writer Abbas Tyrewala's directorial debut Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na has seen an unforeseen delay....
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Sony Pictures ups Janet Tsai Dargan to SVP
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Janet Tsai Dargan to senior vice president, business development. The announcement was made by SPTI senior vice president and chief financial officer Christoph Pachler. “Janet’s keen...
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VFX: Making possible, the impossible
MUMBAI: Even as India is growing into a global somebody in the field of animation, VFX is not far behind. With many Indian studios now collaborating on Hollywood movies, times are not far when...
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Sony extends contract with Clint Culpepper to run Screen Gems
MUMBAI: Clint Culpepper has extended his contract with Sony Pictures Entertainment and will continue to oversee the studio’s Screen Gems division through 2012. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO...
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Thomson launches DVD C&A operation in Bangalore
Thomson launched a DVD compression and authoring operation in Bangalore, to be co-located within Thomson's Paprikaas Animation and Game Design facility....
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Malaysian authorities shut down 11th burner lab
MUMBAI: On 27 March, 2008, 10 officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA), with the support of investigators from Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), representing the Motion Picture Association...
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Music needs to go beyond the boundaries of films
FICCI FRAMES: There is a need to create non-film music and pop stars who are as big as film stars. ...
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Going global is the way forward for animation films
FICCI FRAMES: For the animation drive to pick up with appropriate gusto, it needs to be global all the way....
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Film Review: One Two Three
Film: One Two Three Banner: Big Screen Entertainment Producer: Kumar Mangat Director: Ashwani Dhir Music Director: Raghav Sachar Lyrics: Aditya Shar Story & Screenplay: Ashwani Dhir Cast: Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Tusshar Kapoor, Esha...
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Music Review: One Two Three
Film: One Two Three Banner: Big Screen Entertainment Producer: Kumar Mangat Director: Ashwani Dhir Music Director: Raghav SacharLyrics: Aditya Dhar Rating: 1/5 One Two Three is another comedy, which is all about mistaken identities...
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Music Review: Krazzy 4
Film: Krazzy 4 Director: Jaideep Sen Producer: Rakesh Roshan Co-Producer: Sunaina Roshan Music Director: Rajesh Roshan Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Rating: 2 / 5 All Rakesh Roshan’s films have great music and he gets the...
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Film Review: Love Songs
Film: Love Songs Banner: Adlabs / Handmade Films Producer: Sunil Doshi Director: Jayabrato Chatterjee Music Director: Usha Uthup Director of Photography: Soumik Haldar Cast: Jaya Bachchan, Om Puri, Shahana Chatterjee, Prithviraj Choudhury, Mallika Sarabhai,...
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Music Review: U Me Aur Hum
Film: U Me Aur Hum Director: Ajay Devgan Producer: Devgan Films Music Director: Vishal Bharadwaj Lyrics: Munna Dhiman Rating: 4/5 One expects some great music as it is Vishal Bharadwaj and that too when...
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Film Review: 26th July At Barista
Film: 26th July At Barista Presenter: Dinesh Agrawal Banner: Radha Pushpa Entertainment Producer: Sumeet Chawla Co-Producer: Durga Singh Concept & Direction: Mohan Sharma Screenplay & Dialogue: Rahil Qazi Cinematographer: Carlton D’mello Editor: Sanjay Jaiswal...
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K Sera Sera appoints Sanjay Gupta as managing director
MUMBAI: Film and TV production house K Sera Sera Productions has appointed Sanjay Gupta its new managing director. The appointment comes after the company’s erstwhile MD Rajesh Pavithran quit the company a few weeks...
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Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi receive FICCI Living Legend Award
MUMBAI: Veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi received the FICCI Living Legend in Entertainment Award in Mumbai on the concluding day of FICCI FRAMES 2008. Yash Chopra, Amit Khanna and Moser Baer’s Harish Dayani...
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Bachchans’ Unforgettable World Tour announced officially
MUMBAI: Ethnic Guru Inc and Wizcraft International Entertainment confirmed the kick off of The Unforgettable World Tour to take place at The Rogers Centre in Toronto on 18 July as well as in Vancouver...
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Samsung Mobile Fresh Films kicks off
MUMBAI: The one-of-a kind national teen filmmaking program Samsung Mobile Fresh Films announces their official call for entries in search of aspiring teen filmmakers in the US. Teens can apply for the 2008 competition...
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Sony acquires 16 films’ satellite rights from Eros Multimedia
Multi Screen Media (Sony) has acquired the satellite rights of a slate of new Hindi movies from Eros Multimedia including Om Shanti Om and Heyy Babyy....
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Industry still treats script-writers as underdogs
FICCI FRAMES: Scriptwriters speak on the unassuming art in India and the need for its 'serious' acceptance in the industry....
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Himesh, Urmila to shoot item song for Karzzzz
Mumbai: Singer, music composer and actor Himesh Reshammiya is all set to shoot an item song with Urmila Matondkar for his film Karzzz. The song is titled Tandori Nights and will be shot in...
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Amitabh Bachchan inaugurates IIFA voting weekend
MUMBAI: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) raised the curtain on the IDEA IIFA Awards 2008 with brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan starting the voting process by casting the first vote. The Industry Voting for...
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Movie Mart now offers DVD sale services
MUMBAI: Movie rental company Movie Mart has added another feather to its cap by launching its online DVD selling facility. The company boasts of displaying entire inventories in the website, a unique proposition setting...
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Ganesh Acharya directs music video for Hari Puttar
MUMBAI: Choreographer Ganesh Acharya has choreographed the title track for the film Hari Puttar – A Comedy of Terrors featuring Aadesh Shrivastava, Shaan and Neha Basin. He has to his credit some films like...
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Manmohan Shetty picks up majority stake in Frameboxx
Manmohan Shetty, and Chandir Gidwani, promoter of Centrum Capital Ltd., have picked up a majority stake in Frameboxx Animation and Visual Effects....
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Subhash Ghai directed Yuvvraaj targets October release
MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai’s next film- Yuvvraaj, just finished a 10 day schedule, after which the film is now 75 per cent complete. Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan and Katrina finished the schedule at...
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Shaurya’ stars shine on Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM
Mumbai: It was a star studded day of excitement on Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM. Bollywood stars Minissha Lamba, Rahul Bose and Kay Kay Menon went live on air with RJ Mandy on Delhi’s favorite...
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Mithun Chakraborty picks up stake in Kolkata Tigers
Mithun Chakraborty will own a stake in ICL's Kolkata Tigers team & would be instrumental in promoting it....
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Anurag Basu on Acting Ki Funshaala
Mumbai: With the new show Acting ki Funshaala, Anurag Basu, known for his serious demeanor, will take on a new mantle. He is set to appear as a celebrity judge on the new show...
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Big Flicks celebrates World Theater Day
Mumbai: India’s largest online and offline movie rental service www.bigflicks.com, a part of the Reliance ADA group, is celebrating World Theater Day with its offer to download movies and plays at a cost of...
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India to have 7 mn mobile, fixed WiMAX connections: Gartner
MUMBAI: Gartner, the global IT research and advisory firm, predicted in a recently published report that India will have 6.9 million mobile and fixed Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) connections by the end...
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Yahoo!, MySpace, Google to form OpenSocial Foundation
MUMBAI: Yahoo!, MySpace, and Google have agreed to form the OpenSocial Foundation to ensure the neutrality and longevity of OpenSocial as an open, community-governed specification for building social applications across the web. Yahoo!’s support...
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BroadcastAsia to showcase latest tech for Indian companies
MUMBAI: BroadcastAsia – the region’s premier broadcasting event – which is being held in Singapore at the Singapore Expo from 17 – 20 June 2008, offers a comprehensive platform for Indian companies to secure...
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UMP takes Race & Taare Zameen Par to Pakistan theatres
UMP has released Race in nine Pakistan cities; Taare Zameen Par is also slated to screen by month-end....
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Cross-platform marketing, content, services to drive mobile entertainment growth
FICCI FRAMES: MobilE Entertainment Forum–Americas' Ralph Simon said that cross-platform marketing, content, services will drive mobile entertainment growth. ...
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“We don’t believe in the ‘me too’ model” – Moser Baer Entertainment CEO Harish Dayani
Harish Dayani talks about Moser Baer’s entertainment journey, hardship, challenges so far; strategy to conquer the home video market and what lies ahead....
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Comcast & BitTorrent collaborate for network management
Comcast Corporation and BitTorrent, Inc. have joined hands to undertake a collaborative effort with one another and with the broader Internet and ISP community to more effectively address issues associated with rich media content...
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CBS Films names Warner Bros’ Miller as EVP worldwide marketing
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ executive vice president of domestic theatrical marketing Debbie Miller has been named executive vice pesident, worldwide marketing of CBS Films. The announcement was made by CBS Films president and CEO...
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Lionsgate, Xenon Pictures ink home entertainment distribution deal
MUMBAI: Lionsgate has entered into an exclusive multi-year agreement with Spanish language and urban/specialty company Xenon Pictures. The announcement was made by Lionsgate President and co-Chief Operating Officer Steve Beeks and Xenon Pictures’ Founder,...
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Michael C. Ellis promoted as MPA A-Pac president & MD
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has promoted Michael C. Ellis to president and managing director of its Asia Pacific operations. Ellis is a former litigator and law enforcement veteran and has served as...
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures makes two exec appointments
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. (MGM) has named Becky Sloviter as Vice President of Production, it was announced today by Mary Parent, Chairperson, Worldwide Motion Picture Group at MGM. Sloviter’s appointment continues the studio’s efforts...
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Indian entertainment sector loses Rs 16,000 crores to piracy
FICCI FRAMES: USIBC by Ernst & Young India report says that the Indian entertainment industry loses a whopping Rs 16,000 crores to piracy every year....
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Italy’s Marden Ent inks deal with Switch Media, Bollywood Network
MUMBAI: Italy’s Marden Entertainment inked a meomrandum of agreement with Switch Media Services India Pvt. Ltd. and a declaration of intent with Bollywood Network for developing local creative content through developmental programmes as well...
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Increased industry participation needed at FRAMES: Chopra
Yash Chopra urged the industry to actively participate in FICCI-FRAMES so as to make it a better platform for like-minded people to network and grow the business....
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Eros Intl, Radio Mirchi pledge $5 million for anti-piracy
FICCI FRAMES: In the wake of the threat from piracy, media companies like Eros International & Radio Mirchi have pledged approximately $ 5 million for anti-piracy activities and promotions....
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Six day Chinese film fest to being in New Delhi
A festival of Chinese films will be held from 28 March to 2 April in New Delhi jointly organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, government of India & SARFT....
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Does India need international co-productions?
FICCI FRAMES: India needs international co-productions, but with different countries, different concerns arise.....
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Hallmark acquires 99-Picture slate from Disney-ABC TV
Mumbai: Hallmark Channel has acquired the rights to 99 family-friendly movies from Disney-ABC Domestic Television, some of the greatest family films of all time. The deal was announced by senior vice president, acquisitions and...
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Toys & apparels remain highest revenue earners in India
FICCI FRAMES: Animation films' boom has welcomed a novel story telling technique and also equally enticing revenue generating systems....
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Govt needs to pave way for formal media education
<div>FICCI FRAMES: Talent crunch can be met if govt plays an active role in making M&E education mainstream…<br /></div>...
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Passion + Belief = Good Film say Bollywood directors
FICCI FRAMES: Bollywood filmmakers debated on the million dollar question: What kind of film works for today’s audiences?...
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Regional films: No more poor country cousins to Bollywood
FICCI FRAMES: Including Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bhojpuri and South Indian languages, India has produced some outstanding films....
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BAF Awards felicitate best of animation internationally
FICCI FRAMES: Starting from five categories to 17 now, with a total of 406 entries in all, BAF awards set the bar for animation in the country and internationally....
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Rethinking film marketing & distribution beyond box office
FICCI FRAMES: Growth in film's ancillary streams redefined movie marketing & distribution, restructured revenue realization potential & prompted the industry to look beyond box office....
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Raising Capital: Showbiz attracts the moolah
MUMBAI: The Indian media sector has been attracting a lot of global interest lately. The latest case in point is Walt Disney Company hiking its stake in UTV Software Communications. At a session titled...
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Cult film Sholay adapted into theatre play
MUMBAI: Theatre group Saarthi Natya Karmi is working on Sholay’s stage adaptation. The play is being produced by Nandan Dubey and directed by Vicky Mishra, while Rajesh Singh will be playing a very powerful...
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Filmmakers feel the heat from bodies with political agenda
FICCI FRAMES: More than the Censor Board, filmmakers today felt a threat from inconspicuous political bodies, who create a ruckus to stall the release of a film....
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Scrabble Entertainment picks Qube digital for India roll out
<div class="1st">Scrabble upgrades 350 key screens in Indian metros, releases content in the DCI JPEG2000 format....<br /></div>...
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MPA promotes Marcich to president, MD EMEA
Mumbai: The Picture Association (MPA) announced the promotion of Christopher P. Marcich to President and Managing Director of its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Marcich has been associated with EMEA...
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Indie filmmakers can market films on IPEX
Mumbai: IPEX VIEW is inviting independent filmmakers to put their films on the market through the IPEX VIEW online film and video content tradeshow. According to IPEX VIEW COO Daniel Lafleche, IPEX VIEW offers...
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Morris Publishing partners with Zvents
Mumbai: Morris Publishing Group is partnering with Zvents, the local search engine for things to do, to power its online entertainment and event platform. The two companies have established an agreement that allows Morris...
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Executive reshuffle at Big 92.7 FM
Mumbai: BIG 92.7 FM has announced executive movements in its Southern and Western regions. P. B. Ramaswamy will be the new Cluster Head-Tamil Nadu, who was the Station Manager-Chennai. Also, Arjun Singgh Baran has...
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CASBAA’s 15th convention in HK this Oct
Mumbai: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced it will stage the 15th CASBAA Convention in Hong Kong on 28 – 30 October. Themed ‘Subscribe to the Future – All...
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IMAX appoints Northstar Media as exclusive representative
Mumbai: IMAX Corporation, one of the world’s leading digital entertainment and technology companies, and television program distribution company Northstar Media, announced that the two companies have partnered on a distribution arrangement whereby Northstar Media...
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TBS, TNT, Turner to celebrate 75th Anniv of King Kong
Mumbai: TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are teaming up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Hollywood’s tallest, darkest leading man King Kong. The celebration will begin 7 April, when TCM presents the...
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Empire, Colla Co ink deal for distribution rights to Wishing Well
Mumbai: Empire Film Group has entered into an agreement with The Colla Company for the North American distribution rights to the Steven J. Silverman comedy Wishing Well, slated for production this summer and fall....
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Close supply side gaps to crub film piracy: Asha Swarup
<div><div>FICCI-FRAMES 2008 took off today with discussions over piracy and the changing market dynamics taking center-stage.<br /></div></div>...
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Animation: Global partnerships, fresh perspective the way forward
FICCI FRAMES: The way ahead for the Indian animation indistry is global partnerships and a new perspective towards animation....
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Indian Gaming sector: Long way to go but future’s bright
FICCI FRAMES: Although India will take some time to get to where the US gaming industry is, the phenomenon is catching on with the Indian youth today....
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Film’s Opening Weekend: How to get audiences in?
FICCI FRAMES: While for some films a wide release can do the trick, for others a platform release is a better option, coupled with publicity, marketing, good star cast, et al....
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New James Bond film chooses DALSA 4K camera for VFX shot
MUMBAI: The next James Bond motion picture, Quantum of Solace, starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, will feature a complex visual effects shot captured with eight DALSA 4K Origin cameras. As with most of...
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I&B ministry plans various initiatives for film industry
FICCI FRAMES: The information and broadcasting ministry of India has planned a number of initiatives to boost the Indian film industry....
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Govt. policies, educational institutions to aid M&E growth
FICCI FRAMES: Planned government policies & educational institutions are factors that have the potential to boost growth in the Indian media & entertainment sector....
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Chidambaram to look into central excise issue
MUMBAI: The Indian finance minister P Chidambaram has taken due cognizance of the issues raised by the Film & TV Producers’ Guild of India regarding central excise and has assured to look into the...
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Guild takes space at MIPTV to facilitate members
MUMBAI: The Film & Television Producers Guild of India has obtained a space at the forthcoming MIPTV (content market, Cannes, France) scheduled from 7 – 11 April, 2008. The primary objective of this space...
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Frameboxx & Pala Flicks joins hands for animation project
Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects be launching its Incubation Centre in Mumbai, with its first project - Pala Flicks’ Earthlings....
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Baba Arts’ director Khanuja resigns
MUMBAI: Baba Arts director Rajnish Khanuja has resigned from the company with immediate effect. Additionally, the company’s board of directors have appointed Santosh A Shah as an additional director of the company with effect...
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Raj Television ties up with AVM Productions
MUMBAI: Raj Television Network has inked an agreement with Chennai’s film and television production house AVM Productions to produce a multi-star and multi-episode Tamil serial named Savale And Samali. The serial will be telecast...
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New opportunities for India’s satellite & cable markets
MUMBAI: During two days of meetings in New Delhi hosted by CASBAA, new light was shed on India’s fast moving pay-TV and communications industries. The meetings, held on 17 – 18 March, were attended...
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Battle for eyeballs giving news credibility a knock: TV journos
MUMBAI: Is news entertainment? The answer is a big No. But when the battle is for eyeballs, when ‘fun’ seems to be the only currency for stickiness on TV, when news degenerates into entertainment,...
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Chitra Palekar’s Maati Maay wins French award
Chitra Palekar's Maati Maay won the award Prix du jury Graine de Cinephage in the feature films category at "Films de Femmes" of Creteil....
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Winning end to Saregama script workshop
Saregama script writing workshop announces winners, some of which might be picked up for production....
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Digital cinema player Christie eyes India; signs multiplexes
Christie signs contract with Scrabble Entertainment to supply 200 DLP Cinema projectors for Indian multiplexes; PVR, Fame, Inox & Cinemax come on board....
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Real Image takes steps to track down piracy
Mumbai: Real Image Media Technologies (RIMT) has announced that all cinemas equipped with its Qube Digital Cinema System within the country were being enhanced to include the highest level of anti-piracy measures. Utilizing security...
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Film Review: Race
Film: Race Banner: Tips Films Limited Producers: Kumar S. Taurani & Ramesh S. Taurani Director Duo: Abbas – Mustan Music Director: Pritam Lyrics: Sameer Story & Screenplay: Shiraz Ahmed Editor: Hussain Burmawala Cast: Anil...
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Imax, Regal Cinemas sign 31 theatre JV deal
Mumbai: Imax Corporation and Regal Cinemas, a subsidiary of Regal Entertainment Group, have inked a joint-venture agreement to install 31 Imax Digital projection systems at Regal locations in 20 major US markets. The...
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Industry to push blockbuster growth at FICCI-Frames
Mumbai: FICCI FRAMES 2008, which opens on 25 March in Mumbai, will witness stalwarts pointing the way to sustain and make the industry’s current bull run even bigger. With the entertainment and media industry...
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FICCI-Frames to honor animation, VFX legends
FICCI-FRAMES will honor excellence in animation, VFX & gaming segments of the entertainment industry through FICCI-BAF Awards....
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DreamWorks, Glu deal for Madagascar II’s mobile game
Mumbai: Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile has signed a deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG to develop and publish the mobile game for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, the sequel to the studio’s 2005 hit animated...
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Bob Marley’s film not to have his music
Mumbai: The family of Bob Marley have had a long-standing policy not to license his music for any film or television production whereby there is an actor portraying Bob Marley. Due to this policy,...
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Cinemax India launches theatre in Ahmedabad
Cinemax launched its single screen theatre in Ahmedabad on 22 March; total properties sum up to 18 across India....
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BIG FM launches music of Aramane on radio
Mumbai: The music launch of BIG 92.7 FM’s Aramane was a live radio launch across the three stations Bangalore, Mangalore & Mysore. This happened on the breakfast show Big Coffee, which is hosted by...
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Actors Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi to get FICCI award
FICCI Frames 2008 will be honoring veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi with the FICCI Living Legend in Entertainment Award....
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Film industry sees 14% growth in 07; projected size Rs 176 bn in 2012: FICCI – PwC Report
The Indian film industry saw a growth of 14% in 2007 as compared to 2006. The industry's current size in 2007 is Rs 96 billion and is projected to grow to Rs 176 billion...
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Advait’s maiden Let’s Dance nears completion
Mumbai: US-based doctor-turned-producer Dr. Arvind Patel’s Advait Entertainment has completed its maiden film titled Let’s Dance. The film has been directed by National award winning editor-turned-director Arif Sheikh. Let’s Dance is a tale of...
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Zapak corporate gamers rock at HRC
Mumbai: Zapak is trying to boost the culture of online gaming among corporate professionals in India by conducting a national level gaming tournament called Corporate Gamer in March. The competition is open to executives...
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