Mumbai: NewsX and dishtv have signed an agreement that will ensure that all subscribers on India’s largest digital platform will receive India’s first HDTV-ready premier News Channel in English starting 14 April. Dishtv managing director...
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Nielsen appoints global head of customized research
Mumbai: The Nielsen Company announced the appointment of David Parma to the position of Global Product Leader for the company’s Customized Research group. In his new role, Parma will report to the company’s Consumer...
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Cine-tal develops 3D solution for Dolby
Mumbai: Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process while they are in production. The...
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MySpaceTV in global distribution deal with ShineReveille
Mumbai: MySpace has signed a new global partnership with leading content distributor ShineReveille International. The deal empowers MySpaceTV (http://www.myspacetv.com) to internationally distribute its original content series in various forms including international television, DVD, and...
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EMI signs exclusive deal with hit songwriter Elizondo
Mumbai: EMI Music Publishing has signed an exclusive administration agreement with leading songwriter and producer Mike Elizondo. The global deal will see EMI represent and market the new and future songs of the in-demand...
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Sue Naegle joins as HBO Entertainment president
Mumbai: Sue Naegle has been named president, HBO Entertainment, overseeing all series programming and specials, it was announced by HBO co-president Richard Plepler, and HBO president, programming group and West Coast operations Michael Lombardo. Most...
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blinkx partners with The Roland Collection
Mumbai: Video search engine blinkx has inked a partnership with The Roland Collection to bring users a library of films on art. Now available at www.blinkx.com, programs within The Roland Collection contain more than 26...
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Worldspace radio for automobiles in Germany
Mumbai: Worldspace Satellite Radio announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Worldspace Europe, received approval from Germany’s Federal Network Agency, the Bundesnetzagentur, to use 12.5 MHz of spectrum in the L-band (1479.5 – 1492 MHz) on...
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Jackie Chan on CNN’s Talk Asia
Mumbai: Thirty years and more than a hundred films later, Jackie Chan is Asia’s leading man in Hollywood and a cultural icon at home. For the first time the martial arts superstar joins CNN’s...
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Kajol’s father Shomu Mukherjee passes away
MUMBAI: Bollywood producer – director Shomu Mukherjee passed away in Mumbai this morning. Husband of actress Tanuja and father of Kajol and Tanisha, Mukherjee had been unwell for some time, and died of a...
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Eros Intl. maps growth strategy; to set up global film funds
Eros International has lined up a slew of joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and global film funds with Indian and international companies....
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‘I wanted to make a commercial movie and not something only to win awards’ – Ajay Devgan
If publicity and industry buzz is anything to go by, U, Me Aur Hum should be one of the moneyrakers of 2008. Ajay Devgan’s directorial debut releases this week and Businessofcinema.com spoke with the...
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