Mumbai: Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have agreed to begin formal negotiations on 15 April at the AMPTP headquarters in Encino, CA. "Now that we...
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IBM Introduces toolset for media storage
Mumbai: IBM will introduce IBM Management Complexity Factor for Media, the first media-industry specific methodology and toolset designed to dramatically improve digital media storage environments at NAB2008. Complementing IBM’s existing leadership in storage and...
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Sun TV launches FM station at Jamshedpur
Mumbai: Sun TV Network has launched its FM radio station at Jamshedpur under the brand ‘S FM’ from 13 April through the subsidiary South Asia FM Ltd. This station can be heard at 93.5...
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Tom Schulman to receive Valentine Davies Award
Mumbai: Award-winning screenwriter and Writers Guild of America, West Board of Directors member Tom Schulman is set to receive the WGAW’s prestigious Valentine Davies Award, recognizing both his writing legacy and valued service to...
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Turner forays into animation films in India; to launch channel
After Disney, Turner Broadcasting System is planning to make animation films and has launched its animation theatrical business in India....
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Disney-ABC renew multi-year movie deal With Zee Studio
MUMBAI: In line with its commitment to expand the reach of its content internationally, The Walt Disney Company’s international TV distribution arm, Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), has renewed a multi-year movie deal with...
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Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute re-opens
The Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) re-opened on Friday after a closure for nine days....
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Kodak selects intoPIX technology for Digital Cinema
Kodak Digital Cinema will be using the intoPIX decoder in next generations of the Kodak Content Player JMN3000....
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Fame India launches film-making workshop for kids
Fame India has launched a five-day workshop that will give kids an opportunity to make films and act while being trained by theatre experts in various aspects....
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Prime Focus invests in eyeon Fusion
Prime Focus has invested in eyeon Fusion with the purchase and installation of 1000 seats worldwide, making them the world's largest Fusion facility....
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Philips pioneers digital watermarking for hotel TVs
Mumbai: Philips is the first manufacturer to offer a watermarking solution in its hospitality television sets and will have it available starting in May in a full range of HDTV sizes including 26", 32",...
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Deepa Seth exhibition at Marwah Studios
Mumbai: International Film and Television Club, in association with Asian Academy of Film & Television, recently hosted an exhibition of paintings of the Nationally acclaimed artist and muralist Deepa Seth Bhando at the Marwah...
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Cadbury launches ‘Take It Lightly’ campaign for Perk
Mumbai: According to a consumer research conducted by Cadbury India, a lot of people consume Cadbury Perk as a ‘mood enhancer’. Keen to build on this strong consumer connect, Cadbury India conceptualized its new...
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BIG 92.7 FM Hyderabad voices ‘May3rd KO Light Mat LO’
Mumbai: BIG 92.7 FM Hyderabad will support the May 3rd KO light mat LO ‘Hyderabad Unplug’, a voluntary campaign urging Hyderabad’s citizens to turn off the lights and unplug electrical devices for an hour...
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blinkx draws users with aniBoom’s Original Animations
Mumbai: Video search engine blinkx announced a partnership with aniBoom (www.aniboom.com), a premier multiplatform animation network for the global distribution of high-quality independent animations and cartoons. Over 200 independent short films from animators across...
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Autodesk advantages to producers, broadcasters
Mumbai: In an increasingly competitive market, broadcasters and post-production facilities are differentiating and growing their businesses by investing in Autodesk visual effects and finishing solutions. These solutions provide digital artists and editors with the...
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EMI songwriters dominate ASCAP Pop Awards
Mumbai: EMI Music Publishing songwriters including Fergie, Beyonce, Nelly Furtado and Stargate’s Tor Erik Hermansen swept the board at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards last night, picking up 21 awards in the ceremony at...
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Comedy Writer Seaman Jacobs passes away at 96
Mumbai: Award-winning television comedy writer Seaman Jacobs, a longtime member of the Writers Guild of America, West, died of cardiac arrest on 8 April at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 96. Creating...
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Sony signs contract with pianist Lang Lang
Mumbai: Sony Corporation announced that it has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with world-renowned classical pianist Lang Lang. Through this relationship, which officially began on 1 April, Lang Lang will appear in Sony events...
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Digital sales to be 40% of music purchases by 2012
Mumbai: By 2012, digital music sales will represent an impressive 40 per cent of all music purchased worldwide, according to In-Stat. In 2007, digital sales represented 10 per cent of the total worldwide music...
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Blockbuster rolls out Blu-ray across US, Canada
Mumbai: Beginning this week, Blockbuster Inc. will be offering Blu-ray movies for rent and sale in all of its corporate stores in the US as well as in Canada, and select domestic franchise locations....
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Philippe Gas to assume top duties at Euro Disney
Mumbai: Euro Disney S.C.A. announced the nomination of Philippe Gas to the position of President of Euro Disney S.A.S., the management company of Euro Disney S.C.A. and Euro Disney Associes S.C.A., the operator of...
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