Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pullmylink.com, a website that facilitates copyright infringement on the internet. Sites like Pullmylink contribute to and profit...
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Glickman announces key promotions at MPAA
Mumbai: Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) chairman and CEO Dan Glickman announced four key promotions in the Association’s US-based communications, legal and anti-piracy departments and in the Motion Picture Association’s Europe, the Middle...
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Blockbuster installs disc repair machines
Mumbai: Video rental chain Blockbuster has installed a local company’s disc repair machines in each retail location throughout Canada and the UK. The 12-year-old Disc Go Technologies was started by Mark Chaplin who saw a...
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Wizzard Media partners iRecords for content distribution
Mumbai: Podcasting network Wizzard Media has signed a global content distribution agreement with iRecords, an independent music label based in Hollywood, California. This relationship creates a strong and innovative tie between new and exciting...
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Wizzard Media teams with Fishman Productions
Mumbai: Podcasting network Wizzard Media has entered into a content distribution partnership with Fishman Productions to distribute film and television projects through Wizzard’s digital syndication network. Fishman Productions was founded in 1989 as an independent...
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BigAdda.com attracts Asian women users
MUMBAI: Just as we’re talking about Global Social Networking sites dominating the scene in India, a new trend has been observed on Bigadda.com. A lot of newer members joining the site are from countries...
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Shemaroo releases Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi series
MUMBAI: Comedy series Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi that aired on Doordarshan in the early 1980s has been released on home video by Shemaroo Entertainment on DVD and VCD. The company has released the complete...
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Star Movies to premiere Scary Movie 4
MUMBAI: Star Movies will be premiering Scary Movie 4 on 18 April at 9 pm. The movie is directed by David Zucker and stars Anna Faris, Chingy and Regina Hall. Scary Movie 4 is...
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NDTV Imagine to launch genre-based music show
MUMBAI: NDTV Imagine will be launching a new music show called Junoon – Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka in June. The show will be produced by Gajendra Singh’s Saibaba Telefilms. Junoon will tap into the...
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Red FM Partners with IPL’s Mumbai Indians
MUMBAI: Mumbai Indians – Duniya Hila Denge Indians and RED FM have got together in a historic partnership to bring alive all the excitement, fun and frenzy for the cricket enthusiasts across the city...
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Buffalo announces its first external Blu-ray HD DVD player
MUMBAI: Buffalo announced the MediaStation Blu-ray HD DVD (BRHC-6316U2), its first external Blu-ray HD DVD player. It is the first device of its kind from Buffalo in the market that allows users to both...
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Hot Muggs to create merchandise for Preity Zinta’s Kings XI Punjab
MUMBAI: Rajesh Metal Industries has entered into a licensing rights agreement with IPL team Kings XI Punjab to produce select merchandise and market them under their HotMuggs Brand. They will do this through their...
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Amitabh Bachchan takes to blogging on BigAdda.com
Amitabh Bachchan has taken to blogging with Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's social networking website BigAdda.com....
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SRK launches Knight Riders album Nokia 2 Hot 2 Cool
MUMBAI: Nokia has announced its association with Shah Rukh Khan’s Indian Premier League (IPL) Team Kolkata Knight Riders as its presenting sponsor. The announcement was made jointly by Nokia India VP and managing director...
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BIG Music announces 3-continent world tour
MUMBAI: BIG Music has announced Ticket to Stardom, a mega world tour featuring A set of singers, Aishwarya Mazmudar winner of Star Voice of India Chhote Ustaad, Ishmeet Singh winner of Star Voice of...
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Disney Interactive Studios signs Excel Interactive
Disney India has signed up with Excel Home Videos' sister concern Excel Interactive for its gaming division - Disney Interactive Studios....
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MySpace.com officially launched in India
Social networking website MySpace official launched MySpace India, a new dedicated community designed for Indian users....
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Disney Channel announces Search For Pop Star In India
MUMBAI: Disney Channel brings Hannah Montana – The Big Pop Star Dream to India starting 17 May. The channel will tour Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad to help tweens across India discover the star...
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M Night Shyamalan’s next with Paramount, Nickelodeon
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have greenlit the live-action epic adventure, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, which will launch over the Independence Day weekend in 2010, opening on 2 July, 2010. Shyamalan...
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CASBAA, CBIT Taiwan meet for pay-TV regulation
MUMBAI: Taiwan’s communications industry has joined hands with the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), an Asia-Pacific industry-based advocacy group, to raise awareness of the obstacles impeding the dynamic growth of Taiwan’s...
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NZFACT, NZ Govt encourage IPR among the young
MUMBAI: The New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft (NZFACT) executive director Tony Eaton, representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in New Zealand, joined New Zealand’s Associate Commerce Minister Judith Tizard and other creative industry...
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RIAA, MPAA join Atlanta officials to destroy seized property
MUMBAI: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) joined Atlanta public officials to destroy more than one million counterfeit CDs and DVDs seized as a result of...
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T-Series’ Karzzzz completes 65% shoot
MUMBAI: T-Series’ home production film Karzzzz has completed 65 per cent of its schedule. The movie is being produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar and is being directed by Satish Kaushik. Most of...
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Tips signs director Shoojit Sircar for three films
Film production and music company Tips has signed director Shoojit Sircar on board to direct three films for the banner....
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USIBC talks piracy in Bollywood at NAB
Mumbai: A recently-released US-India Business Council (USIBC) study ‘The Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy on India’s Entertainment Industry’, served as a "call to arms" during the India super-session at the National Association of Broadcasters...
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Percept consolidates group; targets Rs 28 billion revenue
Percept consolidates group; targets 40% growth to achieve billing of Rs 28 billion for the financial year ending March 2009....
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Pyramid Saimira board approves Rs 3 billion investment
The board of Pyramid Saimira Theatre has approved an investment of Rs 3 billion in its group companies....
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Hong Kong officials raid piracy warehouse
MUMBAI: On 15 April, an intelligence-led investigation culminated in 30 officers from the Hong Kong Customs Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau raiding a warehouse that had been supplying pirated optical discs to Hong Kong’s pirate...
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Big Screen preparing for Cannes Film Market
MUMBAI: Big Screen Entertainment Group (BSEG), Five Star Pictures and Film One are bringing their libraries together to distribute and sell their film and television products at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. "We have...
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PluggedIn launches music entertainment website
MUMBAI: PluggedIn (www.pluggedin.com) has announced the launch of its beta website, offering free to consumer streaming of the highest quality music videos available anywhere on the web. The new entertainment website features over 10,000...
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Starbucks, iTunes bring new program for customers
MUMBAI: Starbucks and iTunes announced Pick of the Week, a new program that offers coffeehouse customers a chance to discover complimentary new music and music videos each week. Pick of the Week featured artists...
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