Mumbai: Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival has invited renowned screenplay writer Paul Schrader as part of its 10th anniversary. The festival will be screening two films of the writer during the time. It will also hold...
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Marcus Theatres buys 13 NEC Cinema Projectors from Ballantyne
Mumbai: Cinema equipment provider Ballantyne of Omaha announced that Marcus Theatres has purchased 13 NEC STARUS NC2500S Digital Cinema projector systems from its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division. The financial terms were not disclosed....
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ReelTime to offer VoD rentals from Walt Disney Studios
Mumbai: ReelTime Rentals has entered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to provide popular video on demand rentals from The Walt Disney Studios. The rentals will include new and classic titles from Walt...
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CASBAA Convention announces keynote speakers for The Dome
Mumbai: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced the keynote speakers and other details of the upcoming 15th CASBAA Convention 2008 in Hong Kong during 28–30 October. The speakers were...
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CASBAA adds two patrons, two members
Mumbai: With the onset of the CommunicAsia trade show in Singapore, the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has added four new members, including two patron and two corporate members. The new...
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Warner/Chappell Music in publishing agreement with Steven Sater
Mumbai: Warner/Chappell Music has announced a worldwide publishing agreement with Grammy and Tony award-winning songwriter Steven Sater. The music label will administer Sater’s catalogue of work including music from his Broadway musical debut Spring...
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Robert Oswaks promoted as president, mktg for Sony Pictures
Mumbai: Robert Oswaks has been promoted to president, marketing for Sony Pictures Television (SPT), it was announced by SPT president Steve Mosko. In this position Oswaks directs the development and strategic implementation of advertising,...
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‘We will go back to AIM or even the Bombay Stock Exchange to raise funds but only if it is absolutely essential for us to do so’ – DQ Entertainment CMD and CEO Tapaas Chakravarti
Hyderabad based animation studio DQ Entertainment, which raised £26.8 million on London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) late last year, is on a roll. The company recently announced its intent to foray into...
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Sikhs attack MTV India office over “defamatory” poster
MUMBAI: A group approximately 70 Sikhs was arrested in Mumbai on Tuesday for attacking the MTV Networks India office. The group was protesting over a "defamatory" poster for the career-based reality show On The...
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Shemaroo launches Bollywood Divas VCD song compilations
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has launched its original song videos of five Bollywood actresses, each representing their era from the 50s to the 90s. These titles come under Shemaroo’s Bollywood Stars Series and are available...
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Saregama to release Rituparno Ghosh’s Khela on 11 July
Saregama will be releasing Rituparno Ghosh-directed film Khela on 11 July in Hindi and in Bengali in West Bengal....
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Tech Mahindra enters IPTV alliance with Microsoft
Tech Mahindra has inked an alliance with Microsoft to address its SI requirements for deployment of Microsoft Media's IPTV platform....
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Shyamalan’s The Happening grosses $63.6 mn worldwide
M Night Shyamalan's The Happening, which is co-produced by UTV Motion Pictures & 20th Century Fox, collected $63.6 million in its opening weekend....
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MGM names Kolsrud as EVP, worldwide theatrical physical production
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) has named Dan Kolsrud to the newly created post of executive vice president, worldwide theatrical physical production. The announcement was made by MGM chairman, worldwide motion picture group Mary...
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Popcorn Entertainment postpones release of Mission Istanbul
Suniel Shetty's Popcorn Entertainment has postponed the release of its upcoming film - Mission Istanbul - Dar Ke Aage Jeet Hai....
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