Mumbai: Massive Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. and a leading network for video game advertising, Paramount Pictures and Ubisoft Entertainment have teamed up to create a first-of-its-kind dynamic in-game advertising promotion....
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NDTV Imagine to air Unforgettable Tour Diaries from 7 August
Mumbai: Starting 7 August, viewers can watch all the behind-the-scene action of the Unforgettable Tour with Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwariya Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Ritiesh Deshmukh on the Idea Unforgettable Tour Diaries every...
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Vodafone music sale in association with Sony BMG
Mumbai: Vodafone Essar announced the Vodafone Music Sale for its customers in association with Sony BMG. Vodafone customers can purchase albums of their favourite artists such as Jagjit Singh, A. R. Rehman, Strings, Kenny...
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Hindus ask Mike Myers for public apology on The Love Guru issue
Mumbai: Hindus have asked Mike Myers, Hollywood actor and producer, for a public apology for lampooning Hinduism with his recent movie The Love Guru. Acclaimed Hindu leader Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada...
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Arena Animation to offer Post Graduate program in animation
Mumbai: Arena Animation in collaboration with Asian Institute of Communication & Research (AICAR) has launched a Post Graduate program in animation. The 18-month residential Postgraduate program in animation is designed in collaboration with the...
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DreamWorks’ Shelley Page to give lecture at Whistling Woods
Mumbai: Whistling Woods International (WWI) will host a guest lecture on animation on 7 August between 2 – 5 pm. The workshop will be conducted by DreamWorks SKG Feature, Animation head of international outreach...
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‘As a director, Siddharth Anand knows what he wants’ – Ranbir Kapoor
Yash Raj Films’ next Bachna Ae Haseeno is slated to release this month. The film will see actor Ranbir Kapoor opposite three actresses – Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone. In the film,...
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Max to roll Comedy is Kinng film festival
Mumbai: Entertainment channel MAX has rolled out a film festival of comedy flicks under the name Comedy is Kinng. The festival will be on from 11 – 22 August. The channel will air films...
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IP awareness trust of Australia launches copyright campaign for schools
Mumbai: Award-winning Australian television stars Natalie Blair and Sam Clark have joined forces with the Intellectual Property Awareness Trust to launch a copyright campaign designed for more than one million Australian high school students....
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Excel to release Amu DVD; Aamir Khan to unveil
Mumbai: An award winning film based on the infamous ’84 Sikh riots is being released on DVD. Amu, directed by Shonali Bose and produced by her husband Bedabrata Pain, will be unveiled on DVD...
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BIG FM rolls Radio Olympiad contest
Mumbai: With this latest offering, BIG 92.7 FM becomes the first ever radio station to host and bring alive the spirit of an Olympiad on-air. Listeners’ will get to prepare themselves for their first-ever...
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Palador Pictures rolls six-city film festival on Ingmar Bergman
Mumbai: Palador Pictures in association with the Embassy of Sweden has rolled out Remembering Bergman – A Retrospective, a tribute to Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest filmmakers of all times on his first...
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Colors to launch Shilpa Shetty hosted Bigg Boss on 17 Aug
The channel's action reality show Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi hosted by Kumar hosted will be replaced by Bigg Boss Season 2 from 17 August....
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UTV’s Ignition Entertainment taps Khanbeigi as marketing manager
Mumbai: UTV Software Communications’ videogame developing and publishing company Ignition Entertainment has added two executives to its US team. Melody Khanbeigi has been appointed as product marketing manager, whereas Susan Hale has been roped...
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Lionsgate signs Grammy-nominated Pine Leaf Boys for records, publishing
Mumbai: Lionsgate has signed cajun/zydeco act the Pine Leaf Boys to a record and publishing deal, it was announced by Lionsgate Music President Jay Faires. Their new album is slated for a September release....
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Atul Kasbekar’s Bling! signs Shahid Kapur for two years
Atul Kasbekar's celebrity management company Bling! Entertainment Solutions has signed on actor Shahid Kapur for a period of two years....
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Enlighten Film Society honors Waheeda Rehman
MUMBAI: Enlighten Film Society bestowed the ‘Taj Enlighten Tareef Award’ to veteran actress Waheeda Rehman for her outstanding contribution to cinema. The Taj Enlighten Film Society acknowledges contributions made by individuals in world cinema....
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Blockbuster and NCR to launch DVD vending kiosks
MUMBAI: Blockbuster Inc. and NCR Corporation have entered into an agreement to deploy Blockbuster-branded DVD vending kiosks in a pilot program. The initial deployment of 50 Blockbuster-branded kiosks should begin in the third quarter...
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Harry Sloan to continue as MGM chairman & CEO
MUMBAI: Harry E. Sloan has signed a new three year agreement to continue as the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. On behalf of the MGM Board, Providence Equity Partners CEO Jonathan Nelson...
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Lionsgate inks distribution deal With Disney-ABC Domestic Television
MUMBAI: Lionsgate and Disney-ABC Domestic Television have entered into an agreement where Lionsgate obtains the home entertainment distribution rights to select primetime series and library titles from ABC Studios. The announcement was made by...
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Maya Academy appoints Waerkar as chief creative officer
MUMBAI: Maya Entertainment Ltd. (MEL) has roped in animation industry expert Sanjiv Waerkar to be the chief creative officer at its education vertical Maya Academy (MAAC). Waerkar has over 17 years experience in the...
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Universal Republic Records inks deal with Ironworks Music
MUMBAI: Universal Republic Records has entered into an agreement with Ironworks Music to exclusively distribute Ironworks’ roster in the US. The imprint includes actor/producer Kiefer Sutherland and singer, songwriter and producer Jude Cole among...
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Katrina replaces Aishwarya as Nakshatra brand ambassador
Actress Katrina Kaif has replaced Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the brand ambassador Gitanjali's Nakshatra Diamond jewellery....
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The Happening grosses over $150 million at box office worldwide
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Picture’s third Hollywood venture The Happening directed by M Night Shyamalan has grossed $ 150 million at the worldwide box office so far. The film, which was made on a budget...
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BIG FM appoints Tripathi as Delhi station director
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM Delhi has appointed Manisha Tripathi as station director. With over 10 years of experience in various industries, Tripathi will be spearheading her new role in BIG 92.7 FM based in...
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Sony to acquire Bertelsmann’s 50% stake in Sony BMG
Sony BMG to be renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America....
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Parag Sanghvi floats independent film production venture
Ex-K Sera Sera managing director Parag Sanghvi floated Lotus Film Company was floated earlier this year with an initial investment of Rs 700 million....
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Studio 18 to buy 35 films’ satellite rights from Moser Baer
Studio 18 will be acquiring satellite rights of 35 films from Moser Baer Entertainment including Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam, Shaurya and Baghban....
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Entertainment Tonight and MSN unite in web content deal
Mumbai: Entertainment syndicated newsmagazine Entertainment Tonight has partnered with MSN to become the premier provider of entertainment and celebrity content for the online portal, it was announced by CBS Television Distribution president John Nogawski....
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Actor Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car accident
MUMBAI: Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman has been hospitalized in serious condition after his car met with an accident. Reports suggest that Freeman had possibly fallen asleep at the wheel. As per reports, Freeman...
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Murdoch’s News Corp to pump $100 mn in 6 regional channels
Rupert Murdoch-promoted News Corporation will invest $100 million over the next 12 months to start six regional channels under the Star brand in India....
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‘Over the last three years, our screen count has grown 300 percent year-on-year’ – Adlabs Cinemas COO Tushar Dhingra
Adlabs Cinemas has been spearheaded by Tushar Dhingra as its chief operating officer since 2005. What started as a business three years ago with 17 screens is now India’s largest cinema chain with 176...
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DreamWorks Animation to invest $85 million to upgrade studio
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG will be spending approximately $85 million over the next two years to expand and improve its animation studio in Glendale, California in order to accommodate general business growth, including 3D...
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Aksh Optifibre, BSNL launch IPTV service- icontrol in Jaipur
Mumbai: Aksh Optifibre has launched its IPTV (Interactive and Personalized Television) brand icontrol in Jaipur with BSNL. This will be first IPTV service in Jaipur. icontrol was launched in Delhi and Mumbai last month....
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Pooja Bedi starts her own blog
Mumbai: There is more to me, than the sum of all the parts – writes Pooja Bedi as the first post on her blog. Inspired by the reach and powers of the Internet, Bedi...
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Amit Pareek wins FILMY’s Bollywood Ka Boss
Mumbai: After six months of quizzing sessions, Amit Pareek from Indore has won the title of Bollywood quiz show Bollywood Ka Boss, hosted by Boman Irani on FILMY. After clearing his way through the...
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UTV’s Kishore Kumar film to be directed by Shoojit Sircar
UTV Motion Pictures to produce a film on Indian film industry’s legendary playback singer Kishore Kumar. The film will be directed by Shoojit Sircar....
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News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch announces index for India
Mumbai: Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, is expanding its Dow Jones Global Titans family by adding a blue-chip index for India. The launch of the Dow Jones India Titans 30 was...
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Graphiti students ready with 3D animation film Who’s next
Mumbai: This year’s Graphiti students have made a 3D animation film inspired by Panch Tantra. This film titled Who’s Next is a 3D animation film and is produced by the group of 27 Graphiti...
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NDTV Imagine to launch new dance series with Saroj Khan
Mumbai: Saroj Khan, who already hosts a dance show called Nachle Ve With Saroj Khan on NDTV Imagine, will now be seen hosting another dance show called Nach Shastra… Sitaron Ki Jung. The contest-based...
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Helen makes a comeback with Bachpan
Mumbai: Helen will soon be seen in her bollywood comeback film Bachpan, directed by debutante director Rajiv Sharma. Reminiscent of last year hit Taare Zameen Par, Bachpan is a musical family saga, seen from...
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide inks partnership with India’s Radio Misty
Mumbai: Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), the international public broadcaster from the Netherlands, has established a partnership with North Bengal and Sikkim FM station, Radio Misty 94.3FM. In the near future Radio Misty will air...
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Pyramid Saimira launches 3-screen multiplex in Malaysia
Pyramid Saimira inaugurated its new three-screen property Pyramid Saimira Summit Cineplex in Bukit Merthajam, Malaysia recently....
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BIG Music signs Hard Kaur and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Mumbai: Reliance Entertainment’s BIG Music and Home Entertainment has signed two new artists namely Hard Kaur and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The two have been signed for music albums, music videos, and shows. Kaur...
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Shilpa Shetty’s prod. co. called S2; Shamita is creative head
Actress Shilpa Shetty has flagged off her production banner under the name S 2, which stands for Shilpa Shetty....
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Sony BMG buys Kidnap, Dil Kabbadi music rights from TIFC
The Indian Film Company has sold the music rights for two of its films namely Kidnap and Dil Kabbadi to Sony BMG....
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Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma to honour Al Pacino
MUMBAI: Al Pacino will be the guest of honour at the third Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma that will take place from 22 – 31 October. The American actor is coming to Italy...
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Bravado signs Nine Inch Nails for merchandise
MUMBAI: Music merchandising company Bravado has entered into an agreement to manufacture and distribute merchandise with seminal rock band Nine Inch Nails. The announcement was made by Bravado chief executive officer Tom Bennett. Nine...
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Australia-wide boycott call of The Love Guru proved effective, Hindus emphasize
MUMBAI: The Australia-wide boycott call of Hindus against Hollywood movie The Love Guru for lampooning Hinduism has been very effective, contributing to its blunt failure at the box office, Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu leader,...
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Lionsgate to release Dean Teaster’s Ghost Town on DVD in October
MUMBAI: Lionsgate in association with Barnholtz Entertainment will release the western feature Dean Teaster’s Ghost Town on DVD 28 October in the United States and Canada. Dean Teaster’s Ghost Town, the dream project of...
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EMI and Typhoon sign new music agreement
MUMBAI: EMI has entered into a new agreement with its joint venture partner Typhoon covering their recorded music activities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Under the new agreement,...
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Sony BMG to release Sarah Mclachlan’s album on 7 October
MUMBAI: On October 7, Sony BMG Music recording artist Sarah McLachlan will release her first best-of collection. The Best Of Sarah McLachlan contains 14 classic tracks personally selected by the artist from her award-winning...
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Varma’s Sarkar Raj script selected for Oscars library
Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar Raj has been chosen for Academy of Motion Pictures library (Oscar). ...
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Ultra Group forays into soft toys manufacturing
Ultra Group's company Ultra Merchandise & Retails Ltd has forayed into manufacturing of soft toys....
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IODA, R2G partner to bring music to China’s 253 million Internet users
Mumbai: IODA and R2G have inked an agreement to provide China’s Internet audience with access to a diverse selection of more than one million recordings of international music. IODA’s catalogue will be available on...
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MySpace Comedy to host Warner Music Entertainment’s Comedybox.tv
Mumbai: MySpace in collaboration with Warner Music Entertainment (WME) have launched MySpace Comedy UK (www.myspace.com/comedyuk), a new entertainment channel that empowers users to discover and connect with the best in established and new comedic...
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Luke Ryan joins MGM as VP; theatrical production
Mumbai: Luke Ryan has joined the MGM Motion Picture Group as Vice President, theatrical production. Ryan will play an integral role in the studio’s newly assembled theatrical production operation and will be responsible for...
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Yash Raj Films releases Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic’s VCD
Mumbai: Yash Raj Films has released the home video of its latest film Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic. YRF has released the VCD of the film, which is priced at Rs 149. The movie stars...
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MySpace launches local hubs for India’s talent
Mumbai: MySpace India has recently launched a new revamped Indihub (myspace.com/indihub). With nearly 200 thousand friends, Indihub is a single stop for news, specials, videos, friends, cool tips and hot news on what is...
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New law will help curb campus piracy: Dan Glickman
Mumbai: College students all across the country enjoy downloading their favorite movies and television shows – and their high-tech campus networks often make this task easier and faster. Unfortunately, this activity is not always...
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MPAA’s Glickman lauds Film Production Tax Legislation
Mumbai: MPAA Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman made a statement in response to the introduction of the Domestic Film Production Equity Act of 2008 in the United States Senate: He said, "The American motion...
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Louis Vuitton reaches settlement with Sony BMG for infringement cases
Mumbai: Louis Vuitton Malletier has concluded a worldwide settlement agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment under which Sony BMG has agreed to refrain from future activity involving Louis Vuitton’s intellectual property. This settlement agreement...
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Lionsgate acquires home entertainment rights to Wolverine & The X-Men
Mumbai: Lionsgate has acquired the home entertainment distribution rights to the new animated series from global entertainment licensing company Marvel Entertainment, Wolverine & The X-Men. Under the terms of the arrangement, Lionsgate retains the...
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SPE president Steve Mosko extends employment contract through 2012
Mumbai: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) president Steve Mosko has signed a long-term contract with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), extending his employment as head of the studio’s television division through 2012, it was announced by...
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Lucasfilm wins copyright infringement case in British High Court
Mumbai: A High Court judge found that British firm Shepperton Design Studios and its principal Andrew Ainsworth violated the US copyrights of Lucasfilm Ltd. by making and selling pirated Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets and...
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WorldKids International Film Fest awards Ashutosh Gowariker
Mumbai: The WorldKids International Film Festival (WKIFF), the first film festival in India specifically aimed towards children and young adults, ended after an active week with acclaimed filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker being presented an ‘Entertainment...
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Tata Elxsi ties up with Japanese firm Proassist
Mumbai: Tata Elxsi Limited, the technology arm of the Tata Group, announced its tie up with Proassist, one of Japan’s providers of product/system development services in embedded control electronics. Proassist is inherently strong in...
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Rishita Monga crowned Ultimate ibibo MTV iSuperstar
Mumbai: Ibibo MTV iSuperstar, the reality show about ordinary people and their journey to stardom, concluded with New Delhi-based Rishita Monga winning the contest. She garnered support on Ibibo.com and made 5448 friends and...
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HBO lines up latest blockbusters in August
Mumbai: This August, HBO will air the biggest Hollywood premiere of the month, In Pursuit Of Happiness, on HBO Blockbuster of the Month. The film stars Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton and Dan...
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Adlabs Films reports consolidated revenues of Rs 2.54 bn
Adlabs Films reported consolidated revenues of Rs 2.54 billion for the quarter ended 30 June 2008, which have grown by 217 per cent....
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Hansika Motwani opts out of South film Pulli
Mumbai: Hansika Motwani, who was slated to star in her next film in the South titled Pulli, has now opted out of the film. Motwani was supposed to star opposite Pawan Kalyan in the...
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De la Garza named MD of MPA’s Mexico operations
Mumbai: Federico Antonio de la Garza Caballero has been named Managing Director of the Motion Picture Association’s (MPA) Mexico operations. De la Garza will manage and represent all aspects of the MPA’s presence in...
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Prime Focus records Rs 102 million profit in Q1
Prime Focus posted profit after tax of Rs 102.1 million, a growth of 7.83% over the corresponding quarter of the previous year....
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Platinum Studios announces global relaunch of WOWIO
Mumbai: Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters, has relaunched WOWIO, a digital ebook distributor recently acquired by Platinum Studios as part of its...
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Rahul Bose to star with Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen in Antaheen
Mumbai: Rahul Bose, who is working with Soha Ali Khan and Konkana Sen Sharma in Dil Kabbadi, is also doing a film with his leading ladies’ respective moms, Sharmila Tagore and Aparna Sen. The...
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Moser Baer India posts net loss of Rs 1039 million
Moser Baer India reported net loss of Rs 1039.8 million for FY 08-09, as against a net loss of Rs 717.2 million in the last quarter of 07-08....
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Nomura to invest $16 mn in Real Image Media Technologies
Asian-based investment bank Nomura will be investing $16 million in India's Real Image Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd....
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Film Review: Ugly Aur Pagli
Film: Ugly Aur Pagli Director: Sachin Khot Producer: Pritish Nandy, Rangita Pritish Nandy Banner: Pritish Nandy Communications Cinematography: Somak Mukherjee Editor: Hemal Kothari Music Director: Anu Malik Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Ranvir Shorey, Tinu Anand,...
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Pyramid Saimira Theatre posts net profit of Rs 134 million
Pyramid Saimira Theatre has posted a net profit of Rs 134.90 million for the quarter ended 30 June, 2008....
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Hollywood studios sue 2 portals for copyright infringement
Hollywood studios filed lawsuits in federal court in LA against fomdb.com and movierumor.com - websites that facilitate copyright infringement....
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LG, Netflix unveil Blu-ray disc player
MUMBAI: Building on its technology partnership announced earlier this year, LG Electronics and Netflix, Inc. announced plans for the first Blu-ray disc player that will have the added benefit of being able to instantly...
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EMI Music names Rob Stevenson as President, Virgin US
MUMBAI: Rob Stevenson has been appointed to a top creative post leading EMI’s Virgin imprint in America. As president, Virgin US, Stevenson will report to EMI Music’s new President, A&R, North America, UK &...
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Francis named Warner/Chappell Music president & Warner/Chappell Music U.S. chairman – CEO
MUMBAI: Scott Francis has been appointed to the newly created position of Warner/Chappell Music president and Warner/Chappell Music US chairman and CEO. The announcement was made by Warner/Chappell Music chairman and CEO David H....
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Bravado and Dolly Parton ink merchandising agreement
MUMBAI: Music merchandising company Bravado has entered into an agreement to manufacture and distribute merchandise with legendary recording artist, actress and entrepreneur Dolly Parton. The announcement was made by Bravado CEO Tom Bennett. With...
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Meyers, Hader, Rich create & star on Crackle.com show
MUMBAI: Saturday Night Live’s (SNL) Seth Meyers, Bill Hader and Simon Rich have created and will star in The Line, an original new comedy web series making its debut on Crackle.com. Produced by Broadway...
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Comics mastermind Brubaker and Crackle.com team for series
MUMBAI: Comics mastermind and Eisner Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker (Criminal, The Death of Captain America) and White Rock Lake Productions have teamed up to produce Angel of Death, a new live-action series for Crackle.com,...
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Kambakkht Ishq 50% complete by 5 Aug; next shoot in Italy
Nadiadwala Grandsons' Akshay - Kareena starrer Kambakkht Ishq will be 50 – 60 per cent complete by 5 August....
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Sony BMG to release Dylan’s Tell Tale Signs on 7 October
MUMBAI: Bob Dylan’s Tell Tale Signs – the 8th instalment in the best-selling and critically lauded Bootleg Series which launched 1991 – will be released by Sony BMG on 7 October. A collection of...
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Bipasha Basu to endorse Sugar Free Gold
Mumbai: Pharmaceutical company Cadila Healthcare has appointed Bipasha Basu as the brand ambassador for its Brand Sugar Free Gold. Basu says, "Fitness is about 50 percent diet and 50 percent exercise. Sugar constitutes for...
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Star Movies to air Dreamer on 1 August
Mumbai: Dreamer starring Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, and Kris Kristofferson, directed by John Gatins is a tale of a father-daughter relationship, inspired by a true story. For the love of his daughter, a father...
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Gameshastra inks deal with Sony Computer Entertainment
Gameshastra has inked a partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to build a game on the PlayStation2 platform....
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Katrina Kaif in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby on 3 August
Mumbai: Katrina Kaif stumps Baby (Benaf Dadachanji) of Baa Bahoo Aur Baby with a surprise visit to the Thakkar household. Kaif joins the celebrations on Baby’s birthday in the episode to be aired on...
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Ram Gopal Varma devises marketing strategy for Phoonk
The director and producer of the film have devised a unique marketing strategy to promote the horror film Phoonk. ...
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People Group appoints Badri Sanjeevi as CFO
Mumbai: People Group, the Anupam Mittal led New Media and Entertainment Group, welcomes Badri Sanjeevi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sanjeevi will be responsible for managing profitable growth across group businesses, in line with...
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Eros releases music of Hijack
Mumbai: Eros International in association with Aleya Motion Magic released the music album of their action-thriller film Hijack. Present at the function were people from the film industry including the star cast of the...
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