Mumbai: Qube Cinema has inked a partnership with the Digital Cinema Network (DCN) in Australia to convert the six-screen boutique Sun Theatre Yarraville in Melbourne’s Inner West to a fully networked and automated DCI...
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Funai Blu-ray Player achieves DivX Certification
Mumbai: Digital media company DivX and Funai Electric Co. announced the DivX Certification of a new Blu-ray player from Funai. The player will be launched in the European market in October. With DivX Certification,...
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R-ADAG’s Big Pictures launches first Marathi film Samaantar
Reliance ADAG's film production arm BIG Pictures has launched its first Marathi film Samaantar, which is co-directed by Amol Palekar and his wife Sandhya Gokhle....
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SPTI appoints Sergey Plotnikov as GM, AXN SCI-FI
Mumbai: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has appointed Sergey Plotnikov to the position of general manager of its newest network AXN SCI-FI. This network is present in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Based in...
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NATO’s Cinema Buying Group inks 3D deal with RealD
Mumbai: Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, has announced an agreement with digital 3D experience provider RealD to bring next-generation 3D capability...
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UTStarcom, Aksh to power BSNL’s IPTV service in 20 Indian cities
Mumbai: UTStarcom has signed a contract with Aksh Optifibre to deploy its end-to-end RollingStream Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution in 20 cities on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s ADSL 2+ network, a UTStarcom-built multiplay infrastructure...
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MGM Channel inks multiple deals in East European market
Mumbai: MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, has inked a multitude of new deals with cable and satellite operators across Eastern Europe. With MGM Channels already carried in millions of subscriber homes across...
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AOL’s Platform-A debuts iPhone ad optimization solution
Mumbai: AOL has launched the mobile industry’s most robust and far-reaching solution for targeting advertising to iPhone users. Offered through Third Screen Media, Platform-A’s mobile ad-serving platform and network, the solution detects and delivers...
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Emmy award-winning animator, director Bill Melendez dies
Mumbai: Bill Melendez, considered a pioneer in animation and best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life, died early Tuesday morning, 2 September at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica. Doctors said Melendez...
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Pirate movie burner lab busted in Taiwan
Mumbai: Acting on information provided by Taiwan Foundation Against Copyright Theft (TFACT), the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Police raided a DVD-R burner lab in Taipei County on 29 August. They arrested two operators, a...
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