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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Jeff Nathanson signs on for DreamWorks’ The 39 Clues
Mumbai: Jeff Nathanson has signed on to write the screenplay for the first film installment of The 39 Clues, it was announced by DreamWorks Studios co-chairman and CEO Stacey Snider, and Scholastic Media president...
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Rock On star cast to perform live in Delhi
Mumbai: BIG 92.7 FM Delhi will be getting the Rock On cast to perform live on 6 September at the Select City Walk, Saket. This will mark the cast’s first live concert in India...
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Star Movies to premier Casino Royale on 6 September
Mumbai: Star Movies is set to premier Casino Royale on 6 September at 9 p.m. The most successful James Bond film ever, Casino Royale earned a worldwide gross of US$594 million. Much of Casino...
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Zapak to represent Indian online gaming industry at Casual Connect
Mumbai: Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd. will be the first ever Indian representative for the casual gaming industry at the Casual Connect which is a component of the Casual Games Association, the international trade association...
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Big releases Jodhaa Akbar on home video
Mumbai: Ashutosh Gowariker today released the home video of Jodhaa Akbar at the hands of Javed Akhtar. Big Home Video released the historical romance in a three DVD pack and VCD. Special features like...
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Big TV DTH launches starter, popular packs for Karnataka
Mumbai: BIG TV DTH, the digital home entertainment service from Reliance Communications, is offering consumers in Karnataka a veritable deal. The launch offer of BIG TV comes along with benefits and savings for TV...
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Anupam, Naseeruddin travel in train to promote A Wednesday
Mumbai: In conjunction with the central theme of A Wednesday, which revolves around train blasts and terrorism, actors Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah traveled in the train for promotion of the film. Shah and...
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Cadbury Eclairs remixes Bollywood in a fresh way
Mumbai: Cadbury India has come out with a fresh installment of web entertainment on the heels of Miss. Palampur and Kho News concepts. This time round the webisode revolves around the Cadbury Éclairs brand....
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Court lifts stay order on UTV Motion Pictures for Shoebite
The stay order by the Delhi High Court on UTV Motion Pictures regarding shooting for the film Shoebite has been lifted....
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Moser Baer arm to raise Rs 4.11 billion from global investors
Moser Baer India's wholly owned PV subsidiary to raise Rs 4.11 billion from a consortium of global investors, including Nomura, CDC Group, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, IDFC PE and IDFC....
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