The company has so far invested over $200 million in 60 content deals & is looking at focusing on securing content in other languages....
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Hulla no show at multiplexes; premieres online on BIGFlix
The film's evening show has been cancelled at theatres like Fun Cinemas and Movietime due to lack of audiences....
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Film Review: Welcome to Sajjanpur
Film: Welcome to Sajjanpur Banner: UTV SpotBoy Producer: Ronnie Screwvala & Zarina Mehta Director: Shyam Benegal Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Ila Arun, Divya Dutta, Kunal Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Jhankal and...
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Nickelodeon Kids & Family Games grp appoints key mgt positions
Mumbai: The Nickelodeon Kids and Family Games Group, recently formed to provide its audiences with innovative gaming experiences, announced several new key management appointments. David Bergantino has been named Vice President of Premium Games...
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Indian, international celebs come together for Live Earth Event
Mumbai: The Live Earth India concert, that will be held on 7 December this year for a climate in crisis, will feature world-renowned musicians and performers, environmental advocates and celebrities from India, US as...
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Middle East International Film Fest to pay tribute to Jane Fonda
Mumbai: The second Middle East International Film Festival, to be held from 10-19 October, will pay a tribute to the actress Jane Fonda. A special event in partnership with Cinema Verite will be held...
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Illegal distributor of Wanted via P2P sharing network nabbed in Japan
Mumbai: On September 18, officers from the High-Tech Crime Control Center of Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters arrested a 33-year Sendai man on suspicion of distributing the movie Wanted, not yet released in Japan, via...
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Disney Park to offer free entry on birthdays from 2009
Mumbai: Everyone who visits a Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort theme park on their birthday in 2009 can get in free, as Disney Parks embraces a newly identified family-travel trend called celebration...
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Editor’s Note: 10,000 stories and still counting
With two and a half years of reporting on the film business behind us, Businessofcinema.com touched the 10,000th story mark on 19 September, 2008....
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Rayban Vh1 Global Music Xpress to bring international artists to India
Mumbai: Vh1 along with Rayban will be jointly presenting the Rayban Vh1 Global Music Xpress which will bring down artistes and music from around the globe for live performances every two months, starting with...
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Yahoo! and Rhapsody deliver full song playback in Yahoo! Search
Mumbai: Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) and Rhapsody are making the Web playable. Users who search for an artist with available content on Yahoo! will be able to click play right in the Yahoo! shortcut at the...
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Kidnap to release on 1 October in the overseas
The distributors of Kidnap, Indian Films - Studio 18 have preponed the release of the movie by a day in the overseas. ...
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Star-studded premiere for Welcome to Sajjanpur
Mumbai: Thursday night saw a star-studded premiere of UTV Spotboy’s Welcome to Sajjanpur at Cinemax. The evening saw almost every one attending the premiere in traditional attire in tow with the theme of the...
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Abhishek Bachchan Up, Close and Personal on CNN-IBN
Mumbai: In an exclusive show Abhishek: Up Close and Personal on CNN-IBN the actor talks about his first hand experience with terror, his identity beyond his father and the rumors that constantly hound his...
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Online film marketing to increase to $2.4 billion by 2012
Mumbai: As per the report "Digital Movie Marketing: A Convergence of Content, Devices and Services" online film marketing is expanding in scope and sophistication. In 2007, studios of the Motion Picture Association of America...
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Mukta Arts eyes VAS market with Coruscant Tec acquisition
Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts has acquired a majority stake in Coruscant Tec, which is a Chennai based value added services (VAS) company....
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