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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