Mumbai: Jetix Europe N.V. has signed an agreement with an affiliate of its majority shareholder, The Walt Disney Company Ltd, for the distribution of its channels and digital content across Europe, the Middle East...
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6th TV Land Awards honors Mike Myers, Garry Marshall
Mumbai: Celebrities from television, film and music all came out for the taping of the sixth annual TV Land Awards premiering on 15 June. The list included Steve Carell, Justin Timberlake, Robin Williams, Dick...
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UOMO Media’s The NE has momentum at MTV
Mumbai: A video directed and produced by The NE, a fully-owned subsidiary of UOMO Media, is in heavy rotation on MTV in the UK and US. Justin Nozuka’s After Tonight video directed by The...
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JumpTV, NeuLion to merge and create IPTV
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Mauj, Lakme launch Sex and the City contest
Mumbai: Mauj Mobile, People Group’s wireless division, has come together with Warner Bros and Lakme Beauty Salon to bring you a chance to win free couple tickets for the big screen version of the...
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T-Series acquires music rights of God Tussi Great Ho
T-Series acquires music rights of Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan starrer God Tussi Great Ho. Music is by Sajid - Wajid....
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Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor steal thunder with IIFA performance
At the gala award show, it was Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor who stole the limelight with their individual performances....
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Chak De! India, Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena win big at IIFA Awards
Chak De! India won the best film award, Shah Rukh Khan got the best actor award, whereas Kareena Kapoor won the best actress award at IIFA 2008....
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Columbia Pictures to develop My Fair Lady with CBS Films
Mumbai: Columbia Pictures has entered into an agreement with CBS Films to create a new motion picture of the Lerner and Loewe classic musical My Fair Lady. Columbia Pictures presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt...
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UMG expands agreement with Destiny Media Technologies
Mumbai: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Destiny Media Technologies announced that they have expanded their digital media distribution services agreement to include UMG’s affiliates in Canada and Mexico. Under this multi-year agreement, Destiny Media...
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Mahindra & Mahindra acquires rights of Sanjay Gupta’s Acid Factory
Mahindra & Mahindra has tied up with Sanjay Gupta's White Feather Films for the latter's forthcoming film Acid Factory. The announcement was made on the second day of IIFA in Bangkok....
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Percept Picture, Pritish Nandy join hands for Ugly aur Pagli
Percept Picture Company has tied up with Pritish Nandy Communications to distribute worldwide the forthcoming PNC film Ugly aur Pagli....
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Sony Pictures Entertainment acquires 2waytraffic
Mumbai: Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that it has successfully acquired control of the Dutch entertainment company 2waytraffic. The acquisition gives SPE new capabilities in the global light entertainment market, which includes games, variety and...
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Sony Picture India promotes Kercy Daruwala as MD
Sony Pictures India has promoted Kercy Daruwala as the company's managing director....
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Disney’s shooter game Turok released in India
Mumbai: Turok, Disney’s maiden shooter game to be released in India, is the latest installment in the first-person shooter video games series based on Acclaim Entertainment’s comic series of the same name. Turok is...
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Ibibo ties up with FTV to launch iFashion Photographer
Mumbai: Ibibo and Fashion TV have launched the Ibibo FTV iFashion Photographer Contest to provide a platform to amateur fashion photographers across India to showcase their talent at a national level. As part of...
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Osian’s-Cinefan celebrates 10th anniversary in Delhi, Mumbai
Mumbai: Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema that brings the finest films from India, Asia and the Arab countries celebrates its 10th anniversary in Mumbai and Delhi. Last year Mumbai witnessed a one-day...
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Shilpa Shetty’s yoga DVD released on Shemaroo
Mumbai: Bollywood Star Shilpa Shetty has released an instructional video based on the ancient Indian practice of yoga, titled Shilpa’s Yoga. Released on DVDs and VCDs by Shemaroo Entertainment, the video shares the secret...
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IIFA honors R K Pachauri with Global Business Leadership Award
Mumbai: R K Pachauri was honored by IIFA with the Global Business Leadership Award at the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum in Bangkok. The ceremony was addressed by Amitabh Bachchan who introduced the audiences to...
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UK Film Council backs three new films
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Superstar blockbusters to screen on Filmy
Mumbai: If you haven’t had your fill of Bollywood’s five biggest superstars through their latest releases or through their television avatar, then log onto Filmy. All of June, Filmy will bring to you the...
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Film Review: Sarkar Raj
Film: Sarkar Raj Banner: K Sera Sera, Adlabs Films Ltd Director: Ram Gopal Varma Producer: Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol Star – Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govind Namdeo, Tanisha Mukherjee Rating:...
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Bachchan trio starrer Sarkar Raj premieres at IIFA
On the opening day of the International Indian Film Academy awards gala in Bangkok, Ram Gopal Varma directed Sarkar Raj was premiered....
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Jeetendra releases Mission Istaanbul music at IIFA
Music of Lakhia's film Mission Istaanbul launched on the first day of the IIFA Awards in Bangkok....
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Pritish Nandy launches second film banner Guerrilla Flicks
After the likes of UTV and Mukta Arts, now Pritish Nandy Communications has launched its second motion picture banner....
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Zapak, Reliance Mobile launches Cash League contest
Mumbai: Zapak, in association with Reliance Mobile, has started a unique contest called Cash League that allows everyone to make money by playing any game on Zapak.com. Zapak Cash League is an innovative concept...
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Dennis Adamovich joins TBS as SVO, GM of Comedy Festivals
Mumbai: Dennis Adamovich has joined TBS in the newly created role of senior vice president and general manager of comedy festivals, according to an announcement by Turner Entertainment Networks president Steve Koonin. Adamovich’s first...
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Warner Music, Sony Ericsson, Madonna team up for Hard Candy
Mumbai: Sony Ericsson and Warner Music International announced an agreement enabling new music and mobile content from Madonna’s smash hit new album Hard Candy to be sold with selected Sony Ericsson mobile devices in...
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Museum of the Moving Image launches new website
Mumbai: Museum of the Moving Image director Rochelle Slovin announced the launch of a major new website devoted to the history of film, television, and digital media: Moving Image Source. Made possible with support...
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Dennis Hopper set to star in Crash drama series
Mumbai: Film icon Dennis Hopper has been set to star in Crash, the first original drama series from Starz Entertainment, based on the Academy Award-winning Best Picture. The 13-episode one-hour series, co-produced with Lionsgate,...
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Kung Fu Panda opens in IMAX Theatres on 6 June
Mumbai: IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG announced that the studio’s highly anticipated summer movie, Kung Fu Panda, starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu and...
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IIFA weekend takes off in Bangkok
IIFA Weekend kicked off in Bangkok. Amitabh Bachchan inaugurated the event with the Thailand Sports and Tourism minister Khun Weerasak Kowsurat....
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Ignition Entertainment launches official game site for Vampire Rain
Mumbai: Ignition Entertainment, a UTV Enterprise and worldwide publisher and developer of videogames, announced the launch of the official game site and first teaser trailer in a series of videos for the upcoming stealth-horror...
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Music Review: Jaane Tu.. Ya Jaane Na
Film: Jaane tu…ya jaane na Producer: Aamir Khan and Mansoor Khan Director: Abbas Tyrewala Music director: A.R.Rahman Rateing: 3/5 With Jaane Tu..ya jaane na, Rahman does his usual with making music...
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DreamWorks & Paramount to release Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Mumbai: DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures Corporation announced a stellar cast line-up for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming comedy, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which is slated for a 7 November, 2008 theatrical release. Madagascar: Escape 2...
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Essel Group to adopt SAP for its media business
Mumbai: Media and entertainment major Essel Group has decided to adopt business software solution platform SAP to accelerate its media growth. Announcing this at the SAP Summit 2008, Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra said,...
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Enlighten Film Company, Vivek Agnihotri to make film called 12
Mumbai: Enlighten Film Company, the creators of the biggest Indian Film Society and Vivek Agnihotri under his banner ‘Vivek Agnihotri Creates’ are set to produce a film titled 12 based on the famous 50’s...
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Percept to release animated movie Dashavatar
Mumbai: Percept Picture Company (PPC) has tied up with Anushvi productions for Dashavatar a mythological tale about the divine incarnations of Lord Vishnu. The company believes that it is very essential for the present...
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Yahoo! and Havas Digital announced partnership
Mumbai: Yahoo! and Havas Digital inked a global partnership that encompasses all of the operating units within Havas Digital. Under the terms of the agreement, Havas Digital will work with the Right Media Exchange...
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Cinemax hosts a music launch of Sanai Chaughade
Mumbai: Cinemax hosted yet another well attended affair, for the music launch of Sanai Chaughade – directed by Rajeev Patil. Held at Red Lounge in Cinemax Versova, a host of celebrities from the Marathi...
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Red FM supports the green cause
Mumbai: RED FM in association with ELF Engine Oils will be conducting free PUC Camps across 17 locations in Mumbai on the occasion of World Environment Day, on 5 June. Vehicles arriving at the...
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Qloud launches My Music application on MySpace
Mumbai: Qloud has announced that it launched its My Music Application on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/music_app). Qloud’s My Music application enables MySpace users to import and play entire songs and videos from their complete iTunes library...
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PVR Pictures to raise Rs 1.2 billion via private equity investment
JPMorgan Global Special Opportunities Group and ICICI Venture will each invest Rs 600 million in PVR Pictures. ...
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Movie Mart expands ops, to provide DVD rentals nationally
MUMBAI: Online movie rental company Movie Mart will now provide its DVD rental service on a national level. To provide this service Movie Mart has partnered logistics company TNT for safe and quick delivery...
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Aksh Optifibre to widen its IPTV reach with BSNL
Aksh Optifibre signs agreement with BSNL to provide IPTV services to its subscribers services in 20 cities in Northern India....
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id8labs to market iifabuzz.com
Mumbai: International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)-pioneered by Wizcraft International Entertainment has tied-up with id8labs to create and market www.iifabuzz.com. Wizcraft International director Sabbas Joseph said, "IIFA in the last few years has propelled Indian...
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High Court bars Yahoo! to use T-Series’ video content
Delhi High Court issues notice to Yahoo! and its Indian subsidiary on a suit filed by Super Cassettes Industries Limited, which owns T-Series....
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Anuranan director bags Santa Cruz Film Festival award
Anuranan director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury receives 'Emerging Film-Maker Award' at Santa Cruz Film Festival in California....
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Zoom to air Inside Bollywood with Sanjay Dutt on 8 June
Mumbai: "When everybody walks out, he is the one man who will walk in." That’s what Manyata Dutt has to say about her husband Sanjay Dutt, on the only show that takes you behind...
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Excel releases Borat on home video in India
Mumbai: Controversial cult film Borat has released directly on home video in India. Borat is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was released...
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Star bets big on merchandising; ties-up with eight brands
Star India unveiled a host of products and services at the Star Parivaar Brand Showcase 2008....
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EMI Music signs worldwide agreement with Ben Harper
Mumbai: EMI Music Publishing has extended its long-term relationship with Grammy Award winning songwriter and performer Ben Harper. A multi-instrumentalist whose blend of rock, folk, reggae, blues and soul have won him a devoted...
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SRK quizzes Karan Johar, Rani on Paanchvi Pass
Mumbai: Rani Mukherjee and Karan Johar will appear on Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? on 7 June where they try to prove that they are smarter than a fifth grader. As India’s...
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iTunes makes available TV programming in France
Mumbai: Television programming from France’s networks including TF1, France Télévisions, Arté, Mediatoon’s Dargaud TV and Dupuis TV, along with hit US shows from The Walt Disney Company and MTV Networks is now available on...
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Apple premieres movies on the iTunes store in UK
Mumbai: Apple announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate UK are...
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Barry Ziehl promoted to SVP for Warner Bros.
Mumbai: Barry Ziehl has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Public Relations and Marketing for Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), it was announced by Warner Bros. Consumer Products executive vice president of...
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Imax names Heather Anthony VP of Investor Relations
Mumbai: IMAX Corporation announced that Heather Anthony has been named Vice President, Investor Relations for the company. Anthony has more than a decade of experience in the investor relations and financial communications industry having...
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EMI Music, SpiralFrog ink North American deal
Mumbai: SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, has inked a digital distribution agreement with EMI Music. With the agreement, EMI’s expansive catalog of digital music and music videos will become available to...
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EA launches Kung Fu Panda mobile games
Mumbai: EA Mobile, a division of the Electronic Arts Casual Entertainment Label, announced the availability of Kung Fu Panda, an original mobile game based on the characters, locations and storyline from the DreamWorks Animation...
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EMI Music enters into new agreement with Qtrax
Mumbai: EMI Music has entered into an agreement with ad-supported digital music service Qtrax to make EMI’s catalog of digital music available to music fans in the US and Canada. As part of the...
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Universal Pictures, Marvel Studios present premiere of The Incredible Hulk
Mumbai: Universal Pictures and Marvel Studios are set to present the world premiere of The Incredible Hulk at the Gibson Amphitheatre on 8 June. The Incredible Hulk is directed by Louis Leterrier; cast members...
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Veoh Networks secures $30 million from Silicon Valley heavyweights
Mumbai: Internet television service Veoh Networks (www.veoh.com) has received an additional round of funding worth $30 million led by Intel Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Corporation, joined by Adobe Systems and Capital...
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Verizon Wireless expands network into Rock County
Mumbai: Verizon Wireless announced it has activated three new cell sites in Rock County that bring the nation’s most reliable network to area residents. This new coverage area is in the southeastern portions of...
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Sony Computer Entertainment America to give gamers access With Qore
Mumbai: Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced that on 5 June it will introduce Qore: Presented by Playstation Network, a highly interactive, monthly original program that covers the world inside PlayStation, available only on...
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Reliance Big Animation installs Foundry Networks’ switches
MUMBAI: Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s (ADAG) animation arm Big Animation has installed Foundry Networks’ BigIron RX backbone and FastIron Series Layer 2/3 switches into its high-performance 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) animation production...
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PVR Q4 net profit up 23 per cent to Rs 27 million
PVR's Q4 net profit was Rs 27 million, which has grown by 23% from Rs 22 million during the corresponding quarter of last year....
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RED FM wins 9 awards at Indian Radio in Excellence Awards
Mumbai: Red FM bagged nine awards at the Indian Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA), 2008 with the highest number of awards including the award for the Best FM Brand. The awards held on May...
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Gowarikar hosts party for Jodhaa Akbar 100 days completion
Mumbai: On the occasion of Jodhaa Akbar having completed 100 days at the box office, producer and director Ashutosh Gowarikar hosted a party for members of the cast and media professionals on Monday evening....
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Sony BMG introduces debut Hindi pop album of Smita
Mumbai: With over two million albums sold, 200 concerts in eight countries, 75 playback songs and her ability to sing in six languages – Smita has established an unparalleled legacy for herself. Smita’s potential...
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Star, FedEx join in for Airlifting Relief Supplies to Sichuan
Mumbai: Asia’s media and entertainment company Star and FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., airlifted 31 tonnes of necessities to Sichuan Province, China, on 1 June. The supplies will provide immediate aid to...
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AccessIT to bring live 3D events to top cinema in US markets
Mumbai: Access Integrated Technologies (AccessIT) announced its plans for the installation of 150 of its leading edge CineLiveSM product in key markets throughout the United States. The technology, which enables the live broadcast to...
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Coca-Cola celebrates Essence Music Festival at the Apollo
Mumbai: Coca-Cola will celebrate the Essence Music Festival at The Apollo on 5 June where some of today’s most popular R&B and neo-soul artists will perform on the Apollo’s legendary stage in celebration of...
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Universal Capital Management, Sivoo sign new agreement
Mumbai: Universal Capital Management, a publicly traded venture capital company that provides emerging growth companies with management and strategic resources for successful growth, announced that it has signed a new management agreement with its...
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Sahara ties-up with Boney Kapoor for Rs 2.25 bn 5-film deal
Boney Kapoor & Sahara One ink five film deal; Kapoor to produce whereas Sahara will look into the distribution....
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Mukta Arts’ Red Carpet Films signs four directors
Mukta Arts' Red Carpet Films Ltd has signed four directors to make Hindi films for the banner. ...
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Pyramid Saimira appoints Eros’ Narayan as VP marketing
Pyramid Saimira Theatre has appointed Vikramaditya Narayan as vice president – marketing. ...
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Warner Premiere’s Lost Boys The Tribe explodes onto Blu-ray and DVD
Mumbai: Warner Premiere’s Lost Boys The Tribe arrives on Blu-ray and DVD 29 July from Warner Home Video. Lost Boys The Tribe is directed by P.J. Pesce from a script by Hans Rodionoff and...
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Salman Khan-anchored 10 Ka Dum to air from 6 June
Salman Khan to make his small screen debut on 6 June on Sony's 10 Ka Dum. The show will be aired every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm....
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Film organizations launch education plan for young viewers
Mumbai: Leading film organizations published the first UK-wide film education strategy. Film: 21st Century Literacy aims to bring greater consistency to the provision of film education in the UK so children and young people...
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Anti-piracy ads target NYC subways for summer season
Mumbai: Building on the success of the anti-piracy campaign initiated by the City of New York and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) last year, MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman announced that...
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Sun TV launches FM stations at Gulbarga and Asansol
Mumbai: Sun TV announced the launch of two radio stations at Gulbarga and Asansol under the brand S FM from 3 June 2008 through subsidiaries Kal Radio and South Asia FM respectively. These stations...
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Lionsgate acquires US, Canada rights to Transporter 3
Mumbai: Lionsgate has acquired the US and Canadian distribution rights to Transporter 3. Jason Statham returns as iconic action hero Frank Martin in the third installment of the EuropaCorp-produced series. The announcement was made...
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ZoomTV.in clocks 23 million views in 5 months
Mumbai: Within five months, ZoomTV.in has 23 million views. With official partners including YouTube, Rediff, Blinkx, Nautanki and over 23 Bollywood applications on social networking sites like Facebook, Zoom is has become India’s largest...
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Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D World Premiere at LA Film Fest
Mumbai: The Los Angeles Film Festival announced that Walden Media and New Line Cinema’s Journey to the Center of the Earth will make its world premiere with a special 3D screening as part of...
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Tata Sky reduces prices; launches add-on packages
Tata Sky reduces monthly subscription prices; launches add-on packages to increase choice for subscribers....
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Post Indian Premier League, Max lines up latest movies
With the DLF Indian Premiere League fever subsiding on MAX, the channel is again routing to screening of movies....
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UTV Movies to premiere My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves
Mumbai: UTV Movies will be premiering My Name is Anthony Gonsalves starring Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty and introducing Nikhil Dwivedi on 6 June at 8:30 pm. As a prelude to the premiere,...
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Big 92.7 FM Chennai presents Big Singaara Singer
Mumbai: Big 92.7 FM conducted the first semi finals of the largest talent hunt on radio Big Singaara Singer. The audition was conducted in the presence of eminent personalities like music director Vijay Anthony,...
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141Sercon bags Radio City 91.1 FM account
Mumbai: Brand activation agency 141Sercon has won the Radio City 91.1 FM account. 141Sercon will boost up brand value for Radio City through their CRM programs and campaigns. 141Sercon managing director Vijay Singh says, "We...
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Eros to release God Tussi Great Ho in Aug, Drona in Oct
Eros International will release God Tussi Great Ho in August, which will be followed by Drona in October....
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Universal Music Group, Qualcomm ink deal to expand mobile offering
Mumbai: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Qualcomm Incorporated announced that UMG will expand its lineup of direct-to-consumer mobile content and services for music fans by leveraging Qualcomm’s BrandXtend solution. UMG’s mobile offering will be...
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Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins production starts in New Mexico
Mumbai: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, starring Sam Worthington and Christian Bale, began principal photography in May in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Halcyon Company Presentation of a Moritz Borman Production of a McG Film,...
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Walt Disney forms Kingdom Comics to create novels, film projects
Mumbai: The Walt Disney Studios has signed a multi-year deal with Ahmet Zappa, Harris Katleman and Christian Beranek to oversee the newly christened Kingdom Comics, an innovative new venture of developing graphic novels to...
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Lionsgate, MGA Entertainment seal distribution deal
Mumbai: Lionsgate has entered into a distribution agreement with leading consumer entertainment products company MGA Entertainment for Little Tikes brand. The deal was announced by Lionsgate Executive Vice President of Marketing and Family Entertainment,...
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Big 92.7 FM unveils new brand identity
Mumbai: Big 92.7 FM has unveiled its new brand identity which fits into each of its new business offerings. The new logo which comes with a bold type face is, according to the company,...
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Yash Raj Films releases music of Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Mumbai: Yash Raj Films has released the music of its next film Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic. The film has been made in association with Kunal Kohli Productions. The film stars Saif Ali Khan and...
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Times Music launches new music album Piya Piya
Mumbai: Times Music launched its latest album Piya Piya at the Planet M store in Lower Parel. The album brings together artists Ustad Sultan Khan, Roop Kumar Rathod and Richa Sharma. It also presents...
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Hrithik Roshan is goodwill ambassador for NDTV Imagine’s Junoon
Mumbai: Hrithik Roshan has come on board as the goodwill ambassador for NDTV Imagine’s new show Junoon Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka. The new musical show celebrates cultural and artistic diversity. Roshan will lend his...
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HBO lines up premieres for June
Mumbai: HBO has lined up a series of premieres for the month of June. The channel will showcase 30 Hollywood blockbusters across genres every night after the 9 pm movie in Summer of 60...
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Dubbing of Sanjay Gadhvi’s Kidnap complete
Mumbai: The dubbing of Sanjay Gadhvi’s Kidnap, produced by Shree Ashatvinayak Cinevision Ltd, has completed, including that of Sanjay Dutt. Kidnap stars Sanjay Dutt, Imraan Khan, Vidya Malavade, Minnisha Lamba and Rahul Dev and...
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