Mumbai: The two gaming divisions of Reliance Entertainment, Zapak DigitalEntertainment and Jump Games have announced a tie-up with cricketer Ishant Sharma. As a part of the deal, Zapak.com would be creating and hosting an...
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Ghajini shooting postponed by 3 weeks due to Aamir’s injury
Following a second injury with Aamir Khan, the shooting of his forthcoming film Ghajini has been postponed by 3 weeks.....
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Adlabs acquires majority interest in Malaysian cinema chain
Adlabs Films is set to acquire Lotus Five Star Cinemas to spread its footprints across Malaysia.....
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Glickman outlines relevance of films in global marketplace
Mumbai: Motion pictures are among America’s most important diplomats deserving of protection and advancement in our changing global environment, according to MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman. Glickman, in remarks before the National Press...
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MPA launches anti-piracy trailer in China for World IP Day
Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) announced in a press release that it has launched an anti-piracy trailer to coincide with World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April. The trailer will be shown before...
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Director of The Secret files copyright lawsuit on profit sharing
Mumbai: The Secret, a motivational movie and book based on the Law of Attraction, has spawned a worldwide phenomenon of DVD and book sales. Now, The Secret has prompted a lawsuit from the film’s...
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12 film premieres for Melbourne Film Festival
Mumbai: The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Premiere Fund has confirmed a slate of 12 films, with a six-film line-up for 2008 and a further six for 2009. Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings said the...
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Egami Media announces digital video distribution via iTunes
Mumbai: Egami Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of Image Entertainment, focused on the aggregation and wholesale distribution of digital rights, will be distributing content via the iTunes Store. Egami Media will initially offer over...
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Warner Home Video names Hollingsworth III MD of Mexico
Mumbai: Warner Home Video announced the promotion of Schuyler Hollingsworth III to Managing Director of Warner Home Video Mexico. In his new post, Hollingsworth will manage all operations in Mexico, including DVD, Video Games...
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Hands-On Mobile, Marvel bring Iron Man to mobile
Mumbai: Hands-On Mobile and Marvel Entertainment announced the availability of the mobile game and personalization content around the forthcoming big-screen adaptation of Marvel’s legendary super hero Iron Man. The game and content is currently...
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Malaysia authorities smashed illegal DVD factory
Mumbai: On 30 April, acting on an informant’s tip, 15 officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA), with the support from Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), representing the Motion...
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Sahara buys Sanjay Dutt-starrer EMI for approx Rs 300 mn
Sahara One Motion Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights of EMI for approximately Rs 300 million. ...
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Film Review: Anamika
Film: Anamika Director: Anant Mahadevan Producer: Bhanwar Lal Sharma Banner: Bhanwar Lal Sharma Production Cast: Dino Morea Minissha Lamba, Koena Mitra, Aarti Chhabria, Achint Kaur, Gulshan Grover Rating: 2.5/5 A young, innocent orphan girl...
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Film Review: Mr Black Mr White
Film: Mr Black Mr White Director: Deepak Shivdasani Banner: White House Productions Limited, Eros Entertainment Producer: Bipin Shah Cast: Sunil Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Sandhya Mridul, Mahima Mehta Rating: 2/5 Good things first. Suniel Shetty and...
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People Pictures’ Charles and I to star Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt would be playing the lead role of Charles in People Pictures' forthcoming thriller Charles and I....
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Amitabh Bachchan supports UNEP Billion Tree Campaign
MUMBAI: Actor Amitabh Bachchan has lent his support to the UNEP Billion Tree Campaign which took off in January 2007. Bachchan is also the brand ambassador for International Indian Film Academy (IIFA). The United...
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Orion partners Warner for Wedding Crashers’ remake
Orion Pictures to partner Warner Bros Pictures India to remake the Hollywood film Wedding Crashers....
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Feature: In Bollywood, gaming has a long way to go
The gaming industry, which is poised to grow at a healthy pace, has welcomed Bollywood games with open arms. However, there is a long way to go....
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Salman Khan speaks on acting at Whistling Woods
Mumbai: Acting students of Whistling Woods International were in for a surprise when they had superstar Salman Khan come in as a guest speaker. Khan shared his 22 years of experience in Bollywood with...
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Dish TV CEO Arun Kumar Kapoor resigns
Mumbai: Dish TV India’s CEO Arun Kumar Kapoor has resigned from his post Kapoor has decided to move on for enhanced career opportunity, after a short stint of 18 months with the organization. During...
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Samsung India launches Blu-Ray Player, BD-P1400
Mumbai: Samsung India Electronics has launched its next generation DVD Players in the Indian Market, including its first Blu-ray player BD-P1400. The flagship model of the new 2008 DVD range is the Samsung Pebble...
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Story of the movie industry’s crime-fighting canines
Mumbai: Lucky and Flo, the world’s first-ever DVD-sniffing dogs, made a special visit to Douglas MacArthur Elementary School in Northern Virginia to close out their three-city North American tour that included visits to Mexico...
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AKQA Film for digital content launches
Mumbai: AKQA Film has launched to create and distribute unique digital programming and content for clients and independent projects. AKQA Film combines the existing motion graphics and broadcast team to create a team of...
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Blindness opens Cannes Festival, Robert De Niro presents Palme D’Or
Mumbai: Blindness, directed by Fernando Mereilles, will open the Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to be held later this month. Blindness will be screened on 14 May. The film stars Fernando Mereilles, with Julianne Moore,...
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Young Lions chosen to represent US at Cannes Lions
Mumbai: USA TODAY, official U.S. representative to the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, and co-sponsors AKQA, Atmosphere BBDO and Greenberg Kirshenbaum have announced the winners of the 2008 Young Lions "Team USA" competitions. 2008...
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Nexicon signs motion picture studio to GetAmnesty
Mumbai: Nexicon has announced the signing of a major independent motion picture studio to its growing portfolio of GetAmnesty clients. This is the first post-pilot GetAmnesty contract signing, and signifies the full production launch...
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Singapore hosts world’s first 3-D film festival
Mumbai: Singapore has been named the host city of the world’s first fully 3-D based film and entertainment technology festival that will take place 19-23 November. The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) will...
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Latin superstar Juan Gabriel joins Universal Music Group
Mumbai: International recording superstar and prolific songwriter Juan Gabriel, one of Latin music’s most important artists, has signed global recording and publishing agreements with Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company. New recordings...
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Warner Bros. forms branded services unit
Mumbai: Expanding upon its recently announced strategy to launch a number of Warner Bros.-branded, advertiser-supported and subscription video-on-demand programming (AVOD and SVOD) channels around the world, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has formed...
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YRF, multiplexes settle for all films; Tashan screens 3 May
One week post the release of the film, Yash Raj Films and all India multiplexes have resolved the revenue sharing terms for Tashan....
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‘As a company, we needed to completely reinvent ourselves with the change in technology, market & delivery systems’ – Saregama India MD Subroto Chattopadhyay
RPG Enterprises president and CEO (entertainment sector) and Saregama India managing director Subroto Chattopadhyay has over 26 years’ experience with companies like Unilever, PepsiCo and ITC. Chattopadhyay, who joined RPG Enterprises in November 2005,...
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Balaji sells Sarkar Raj TV rights to Studio 18 for Rs 140 mn
Balaji Motion Pictures has sold the satellite rights of Ram Gopal Varma directed Sarkar Raj to Studio 18 for Rs 140 million....
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Storemedia Technologies to merge with Prime Focus
Mumbai: Prime Focus Ltd will be merging its wholly owned subsidiary, Storemedia Technologies with the company. The company’s board of directors at its meeting held on 30 April, 2008, has approved in principle to...
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UTV’s World Movies to air Cannes special
Mumbai: UTV’s World Movies will be airing footage and award-winning movies from Festival De Cannes on the special series Cannes Calling this May. The Cannes Film Festival will begin on 14 May. Cannes Calling...
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Darsheel launches denim wear brand OYO
Mumbai: Darsheel Safary, better known to kids as Ishan Awasthi has launched a dedicated denim wear brand for kids called OYO in Mumbai. OYO’s message is to say goodbye to the traditional frills and...
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Haal-E-Dil to release on 20 June
Mumbai: The shooting of the film Haal-e-Dil, a young love story is complete. The film is scheduled to release on 20 June. Haal-e-Dil is an Eros International presentation, a Big Screen Entertainment Production and...
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Excel Home Videos releases 101 Dalmatians platinum DVD
Mumbai: The Platinum edition of 101 Dalmatians, the 1961 cult animation film from Disney, is being released on DVD. The DVD released by Excel Home Videos, has been digitally restored with enhanced picture and...
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Apple puts movies on iTunes same day as DVD release
Mumbai: Apple announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and...
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Lionsgate, Ish Entertainment form new TV joint programming venture
Mumbai: Ish Entertainment, the company recently formed by Michael Hirschorn and Stella Stolper, has formed a joint venture with Lionsgate to produce original entertainment for television. With offices in Santa Monica and New York,...
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BIG Music, Zapak partner for Crazy Cart music
Mumbai: BIG Music has announced its partnership with Zapak Digital Entertainment to produce music for the online racing game Crazy Cart in India. Zapak, that bagged the exclusive rights for Shanda Interactive Entertainment’s online...
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Hindus urge world distributors to halt The Love Guru
Mumbai: Hindu groups are contacting film distributors associations, exhibitors groups, theater owners, etc., in various parts of the world urging them not to distribute/screen upcoming movie till Paramount Pictures makes necessary changes to it....
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Santosh Sivan’s film wins at Houston WorldFest
Santosh Sivan-directed film Before The Rains has won at the 41st Annual WorldFest 2008 Grand REMI Awards....
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Dadasaheb Phalke Academy bestows award to Brij Bhushan
The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy has conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award to Brij Bhushan....
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Katrina Kaif unveils new Spice Mobile handsets
Mumbai: Spice Mobiles has collaborated with developer of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions Qualcomm to bring 3G CDMA (CDMA2000 and WCDMA) devices to the Indian market. To mark the commencement of this collaboration...
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One More Thought, Lemontea join hands to produce Dasvidaniya
Mumbai: One More Thought Entertainment (OMTE) launched in February 08 announced the launch of its new film Dasvidaniya in association with Vinay Pathak and Shashant Shah’s Lemontea Productions. Present on the occasion were OMTE...
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Mumbai Cutting premiered at IFFLA
Mumbai: The cream of Bollywood directors was present for the world premier of Mumbai Cutting at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), Arclights Hollywood on 27 April. White Cloud Production CEO Niyati Shah...
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Indian panorama of IFFI opens
Mumbai: A special exposition of the entire Indian Panorama films of the International Film Festival of India is being presented at Siri Fort Auditoria, New Delhi. The eight-day exposition titled ‘The Festival of Indian...
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3000 posters of Rock On put across cinemas worldwide
Mumbai: Farhan Akhtar-starrer Rock On released its first poster across 3000 cinemas worldwide this week. The film is set for release on 29 August but the first leg of marketing has started four months...
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21-yr-old wins Filmaka first annual film competition
Mumbai: Digital entertainment studio and online community Filmaka announced Nuru Rimington-Mkali as the winner of its first annual feature film competition with his short And I Refuse to Forget. Hailing from London, the 21-year-old...
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First look of Percept, T-Series’ Aashayein unveiled
Mumbai: Percept Picture Company and T-Series unveiled the first look of the film Aashayein starring John Abraham in the lead. The film also stars Sonal Sehgal, Farida Jalal, Girish Karnad, Anahita Nair amongst others....
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The History Channel ready to air Bollywood Bosses
Mumbai: The History Channel will air Bollywood Bosses from 2 May onwards. The show will be aired every Friday at 8 pm till 4 July. This 10-week series takes a look at the careers...
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Sony launches Indian version of Extreme Makeover
Mumbai: Sony Entertainment Television has launched the Indian version of Extreme Makeover called Naye Roop Nai Zindagi. The show has been produced by Miditech. The show goes on air 2 May. With an intention...
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Rentrak announces Top 20 cross-platform movies of ’06, ’07
Mumbai: Rentrak Corporation announced the Top 20 Cross Platform Movies of 2006 and 2007. Metrics used to identify the top cross platform movies of 2006 and 2007 included box office ticket sales, 2006 and...
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Dan Glickman makes statement on prioritizing resources and organization for IP Act
Mumbai: MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman made the following statement in response to the House Judiciary Committee’s passage of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP). "The Judiciary Committee took...
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Trade, technology key to future of movies
Mumbai: "Motion pictures are among America’s most important diplomats deserving of protection and advancement in our changing global environment", said Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) chairman and CEO Dan Glickman. Glickman, in remarks...
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Paramount, Artificial Life to co-distribute mobile game globally
Mumbai: Hong Kong-based Artificial Life, a full service provider of mobile technology and applications, announced the launch of Shooter-The Official Mobile Game, which is based on the successful Paramount Pictures motion picture The Shooter....
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Paramount buys screen rights for Beautiful Boy, Tweak
Mumbai: Paramount Pictures has purchased the screen rights to the current New York Times non-fiction bestsellers Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines...
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BBC brings its programs to iTunes store in US
Mumbai: BBC has announced that for the first time BBC America programming will be available for purchase and download from the iTunes Store in the US (http://www.itunes.com). Making BBC programming available on the iTunes...
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EFX Prasad gets SICA Award for special effects
SICA Awards for excellence in Special Effects in cinema was awarded to EFX - Prasad Corporation 'Best Special Effects for 2007....
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T-Series buys Chandni Chowk To China music for Rs 55 – 60 mn
T-Series has acquired the audio rights of Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone starrer Chandni Chowk to China.<br /> ...
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MySpace launches MySpace Karaoke with kSolo
Mumbai: MySpace has launched the beta version of its newest offering, MySpace Karaoke (http://ksolo.myspace.com), powered by the world’s first web-based karaoke service kSolo. MySpace Karaoke is a user-generated music service that enables members to...
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Censor Board gets lenient with film certification
Over the last three years, the number of films refused certification by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has gone down....
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DLF targets 500 screens in 5 years; to invest Rs 12 billion
DLF to invest Rs 12.50 billion on expanding its multiplex business by adding about 500 screens in the next four to five years....
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Sony Pictures, DQ partner with PNC for Meerabai Not Out
PNC's Meerabai Not Out will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures. DQ Entertainment has acquired 50 percent stake in the film.<br /> ...
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Pyramid Saimira acquires Rajnikanth starrer for Rs 650 mn
Pyramid Saimira has bagged the worldwide rights of Rajinikanth-starrer Kuselan for a sum of Rs 650 million for 11 years....
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UTVi chooses Avid Newsroom Solutions in India
Mumbai: Real Image Media Technologies, the exclusive reseller for Avid Newsroom Solutions in the country, has announced that UTV has chosen the Avid Unity ISIS solution for its Business news channel – UTVi. After...
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India Radio Forum to be held on 30 May
Mumbai: The who’s who of the international radio broadcast arena will gather at the third India Radio Forum in Mumbai this year. Organized by Partners in Media Asia, the event promises to provide an...
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Shemaroo to screen three movies at Cannes 2008
Shemaroo Entertainment will screen Ghatothkach, Anuranan and Mumbai Salsa at Cannes Film Festival 2008......
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HBO lines up exclusive premieres for May
Mumbai: HBO has lined up premieres of some of the latest movies this May. The channel has also brought 60 of the biggest star-studded favorite blockbusters across genres through May and June, every night....
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IIFA to be held in Bangkok 6-8 June
Mumbai: The ninth IIFA awards will be held in Bangkok this year. As it has traveled to over three countries and nine locations, IIFA has left a lasting impact on its host country and...
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CinemaNow, uVuMobile team to provide WAP services
Mumbai: CinemaNow and mobile software company uVuMobile announced that they have integrated their technologies to offer a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) service that allows consumers to preview movie trailers and remotely download full-length movies...
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Time Warner Cable launches campaign to support Speed Racer
Mumbai: Time Warner Cable announced the launch of a promotional campaign for the company’s Road Runner Turbo High Speed Online service in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming live-action, high-octane family adventure Speed Racer....
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DreamWorks Animation reports first quarter results
Mumbai: For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, DreamWorks Animation SKG reported total revenue of $156.6 million and net income of $26.1 million, or $0.28 per share on a fully diluted basis. This compares...
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Warner Bros. Television unveils new digital initiatives
Mumbai: The Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) unveiled two new broadband destinations and other key components of its multiplatform digital media business strategy at a New York press conference. The announcements, made by Warner...
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Nokia expands games distribution channels in Asia
Mumbai: Nokia announced that SNAP Mobile, its connected mobile Java gaming platform, has expanded games distribution channels in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan. Through further cooperation with SINA Corporation, a leading...
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MPA marks World IP Day in Singapore
Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) will launch a new anti-piracy trailer titled ‘What Are You Really Burning?’ at the official website www.mpa-i.org to mark World IP Day. The Anti-Piracy trailer was previewed to...
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Malaysia authorities take down another pirate movie burner lab
Mumbai: On 28 April, 10 officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA), with the support from Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Malaysia,...
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BigFlicks, Willow TV to stream IPL matches online in America
Mumbai: The Video-on-Demand website of BigFlicks.com www.broadband.bigflicks.com and world’s leading portal for live Internet streaming of major international cricket Willow TV have come together for the Indian Premier League series with its Ticket to...
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Govt allocates Rs 317 million for export of Indian films
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has set aside a sum of Rs 317 million (31.69 crores) in the XIth Plan for export of Indian films....
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Big Music is IPL Chennai team’s entertainment partner
BIG Music to launch music album in Tamil & Hindi that will have the official theme song and victory anthem for Chennai Super Kings....
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UTV posts net profit of Rs 271 million in Q4 2008
Mumbai: UTV Software Communications Ltd. has posted a net profit of Rs 271 million for the quarter ended 31 March, 2008. This is up 140 per cent from Rs 113.12 million in the corresponding...
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T-Series’ Himesh-starrer Kajraare goes on floors
Pooja Bhatt directed Kajraare commenced shooting at Film City. Veteran filmmaker Johny Bakshi gave the muhurat clap for the film....
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The Indian Film Company inks multiple film deals
The Indian Film Company has inked deals with Burmawala Brothers, Dev Benegal and Shooting Star Films. ...
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‘In 2 years, nothing called Bollywood will exist’ – Hassan
Businessofcinema.com spoke to Kamal Hassan - the actor par excellence about his forthcoming films....
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Mahindra & Mahindra’s first regional project to star Mithun
Mahindra & Mahindra's first regional lanugage film, is a Bengali-English film titled Shukno Lanka (Red Chillies), starring Mithun Chakraborty....
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Sequels in pipeline for Kher-starrer Mr Bhatti on Chutti
Producer Ashwani Chopra, is planning two sequels tittled Bhatti Bhatti Bang Bang & Bhatti in China. with anup[am kher in the lead.....
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Zee Awards held in London
Mumbai: It was a star-studded evening at the Zee Cine Awards held in London recently. The night’s big winners included Kareena Kapoor for Best Actress for the film Jab We Met, while Shah Rukh...
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Kismat Konnection release postponed to 18 July
Mumbai: Tips Films has postponed the release of its film Kismat Konnection from 11 July on 18 July. Kismat Konnection stars Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan and is directed by director Aziz Mirza. The music...
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Rajeev Khandelwal accredited first asst director of Aamir
Mumbai: Rajeev Khandelwal adds another feather to his cap with his debut film Aamir. Apart from being the lead actor in this UTV Spotboy film, he also gets an official credit as the first...
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94.3 MY FM promotes gender sensitization
Mumbai: DBCL Group’s radio station 94.3 MY FM has undertaken to promote Gender Sensitization by supporting the UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards. These awards are based on gender sensitization project called Laadli, which is supported by...
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B4U Network appoints new creative head
Mumbai: B4U, in its endeavour to revamp the channel and enhance content and programming has appointed Malvinder Kaur as creative head. An Indo-American and a student of acting production and designing school Ruth Von...
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Emmis Interactive extends digital services to media companies
Mumbai: Emmis Interactive, the US radio industry’s leader in generating interactive revenues, announced plans to begin marketing its services to radio broadcasters and other local media companies. To that end, Emmis Communications Corporation has...
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Entrepreneur Media announces new advertising sales structure
Mumbai: Entrepreneur Media announced a new advertising sales structure that further unifies the media company’s many properties — from websites and magazines to books and events. As the largest independent business media company serving the...
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Production begins on Anacapa Entertainment’s The Forlorn
Mumbai: Anacapa Entertainment’s upcoming period drama The Forlorn began production in Donner Pass, California, it was announced by Anacapa Entertainment head John E. Moore. The film stars Crispin Glover, and has been written and...
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Sho’Nuff Records, Capitol Music to release The Truth by Cherish
Mumbai: Atlanta-bred R&B singing sensations Cherish, which is sisters Farrah, Neosha, Felisha, and Farron King, have already proven it by setting the airwaves ablaze with their latest single Killa, featuring rapper Yung Joc. The single,...
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CSR brings Bluetooth audio to i.Tech’s Clip D-Radio headset
Mumbai: CSR announced that i.Tech’s stylish Clip D-Radio Bluetooth headset features CSR’s industry leading BlueCore5-Multimedia silicon. The Clip D-Radio is the world’s first stereo headset to support v2.1+EDR of the Bluetooth specification and provides...
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UK Film Council awards newcomers as part of its Development Fund
Mumbai: The UK Film Council’s new Development Fund program for first-time filmmakers has made its first awards to talent and projects reflecting the fund’s ambition to open up opportunities for budding writers and filmmakers...
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MPA acknowledges Beijing’s retail piracy conviction
Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) acknowledged Beijing’s first known conviction of a retailer of pirated movies. Forty-year-old Zhou Cheng was arrested on 15 December 2007 selling pirated DVDs in a shop in the...
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Warner Bros. animation president resigns
Mumbai: Head of Warner Bros. Lisa Judson has stepped down from her post. She served the position for only ten months. According to Daily Variety, she has opted to return to New York after relocating...
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Orienta Advertising acquires on-screen rights for Fame multiplexes
Mumbai: Orienta Cine Advertising Pvt. Ltd. has acquired the on-screen mediarights for the Fame Multiplex across India. Fame has 55 screens in the Mumbai (Andheri, Malad, Kandivali, Dahisar,Dadar) Nashik, Surat, Anand, Pune, Kolkatta and Bangalore,...
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