Eros International & Sajid Nadiadwala's Kambakkht Ishq has done a net business of Rs 420 million at the Indian box office in its opening week....
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UTV Software Comm’s FY’09 net down 40% at Rs 465 million
UTV Software Communications reported a drop of 40 per cent in its consolidated net profit for the financial year ended 31 March, 2009....
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Ambika Soni inaugurates retrospective of Shakti Samanta films
MUMBAI: The Minister of Information & Broadcasting Ambika Soni inaugurated the retrospective of Shakti Samanta Films on 10 July at Siri Fort Auditorium II, New Delhi. Director and son of late Samanta, Ashim Samanata...
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Seventymm launches new customer-friendly features
MUMBAI: Movie rental service Seventymm has launched two new customer-friendly features namely – Get it Now and Personalized Movie Recommendation on its online movie rental portal. Get It Now feature allows members to choose...
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Big FM rolls out 45th radio station with Shimla launch
Big FM has rolled out its 45th radio station in Shimla to become the first private player in Himachal Pradesh....
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Mallika Sherawat gets on to Twitter; to visit HQ in SF
MUMBAI: Mallika Sherawat has become the first Indian star to be invited to visit Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. The actress has a popular presence on Twitter via her page MallikaLA. She is...
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Cartoon Network joins hands with HP for Toon Creator Awards
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network has joined hands with HP for the Toon Creator Awards, which will promote self-expression and inspire creativity amongst young children.An online animation contest – the Toon Creator Awards – provides a...
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Shilpa Shetty on Salman Khan’s Dus Ka Dum
MUMBAI: Shilpa Shetty will be participating in the Sony’s game show Dus Ka Dum, which is hosted by Salman Khan. A source said, "Shilpa has great regard for Salman. There have been times when...
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Subhash Ghai to launch Whistling Woods Institute in Spain
Subhash Ghai is planning to launch his media and entertainment school Whistling Woods International in Spain....
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‘Kurbaan & New York are not similar though both films have explored the same subject’ – Rensil D’Silva
Rensil D’Silva, the ad film maker turned writer, who rose to fame for writing the cult film Rang De Basanti, has now turned director with his debut film for Dharma Productions. D’Silva is extremely...
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Michael Jackson’s 13th waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds
MUMBAI: Madame Tussauds London unveiled Michael Jackson’s 13th waxwork on 9 July, in tribute to the late King of Pop, who died on 25 June. Depicted in the classic performance pose of his ‘This...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’s 500 showtimes sold out
MUMBAI: Nearly 500 showtimes of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (opening next Tuesday night at midnight) are sold out across the country on Fandango. The sixth Harry Potter movie currently represents: – Fandango’s...
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Sony adds Netflix to Bravia internet video platform
MUMBAI: Netflix, Demand Media, and ON Networks are the latest content providers to join Sony’s Bravia Internet Video platform. In the fall of 2009, Netflix members will be able to instantly watch more than...
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Universal Music Group Distribution expands digital services with TuneCore
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD) has entered into a strategic alliance with digital music distribution company TuneCore. As part of this agreement, TuneCore will provide and host distribution portals for UMG’s labels as...
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CASBAA gets breakthrough settlement in cable piracy battle
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced a new direction in the battle against pay-TV piracy in the Philippines. A breakthrough settlement by Turtle Cable, an infringing cable operator in...
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Universal & Gemalto to distribute music via DVD – SIM card combo
MUMBAI: Gemalto has signed a partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) to jointly promote the Smart Video Card as a new music distribution channel. Smart Video Card is a Gemalto innovation that embeds a...
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IC Places taps $9.6 billion US movie ticket sales market
MUMBAI: IC Places, Inc. has partnered with CinemaSource to offer showtime information and movie tickets for all of its US City Websites. Under the agreement CinemaSource will supply IC Places with complete theater and...
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National Amusements buys IMAX’s theatre
MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation and National Amusements, the United States ‘ fifth largest theatre operator, announced IMAX’s sale of the Feinstein IMAX Theatre in Providence , Rhode Island to National Amusements. The IMAX theatre had...
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20th Century Fox crosses $1 billion mark at box office
MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox International has become the first distributor to reach the $1 billion mark in box office receipts this year. A series of consecutive theatrical successes, including three blockbuster titles, each of...
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Michael Jackson’s ‘Suicide’ lyrics note to be auctioned
MUMBAI: International autograph auctioneers Alexander Autographs Inc. of Stamford, Ct. will offer in their August rock and entertainment auction a telling set of lyrics handwritten by Michael Jackson indicating that the late singer may...
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Michael Moore’s new film titled Capitalism: A Love Story
MUMBAI: Capitalism: A Love Story is the newly unveiled title of Oscar-winner Michael Moore’s latest documentary feature. Overture Films will release the film on 2 October, 2009, and Paramount Vantage will handle international distribution....
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Thousands of Fans watch Michael Jackson memorial at Cinedigm theatres
MUMBAI: Thousands of fans turned out to Cinedigm Digital Cinema theatres around the US to view the Michael Jackson Memorial Service via live feed direct from the Staples Center on 7 July. A total...
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Epictilt & Sony Music launch TapStar on Apple store
MUMBAI: EpicTilt has launched TapStar on the Apple App Store. TapStar is a rhythm game for the iPhone and iPod Touch that features music from an exclusive label-wide partnership with Sony Music Entertainment. The...
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Lionsgate to name Rachesky to Board of Directors
MUMBAI: Lionsgate will name Dr. Mark H. Rachesky to its slate of Board of Directors nominees to be voted on at the Company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting later this year. Dr. Rachesky is co-founder and...
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Gosnell to direct Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures Animation’s Smurfs
MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have tapped Raja Gosnell to direct Smurfs, the live-action/animated film based on the legendary blue characters created by Peyo. The announcement was made by Columbia Pictures presidents...
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Ocher Studios uses HP to implement 2K digital video format
MUMBAI: HP has deployed HP StorageWorks MSA storage disk arrays to enhance production processes of animated films and minimize service interruption at Soundarya Rajinikanth’s visual effects company Ocher Studios. Ocher Studios uses the HP...
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Toonz Academy signs MOU with Anna University
MUMBAI: 3D and 2D animation training facility Toonz Academy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an affiliation with the Anna University, Coimbatore for its various animation courses. Toonz Academy is the training...
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Aanand Mahendroo gets stay order on Kazmi’s Dekh Bhai Dekh
MUMBAI: Aanand Mahendroo, co-producer of the television serial Dekh Bhai Dekh had filed a suit in the Delhi High Court to protect the title of the serial when he found out that another production...
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Reliance Communications partners 3rd Space for ad funded videos
MUMBAI: Reliance Communications has partnered with UK based mobile marketing company, 3rd Space Services Limited, to launch advertising funded videos on its Reliance Mobile platform. Under the agreement 3rd Space will supply mobile video...
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Excel Home Video releases Ice Age prequels on DVD
MUMBAI: Riding on the theatrical success of Twentieth Century Fox produced Ice Age’s third installment – Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Excel Home Videos has released a new edition of the movie’s prequels...
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Max targets women with July movie line
MUMBAI: Movies and special events channel Max is looking at targeting women audiences with its special movie line up in July. Max will be showcasing a slot called Ladies Only, wherein a range of...
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Neha Dhupia faints in Vietnam
MUMBAI: Actress Neha Dhupia recently fainted at the Pow (Prisoner of War) Camp in Vietnam. A friend of the actress said, "Neha travelled to Vietnam recently. It was a holiday trip. Neha had heard...
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