Optical storage manufacturer Moser Baer India reported a net loss of Rs 1.5 billion for the year ended 31 March, 2009. ...
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Yash Raj to distribute Studio 18 movies in E. Punjab, Mysore
Yash Raj Films & Studio 18 ink distribution deal for three films, wherein the former will be releasing the latter's movies in the East Punjab and Mysore territories....
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Anil Kapoor’s ShortKut court case settled; movie to release
The Delhi High Court, today (9 July), gave the green signal to Anil Kapoor produced film Shortkut - The Con Is On....
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BIG TV buys Michael Jackson’s concert rights from Sony
Reliance BIG TV has acquired the rights of Michael Jackson's Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour concert from Sony Music....
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Abbas Mustan complete Life Partner; release on 14 August
Director duo Abbas Mustan's first home production - Life Partner has completed its shooting schedule. Movie is slated to release on 14 August....
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R Madhavan signs up with Atul Kasbekar’s Bling Entertainment
MUMBAI: R Madhavan has signed up with Atul Kasbekar’s talent management company Bling Entertainment Solutions. Madhavan has films like 3 Idiots and Teen Patti lined up for release. He is also seen in the...
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Sony Music releases Kailash Kher’s new album
MUMBAI: Sony Music released singer Kailash Kher’s new album Kailasa Chaandan Mein. This will be the singer’s third album after Kailasa and Kailasa Jhoomo Re. The album was unveiled in Delhi and the video...
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Viwawa expands partnership with Disney Online in Hong Kong
MUMBAI: Viwawa, Southeast Asia’s casual gaming community, and Disney Online announced that Viwawa’s Disney avatar creation engine will be launched in Hong Kong with a celebratory contest for the best dressed Disney avatar. Viwawa’s...
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RealD achieves 100% growth worldwide, 400% in Europe
MUMBAI: RealD has doubled its installation base of RealD 3D equipped cinema screens worldwide and notched 400% growth in Europe in the first half of 2009. Far and away the world’s largest 3D cinema...
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Cellufun adds Sony Pictures & Disney veteran to executive team
MUMBAI: Cellufun, the mobile social gaming community, has expanded their business development team to include Andy Bishop as the vice president of business development. During his career, Bishop has been integral in developing winning...
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Dino Morea to produce film on play Something About Simmy
After opening branches of his eatery Crepe Station in Mumbai, and producing several ad films, Dino Morea is now looking at producing films....
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L’Oreal celebrates 100 years with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
MUMBAI: L’Oréal, celebrated its 100th year with the launch of Beautiful Beginning. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan inaugurated L’Oreal’s Beautiful Beginnings at I Lead, Khar Danda Village today. Aishwarya interacted with students of Beautiful Beginning and...
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Vision Corporation inks deal with BigFlicks
MUMBAI: Vision Corporation has signed an agreement with Reliance ADAG’s Big Flicks for Internet rights for films and albums. Vision will provide the feature films, which holds negative rights and copyrights of music and...
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“I want to look like Aishwarya on my wedding day” Rakhi Sawant
MUMBAI: Whilst Rakhi Sawant is selecting Mr Right for herself, she is also, equally eager about the preparations going on for her wedding. Befitting the royalty and ambience of Fatehgarh, the bride-to-be is all...
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Marc Robinson to groom participants of Rakhi Ka Swayamvar
MUMBAI: Even as Rakhi Sawant is gearing up for her Big Day, so are the nine prospective grooms. Model Marc Robinson has been roped in to prepare the grooms to hold Sawant’s hand in...
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Cinemax launches second property in Ahmedabad
MUMBAI: Multiplex chain Cinemax India has launched its second property in Ahmedabad. The Cinemax – Red Carpet at Ahmedabad will host a total of 987 seats with four screens. The multiplex will also host...
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Riteish Deshmukh to endorse T-10 Gully Cricket: Season 2
MUMBAI: Actor Riteish Deshmukh has been appointed as the brand ambassador of T-10 Gully Cricket: Ab Har Koi Khelega – Season 2. The second season of the cricket talent hunt cum tournament will commence...
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B4U Music and B4U Movies launched in the Caribbean
B4U has launched its two channels B4U Music and B4U Movies in the Caribbean from 1 July 2009....
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BIG Home Video releases Angelina Jolie starrer Changeling
MUMBAI: BIG Home Video in association with Universal Pictures has released Clint Eastwood directed Changeling on home video. The movie stars Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich. BIG Home Video has released the movie on...
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CASBAA & SNL Kagan to promote A-Pac multichannel video market growth
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and SNL Kagan, a provider of financial and operational information and insight on the global media and communications sector, have announced a joint initiative...
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Bertelsmann and KKR join hands for music rights business
MUMBAI: Bertelsmann AG and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. have agreed to create a joint venture to develop a global music rights management business to which Bertelsmann AG will contribute its BMG Rights...
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Disney’s Ron Logan named EVP Entertainment for DreamVision
MUMBAI: Central Florida based studio DreamVision is poised to re-define the family film market. During the past several years, DreamVision Animation and DreamVision Motion Pictures have been strategically developing a core architecture supported by...
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Maria Full of Grace story originator readies next film
MUMBAI: Dona Blanca, LLC, announced the production of the film Dona Blanca, which is a real-life story co-written by Orlando Tobon, the philanthropic and social icon best known as The Mayor of Little Colombia....
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HIT Entertainment inks Ninetendo Wii licensing deal for Bob The Builder
MUMBAI: HIT Entertainment has licensed the preschool property Bob the Builder to Mastertronic to create the first Nintendo Wii Bob the Builder game. Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun targets young Bob fans and...
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Reliance Mobile launches X-Men Origins: Wolverine game
MUMBAI: Reliance Mobile is planning to launch a mobile game based on the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The game can be accessed on the company’s VAS platform R-World. Reliance Mobile will go live with...
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Percept casts IPL Miss Bollywood in 24×7 Raftaar
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company will be casting IPL Miss Bollywood winners for their forthcoming film 24×7 Raftaar. The movie is directed by Shamin Desai and stars Emraan Hashmi, Aditya Pancholi, Neha Dhupia and Sagorika...
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Zee Cafe launches hunt for voice-over artist
MUMBAI: Zee Cafe has launched a new reality game show, Cafe Mic Testing, which will look for the channel’s next voice-over artist. Zee Cafe recently invited creative people from across the country to send...
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SS Music to air month long Michael Jackson special
MUMBAI: Southern Spice Music will dedicate the entire month of July to the king of pop, Michael Jackson, who died last month. The channel will pay tribute to the legendary singer and performer in...
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IMI raises awareness about intellectual property right in Mumbai
MUMBAI: The Indian Music Industry’s (IMI) anti piracy wing organized a training programme for police officers of Maharashtra to raise awareness about Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and the importance of its protection. The programme...
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Saregama launches Anita Singhvi’s album Tajalli
MUMBAI: Saregama India launched Anita Singhvi’s new album Tajalli in New Delhi recently. The album was launched by the Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Singhvi said, "Tajalli means a Light from Heaven…the light brings...
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Sonam Kapoor’s IIFA stage tales
MUMBAI: Sonam Kapoor is still on a high. The actress opened the IIFA Awards ceremony when she performed in Macau last week. It was her first stage show and the actress’ efforts were well...
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PETA approaches Abhishek & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to help captive birds
MUMBAI: After getting John Abraham for their campaign to create awareness about the suffering of birds, PETA India is approaching Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, for their help with highlighting the plight of love...
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Govinda’s new avataar
MUMBAI: Govinda Ahuja (yes… that’s the name that Govinda likes to be called now) is all set to rock the audiences with Do Knot Disturb. The actor, who is pairing up with his favourite...
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Toonz & Telegael ink co-production deal for animation
MUMBAI: Technopark based Toonz Animation India and Telegael Group based in Galway, Ireland have entered into a partnership agreement. Through the partnership, Toonz and Telegael will combine their resources to develop, co-produce and finance...
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Indian animation market to reach $1,192 million by 2012
MUMBAI: India is emerging as an outsourcing hub for animation and visual effects with large number of international media companies entering into joint ventures with animation studios in India. According to a new report...
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Fun Cinema opens 2K digital multiplex in Chembur
MUMBAI: E-City Ventures promoted Fun Cinemas has launched a 2K digital multiplex in Mumbai’s Chembur suburb. The multiplex has five screens with a total seating capacity of 1253 seats. Fun Cinemas chief operating officer...
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Fame Cinemas opens new property in Kalyan
MUMBAI: Fame Cinemas, which runs 21 properties across India, has launched its newest property in Mumbai’s Kalyan district. Fame Kalyan is a five-screen multiplex and is equipped with an exclusive Gold Class screen, which...
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London based company inks deal with Pritish Nandy Communications
MUMBAI: Carey Fitzgerald’s London-based High Point Media Group has joined hands with Pritish Nandy Communications for a first of its kind deal. High Point will be positioning PNC’s titles for the international market outside...
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Cinepolis India appoints Ashish Shukla as head of exhibition
Mexican theatre chain Cinépolis, which recently set shop in India, has appointed Ashish Shukla as head of exhibition. ...
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Intelsat is international satellite carrier for Michael Jackson memorial service
MUMBAI: Intelsat, Ltd., a provider of fixed satellite services, provided details of the international satellite system that will distribute the signals of the 7 July memorial service for entertainer Michael Jackson from Staples Center...
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MGM taps Mike Mitchell to direct Once Upon A Time
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has confirmed Mike Mitchell will direct the live-action adventure-fantasy Once Upon A Time. Once Upon A Time Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty married their handsome Princes – the Charming brothers...
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Christie introduces new 4K DLP cinema product line for 2010
MUMBAI: Christie has introduced the new Christie Solaria series digital cinema projectors, based on Texas Instruments’ industry-preferred and proven DLP Cinema technology. The five new products in the series offer a wide range of...
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Cinemark and Barco sign deal for 4K digital projection
MUMBAI: Barco and Cinemark Holdings, Inc have entered into an exclusive agreement. As part of this agreement, Cinemark is also partnering with the DLP Cinema product group from Texas Instruments (TI) and media server...
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SmartJog deploys digital cinema library to theatre chain
MUMBAI: French theatre chain, Europalaces, the owner of Gaumont and Pathe cinemas, has signed an agreement for the purchase and deployment of SmartJog’s high capacity Digital Cinema Central Library Servers. The first phase of...
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Jerry Seinfeld & Endemol ink global distribution deal for Marriage Ref
MUMBAI: Endemol has secured an exclusive international distribution deal with Jerry Seinfeld and his partner Ellen Rakieten (The Oprah Winfrey Show) for their newly created comedy-reality format The Marriage Ref. The Marriage Ref marks...
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RealD & Greater Union Filmpalast bring 3D to Cinestar Germany
MUMBAI: RealD has partnered with Greater Union Filmpalast (GUF), operator of the Cinestar circuit, to launch its 3D rollout in the German market. The multiyear exclusive agreement will see the rollout begin immediately to...
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India: Ice Age 3 grosses Rs 22 million in opening weekend
Fox Star Studios' animation film Ice Age 3 has grossed Rs 22 million in India in its opening weekend on 60 prints. ...
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Paramount Pictures India inks promotional alliance with AXN
Paramount Pictures India has inked a marketing alliance with AXN, wherein the former's films will be promoted exclusively on the channel....
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Warner Bros’ Hangover crosses $ 200 million at box office
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' smash hit comedy The Hangover has crossed the $200 million mark at the box office. <br /> ...
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Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles launches film fund
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles announced the IFFLA Film Fund, a new program that seeks to help emerging filmmakers....
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Star World to air Michael Jackson’s memorial service live
Star World will air a live telecast of the Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service on 7 July at 10.30 pm....
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Balaji Motion Pictures CEO Thakur quits; joins Sony as biz head
MUMBAI: Balaji Motion Pictures CEO Ajit Thakur has put in his papers at the company. Thakur joined Multi Screen Media as the business head of its general entertainment channel Sony Entertainment Television from 1...
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