MUMBAI: The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year, it was announced by Festival Grants Committee chair Buffy...
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Hundred million broadband subscribers through television possible by 2012
MUMBAI: Broadband penetration could be raised from the present seven million to 100 million subscribers by 2012 if Television could be used as an end user device, according to UT Starcom India managing director South...
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Sony Pictures inks marketing & distribution deal with CBS Films
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has signed a three-year marketing and distribution deal with CBS Films, under which Sony Pictures will handle international theatrical distribution of CBS Films productions as well as service...
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2009 Oscar telecast to be directed by Hamish Hamilton
MUMBAI: Hamish Hamilton will direct the 82nd Academy Awards telecast, it was announced by show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman . It will be Hamilton’s first time directing the Oscar show. “Hamish is a...
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DIRECTV names Michael White as new president and CEO
MUMBAI: DIRECTV named Michael White as its new president and CEO. White announced in September that he will retire later this year from his current position as CEO of PepsiCo International and vice chairman...
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Five contenders for Best Animated Feature Film category at Golden Globe Awards
MUMBAI: There will be five contenders for the Best Animated Feature category at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association voted last week to expand this year’s number...
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Sony Pictures Entertainment selects FilmLight’s Baselight for new post facility
MUMBAI: FilmLight announced delivery of seven Baselight colour grading systems to Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The systems will be installed at its newly-built digital intermediate facilities on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City,...
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AEG Network LIVE teams up with Action 3D
MUMBAI: AEG Network LIVE teamed up with Action 3D, as well as promoters AEG LIVE and C3 to capture over seventy-five hours of 3D footage from leading artists at music festivals, creating the largest...
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Arts Alliance Media to digitise Reel Cinemas in UK
MUMBAI: Europe’s provider of digital cinema technology, content and deployment Arts Alliance Media has signed an agreement with Reel Cinemas to digitise Reel’s entire circuit in the UK. The Virtual Print Fee (VPF) based deal...
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RealNetworks signs a three-year deal with SFR’s music service
MUMBAI: RealNetworks has signed a three-year deal to power the music service for SFR. The service was transitioned to Real’s platform on 17 November 2009. "We view this deal as validation of our ongoing efforts...
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Universal Music Group partners with Guvera
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Guvera Limited, announced an agreement which will allow http://www.guvera.com to offer consumers free, legal downloads from UMG’s market-leading roster of chart-topping musical artists. Consumers currently can pre-register at...
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Shakira to release special US edition of album She Wolf
MUMBAI: Shakira is set to release a special U.S. only edition of her third English language studio album, She Wolf, on 23 November , 2009. The special U.S. edition of She Wolf will include bonus...
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Sir Simon Rattle and EMI Classics to renew contract
MUMBAI: Sir Simon Rattle has signed a new contract with EMI Classics which sees him and EMI Classics extend their exclusive relationship well beyond 30 years. Over the next four years, Rattle will make...
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EMI Music brings music videos and concerts to Hulu
MUMBAI: EMI Music has reached an agreement with Hulu, making EMI the first major music company to offer concerts and music videos from its artists to Hulu viewers. The deal, which will include content from...
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NDTV & Scripps Networks partner for lifestyle channels in India
MUMBAI: NDTV Group has entered into a strategic alliance with Scripps Networks Interactive, a developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the internet in the United States. The proposed transaction will result in...
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UTV Television to launch three new regional shows
MUMBAI: UTV Television announced the launch of three new shows in the regional space. Reinstating its strong hold in the south with Ratha Saptami and Rakta Sambandham and marking its entry into the Marathi...
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Farah Khan signs Akshay Kumar for Tees Maar Khan
Choreogrpher turned director,Farah Khan has just signed Akshay Kumar for her next directorial venture titled Tees Maar Khan....
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Reliance BIG TV to showcase Wake Up Sid on PPV
MUMBAI: Reliance BIG TV has entered into a tie-up with UTV Productions to showcase Wake Up Sid on its PPV platform. According to the tie-up, UTV Productions has offered Reliance BIG TV the DTH...
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MPA partners Australian Screen Agencies to support filmmakers
MUMBAI: Five Australian filmmakers have been funded to attend the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) annual conference under an initiative developed by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and three screen agencies Screen New...
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