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Eros Does 100 Movie Streaming Deal With Jaman - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 16 May 2008 02:00 AM PST

Jaman, the international online and video service which is trying to develop a niche in Bollywood/Indian content, has done a large size content deal with Eros Intl., the biggest distributor…

Mahindra & Mahindra To Set Up Entertainment Fund; Can’t Be Just $5 Million… - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 13 May 2008 10:49 PM PST

Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra has set up an entertainment media fund, reports IANS. There’s no formal announcement yet, but the company has acquired world distribution rights for the film…

Kolkata Knight Riders Ties Up WIth Contests2Win; Shah Rukh Khan To Blog - 3 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 13 May 2008 09:40 PM PST

Kolkata Knight Riders has tied up with Contests2win.com for its website, Kolkataknightriders.com. According to the release, 6 contests are currently live and another 5 are in the pipeline. I tried…

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Jaman To Open Mumbai Office; To Launch Ad-Supported Video Streaming - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 23 Apr 2008 06:23 AM PST

I met Gaurav Dhillon, Founder and CEO of Jaman, on the sidelines of FICCI Frames last month. Jaman (named after an Indian fruit) is a community site around World Cinema…

TinselVision.com To Target India - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 15 Apr 2008 11:31 PM PST

Video streaming co TinselVision has expanded its online content distribution arrangements with STAR India and other licensors to include streaming content to India as well. Tinselvision had deals with STAR,…

MTNL Considering MVNO Tie-Up For Garuda; Mittal Skeptical - Low ARPUs - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 11 Apr 2008 02:12 AM PST

According to an HSBC Global Research Report, public sector telco MTNL may also do a branding deal, similar to that between Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) and Tata Teleservices. However, this…

Race On YouTube; Om Shanti Om On Google Video - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 03 Apr 2008 07:55 AM PST

While writing the previous story on Saavn providing content to Verizon (NYSE: VZ), I did a search on YouTube for the UTV channel, looking for promos of the movie Race.…

Saavn Provides Bollywood Content To Verizon Wireless - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 03 Apr 2008 07:42 AM PST

Saavn is providing Bollywood content to Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), as a part of their V Cast Video service in the US. Content includes full length music videos and pre-release…

Yet Another Bollywood Site: STAR Launches Starboxoffice.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 03:57 AM PST

This appears to be a day for entertainment websites - and I wonder if we’re headed for a glut of some sort: It appears that STAR TV has launched an…

Onyx Takes Hungama, YRF To Court Over IPR Claims
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 26 Mar 2008 12:25 PM PST

The Kareena Kapoor - Saif Ali Khan starrer Tashan (English: Style) appears to be running into hot water with Onyx dragging Hungama and Yash Raj Films (YRF) to court over…

Nimbus Launches Cricketnirvana.com and Video Streaming And Home Video Sites - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:35 PM PST

Nimbus Communications has launched a broadband initiative - CricketNirvana, and two other sites - Filmnirvana.com and Showtime Video. The site will begin streaming rich media content today, to co-incide with…

Content Owners Join Forces To Combat Low Revenue Shares, Piracy - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 19 Mar 2008 06:14 AM PST

This could be a key event for content providers in India. Three industry bodies - Film and Television Producers Guild of India (FTPGI), the Indian Music Industry (IMI) and ASSOCHAM…

Jaman Screens Short Films From Bollywood Directors; How Are Short Films Doing Online? - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 18 Feb 2008 10:53 PM PST

Jaman, a World Cinema community, has launched Jaago, a compilation of four short films - Migration, Blood Brothers, Positive and Prarambha - from directors Vishal Bhardwaj, Farhan Akhtar, Santosh Sivan…

Eye On New Media Revenues, Indian Producers Want Copyright Life Extended - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 11 Feb 2008 01:21 AM PST

Eying revenues from new revenue streams like the Internet, mobile and with the advent of multipleses, FICCI and Bollywood production companies are pushing to get the copyright of films extended…

Warner Bros MPI In A Post-Production Alliance With India’s Prime Focus - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 08 Feb 2008 04:15 AM PST

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging has entered into a strategic alliance with Indian co Prime Focus; the latter will provide digital post production facilities to film-makers. Prime Focus apparently has…

VSNL, YRF To ‘Premiere’ Chak De On Web - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 28 Jan 2008 09:54 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Yash Raj Films (YRF) and VSNL (now Tata Indicom Broadband) have tied up for the web premiere of the SRK starrer Chak De India. Tata Indicom apparently…

Rajshri Media Launches Tamil Content - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:04 PM PST

Video content portal Rajshri Media has added Tamil films and TV shows to its bouquet of content. The service was launched on Jan 14th, around the festive season of Pongal.…

Warner In Alliance With Prasad Corporation For Film Digitization And Restoration - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 17 Dec 2007 07:52 PM PST

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging and Chennai based Prasad Corporation have formed an alliance for the digital restoration of Hollywood and Indian films, as well as the creation of digital…

Head In The Sand, FICCI Wants DRM - 8 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 Nov 2007 08:41 PM PST

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) believes that an ‘efficient digital rights management (DRM) system will give ‘a fillip to the fast-growing Indian digital entertainment and…

Percept Picture Company Signs Game Rights For Hanuman To Jump Games - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 25 Nov 2007 09:01 PM PST

Percept Picture Company has tied up with Jump Games, a Reliance Entertainment co, to create and distribute mobile games based on their upcoming animated film Hanuman Returns. The film is…

Virgin Comics Signs Up Actress Priyanka Chopra For Comics, Films, Games - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 Nov 2007 03:37 AM PST

After signing up cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Virgin Comics has now signed up Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra for a new superhero character, for comics, live-action films, animation and games. Concept images…

Adlabs Launches Mobile Ticketing - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 05 Nov 2007 06:01 AM PST

PVR Cinemas launched mobile ticketing over a year ago; now, another cinema chain Adlabs has announced the launch of a mobile ticketing application. The app has been powered by Tagit,…

GV Films Modifies Demerger Scheme; What Happened To Their Webcasting Portal? - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 05 Oct 2007 02:31 AM PST

BSE list GV Films had earlier approved its demerger into three entities: GV Films, GV Studio City and GV New Media Technologies. They intend to transfer their webcasting operations to…

Rajshri Media Adds Animation Content; To Release Manorama Six Feet Under On 28th - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 27 Sep 2007 04:25 AM PST

Rajshri Media has added animation content to it’s portal Rajshri.com that already features Bollywood films, TV shows and short film content, reports AnimationXpress.com. I just checked and animation content on…

Sony Co Provides Content For Digital Distribution To Proposed BPCL Theatres - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Sep 2007 10:38 PM PST

Seems very strange, but Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is setting up cinema halls at its highway fuel stations. Cinemata, a Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television company will be providing…