All articles by Liz Shackleton and Udita Jhunjhunwala
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India's FICCI Frames conference opens in reflective mood
The tenth FICCI Frames entertainment convention got underway in Mumbai today (Feb 17) with industry leaders chewing over the impact that the global financial crisis is having on the local film and television industries. Although domestic box office picked up in the fourth quarter of 2008, India's film industry is ...
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Fox teams with Star to launch Asia-wide studio
Twentieth Century Fox and regional broadcaster Star, both of which are owned by News Corp, arelaunching an Asia-wide joint venture, Fox Star Studios, to produce and distribute local-language movies. Star CEO Paul Aiello revealed the move, which has been an open secret for several months, at the Asia Media Summit ...
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Frames kicks off with calls for globalisation
The ninth edition of the FICCI-Frames conference got underway in Mumbai this morning with tub-thumping talk of India's rapid growth and a challenge to the local entertainment industry to go global. India's film industry grew by 13% in 2007 to around $2.7bn, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) unveiled ...