All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 113
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CommentSchwarzenegger makes a Stand
Arnie was back in London last night (Oct 14) to discuss his return to the big screen.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Gawdat explains the nine rules key to Google's success
A Senior Google executive offered attendees an intriguing glimpse into the secrets of the multinational internet company’s workplace culture.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: How to get Arabic content online
At today’s Abu Dhabi Media Summit session, Sami Mustafa Mubarak and Mina Nagy Takla, the co-founders of Taghreedat, illustrated their revolutionary plans for putting Arab content front and central on the internet.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Talking failure
Entrepreneurs address the notion that ‘innovation starts with failure and ends with growth.’
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: When greed is good
Outspoken Rashid Al Ballaa of N2V talks about smart long-term investments
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NewsBen Roberts to deliver keynote at Production Finance Market
The sixth Film London Production Finance Market (Oct 17-18) has confirmed its keynote speaker will be the new Director of the BFI Film Fund, Ben Roberts.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Real time news challenges
Experts talk about how news gathering has been transformed in the digital age.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Transformers Universe game previewed
Jagex CEO says gameplay works as a ‘short, sharp experience.’
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: 83% of Arab Digital Generation uses web daily
Groundbreaking new research from global management consulting firm Booz & Company, in partnership with Google, has provided the most illuminating snapshot yet of the habits and aspirations of the Arab Digital Generation (ADG).
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: The creation of Internet is 'biggest event' in human history
Experts call for heavy investment in infrastructure.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Collapsing windows still not working, studios say
The vexed issue of theatrical windows was again raised in today’s Abu Dhabi Media Summit roundtable, Tablets Rising.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Google's Kyncl says YouTube will charge for content
YouTube to charge subscription fees for content; he says Google is ‘complementary’ to broadcasters, not at war with them.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: eMarketer's Ramsey says a third of planet is on web
Geoff Ramsey, (Founder & CEO, eMarketer) dazzled the Abu Dhabi Media Summit audience with an 18-minute presentation that allowed them at least to peer into the digital future.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Media growth seen in region
Al Mubarak says 3000 new jobs in media sector have been created in last four years.
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NewsBeardsall and Minghella's Island Pictures goes on road trip with Kirk Jones
Island Pictures, the new London-based film and TV production company set up by Sarah Beardsall and Dominic Minghella, will partner with director Kirk Jones on Are We Nearly There Yet?.
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CommentTom Courtenay talks about being a 'matinee idol'
50 years after winning a BAFTA for Best Newcomer for his performance as the borstal kid in The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (1962), Tom Courtenay is enjoying an Indian summer in his film career.
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NewsShadow Dancer wins big at Dinard
James Marsh’s Shadow Dancer was the big winner at the 23rd edition of Brittany’s Dinard British Film Festival.
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NewsWasteland producers eye new projects
The producers behind Rowan Athale’s acclaimed heist thriller Wasteland (sold by Bankside in Toronto to Momentum for the UK and a host of other distributors) have revealed details of their future projects.
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NewsMarjane Satrapi plans to shoot The Voices in Babelsberg starting in April
Paranormal Activity’s Michael Perry wrote the script.
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NewsLassie heads to Canada in new feature-length film
EXCLUSIVE: Charles Sturridge writing Lassie Leaves Home.