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  • Canadian multi?platform HD movie service launches

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 27, 2011
    indiantelevision.com Team

    MUMBAI: Hollywood Suite, which consists of four high?definition movie channels, has announced its launch across Canada this November.

    Featuring commercial?free HD movies 24/7, uncut and unedited, Hollywood Suite is the home of movie channels from both Warner Bros. and MGM.

    The announcement to bring these motion picture studio brands to Canadian television was made by Warner Bros. International Television president Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, MGM Worldwide Networks president Bruce Tuchman and Hollywood Suite chairman and co?founder Jay Switzer.

    Hollywood Suite is a single, connected movie destination providing a pure, high quality, affordable movie experience, accessible anywhere at any time. Available across Canada, subscribers can choose from over 450 different movie titles every month on television ? with a selection available on demand, on?line and on mobile ? all for one low monthly fee from their television service provider.

    The Hollywood Suite is:

    - Warner Films ? one of the most successful and recognised
    entertainment brands in the world, with an extensive world class library of film titles
    - The MGM Channel ? showcasing movies from the famous
    Metro?Goldwyn?Mayer library including modern masterpieces and gems from Hollywood?s golden age
    - Hollywood Storm ? ultimate action films involving the best in epic adventure - Hollywood Festival ? critically acclaimed independent and major studio romance and relationship films

    The Hollywood Suite channels will be available across Canada on cable, satellite and IPTV. Pricing and packaging will be announced closer to launch.

    Switzer said, "These channels are designed to meet the strong audience demand for movies across all platforms and support Canada?s television service providers" says. "With a number of leading financial backers including Alliance Films, and with studio support from Warner Bros., MGM, and Alliance, as well as many Canadian producers, we know these channels will be exceptionally well received in Canada"

    Hollywood Suite president and Co?founder David Kines said, "We love movies ? and we are bringing to Canada what movie fans want and demand, at one low monthly price. When you add up all the movies we offer and all the ways a subscriber can watch them, Hollywood Suite offers any movie fan a fantastic HD movie experience".

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  • Warner Bros crosses $2 bn internationally

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 19, 2011
    indiantelevision.com Team

    MUMBAI: With the grand success of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, the up-to-date revenue of Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI) has crossed the $2 billion mark at the international box office.

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, the final adventure in the blockbuster film series, smashed international records to become not only the biggest Harry Potter film, but the highest grossing film of the year and the third-highest international release of all time with an astounding $857 million and counting.

    Some months ago, the Studio released Todd Phillips‘ The Hangover Part II that beat its predecessor to gross $327 million internationally and become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. It was followed by Horrible Bosses that has to date grossed over $35 million internationally.

    "Even beyond the amazing performance of our final Harry Potter film, this has been a spectacular year for the Studio," said Warner Bros. Pictures President of International Distribution Veronika Kwan-Rubinek. 

    "These incredible numbers are a testament to the diverse and powerful mix of films that our studio releases, along with the hard work and insight of our international distribution teams around the world. We‘re tremendously gratified to reach this benchmark with so many exciting films yet to come," she added.

    Steven Soderbergh‘s Contagion, Clint Eastwood‘s J Edgar, George Miller‘s Happy Feet Two and Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes: Game Of Shadows sum up WBPI‘s fourth quarter releases.

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