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  • Tata Sky to show Disney’s international titles on pay-per-view

    Tata Sky to show Disney’s international titles on pay-per-view

    MUMBAI: Tata Sky has said it will showcase titles from Disney on its pay-per-view (PPV) service, making it the first time a Hollywood Studio is offering all its premium titles on one DTH platform in India.

    Disney enthusiasts can now order and watch their favourite Disney movie such as Beauty & the Beast, Cinderella, Toy Story 1,2 and 3, Lion King 1 and 2, Tangled, Disney Pixar UP, Wall-E, Finding Nemo, Cars 1,2 and 3 and many more only on Tata Sky for a period of three months.

    “Disney delivers the world’s best family entertainment through its wealth of great stories, wonderful characters and magical experiences. By working with Tata Sky we are bringing the world’s most popular content into the homes of Indians anywhere and everywhere and anytim,” said Disney UTV Executive Director – Syndication, International Distribution & Disney Media Distribution, Studios Amrita Pandey.

    “Disney has been one of the favorite and the most popular channels among our subscribers especially the younger generation. We are very excited to add the premium Disney line-up on our showcase channel for subscribers to enjoy during the entire holiday period.

    The 2012 Hollywood box-office blockbuster, Marvel’s The Avengers did exceedingly well when we showcased it on our platform and we are positive the recently added Disney’s Classics will be enjoyed by the Disney fans on Tata Sky,” said Tata Sky VP-Content Mukund Sharma.

    The weekday block is available at a price pack of Rs 50 where one feature will be showcased over two days. The weekend block runs from Friday to Sunday at a price pack of Rs 75.

  • UTV set to release Delhi Belly in Hong Kong on 10 May

    UTV set to release Delhi Belly in Hong Kong on 10 May

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures is set to release Aamir Khan‘s Delhi Belly on 10 May in Hong Kong.

    A rip-roaring film, Delhi Belly will release across eight screens in cinemas for the first week with Cantonese subtitles.

    After consecutive success of Hindi films in Hong Kong, there has been immense demand of content that has the ability to crossover and work with local audiences across culture and sensibilities.

    The film is about Tashi, Arun and Nitin – flatmates, buddies and partners in crime. Tashi is to get married in a month but still doesn‘t know if his fiancé is the one. Arun can‘t make up his mind who he wants to kill first – his girlfriend who has just dumped him or his stupid, annoying boss whose idea of creativity is sketching a smiling banana.

    On the other hand, Nitin is about to discover that eating delicious tandoori chicken off a street vendor is going to give him the worst case of Delhi Belly he‘s ever known! Three regular blokes, living the regular life except for one small detail – they are on the hit list of one of the world‘s deadliest crime syndicates. Will they be able to get away before the shit hits the roof and it comes crashing down? Delhi Belly is the meanest comedy you‘re ever likely to see.

    Said UTV Motion Pictures Senior Vice President, International Distribution and Syndication Amrita Pandey, “It‘s a very proud moment for us to have our film Delhi Belly release in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a large young local and expat population and Delhi Belly has done superb business in cities like London, Singapore, Dubai, New York, Sydney, Melbourne, we hope it resonates with audience in Hong Kong. After the phenomenal success of 3 Idiots in Hong Kong, there is huge fan following for Aamir, and correspondingly for Delhi Belly since it is produced by him.”

    Directed by Abhinay Deo and written by Akshat Verma, Delhi Belly stars Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapur and Vir Das.

  • Paan Singh Tomar to release in the Gulf on Thursday

    Paan Singh Tomar to release in the Gulf on Thursday

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures is set to release Paan Singh Tomar in the Gulf.

    Paan Singh Tomar is made on a budget of Rs 45 million. UTV claims the movie has already collected Rs 90 million from India.

    Said UTV Motion Pictures senior Vice President, International Distribution and Syndication Amrita Pandey, “For high concept movies that are not traditionally released overseas due to lack of a big star cast or content that is different from the mainstream, our strategy is to allow for word of mouth from India to spread and for audience demand to build, so that it becomes impossible for distributors and exhibitors to ignore our content.

    This helps us get better distribution and showcasing for these movies overseas, and we have followed the same strategy in the past for some of our other path breaking content like A Wednesday and Welcome to Sajjanpur. Demand for Paan Singh Tomar has now reached a peak and it is just the right time for us to do an extensive release in the Gulf.”

  • UTV announces movie syndication deals over $1 mn

    UTV announces movie syndication deals over $1 mn

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has announced multiple syndication deals in various territories amounting to over $1 million. The motion pictures division of the UTV said that the deals are primarily for terrestrial TV rights and satellite rights for films in UTV‘s library.

    The company has signed a deal with broadcaster Channel 4 in UK for two of its library titles – The Blue Umbrella and Kaminey for a limited period.

    In Sri Lanka, UTV has licensed terrestrial television rights for four films including Tees Maar Khan and Guzaarish to a local broadcaster for a three year period. It has also signed a deal with an Indonesian distributor for terrestrial television rights for multiple films including Tees Maar Khan, Chance Pe Dance, and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

    On the domestic front, UTV has signed a non-exclusive deal with Zoom to broadcast titles from its library including films like Jodhaa Akbar, Chance Pe Dance and Goal for a limited term.

    UTV has also licensed the terrestrial television rights for India territory for seven movies including Tees Maar Khan, Guzaarish, and Chillar Party. Feeding the current demand for HD content, UTV has licensed a few titles to Star TV for its HD channels only.

    UTV has also licensed SVOD rights of multiple film titles to Videocon for its D2H platform. UTV clarified that all these are short term deals. UTV has also licensed to Star HD channels to provide HD formats of leading movies for their recently launched HD channels, some of which are, Dev.D, Kaminey, Fashion, A Wednesday, Jodhaa Akbar and Life in a Metro among others.

    UTV Motion Pictures Sr VP, international distribution and syndication Amrita Pandey said, “UTV has a strong and growing catalogue of popular titles, which will do well for broadcasters world over. We are continuing to monetise these titles long after their initial exploitation period.”