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  • aha unveils its content line-up, 40 titles in plan for May

    aha unveils its content line-up, 40 titles in plan for May

    Mumbai: The regional OTT platform, aha has announced on Thursday a stellar content slate for the month of May, which includes 40 titles for their Telugu section.

    The new titles will provide 100 percent local entertainment to the people globally. The slate, directed by some of the industry’s best filmmakers, will include regional programming as well as the most popular Hollywood films, which will be available in the Telugu section of aha. Viewers will be able to watch international titles, which include,  Sam Raimi’s Spiderman series, the Men in Black series, Django Unchained, Black Hawk Down and others.

    Overall, the platform will make over 30 Hollywood films available in Telugu to their audience.The launch of the regional slate in May also ensures that the platform maintains the innovative and diverse content library with the continuation of Telugu Indian Idol, one of the emerging local talent shows hosted by Sree Ram Chandra, with actress Nithya Menon, music composer Thaman, and singer Karthik as its judges.

    The other high profile reality show that will continue in the month of May will be the second season of the super hit reality game show Sarkaar, hosted by Pradeep Machiraju. The season started on 29 April.

    Fahad Fasil’s Thondimuthalum Drikasakshiyum, a national winning film is set to premiere as “Dongata”. The film will exclusively premiere on the platform this week on 6 May from 12 am.

    Speaking on the launch for the month, aha’s ceo Ajit Thakur said, “We at aha are focused on offering diverse content that appeals to all age groups. The platform is expanding and diversifying itself by creating an original slate and streaming highly popular Hollywood films in the local language. We have recently launched a stunning Tamil slate in association with immensely talented creators. However, our stint in curating and creating Telugu content for the local audience has already made aha, a reliable platform for accessing Telugu entertainment.”

  • MN+ brings exciting line up of Hollywood films with ‘Director’s Cut’

    MN+ brings exciting line up of Hollywood films with ‘Director’s Cut’

    MUMBAI: MN+, the premium HD English movie channel is set to bring yet another exciting line-up of Gold Class Hollywood movies this July with the launch of their new property, ‘Director’s Cut’.

    Director’s Cut is the first ever 3 month long property from MN+ and is committed to the channels vision of delighting their viewers with world class, sophisticated cinema. The property will celebrate some of the best Director’s in Hollywood through a month long spotlight on each director, showcasing their best works. Starting with Ridley Scott in July, Christopher Nolan in August and Steven Spielberg in September, Director’s cut is set to showcase some of the finest collection of Hollywood movies that any movie enthusiast can never miss.

    The spotlight for the month of July is the versatile Oscar Award winning director ‘Ridley Scott’ who’s best works will be aired only on MN+ starting Saturday, July 9, 2016, 9:00pm and for all the following Saturdays in July.

    The director is known for successfully experimenting in different genres like comedy-drama, science-fiction horror, historical drama, crime thriller and neo-noir films and has exhibited his brilliant story-telling skills on screen through his awards winning movies like American Gangster, Black Hawk Down and Hannibal.

    American Gangster is a biographical crime film which embodies a detective’s work to bring down the drug racket of Frank Lucas who smuggles drugs in the country from Far East. The movie got a rating of 7.8/10 on IMDB and also won the director a nomination in Best Motion Picture category at the Golden Globe Awards in 2007.

    Black Hawk Down is a war drama that encapsulates the war between U.S. soldiers and the heavily armed forces of Somalia. Another Ridley Scott movie that got a rating of 7.7/10 from IMDB along with receiving a nomination for Best Director and Best Motion Picture at the Academy Awards in 2001.

    Hannibal, the movie, is a sequel to the Academy Awards winning film, The Silence of the Lambs, in which Hannibal Lecter is a serial killer. In the sequel, a victim of his earlier killings finds Hannibal and makes him the target for revenge. The movie is a nail biting thriller which got a rating of 6.8/10 on IMDB.

  • MN+ brings exciting line up of Hollywood films with ‘Director’s Cut’

    MN+ brings exciting line up of Hollywood films with ‘Director’s Cut’

    MUMBAI: MN+, the premium HD English movie channel is set to bring yet another exciting line-up of Gold Class Hollywood movies this July with the launch of their new property, ‘Director’s Cut’.

    Director’s Cut is the first ever 3 month long property from MN+ and is committed to the channels vision of delighting their viewers with world class, sophisticated cinema. The property will celebrate some of the best Director’s in Hollywood through a month long spotlight on each director, showcasing their best works. Starting with Ridley Scott in July, Christopher Nolan in August and Steven Spielberg in September, Director’s cut is set to showcase some of the finest collection of Hollywood movies that any movie enthusiast can never miss.

    The spotlight for the month of July is the versatile Oscar Award winning director ‘Ridley Scott’ who’s best works will be aired only on MN+ starting Saturday, July 9, 2016, 9:00pm and for all the following Saturdays in July.

    The director is known for successfully experimenting in different genres like comedy-drama, science-fiction horror, historical drama, crime thriller and neo-noir films and has exhibited his brilliant story-telling skills on screen through his awards winning movies like American Gangster, Black Hawk Down and Hannibal.

    American Gangster is a biographical crime film which embodies a detective’s work to bring down the drug racket of Frank Lucas who smuggles drugs in the country from Far East. The movie got a rating of 7.8/10 on IMDB and also won the director a nomination in Best Motion Picture category at the Golden Globe Awards in 2007.

    Black Hawk Down is a war drama that encapsulates the war between U.S. soldiers and the heavily armed forces of Somalia. Another Ridley Scott movie that got a rating of 7.7/10 from IMDB along with receiving a nomination for Best Director and Best Motion Picture at the Academy Awards in 2001.

    Hannibal, the movie, is a sequel to the Academy Awards winning film, The Silence of the Lambs, in which Hannibal Lecter is a serial killer. In the sequel, a victim of his earlier killings finds Hannibal and makes him the target for revenge. The movie is a nail biting thriller which got a rating of 6.8/10 on IMDB.

  • MipJunior 2014: Revolution Studios names Miramax as global TV and digital distributor

    MipJunior 2014: Revolution Studios names Miramax as global TV and digital distributor

    CANNES: The ongoing MipJunior at Palm Beach in Cannes, France is the hotspot for major announcements from world over. In one such development, Revolution Studios has announced its association with Miramax which will now manage the Studios’ global television and digital distribution licensing titles, including all titles from the recently acquired Morgan Creek international film library.

     

    While the terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, the agreement expands the current alliance, under which Miramax has represented Revolution in the US since June 2012. Miramax will begin representing Revolution’s titles internationally as rights begin to revert back to Revolution, while Morgan Creek titles are immediately available internationally from Miramax.

     

    “We are excited to take this next step in our relationship with Miramax, which has proven to be a formula for success on the domestic front,” announced Revolution chief executive officer Vince Totino.

     

    Revolution COO Scott Hemming said, “The Miramax global sales team is among the most respected and creative in the industry and we look forward to working with them to broaden our diverse library worldwide. Miramax representing Revolution globally is the next natural step in continuing our collaboration of our already established and strong domestic foundation.”

     

    Revolution titles represented by Miramax include more than 40 top tier Hollywood films such as: Black Hawk Down, America’s Sweethearts, 13 Going on 30, Maid in Manhattan, XXX and Daddy Day Care.

     

    The Morgan Creek titles acquired by Revolution and now represented by Miramax include: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, True Romance, The Last of the Mohicans and Major League.

     

    “Miramax is proud to expand its partnership with Revolution and we are excited to now represent the Revolution and Morgan Creek titles internationally. This fantastic collection of content is highly complementary to the Miramax catalog, providing us unique positioning within the international TV and digital landscape,” said Miramax executive VP worldwide TV sales Joe Patrick.

     

    The Miramax global sales team has successfully brought hundreds of titles to existing and emerging platforms in nearly every country in the world, including free and premium linear TV, subscription video-on-demand and ad-supported video-on-demand. Miramax will now include the Revolution and Morgan Creek titles in their international offering, maximising distribution of these film catalogs around the world.