Mobile Support for Turner Classic Movies

A new app, which will be available on multiple devices, provides info on advanced schedules, fan commentary, classic film-related widescreen video content, TCM’s movie blog, and photo galleries, with posters, artwork, and publicity stills. It’ll be available for iPhone, Blackberry, and Android mobile devices. The first phase brings the TCM mobile device app to iPhone, [...]

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Film Awards App for iPhone

The free app lets users read bios, watch previews, and vote for their favorite award-nominated films and stars right on their iPhone or AT&T U-verse TV screen. Telecom company AT&T has launched its Film Awards Interactive App on the App Store. “The Film Awards Interactive App is perfect for fans who want to use their [...]

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Next Three Generations of 3D TV

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has today (Jan. 14) released its roadmap for the developments taking place in 3D TV systems. An ITU study group says that the future systems will be able to mimic the way our eyes and brains perceive the visual world. ITU’s new roadmap would see 3D TV technology rolled out [...]

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Boycott Bollywood

Confession: I’ve stopped watching Bollywood (loose term for Indian film industry) movies. Reason: Movies that Bollywood makes are terrible. Most are torture on cinemagoers. When the movie world has reached the distant moon Pandora (thanks to James Cameron’s AVATAR), Bollywood is still tottering in the company of “idiots.” Another Reason: Bollywood has, in fact, become [...]

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For Rumor LG Goes High with Brooke Shields

From ’59 Feet Above the Bright Lights’ LG Mobile Phones and Sprint celebrated the launch of the new LG Lotus Elite and LG Rumor Touch. Model and actress Brooke Shields hosted the party held at the private residence of Phil Maloof of the Maloof Companies and Maloof Productions and Music in Las Vegas, NV. Watch [...]

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Disney Plans Digital 3D Movies for Home

The Walt Disney Studios plans to start releasing Disney Digital 3D content for the home on Blu-ray Disc beginning in 2010 with Disney’s A Christmas Carol and a special 3D Showcase Disc. This Disc is a compilation of upcoming 3D product, footage, and trailers from Disney’s 3D content library. Disney’s new Digital 3D content for [...]

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Watching TV in the Cloud

The software behemoth Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Mediaroom 2.0, the next version of its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) platform. It’ll enable television service operators to provide their TV services to more subscribers – both inside and outside the home, using a single cloud-based infrastructure.  Mediaroom 2.0 is scheduled to be available for operators to start [...]

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Coming: Attack of the Movies 3D

Majesco Entertainment Company, which provides video games for the mass market, has announced Attack of the Movies 3D. Claimed to be the first-ever 3D shooter designed exclusively for Wii, the game transports players to six fantastic movie-themed worlds. Players will battle large alien space cruisers, shoot underwater monsters, join the resistance against the machines and [...]

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