Entertainment

Zee News inks strategic partnership pact with Sky B

Zee News inks strategic partnership pact with Sky BZee News, a part of the Essel Group has informed that the company has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Sky B (Bangla) Pvt. Ltd.

 Under the deal, Zee News Ltd will handle marketing, advertising, sales and programming initiatives of Sky B's Akaash Bangla, the 24-hour regional infotainment channel in Bengali, against an agreed fee structure.

Bengali news channel 24 Ghanta is owned by Zee Akaash News Pvt. Ltd, which is a 60:40 joint venture between Zee News Ltd and Sky B Pvt. Ltd.

UK Film Minister signs bilateral treaty with Bollywood

Tivo, Netflix in partnership on Web streaming

Tivo, Netflix in partnership on Web streaming With the aim to further provide Netflix's Web streaming service directly to televisions through many devices, on Wednesday, Netflix Inc. said that it has entered a deal with TiVo Inc. 

Though the full terms of the deal were not disclosed, under this deal, Netflix needs to provide subscribers of its online DVD rental service, and 800,000 broadband-connected Tivo subscribers, with the facility to stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix's "Watch Instantly", free of charge. 

V-Guard postponed its plans to setup two amusement parks

V-Guard postponed its plans to setup two amusement parks V-Guard, one of the leading electrical and electronic appliances group, has postponed its plans to set up two water theme amusement parks with an aggregate investment of up to Rs 1,200 crore because of land acquisition problems.

The group has shelved its plans of setting up parks near Panvel in Navi Mumbai, following the phenomenal rise of land prices at the proposed site.

Zapak launches international gaming portal ‘Zapakworld.com’

Zapak launches international gaming portal ‘Zapakworld.com’Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd, Country’s largest online gaming company, a Reliance ADA Group Venture, has announced the launch of their first gaming portal for the international markets - Zapakworld.com at “Casual Connect” held at Ukraine. 

According to the sources, over 50 international developers have already signed on with Zapakworld.com to provide games. 

TiVo signs major deals to expand its video library

TiVo signs major deals to expand its video library With the aim to provide unlimited media via the use of single device, embedded with an easy to use interface; TiVo recently signed a deal with CinemaNow and Jamal. Thorugh this deal, more movies have been added to TiVo library, most of them being provided from Disney Studios. 

Now the movie lovers can rent the movies by paying between $1.99 and $4.99 for a time period of 24 hours or a whole week. In some cases, movies can also be bought but it all would depend upon the price agreed by the content owner. 

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