Baba in deal with Moser Baer for 450 titles.
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based film production company Baba Arts has inked an exclusive contract with Delhi-based optical disc maker Moser Baer to manufacture and market 450 Telugu titles of the company. Moser Baer will market the VCDs and DVDs of these titles in the Indian Market and pay Baba...

Maxell, InPhase Receive Vanguard Prize for Innovation in High Definition Storage.
High Capacity Holographic Storage Solution Demonstrates Real Value for Broadcasters and Producers FAIR LAWN, N.J., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxell Corporation of America today announced that it has received a Vanguard Award from Digital Content Producer magazine for its work with InPhase Technologies on the Tapestry HDS...

Moser Baer shoots into film production.
Byline: Ashoke Nag KOLKATA: Top of the drawer optical media outfit Moser Baer is foraying into the entertainment sector in a major way. The company has picked up rights to nearly 7,500 titles, comprising largely movies, across a basket of languages for home video release. With this...

Kill piracy!
Byline: Tushar Dutt The cassettes and CDs manufacturing companies have lowered down the rates of their original CDs and DVDs. This is done just to kill piracy. However, people are still buying pirated CDs from roadside vendors. AT finds out the reason. Piracy has been...

Rajasthan set on road to green energy.
Byline: Rituraj Tiwari JAIPUR: If things move in the right direction, Rajasthan is likely to attract an investment of Rs 8,000 crore in the renewable energy sector. Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC) CMD Rajeev Swaroop said the state government has signed MoUs with 14 power companies to...

Before you record your spring recital: mechanical licensing basics.
Before you make an audio recording of your school's spring recital, you should obtain mechanical licenses for the songs to ensure you can include them on your CD. A mechanical license is required under U.S. copyright law if you want to manufacture and distribute recordings of compositions written by...

Moser Baer to set up Rs 2K cr fab unit in Tamil Nadu.
CHENNAI: In one of the big-ticket investments in Tamil Nadu, Moser Baer, India's largest optical storage media maker, has announced an investment of Rs 2,000 crore to set up a solar photo-voltaic fab unit near Chennai. The facility, to come up on 125-acre plot in the SIPCOT SEZ at...

Imation Expands Removable Hard Disk Portfolio to Include RDX Cartridges, Providing Enterprise-Class Data Protection to Small- and Medium-Sized Business.
Imation now offers 160GB RDX media compatible with all RDX and RD1000 removable hard disk docks OAKDALE, Minn., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Previously, Imation Corp , a worldwide leader in removable data storage media, announced a licensing agreement with ProStor Systems to manufacture, market and sell Imation-brand...

No easy entry for cheap optical discs.
Byline: Rajesh Unnikrishnan MUMBAI: The directorate of anti-dumping & allied duties, a quasi-judicial body attached to the commerce ministry, is planing to expand the scope of anti-dumping duty on imported optical discs by making it applicable to imports from five more countries, namely, Malaysia, Republic of Korea,...

Cinram International Income Fund Extends North American Replication Agreement and Broadens Relationship with MGM in Europe.
TORONTO, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cinram International Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX: CRW.UN) today announced that is has extended the scope of its North American replication agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and broadened its relationship with the studio through a multi-year, European replication agreement. "We have...