Video-on-demand service Hooq, backed by Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Singapore telecom’s Singtel launches this June. The ad-free service will broadcast Hollywood and Indian content at a monthly price of $3.20. “Hooq brings to India the biggest Hollywood catalog where customers can look forward to more than 5,000 Hollywood movies and...
DreamWorks Animation Outsources Engineering Services to India
DreamWorks Animation has inked a strategic engineering services partnership with Indian outsourcer Infosys which will deploy its global talent pool available across cloud, big data, Java and open source capabilities to develop next generation solutions based on DreamWorks’ technologies. DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said he was confident that Infosys...
India Billionaire comes to Hollywood
Anil Ambani and his $42 billion fortune are looking to make their mark in Hollywood. Negotiations are under way between Anil and legendary director Steven Spielberg to provide $600 million in equity, enough to let DreamWorks separate from parent Paramount Pictures (a Viacom entity). But Anil's Hollywood aspirations don't stop...