| MUMBAI:
News Corp's FX has inked a deal with Paramount Pictures and would be broadcasting
DreamWorks Animation (DWA) titles. The
four-year pact with DWA distributor paramount will include all movies released
from 2008-2012 including Monsters vs. Aliens, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar:
Escape 2 Africa. Additionally
upcoming movies like sequel to Kung Fu Panda and latest Shrek series will also
be featured. The
movies will be screened as ad-supported TV premiers and will be primarily telecast
on weekends and holidays, where FX can get to woo both audiences and advertisers. Although
actuals of the deal are not known, this deal is believed to be on the same lines
of two major deals FX stitched last year - five movies from Marvel Studios amounting
to approximately $110 million and 15 movies from NBC Uni amounting to $100 million. Last
month, FX acquired the rights to screen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Also, FX
has acquired rights of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, sequel
to Transformers that is slated for a 24 June release in the US. Also
Read: Dreamworks,
Walt Disney stitch distribution pact | 
