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Airtimes: Indian Standard Times
Sat, September 16 @1300hrs and 1900hrs
Sun, September 17 @ 1700hrs, 2300hrs
Thurs, September 21 @1900hrs, 2300hrs
Kristie Lu Stout and the GLOBAL OFFICE team visit Hollywood and
Bollywood in September to investigate how the latest developments
in media technology are transforming the way the film industry works.
To gain a first hand view of these changes, Kristie heads to Hollywood
to meet leading figures from the world of film. Independent producer
Ted Hope ('21 Grams', 'The Ice Storm'), Mandalay Entertainment CEO
Peter Guber, whose production credits include 'Batman' and 'Rain
Man' and MGM CEO Harry Sloan all share their insights on the latest
trends affecting the film industry.
GLOBAL OFFICE's regular tech segment GO:Tech looks at CinemaNow,
the world's number one legal movie download store and a company
that is aiming to revolutionize the way movies are distributed.
Are digital downloads the way of the future for movie watchers?
New Line Cinema is one of the most progressive film companies, successfully
employing novel marketing and distribution ideas with recent projects
such as the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. The company has taken one
further creative step with 'Snakes on a Plane' -- asking online
audiences to submit story lines. New Line's CEOs join GLOBAL OFFICE
to discuss the importance of innovation in staying ahead in the
movie business.
But nowhere else makes more films than Bollywood -- a US$700 million
business. Over the past two years the Hindi-language film industry
has received growing international acclaim. To showcase the change
from what was once a business financed in part by underworld figures,
GLOBAL OFFICE profiles two students trying to reach for the stars
at Bollywood's brand new movie school, Whistling Woods International.
Set in the sprawling grounds of Mumbai's famous film city, the school
teaches the latest Hollywood technology and techniques to its Indian
students.
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