MUMBAI: WB has kicked off an initiative this month that beams viewers into the intergalactic world of ?Star Trek?.

The channel will air ?Star Trek? movies every Friday and Saturday at 11 pm from 2- 17 September.

There is also a contest for WB viewers as they stand to win Star Trek merchandise. Viewers need to watch the Star Trek movies on WB and answer three simple questions every week which will appear during every break of the Star Trek films. To participate, viewers have to SMS WB followed by the answer to 58888 to win prizes. Bumper Prize is a Nintendo WII with Star Trek Legacy game. Weekly prizes are Star Trek character figurines (Captain Kirk, Spock & Dr McCoy) and Star Trek badge replicas.

Star Trek is being promoted across on-air, off-air and online platforms. The marketing campaign includes print partnerships with Mail Today, Mid Day and Time-Out to create buzz about the line-up. WB ?Star Trek? interactive banners will run on Bookmyshow.com and movie buffs can also log-on to the dedicated Star Trek page on WB facebook fan page to get regular updates.
 
Turner International India GM Entertainment Networks, South Asia Monica Tata said,? Thirty two years ago, one of the greatest television series of all time took its first steps onto the big screen. Now, 11 films thick, the franchise has become a cult phenomenon. Star Trek is no doubt Hollywood?s greatest running film franchise. As THE Hollywood television destination in India, we are delighted to bring to our viewers the entire STAR TREK all this September exclusively on WB. Continuing with our focus on direct consumer interaction our campaign is designed to engage and offer a special treat of exclusive Star Trek figurines to the ardent Hollywood followers in India."
 

MUMBAI: Hollywood Suite, which consists of four high?definition movie channels, has announced its launch across Canada this November.

Featuring commercial?free HD movies 24/7, uncut and unedited, Hollywood Suite is the home of movie channels from both Warner Bros. and MGM.

The announcement to bring these motion picture studio brands to Canadian television was made by Warner Bros. International Television president Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, MGM Worldwide Networks president Bruce Tuchman and Hollywood Suite chairman and co?founder Jay Switzer.

Hollywood Suite is a single, connected movie destination providing a pure, high quality, affordable movie experience, accessible anywhere at any time. Available across Canada, subscribers can choose from over 450 different movie titles every month on television ? with a selection available on demand, on?line and on mobile ? all for one low monthly fee from their television service provider.

The Hollywood Suite is:

- Warner Films ? one of the most successful and recognised
entertainment brands in the world, with an extensive world class library of film titles
- The MGM Channel ? showcasing movies from the famous
Metro?Goldwyn?Mayer library including modern masterpieces and gems from Hollywood?s golden age
- Hollywood Storm ? ultimate action films involving the best in epic adventure - Hollywood Festival ? critically acclaimed independent and major studio romance and relationship films

The Hollywood Suite channels will be available across Canada on cable, satellite and IPTV. Pricing and packaging will be announced closer to launch.

Switzer said, "These channels are designed to meet the strong audience demand for movies across all platforms and support Canada?s television service providers" says. "With a number of leading financial backers including Alliance Films, and with studio support from Warner Bros., MGM, and Alliance, as well as many Canadian producers, we know these channels will be exceptionally well received in Canada"

Hollywood Suite president and Co?founder David Kines said, "We love movies ? and we are bringing to Canada what movie fans want and demand, at one low monthly price. When you add up all the movies we offer and all the ways a subscriber can watch them, Hollywood Suite offers any movie fan a fantastic HD movie experience".

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Brett Ratner ?Red Dragon‘ and Don Mischer will produce the 84th Academy Awards telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak announced.

This will be Ratner‘s first involvement with the Oscar show; Mischer will for the second year in a row serve as a producer and as the telecast director.
 
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on 26 February 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC in the US. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide including in India on Star Movies.

Sherak said, "I was so impressed with Brett when I met with him to discuss the Oscar show. He has an incredible love of film and its history and is a true student of the business of movies. He‘s unbelievably creative and knows how to take risks that are both interesting and inspiring. Together with Don Mischer ? who, by the way, just earned an Emmy nomination for his work on the 83rd Academy Awards ? I think these two will give us a fantastic Oscar show that you won‘t want to miss."

Academy CEO Dawn Hudson said, "I‘m thrilled that Don will again bring his tremendous expertise to the Oscar telecast. And Brett has a really smart and fresh take for the show. They have great chemistry, and their vision meshed so well with ours."

Mischer said, "The Academy Awards are in a class by themselves, and I‘m elated that the Academy has asked me to return. I hope to take the wealth of knowledge I now have about the Oscars, which is a completely unique kind of show, and work with Brett to create an evening that is fast-paced, fun, and memorable to movie fans and Oscar fans everywhere."