Pyasa launches online Bollywood DVD rental
service in Canada. Now a similar legal
service should be introduced in the States. About time really!
Abbdendum - NetFlix has a good collection of Bollywood DVD's having more than 600 which is twice the size of their French film inventory. That's even more than the Bollywood specialists online.
Related:
: Legit Bollywood movies through KaZaa
: Bollywood pushes tough anti-piracy measures in Malaysia
: Digital piracy is the biggest single threat faced by the film industry and some $600M was lost in 2002 from pirating of DVDs in Asia. So what are film studios in the US and India doing to combat movie piracy? Back in March 2003.
The Hollywood-based Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) are launching a joint initiative in the Asia-Pacific region.
MPA vice-president Michael C Ellis, in Bombay to talk to his Bollywood counterparts at a trade fair, said 6.1 million pirated DVDs were seized in the region last year - representing a loss to the industry of $600m (£373m).
"The losses are just enormous considering it takes $89.4m (£55.7m) to make one movie in Hollywood and only one out of 10 movies to makes a profit," Mr. Ellis said.
He added that the Indian movie industry, which makes 800 films a year, loses nearly 17 billion rupees ($356m/ £222m) annually due to piracy.
"What were are talking about is a huge economic and social problem."
An anti-piracy drive which has already been launched in Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines will now be introduced to India.
: Bollygrounds
is another channel where people can watch Bollywood movies on the Internet. The
pricing model includes watching as many movies as you want for $15/month.
Currently they are streaming over 200 Hindi movies.
: Bollywood
Pay-Per view Channel
: Canadian Desis can download Bollywood,
bhangra ringtones and screen images on their mobile phones from Bollyvista. The technology is provided
by m-Qube, a Canadian mobile application provider.
More
: Indian Americans can now download Bollywood polyphonic ringtones from MastTones
Update: Seattle based iTalkies is another online Bollywood rental service. Good collection, but what lacks is a section on Indian documentaries and cricket. Hat-tip: feather.
There is a new service for renting out bollywood movies
www.italkies.com. They are based in seattle.
Posted by: feather | Aug 16, 2005 at 08:53 PM
They seem to have a good collection. It would be great if they had a section on documentary or indian sports such as cricket. But its a start.
Posted by: Jay Gohil | Aug 17, 2005 at 03:19 PM
is bollygrounds a legal site? they dont appear to disclose themselves as others? i wonder if it is a handy work of underworld. wonder. wonder.
Posted by: no piracy | Sep 10, 2007 at 12:14 AM
Wow, this is awesome. Online rental service makes life easier!
James Ferris
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