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The Refinery and MFP Holdings confirmed today that MFP is acquiring The Refinery Group.

A study by Screen Digest predicts that movie downloads in the US will generate $720m for studios and producers by 2011. Downloads will generate an additional $572m in Western Europe.

Cape Town animation studio Triggerfish has just finished production on the longest internationally commissioned CG animation made in South Africa.

A spokesperson for the Abu Dhabi Group announced on 2 September that Abu Dhabi Media set up mobile content offerings in Africa and Asia.

"Evan Almighty', the sequel to "Bruce Almighty', has opened in top spot at the South African box office with R1.7m, toppling "The Bourne Ultimatum' from first place in the week of 24 to 30 August. However...

After opening on 29 August with the well-received World War II drama, "Atonement', starring Keira Knightly and James McAvoy and directed by Joe Wright ("Pride & Prejudice')...

The BBC has teamed up with Arabsat, which is backed by the 21 member countries of the Arab League, to distribute its new Arabic TV channel to the satellite provider’s 164 million viewers in the Middle East, Southern Mediterranean and Europe.

An American summer that saw the release of mega sequel blockbusters such as "Spider-Man 3', "Shrek the Third', "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End', "Ocean’s 13' and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' has made history by recording the highest ever US box office for that season.

Tom Waits, Nelly Furtado, Ray Davies (The Kinks), Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Robert Smith (The Cure), Loretta Lynn, Weird Al, Cassandra Wilson, and many more celebrities are teaming up with dozens of top music industry executives to choose the winners for one of the largest songwriting competitions in the world.

In a celebration of natural history, eco-tourism and cultural filmmaking, the second Durban Wild Talk Africa Film Festival and Conference (27 - 30 August) announced the winners of the ROSCAR Celebratory Awards at a gala event held at the ICC Durban on Wednesday 29 August.