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Film News: Pact represents company’s first foray into Asia — European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has inked a strategic partnership with Broadmedia in Japan.

Film News: Meanwhile Disney and Starz extend TV pact thru 2015 — It’s a busy morning for the pay TV biz: Showtime has cut an output deal with DreamWorks Studios that will feed up to 35 theatrical pix into the feevee cabler’s pipeline in the next few years.

Film News: Company to invest $150 million in film business — Indian helmer Priyadarshan has inked a two-film pact with Woodpecker Pictures, a subsidiary of U.S.-based entertainment fund Woodpecker Holding.

Film News: Imax, Warner Bros. pact for fourth time — Leonardo DiCaprio has been tapped to narrate “Hubble 3D,” set to be released in Imax theaters March 19.

Film News: Coalition urges ‘hard look’ at proposed pact — A coalition of various groups are urging President Obama and Congress to take a “hard look” at the proposed merger of NBC Universal into Comcast.

Film News: Pact allows 28-day gap before DVD releases — Netflix and Warner Bros. have mended fences over access to new releases of DVDs.