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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Netflix Unveils French Style House of Cards Series

Netflix, the US online streaming giant, said Thursday it was commissioning a French-style "House of Cards" series set in the edgy southern city of Marseille as it prepares to launch in France.
The series will tell the story of a cut-throat battle for the mayorship in the countrys second largest city, known as much for its cultural dynamism as its reputation for local corruption and endemic crime.
The eight-episode series, called "Marseille", will tell a "tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city" and will be broadcast exclusively on Netflix at the end of 2015, the online giant said in a statement.
"Marseille stages a fight around revenge, animated by drug lords, politicians, unions and the political players of the city," it added.
Established French directors will take part in the project, including Florent Emilio Siri, the man behind the film "My Way" about singer Claude Francois, who will direct the first two episodes.
"Netflix has given us a blank page to create a House of Cards in French that breaks through unspoken hypocrisy," scriptwriter Dan Franck, the creator of the project, was quoted as saying.
The US groups launch in France on September 15 has caused controversy in a country where the film and television industry is strictly regulated.
Netflixs European headquarters are currently in Luxembourg, which means it will not be subject to quotas on the number of Francophone films it screens, nor to rules over financing which affect national television channels and in-country video streaming services.
Some in the French industry also fear that the launch of the on-demand service will take subscribers from premium pay television channel Canal+, which is currently the principal financier of French-made films.
While "Marseille" is its first French drama, Netflix has already produced several popular original series such as "House of Cards" and "Orange Is The New Black" that it can broadcast on its website immediately, without any copyright problems.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Samsung to Launch Metal Clad SM A500 Smartphone in New A Series Report

Samsung is reportedly getting ready to launch a new A series of smartphones starting with device model number SM-A500, with a design similar to the recentlylaunched metal-clad Galaxy Alpha.
On Monday, Sammobile reported that the alleged Samsung device with model number SM-A500 will be the first to launch in the alleged new A series. The report also included purported specifications of the SM-A500, suggesting it to have a full metal body design, without a removable back cover. The smartphone will reportedly feature a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) Super AMOLED display; a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor; an 8-megapixel rear camera; 5-megapixel front camera; 16GB of internal storage, and a 2,330mAh battery.
The report also claims that the SM-A500 will have a hybrid card slot, which will accommodate both a microSD card and a nano-SIM card. Additionally, the smartphone is said not to have fingerprint and heart rate sensors and it will be not be water and dust-resistant. However, it will reportedly feature the Ultra Power Saving Mode option similar to Galaxy S5.
Previously, Sammobile had reported that the Galaxy Alpha was actually the first device in Samsungs alleged new A series of smartphones and the company will initially launch three devices with model numbers SM-A300, SM-A500, and SM-A700, in the coming weeks.
The report had mentioned that SM-A300 will come with a qHD (540x960 pixels) display, while the other two (SM-A500 and SM-A700) will come with HD (720x1280 pixels) displays. It had also included the SM-A500F listing on Samsungs UA profile page, with HD resolution and Android 4.4 KitKat.
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