MUMBAI: ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technology, applications and services company, has launched its India office, which will be headquartered in New Delhi. Tasked with marketing ROK’s suite of revenue-generating mobile applications to India’s...
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Slumdog Millionaire to release across 2000 theaters in China
MUMBAI: Slumdog Millionaire has secured a slot as one of the 20 major foreign movies that China will import this year. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has cleared the Chinese censors. The director will attend...
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North American distribution rights to From Paris With Love acquired by Lionsgate
MUMBAI: Lionsgate has acquired North American distribution rights (including Canada) to the EuropaCorp-produced action/thriller From Paris With Love. From Paris With Love which has been directed by Pierre Morel stars John Travolta and Jonathan...
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Basketball star calls for support to protect copyright in China
MUMBAI: Joined by the National Basketball Association (NBA), Yao Ming Foundation, China Film Copyright Protection Association (CFCPA) and Beijing Student Film Festival (BSFF), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), tipped off a campaign to promote...
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Lionsgate acquires distribution rights of The Hunger Games
MUMBAI: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film version of Suzanne Collins’ best selling futuristic young adult novel The Hunger Games. Collins will adapt the screenplay from her novel, the first in...
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EMI Music Publishing to represent works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MUMBAI: EMI Music Publishing has reached an agreement to represent the intellectual property of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Under the terms of the long-term global deal with The King Estate, EMI Music Publishing...
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THQ to release Disney-Pixar’s Up on video game platforms
MUMBAI: THQ Inc. plans to bring the Up video game, based on Disney-Pixar film, to all major consoles worldwide beginning in spring 2009. Up is currently in development across seven game systems, including Wii...
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Wall-E Blu-Ray Disc is biggest selling animation movie
Blu-ray Discs accounted for more than 1 in 10 of Wall-E sales, beating the Blu-ray sales of box office hits such as Mamma Mia!, Ratatouille and Kung Fu Panda....
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Arts Alliance Media expands Spanish digital cinema roll out
MUMBAI: Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading digital cinema provider and Yelmo Cines, have inked an agreement to equip 18 new screens in 18 different sites throughout their chain with digital cinema, 3D and...
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Warner/Chappell Music UK & INXS expand deal
MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music UK has extended its long-term publishing agreement with INXS. Under the new agreement, the music publisher will administer the worldwide rights to the majority of INXS’ catalogue of songs, which spans...
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