Mumbai: MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, has inked a multitude of new deals with cable and satellite operators across Eastern Europe. With MGM Channels already carried in millions of subscriber homes across...
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AOL’s Platform-A debuts iPhone ad optimization solution
Mumbai: AOL has launched the mobile industry’s most robust and far-reaching solution for targeting advertising to iPhone users. Offered through Third Screen Media, Platform-A’s mobile ad-serving platform and network, the solution detects and delivers...
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Emmy award-winning animator, director Bill Melendez dies
Mumbai: Bill Melendez, considered a pioneer in animation and best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life, died early Tuesday morning, 2 September at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica. Doctors said Melendez...
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Pirate movie burner lab busted in Taiwan
Mumbai: Acting on information provided by Taiwan Foundation Against Copyright Theft (TFACT), the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Police raided a DVD-R burner lab in Taipei County on 29 August. They arrested two operators, a...
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Jeff Nathanson signs on for DreamWorks’ The 39 Clues
Mumbai: Jeff Nathanson has signed on to write the screenplay for the first film installment of The 39 Clues, it was announced by DreamWorks Studios co-chairman and CEO Stacey Snider, and Scholastic Media president...
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Sony Pictures to release Will Smith’s Hancock on Blu-Ray
Mumbai: Two-time Academy Award nominee Will Smith’s summer blockbuster Hancock will be debuting on DVD, Blu-ray High-Def and PSP 25 November from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE). More than $560 million worldwide grossing film...
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Dove partners with The Women for gender empowerment
Mumbai: Global beauty brand Dove has partnered with Hollywood film The Women to inspire and educate them about a wider definition of beauty. In addition to The Women, Dove has partnered with director Diane...
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PNY Technologies, Sony Pictures to preload movie on USB
Mumbai: PNY Technologies and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the launch of a new 2GB USB preloaded with Sony Pictures’ 80’s comedy classic, Ghostbusters starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. This marks the...
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Paramount Pictures acquires Screenlife
Mumbai: Viacom owned Paramount Pictures has acquired Screenlife LLC, which is the creator of Scene It? game franchise, with an aim to step up on its digital content initiatives. Post the acquisition, Screenlife will...
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DIRECTV & TiVo to launch HD DIRECTV DVR
Mumbai: DIRECTV, Inc. and TiVo Inc. have extended their current agreement, which includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new HD DIRECTV DVR featuring the TiVo service, as well as the extension of...
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