MUMBAI: The Rolling Stones and Universal Music Group have signed an exclusive, long-term, worldwide recording agreement. The pact covers future albums by the Rolling Stones and the single most iconic catalogue in rock and...

MUMBAI: NESTA and the UK Film Council have named the 12 independent British film businesses who will participate in the Digital Innovation in Film programme. The programme, which is jointly run by the two...

MUMBAI: Turner Broadcasting System’s broadband entertainment network GameTap has signed a long-term partnership with THQ Inc. that includes worldwide subscription play and digital download rights for a wide selection of the publisher’s games for...

MUMBAI: Global Entertainment Acquisition Corporation has completed the first sceenplay of what it expects to be a franchise comedy currently titled Brand Dead. The creative was completed recently and approved by the company’s CEO...

Mumbai: FUNimation Entertainment, an owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation has acquired the home video, master toy and merchandising rights to Afro Samurai: Resurrection from GDH K.K. This release will be the second instalment to...

Mumbai: Stan Lee is teaming up with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) to introduce a revolutionary new concept in original superheroes and the comic book format, Time Jumper, which will become the industry’s...

Mumbai: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) has signed Darren Aronofsky to direct and David Self to write a new instalment for its Robocop franchise. Aronofsky, the director of The Fountain, and Self, the writer of Road...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Classics has purchased the US rights to Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, a deal brokered by UTA. The film screened in official competition at the...

Mumbai: AOL Music unveiled Tour Tracker, a free web service presented by American Express that lets music fans track their favourite artists and bands on tour. The site includes special incentive to buy tickets,...

Mumbai: DivX announced the DivX Certification of a new Blu-ray Disc (BD) Player from Panasonic, the DMP-BD50. This is the first DivX Certified Blu-ray model to be shipped to the U.S. market and will...