Mumbai: Apple announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com). Also, iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes...

Mumbai: Grover Crisp has been named Senior Vice President, Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Mastering for Sony Pictures Entertainment, it was announced by Sony Pictures Technologies president Chris Cookson. As part of his...

Mumbai: The Edinburgh International Film Festival has got off to a flying start with an exciting line-up of events and activities for filmmakers attending the festival, supported by the UK Film Council. This year’s...

Mumbai: Satellite spectrum management, market consolidation, government and military technology developments, capacity provision and Asia’s seemingly unflagging demand for satellite services were just a few of the issues covered during the CASBAA Satellite Industry...

Mumbai: Red Rock Pictures Holdings announced that it has entered into an agreement with Los Angeles-based F.N.B. Entertainment to develop and produce three feature films. F.N.B. Entertainment is the production company owned by well-known...

Mumbai: Producer/director Stephen Woolley has been named Patron of a new Directors’ Lab at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival for six of UK’s distinctive film directors. The Directors’ Lab has been set up...

Mumbai: R&B singer-songwriter and MTV Staying Alive special ambassador Kelly Rowland, MTV senior vice president and Staying Alive Foundation executive director Georgia Arnold announced the Kenyan recipients of the 2008 Staying Alive Foundation Awards....

Mumbai: MultiChoice Africa has signed a multi-year distribution deal with MTV to carry its kids entertainment brand Nickelodeon in southern Africa. This was announced by MultiChoice CEO Nolo Letele and MTV senior vice president...

Mumbai: Dolby Laboratories will provide digital cinema technical support for the UK’s biggest single-screen movie premiere to date. Disney Pictures’ and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will be screened at the...

Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Asociación Argentina de Distribuidoras de Cine (AADC) conducted a training session on Camcording in the city of Comodoro Rivadavia on 16 June. Camcording is a form...