Mumbai: Independent filmmaker and composer Melvin Van Peebles will debut his newest film Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha, which is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 27 April and has been chosen as...

MUMBAI: The NAB Show announced a series of sessions and panels focusing on the upcoming transition to digital television. A joint session, titled "The Buck Stops Here! DTV Transition Best Practices," will be one...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution and HBO have signed a multi-year deal to be the initial suppliers of programming to France Telecom Orange’s just-announced multi-platform pay television service. The announcement was made by...

MUMBAI: MySpace has officially launched its bilingual Latino destination, MySpace Latino. The new MySpace Latino site features culturally relevant content built around the interests and passion points of Hispanic MySpace users in collaboration with...

MUMBAI: Fox International Channels’ .FOX Networks has acquired a majority stake in utarget, a European ad network that specializes in high-impact formats such as online video and subsites. The unit, which will be rebranded...

MUMBAI: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Foundation executive director Marcia Smith announced that award winning actress JoBeth Williams has been elected president of the SAG Foundation, replacing retiring president Mitchell Ryan, who served the...

Mumbai: Disney Interactive Studios announced an agreement to acquire Gamestar, one of China’s leading independent video game software developers. With locations in Shanghai and Wuhan, Gamestar has a six-year track record producing high quality...

Mumbai: Brightcove has announced distribution partnerships with Bebo, Meebo, RockYou, Slide and Veoh, giving media companies new opportunities to expand the reach of their online video, while maintaining control over their content and advertising...

Mumbai: Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America announced its new multi-dimensional HDTVs for 2008, which will take sight and sound to new heights for consumers demanding only the best in quality and performance from their HDTVs....

Mumbai: Russia’s leading independent media company CTC Media has concluded a major, multi-year licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company’s international TV licensing arm Disney-ABC International Television.   This agreement covers the licensing of...