Mumbai: Nokia is inviting everyone to enter the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards by creating and submitting their short videos to be considered for inclusion in the first Pangea Day broadcast event on 10...
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China’s games market to exceed $3 bn: Pearl Research
Mumbai: Pearl Research forecasts the online games market in China will exceed $3 billion in 2010. The market grew more than 60% to reach $1.66 billion in 2007. These findings are contained in Pearl...
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Toby Emmerich is president, COO New Line Cinema
Mumbai: Toby Emmerich has been named President and COO New Line Cinema and will lead its reorganization to become a stand-alone production entity as part of Warner Bros. Entertainment, it was announced by Warner...
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EFG in $2 mn advertising pact With Tradewell
Mumbai: Empire Film Group (EFG) has entered into an agreement with Tradewell Media of New York for the placement of more than $2 million of media advertising in support of the 18 July theatrical...
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Hollywood loses writer/director Minghella in his prime
Mumbai: Writer/director Anthony Minghella died in London on 18 March. He died of brain haemorrhage at the age 54, arguably, the prime of his career. His latest movie as writer, The No. 1 ladies...
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VCU French Film Festival announced
Mumbai: The 16th annual Virginia Commonwealth University French Film Festival will be held from 28 – 30 March at the historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond. It will present an unparalleled selection of feature films...
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Limewire launches its BETA DRM-free music store
Mumbai: Six Months after the announcement of a legitimate music downloading system, Limewire has finally launched its new store. Although still in BETA stage, the makers of Limewire claim to add thousands of songs...
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ODM to revolutionise video retail; can to generate $1.1 bn by 2012
MUMBAI: Screen Digest’s latest report titled On-demand media: Re-inventing the retail business model, examines the market for on-demand media (ODM). The research assesses the potential of this emerging market to revolutionise both how people...
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IFTA president Prewitt disagrees with MPAA’s Glickman
Mumbai: Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) president-CEO Jean Prewitt expressed astonishment at MPAA chairman-CEO Dan Glickman’s remarks regarding net neutrality. In his letter Prewitt said, "The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) was...
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Ken Ehrlich is Primetime Emmy EP yet again
Mumbai: Veteran television producer Ken Ehrlich (The Grammy Awards) will return as Executive Producer of the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards for the fourth consecutive year. The Primetime Emmys will be broadcast live on 21...
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