MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) and imeem have entered into an agreement that will provide the imeem community with on-demand, interactive streaming of Universal’s extensive digital music and video catalog. With this announcement, imeem...
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Writers’ strike: advertisers now look online
MUMBAI: VideoEgg, Inc., the leader in helping brands connect with people in online environments, is helping fill the vacuum media buyers are experiencing during the writers’ strike. Providing targeted, engagement-driven online video advertisements,...
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Sony introduces 4K D-Cinema in Singapore
MUMBAI: Sony has installed the latest CineAlta 4K SRX-R220 digital cinema projectors, together with the LMT-100 Media Block servers and LSM-100 Screen Management System for the Cathay Cineplexes in Singapore, a cinema operator providing...
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Australia’s HD rental market prefers Blu-ray
MUMBAI: As Blu-ray hardware enters Australian homes, Sony companies are collaborating with the country’s two leading movie rental chains to educate consumers on the high definition home entertainment format. The Video Ezy and BLOCKBUSTER...
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Thomson to set up digital cinema hub in Singapore
MUMBAI: Thomson, through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, and the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore announced a partnership to establish a digital cinema hub and network operations centre (NOC) in Singapore. “Thomson...
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Walt Disney acquires iParenting Media
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Internet Group has acquired iParenting Media in a move that adds to its line-up of family-targeted web properties within Disney Online, including Disney Family.com, FamilyFun.com and Wondertime.com. With the...
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IMAX inks 100-theatre deal with AMC Ent
MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation and AMC Entertainment Inc., have inked a joint-venture agreement to install 100 IMAX digital projection systems at AMC locations in 33 major US markets. AMC’s initial 50 IMAX digital locations...
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Studios should think globally & act locally
MUMBAI: During a “fireside chat†with investors at UBS’s 35th annual Global Media and Communications Conference, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) chairman and CEO Dan Glickman discussed the global and technological opportunities...
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IP projections good for US biz: Glickman
MUMBAI: New legislation proposed in the US House of Representatives will crack down on intellectual property theft in the US and abroad. Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman thanked...
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Warner Bros. hits $2 billion box-office mark
MUMBAI: Led by the worldwide success of 300 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix earlier this year, and the more recently launched Fred Claus and Beowulf, Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI)...
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