MUMBAI: Star has appointed Edward Hanapole as its chief information officer. In this newly created post, Hanapole is responsible for developing the company’s digital technology and new media capabilities across the region. He reports...

MUMBAI: Facebook and Microsoft Corp. announced that Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in Facebook’s next round of financing at a $15 billion valuation, and the companies will expand their existing advertising...

MUMBAI: Burson-Marsteller (BM), a global public relations and communications consultancy, has tapped Hollywood-veteran Steven Haft to lead its branded content offering.   The new unit will be called Allscreen Studio and will operate as...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) announced that its member companies have won a breach of contract lawsuit against AKI Digital Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.   The US District Court found...

MUMBAI: Taiwan’s IPR Police acting on information provided by the Taiwan Foundation Against Copyright Theft (TFACT), representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA), raided another DVD-R burner lab in Taichung City. One man was arrested in...

MUMBAI: Film Movement, the North American film distribution company has launched the Film Festival Channel (FFC), a nationwide Free Video on Demand (VOD) channel that is sponsored by Stella Artois and is being carried...

MUMBAI: Sonic Solutions and CinemaNow have entered into a collaboration that will enable consumers to legally burn Internet downloaded entertainment onto protected recordable DVDs for playback on standard and high-definition players.   CinemaNow is...

MUMBAI: The Asia-Pacific mobile premium content market grew 57.4 per cent in 2006 on the back of rising popularity of mobile multimedia content and a fast-growing mobile data services segment as users demand a...

MUMBAI: Developer and publisher of mobile games Gameloft has inked a worldwide licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to produce American Gangster: The Mobile Game based on Universal Pictures’ upcoming crime drama,...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has launched Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and Animax in Africa in November.   The channels were launched on MultiChoice’s digital pay-tv satellite platform DStv.   “SPTI continues to...