MUMBAI: As part of a strategy to strengthen its promotion staff, Universal Republic Records is bolstering its team by promoting several employees and hiring additional executives.   The announcement was made by Universal Republic...

MUMBAI: Distribution rights for ContentFilm’s fright film, Outpost, has been sold to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group for several territories including the USA, Canada, UK, Eire, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece and Israel....

MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) will help America’s troops overseas celebrate Independence Day this year by screening the studio’s Vietnam war biopic Rescue Dawn in Iraq. On 4 July, 2007, over 2,000 troops stationed at...

MUMBAI: Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp announced the 1,000 HD DVD Indies Project, designed to lower the barriers to entry for filmmakers to produce and distribute movies in the HD DVD format through the...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) has entered into a multi-year deal with Mattel, Inc. As a result of this deal, Mattel has been named as the master toy licensee for the complete DC Universe...

MUMBAI: Amazon.com and ex-Walt Disney head honcho Michael Eisner’s independent new-media studio, Vuguru, in conjunction with Big Fantastic, announced that the Emmy-nominated web series Prom Queen is now available as a full-length, commercial-free download...

MUMBAI: Mediaedge:cia has bagged the consolidated Paramount Pictures International and Paramount Home Entertainment International worldwide media assignments.Mediaedge:cia US has been Paramount’s agency of record in the US since 2004, in addition to handling 12 markets...

MUMBAI: The organizers of the Vancouver International Digital Festival has inked a new partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival. This means a move for the 2007 Vancouver International Digital Festival, now running from...

MUMBAI: Virgin Entertainment Group, North America has opened retail space inside one of California’s most famous concert venues, the Hollywood Bowl. Virgin Megastore/Hollywood Bowl opened its doors 22 June, in the heart of the...

MUMBAI: Friends of the World Food Program received a $1,000,000 donation from Not On Our Watch, a humanitarian organization co-founded by the all-star cast and the filmmakers of Ocean’s Thirteen. The governing board of...