MUMBAI: The American Film Market (AFM) will launch a new five-day conference program at the 2011 market set for 2 – 9 November in Santa Monica. The inaugural AFM Conference Series will cover five...

MUMBAI: Suffer Media Division has started a new motion picture / film unit. Suffer Media currently produces all advertising for Suffer and its products. Its main focus has been periodicals and videos. The Motion...

MUMBAI: AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services, welcomed the successful police operation against a large scale pay-TV pirate in Cyprus. The investigation was initiated by AEPOC members and...

MUMBAI: The Board of Directors of EMI Group Ltd’s holding company, EMI Group Global Ltd, initiated a process to explore and evaluate potential strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, recapitalisation or initial public offering...

MUMBAI: Film and television makers, distributors and exhibitors thanked the Senate Judiciary Committee for approving legislation that would classify the illegal online streaming of copyrighted content a felony, and bring it into line with...

MUMBAI: Filming on Relativity Media’s comedy action-adventure Untitled Snow White began on 20 June, 2011, under the direction of Tarsem Singh (Immortals, The Cell). In Relativity’s Untitled Snow White starring Oscar-winner Julia Roberts and...

MUMBAI: Relativity Media has closed a deal with Oscar and DGA-nominee Lasse Hallström to direct their upcoming film Safe Haven, based on the latest novel from best-selling author Nicholas Sparks. The film is scheduled...

MUMBAI: Content Film has acquired Wreckers for international sales. Artificial Eye film releasing has acquired the UK rights for theatrical release, alongside a day-on-date release with Curzon On Demand. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy and...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate confirmed that Tim Stuart, Vice President Asia Pacific Sales, left the company effective 10 June as Lionsgate looks to expand its regional operations in Hong Kong and reduce its presence in Australia....

MUMBAI: Britney Spears is set to launch a multi-platform campaign of her video, I Wanna Go. This Sunday Spears will simultaneously air an exclusive 30-second teaser on Bravo’s popular Watch What Happens: Live and...

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MUMBAI: Crayola, LLC and Warner Bros. Consumer Products have formed a licensing partnership bringing kids’ favorite Warner Bros. characters to Crayola’s popular line of art activities. The properties include Green Lantern, Looney Tunes and...

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MUMBAI: Dark Castle Entertainment will partner with IM Global and After Dark Films on director Walter Hill’s upcoming action thriller starring Sylvester Stallone. The film is scheduled to begin production on location in Louisiana...

MUMBAI: Acting great Morgan Freeman joined the list of film luminaries who have received the highest honor for a career in film – the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award. Freeman’s inspiration and mentor, Sidney...

MUMBAI: NBC and Columbia Records have agreed to a recording rights deal for the soundtrack of NBC’s new musical series Smash and series star Katharine McPhee also signed a solo recording deal with Columbia...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Twitter jointly announced sneak preview showings of the movie Super 8 for 1-day only on 9 June, in advance of the film’s scheduled release on 10 June. To promote the...

MUMBAI: East Oakland native, visual artist, swag assassin, and undercat Kreayshawn (Kray-shawn) has officially signed with Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. The 21 year-old will release "Gucci Gucci" via digital retailers...

MUMBAI: Oscar-winner Edward Zwick will be directing the film adaptation of American Assassin from a screenplay by Zwick and Oscar-nominee Marshall Herskovitz for CBS Films. The film is based on the #1 NY Times...

MUMBAI: Carey Fitzgerald’s London-based High Point Media Group has advanced into UK distribution with the launch of High Point Home Entertainment. The new DVD label specialising in World Cinema and feature-length documentaries, will kick...

MUMBAI: While X-Men: First Class is gearing up for release there is a surprise in store for all X-Men fans that were heart-broken over the fact that Wolverine was not part of the upcoming...

MUMBAI: The cybercrime wave that has affected Sony companies and a number of government agencies, businesses and individuals in recent months has hit Sony Pictures as well. Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael...

MUMBAI: NBCUniversal and The Blackstone Group have entered into an agreement under which NBCUniversal will purchase The Blackstone Group’s 50% interest in Universal Orlando. The purchase price for Blackstone’s interest is $1.025 billion, subject...

MUMBAI: Paramount Digital Entertainment confirmed that Star Trek, licensed by CBS Consumer Products will be coming to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has signed a multi-year OnDemand Essentials contract with Tribeca Enterprises to provide advanced measurement services for its Tribeca Film OnDemand offering. Tribeca Enterprises is a diversified global media company based in...

MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has optioned remake and sequel rights to Big Man Japan, which will be developed and produced into a new feature film by Neal H. Moritz through his Original Film banner. Big...

MUMBAI: Hulu and Miramax have signed a multi-year agreement to bring popular films like Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, Scream, Swingers and The English Patient from the Miramax film library to Hulu Plus subscribers....

MUMBAI: As part of their transcontinental quest to find the world’s most extraordinary talent across North and South America for ¡Q’VIVA! THE CHOSEN, the greatest live show ever to celebrate Latin music, artistry and...

MUMBAI: Hello Music unveiled an exclusive studio service providing its membership-based independent artist community with access to incredible savings on studio time. Hello Music will offer exclusive, limited-time deals on recording studio time across...

MUMBAI: A recent survey conducted by CASBAA provides new insight into the issues of most concern for platform operators of cable TV, DTH, IPTV and other forms of video delivery to consumers across the...

MUMBAI: In anticipation of the 3 July, 2012 worldwide release of The Amazing Spider-Man in 3D, the cast and filmmakers will discuss the movie for the first time as they address the fans at Comic-Con, San...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be launching Happy Feet Two – The Videogame, a 3D musical adventure game, inspired by the whimsical Antarctic world of the upcoming animated film Happy Feet Two. The...

MUMBAI: Multiple award-winning actor and producer and United Nations Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas has lent his support to the FEI Awards 2011 by highlighting their significance and calling on the worldwide equestrian community...

MUMBAI: Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon will be honored with the MTV Generation Award during the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, for her exceptional contributions to the film industry and for charming generations of the...

MUMBAI: Vampire and werewolf lovers everywhere can rejoice as MTV announced that Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are confirmed to present viewers with the very first look at footage from The Twilight...

MUMBAI: Relativity Media and Elliott Management Corporation in a joint decision have spun off the co-finance vehicle with Universal, dubbed Beverly 2, to funds managed by its long-time strategic partner Elliott Management Corporation. Elliott...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures chose Nicaragua’s San Juan del Sur bay and its surrounding beaches as the ideal locations for its movie, Destination Wedding, filmed during the past two months and which will be presented...

MUMBAI: Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp and National Geographic Entertainment will co-distribute the documentary Life In A Day to digital theatres across the country. The film is directed by Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald and executive produced...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has inked a long-term TV Essentials contract with Media World, a subsidiary of Imagina US, which is a production company in the US Hispanic TV industry. The TV Essentials contract will...

MUMBAI: Universal Republic Records has signed alternative soul impresario Mayer Hawthorne. His full-length debut for the label, How Do You Do, will hit US shelves and digital retailers this fall, and the buzz single...

MUMBAI: Lady Gaga’s Born This Way has become the fastest-selling album of the year around the world. With 288,000 copies sold its first day (23 May) and 1,108,000 its first week in the US,...

MUMBAI: DreamWorks Pictures and Geffen Records announced that multiple Grammy Award–winning recording artist Mary J. Blige wrote and recorded an original song for the soundtrack of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media’s The Help, a...

MUMBAI: The Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has been appointed president of the jury of the International Rome Film Festival, which is scheduled to take place from 27 October to 4 November, 2011. He will...

MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation has appointed Marc de Grandpre as chief marketing officer. de Grandpre, who will lead IMAX’s global brand and marketing initiatives, will report directly to IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. "Marc has...

MUMBAI: Summit Entertainment and HBO have entered into an exclusive output agreement through which the latter will release the studio’s slate of films that arrive in theaters beginning in January 2013 through the end...

MUMBAI: The Hangover Part II, director Todd Phillips’ follow-up to his 2009 box office phenomenon The Hangover, woke up number one at the UK box office this weekend with a staggering opening weekend of...

MUMBAI: Independent online video technology company Tremor Media has hired Paige Cone as entertainment marketing manager. Cone previously was Walt Disney Studios interim director – digital marketing and as ad product manager for MySpace,...

MUMBAI: For last fiscal year, Sony reported revenue of $86.5 billion, down slightly from the previous year, and a net loss of $3.1 billion. The loss was attributed to the $4.4 billion in tax credits...

MUMBAI: Will Gluck, the director and producer of Screen Gems’ smash hit Easy A and co-writer/director/producer of Screen Gems’ comedy Friends with Benefits, has entered into a 2-year development and production deal with Sony...

MUMBAI: The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus (IAPC)’s announcement of its “priority piracy watch list” will help raise awareness of the real cost when American creative content is stolen and illegally distributed through some of...

MUMBAI: Blockbuster L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation, is lowering the in-store rental price of thousands of movies to only 99 cents per day, introducing single day pricing, and offering lower priced rentals...

MUMBAI: Miles Teller (Footloose) has signed on to star in the comedy 21 and Over, written and to be directed by The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Produced by Mandeville Films’ David...

MUMBAI: Miramax has appointed Lindsay Gardner and Bob Cook as strategic advisors to the company, reporting to Miramax CEO Mike Lang. They will work with the Miramax management team, including Eric Doctorow (EVP, worldwide...

MUMBAI: Deluxe/EchoStar LLC has signed an agreement with Dallas-based Rave Cinemas, LLC, the fifth largest exhibitor in the US, for satellite distribution of content to Rave’s circuit of 817 digital screens in 20 states...

MUMBAI: Modern Times Group MTG AB announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an exclusive four year pan-Scandinavian distribution agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The deal is the first of its kind in...

MUMBAI: In its most recent agreement, Image Entertainment, Inc. is in final negotiations to obtain the rights to release the cutting-edge web series, The Confession starring Kiefer Sutherland. The series will be reformatted into...

MUMBAI: An unprecedented cross-section of organizations representing millions of American workers are uniting behind the PROTECT IP Act on the eve of its scheduled vote before the US Senate Judiciary Committee. In 48 hours,...

MUMBAI: Justin Bieber and Eminem were the top winners at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, each taking home a total of six awards. This was Bieber’s first ever Billboard awards show, and he was...

MUMBAI: The European Commission (EU) has laid down new plans to overhaul intellectual property rules in the 27-nation bloc, including enforcement of rules on digital piracy, creating a legal framework for cross-border management of...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment jointly announced that James Cameron’s Titanic will be re-released worldwide on 6 April, 2012. The release, which marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic setting...

MUMBAI: Filming has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ Dark Shadows, which brings the cult classic television series to the big screen under the direction of Tim Burton. The film’s all-star...

MUMBAI: Warner Music UK is planning to relaunch of celebrated dance label, FFRR (Full Frequency Range Recordings), originally founded by legendary DJ, A&R executive and artist Pete Tong in 1986. Tong will return to...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group has promoted Amanda Marks to the newly created position of global head of digital accounts. Marks reports to Universal Music Group president of global digital business Rob Wells. Previously, Marks...

MUMBAI: The Ukrainian film director Maryna Vroda received a Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) for the best short film at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. The 15 minute motion picture Kross (cross-country race – Ed.)...

MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has acquired the US distribution rights to the forthcoming motion picture from Oscar-winners Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, director and screenwriter, respectively, of the Best Picture-winning film The Hurt Locker. The untitled...

MUMBAI: Dreamworks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 hits movie theaters on 26 May and ahead of the release, art director Raymond Zibach, will visit Chengdu for the premiere in China, and to explore the...

MUMBAI: Last Friday the 13th, at the Cannes Film Festival, Jean-Claude Marcourt, Minister of Economy for the Walloon Region of Belgium, launched the first co-production market for 3D-stereoscopic films in Europe and beyond. The...

MUMBAI: The Richards Group has committed to use Rentrak’s StationView Essentials set-top box database measurement service as one of its resources for local TV planning and buying across the Dallas and Waco markets. The...

MUMBAI: Queen Latifah, winner of Grammy, Golden Globe and SAG awards, has partnered with multichannel retailer HSN for the exclusive launch of the Queen Collection, her first-ever lifestyle brand. On 27 August, Latifah will...

MUMBAI: With The Hangover Part II opening worldwide this week, director Todd Phillips has spoken out about the possibility of a third and final Hangover movie. While quizzed at a press conference for Part...

MUMBAI: Phase 4 Films, a client of Rentrak’s Box Office Essentials service, has chosen to tap Rentrak’s multiscreen measurement capabilities by signing an OnDemand Essentials contract in order to manage and grow its on-demand...

MUMBAI: Netflix, Inc. and Miramax have inked a multi-year agreement under which Netflix members in the US will be able to instantly watch movies from the Miramax film library. It is the first time...

MUMBAI: Hannover House has acquired the North American distribution rights to three acclaimed international films during the first three days at Cannes Film Festival. All three films are slated for theatrical release in key...

MUMBAI: Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) will be restoring its game services. The phased restoration will include the return of nearly all of SOE’s portfolio of online games, the reinstatement of SOE’s game forums...

MUMBAI: Samsung has partnered with Auckland’s Hoyts Te Rapa, Hamilton, to provide moviegoers with the very best innovation and technology. The soon-to-be-opened Hoyts Te Rapa cinema complex will be a mecca for movie lovers...

MUMBAI: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Cannes announced the introduction of Academy member voting rights for selected categories of the fifth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). Past Jury, Nominations Council, Documentary and...

MUMBAI: Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group has just boosted its Antipodean portfolio with the fresh addition of two brand new films, both from emerging female directors. From South Pacific Pictures, the production team...

MUMBAI: Vivendi Entertainment and AnyClip Ltd. have partnered to offer consumers the ability to relive their favorite film and television moments online. Under the agreement, AnyClip will gain access to Vivendi’s library of entertainment,...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has signed a long-term contract extension for SiTV. A TV Essentials subscriber since 2009, SiTV will be launching as nuvoTV 4 July and is the first and only English-language television network...

MUMBAI: Relativity Media, a long-time client of Rentrak’s Box Office Essentials service, has expanded the relationship by signing an OnDemand Essentials contract to provide performance reporting for the studio’s video-on-demand (VOD) content. Relativity Media...

MUMBAI: CASBAA has appointed Jill Grinda as Vice President, Operations based in Hong Kong. Reporting to CEO Simon Twiston Davies, Grinda is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Association, including oversight of finance...

MUMBAI: Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment and celebrity memorabilia auction house, announced record sales in day two of their Summer Hollywood Legends auction event. Highlights included a black crepe cocktail dress worn by...

MUMBAI: Actor Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! Band of Misfits, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The...

MUMBAI: Pantene is planning to launch a new advertising campaign, featuring two of the most well-known women in Hollywood. Actresses Eva Mendes and Naomi Watts have been named new celebrity ambassadors for Pantene. Beginning...

MUMBAI: Judy McGrath is resigning from her position as chairman and CEO of Viacom’s MTV Networks division. McGrath, who began her career with the company as a copywriter at MTV in 1981, was named...

MUMBAI: US exhibitor Regal Entertainment Group plans to equip all digital cinema locations with personal captioning and descriptive video technologies. For years Regal has actively worked with various technology companies and film distributors to...

MUMBAI: Sun-Maid has launched a new promotion in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation SKG, in support of the studio’s upcoming film Kung Fu Panda 2, which premiers on 26 May. Beginning this month, Sun-Maid raisin...

MUMBAI: Cogito Media Group has announced the upcoming release of its new book, Apocalypse Charlie: The Charlie Sheen Biography. Brandon Hurst, author of such biographies as Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, and Daniel Craig, lays...

MUMBAI: Michael Kelly has been named president of DISH Network Corporation’s subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C. DISH Network completed the purchase of Blockbuster’s assets last week. "Blockbuster can offer more movies to consumers in more ways...

MUMBAI: Julien’s Auctions, the celebrity estate and entertainment memorabilia auction house, has inked a partnership with NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products Group, managers of all global ancillary television business endeavours for the NBCUniversal Television Group. Julien’s...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has inked an OnDemand Essentials contract with Image Entertainment, Inc, which is an independent licensee and distributor of entertainment programming in North America. Serving major titles and independent films alike, the...

MUMBAI: Representatives from across the Thai film community appear in a video trailer launched in celebration of World Intellectual Property Day to say ‘Thank You’ to movie fans for choosing to watch movies at...