MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Donna Grandy Cunningham to executive vice president, operations, international production. The announcement was made by SPTI senior executive vice president, international production Steve Kent, to whom...
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HomeTV, Warner Bros, EMI ink agreement
MUMBAI: HomeTV has signed an agreement with Warner Brothers covering the Nordic States. The agreement will give HomeTV access to Warner Brothers’ full library of films. This step greatly enhances HomeTV’s position as a...
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Warner, Universal, DCI form distribution JV
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) have formed a joint venture that will evaluate and implement the most efficient form of digital delivery for digital cinema. The announcement...
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Feinberg promotes Rhode Island film prod.
MUMBAI: Hollywood writer and producer Steven Feinberg will be promoting filmmaking in Rhode Island at a forum co-hosted with George T Marshall, CEO and director of the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) and...
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Paramount launches Dreamgirls Blu-ray disc
MUMBAI: Winner of two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe awards, including Best Motion Picture  Musical or Comedy, Dreamgirls takes to the stage on DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD on 1 May, 2007...
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Pirate DVD factory in London raided
MUMBAI: Eight people were rounded up after a raid on a residential premises yielded a huge amount of pirated video material in Deptford, London recently. The joint operation between Lewisham Trading Standards, Met Police,...
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Mexican piracy raids yield CD-Rs cache
MUMBAI: The Mexican police recently seized over 130,000 CD-Rs in an anti piracy operation in the district of Tepito in Mexico City. During the week long operation, a squad of 350 police officers, 120...
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NBC to air exclusive Spider-Man 3 clip
MUMBAI: An exclusive one minute clip from Spider-Man 3 will be aired on NBC on 5 March 2007, during the broadcast of a cliffhanger episode of NBC’s show Heroes. Columbia Pictures, in anticipation of...
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China Film Group takes over 3 Warner cinemas
MUMBAI: China Film Group, a Chinese film industry player, will soon take over three Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) in China. WBIC is the international cinema division of Warner Bros. Located in Chongqing, Changsha...
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Sony to bring Ripley to Internet, mobile
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures International has bought rights to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! television show from Ripley Entertainment Inc. Sony plans to distribute ‘mobisodes’, or segments of the TV show to mobile phone...
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