MUMBAI: Microsoft will showcase IPTV on Xbox 360 for the first time in Europe at The Connected Home show to be held in Olympia, London from 5 – 7 March, 2007.   Microsoft TV worldwide...

MUMBAI: DivX, Inc. has announced the first ever DivX Film Festival, an online video festival devoted to creativity, storytelling and improving digital media. Hosted on DivX Stage6 – an online video sharing community site....

MUMBAI: United Artists Entertainment LLC (UA) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) have announced that Robert Redford’s Lions For Lambs will be released in North America on 9 November, 2007. Principal photography on the first...

MUMBAI: On 14 and 15 February, after a year-long investigation, the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department raided 20 premises in Hong Kong connected to an optical disc piracy syndicate controlled by an organized...

MUMBAI: Viacom Inc has elected Blythe J McGarvie as an independent member of the Viacom Board of Directors, effective 12 April 2007.   McGarvie, who was also elected to serve on the Audit Committee,...

MUMBAI: For her years of innovation and success as a studio leader, as well as her efforts to support women in film, the 22nd Israel Film Festival will be honouring Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman...

MUMBAI: Viacom and Joost have recently signed a content partnership deal, that will have Viacom  offering brands and free programming to consumers on the Joost distribution platform.  According to the agreement, Viacom’s divisions —...

MUMBAI: Mark Steven Johnson’s Ghost Rider, starring Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes, raked in $44.5 million on its opening weekend at the North American box-office.  The film, that released on 16 February 2007, averaged...

MUMBAI: Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have started production work on their next comedy, titled Kids in America.  The film, starring Topher Grace as recent college graduate Matt Franklin, follows Matt, his twin sister...

MUMBAI: While the full design concept of the Oscar set will remain a secret until the live telecast on 25 February, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences and Swarovski unveiled a first...