MUMBAI: One of the first television dramas to be filmed at the Bottle Yard in Hengrove has been nominated for three Bafta television awards. Five Daughters was nominated in the categories of Best Writer (Stephen...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and outdoor sports lifestyle company Billabong have formed a strategic, global brand partnership that will bring together music and action sports through a broad range of innovative products and new...

MUMBAI: On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film, LongTale founder Omar Kaczmarczyk announced that industry veteran Mark Austin has joined LongTale International as VP international sales. Additionally, LongTale has...

MUMBAI: Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges, whose career in film and television spans decades, will receive the 2011 Service to America Leadership Award from the NAB Education Foundation. Bridges’ acting credits include six Academy Award...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Barry Levinson’s found footage eco-horror film The Bay from Alliance Films. From the producers of the Paranormal Activity franchise, the film is the next installment...

MUMBAI: Imax Corporation, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have finalized an agreement to release the superhero adventure Thor in digital Imax theatres worldwide day-and-date on 6 May, 2011. The release marks the continuation of...

MUMBAI: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) and Motion Picture Association (MPA) have announced the continuation of the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund to support new films from Asia-Pacific and the panellists who will...

MUMBAI: Clear Channel Communications and Relativity Media have entered into a multi-media agreement to promote a number of major film releases over the next 12 months. KIIS-FM radio show On-Air with Ryan Seacrest host Ryan...

MUMBAI: The 38th Athens International Film and Video Festival will open Friday at the Athena Cinema with 250 independent films from around the world. The festival will run through Thursday, 28 April. Among the...

MUMBAI: LOVEFiLM and The Walt Disney Company UK & Ireland have signed a Transactional Video on Demand (TVOD) and Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) feature film streaming deal, which sees LOVEFiLM become Disney’s first...

MUMBAI: Fandango has teamed up with game app publisher Rovio and Twentieth Century Fox to provide US show time info and ticketing capabilities for Fox’s animated film Rio from within the game Angry Birds...

MUMBAI: World-renowned singer, songwriter and performer, Elton John will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with an all new show, The Million Dollar Piano, beginning 28 September for 16 shows. Elton’s September return...

MUMBAI: Virgin Media has inked 3D movie deal with The Walt Disney Company and Paramount Pictures. With this, two more 3D movies from the studios namely JackAss 3D and Tron: Legacy will be available...

MUMBAI: Relativity Media has closed a deal to acquire US distribution rights to FilmNation Entertainment and A Bigger Boat’s thriller House at the End of the Street, starring Oscar-nominee Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar-nominee Elisabeth Shue...

MUMBAI: The Udine Far East Film Festival and Technicolor Asia have inked a new partnership in which Technicolor Asia will present a $25,000 Post Production Award to an Asian director of one of over...

MUMBAI: Entertainment content market MIPCOM will shine the spotlight on the Russian television, digital and film industries with a series of Focus on Russia events programmed for MIPCOM 2011. This will be the first time...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced that Warner Archive Collection, Warner’s online on-demand distribution arm, will offer select catalog titles from SPHE’s “Screen Classics By Request.” www.warnerarchive.com will...

MUMBAI: Cineplex Entertainment and Empire Theatres have joined hands to form the Canadian Digital Cinema Partnership (CDCP) – to plan and implement the deployment of digital projection equipment in the two partner’s theatres. The...

MUMBAI: Cinram International Income Fund has signed a new multi-year contract with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Under the renewed service agreements Cinram will continue to serve as the primary supplier for replication and...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation announced that MPG has licensed Rentrak’s TV Essentials  database of millions of reporting households in order to gain access to deeper insights provided by the company’s robust and granular set-top-box (STB)...

MUMBAI: Content has acquired international rights to SXSW’s 96 MINUTES. Inspired by true events, the drama is written and directed by Aimee Lagos. The film stars a mind-blowing young cast including Brittany Snow, Evan...

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MUMBAI: MTV Networks Entertainment Group (MTVNE) is launching 345 Games, a new video gaming arm of Comedy Central and Spike TV. The new gaming unit will develop products based on the Entertainment Group’s franchises...

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company and Shanghai Shendi Group, its joint venturepartner in China, will open the Shanghai Disney Resort following approval from theChinese central government, in Beijing. Both companies marked the start of...

MUMBAI: Stephen K. Friedman has been promoted as the president of MTV. He had previously served as general manager, a position he held since 2008. In this role, Friedman oversees MTV, the world’s premier...

MUMBAI: Four Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) winners and a 2010 official entry will have their premiere in Mainland China this month at the inaugural Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF). Darbareye Elly (About Elly,...

MUMBAI: Starz Animation Toronto, Multiple Media Entertainment (MME), and Gigapix Studios are set to begin production on the stereoscopic CG animated feature film, with the working title OZ3D, a humorous and contemporary adaptation of...

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company is donating proceeds from the World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The first-ever...

MUMBAI: UM, a division of IPG’s Mediabrands, has reached a new three-year agreement with Sony Corporation of America under which it will continue to serve as media planning and buying Agency of Record in...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD) has launched Groovetown Vinyl, an online storefront specializing in high-quality audio products for the discerning music fan. For the first time, visitors to the site will be able...

MUMBAI: DISH Network Corporation was selected as the winning bidder in the bankruptcy court auction for substantially all of the assets of Blockbuster, Inc. DISH Network’s winning bid was valued at approximately $320 million....

MUMBAI: Bubble Motion’s raised $10 million in growth capital to accelerate the roll-out of its voice-based social communications service. Led by SingTel Innov8, the SingTel Group’s corporate venture capital fund, this round also includes...

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MUMBAI: Lionsgate will begin production of films under a new category of microbudget movies. The first three films to be produced under its new microbudget production initiative, which is focused exclusively on producing films...

MUMBAI: Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore and Film Independent Spirit Award-winner Patty Jenkins (Monster) have been signed to direct the Lifetime Original Movie Project Five, an anthology of five short films exploring the...

MUMBAI: At this year’s MIPTV, 3DD will present a host of new arts and entertainment shows with some of the biggest names on the silver screen and the music scene, from Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn...

MUMBAI: Rovio’s Angry Birds Rio, the movie-branded follow-up to mobile mega-hit Angry Birds, has been downloaded 10 million times in the 10 days since its 22 March release. That’s a new record for the company,...

MUMBAI: Sony has selected Arqiva as their technology partner for the live global 3D distribution of the 2011 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships to worldwide cinemas. This will be the first time this famous tournament...

MUMBAI: To promote the 1 April, 2011, release of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s live action/CG-animated comedy Hop, Universal Partnerships & Licensing (UP&L) has assembled a total of 92 promotional partners and licensees worldwide...

MUMBAI: GDC Technology has signed a new digital cinema server deployment contract with Barco, a digital cinema pioneer. A total of 400 GDC SX-2000A servers with Integrated Media Block (IMB) will be deployed into...

MUMBAI: Activision Publishing, Inc and Marvel Entertainment have announced Spider-Man: Edge of Time, where Spider-Man faces one of his greatest challenges ever – saving Spider-Man. Developed by Activision-owned studio Beenox, Spider-Man: Edge of Time...

MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox and Netflix, Inc have amended and expanded their non-exclusive digital distribution agreement, adding additional titles from Fox’s extensive television and movie library. This new multi-year agreement allows Netflix to provide...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Animation has acquired the motion picture rights to Janet Foxley’s Muncle Trogg. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures Digital Productions president Bob Osher and Sony Pictures Animation president of production...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate and media superstar Tyler Perry have extended their first look partnership through a new multi-year arrangement for films and home entertainment. Lionsgate has been the filmmaker’s home since his breakthrough theatrical box...

MUMBAI: MOFILM, the agency that connects brands and filmmakers, announced that Jon Landau, producer of the two top-grossing movies of all time, Titanic and Avatar, has taken on the role of Chairman on MOFILM’s...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) EVP, networks, Asia-Pacific, Todd Miller will soon be leaving the organisation. 

Miller, who joined SPT in 1994, will leave the company on 15 April. Miller spearheaded development and operations...

MUMBAI: Legendary actress, businesswoman, and activist Elizabeth Taylor died peacefully on 23 March, 2011 in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was surrounded by her children- Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria...

MUMBAI: Actor Eddie Murphy will be honored as the recipient of the inaugural Comedy Icon Award at the first ever Comedy Awards, which is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the world of comedy. This...

MUMBAI: Principal photography of Eight Minutes Idle has begun in Bristol .The  cast includes Tom Hughes and Ophelia Lovibond along with Montserrat Lombard, Divian Ladwa , Jack Ashton and Antonia Thomas. Pippa Haywood and...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation CEO Bill Livek, recently purchased a total of 12,033 shares of Rentrak common stock on the open market for approximately $280,000, bringing his total direct ownership to 97,384 shares, or just...

MUMBAI: Filmmaker James Cameron and cinematographer and PACE CEO Vince Pace, will deliver the opening keynote address on Monday, 11 April, at the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Cameron and Pace, will discuss...

MUMBAI:   Fortissimo Films will represent and distribute internationally, all rights to the feature film library of director, Yonfan. Michael J. Werner The collection of thirteen titles spans nearly three decades of his work and...

MUMBAI:  Sony Pictures Releasing International has promoted Nigel Clark to president International Marketing.  It was announced by Sony Pictures chairman Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Jeff Blake.   Clark, who previously served as senior executive...

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MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television Networks president Andy Kaplan, Multi Screen Media CEO Man Jit Singh, and PVR Cinemas chairman and managing director Ajay Bilji have been selected to receive the 2011 IFFLA Industry Leadership Awards. The awards...

MUMBAI: ContentFilm plc, a global entertainment media company with a library of more than 3,200 hours of television programming, 800 television movies, 200 feature films and 300 hours of digital content, has been renamed...

MUMBAI: The recent ruling by the Delhi High Court on tax payments for Foreign Satellite Operators operating over India has focused urgent attention on the satellite broadcasting industry. To shed further light on this...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group has promoted Lucian Grainge as chairman and CEO. Grainge was previously CEO. Grainge will continue to report to Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy and will serve as a member of the...

MUMBAI: Relativity Media, LLC has forged a multi-year distribution deal with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment that will cover the marketing and distribution of Relativity’s films on DVD and Blu-ray. Twentieth Century Fox Home...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has launched its My Daily Clip App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store. The app brings users a library of thousands of films and serves...

MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has promoted Sam Dickerman to executive vice president of production. Dickerman, who has served as senior vice president of production for the label since joining the studio in 2005, has overseen...

MUMBAI: Rui Costa Reis and Eliad Josephson of RCR Media Group, a private equity film financing company in Beverly Hills, has extended its deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) to co-finance a slate...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 has become the highest grossing installment in the Harry Potter franchise in international markets. With just months to go before the...

MUMBAI: ComicConnect.com, an online auction site, sold an extremely rare, highest graded copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, the Marvel comic book by legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, that introduced the world to the...

MUMBAI:  The Indo-American Arts Council has announced the feature films that have been selected for the Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night spots for the New York Indian Film Festival( NYIFF) which runs from...

MUMBAI: Neal H. Moritz has extended his first-look development and production pact with Columbia Pictures for three more years. It was announced by Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad. The extension of Moritz’s deal comes...

MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG will be releasing a total of nine movies between 2011 and 2014. The company’s current plan features six original films and is anchored by three sequels based on its hit...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) will begin testing an offering of selected movies for purchase or rental through Warner Bros. Entertainment’s Facebook movie Pages. Consumers will be able to use Facebook Credits to...

MUMBAI: Trust and transparency while building strong partnerships with content providers, advertisers and end users are the keys to the development of China’s online video market, according to speakers at the CASBAA Online Video...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has signed a contract with Hallmark channel and Hallmark Movie channel. The unique reporting from Rentrak’s TV Essentials service, which includes the company’s proprietary Stickiness Index, will allow the network to...

MUMBAI: Sony has appointed Doug Morris as chief executive officer of Sony Music Entertainment, effective 1 July, 2011.  The announcement was made by Sony Corporation chairman, chief executive officer and president Sir Howard Stringer....

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted Ann Junod Boyd senior vice president Global Communications at Sony Pictures Entertainment. Global Communications executive vice president Jim Kennedy said, “Ann’s a real rising star here at Sony....

MUMBAI: Pantelion Films, which is a synergistic partnership between Lionsgate and Grupo Televisa, has announced several upcoming releases for 2011.  The company’s debut film titled From Prada To Nada was release on 28 January...

MUMBAI: Born This Way – the first single and title track from Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated upcoming album, is the fastest selling single ever on the iTunes Store worldwide, hitting #1 in all 23...

MUMBAI: Universal Studios Hollywood’s theme park attraction – King Kong 360 3-D – created by triple Oscar-winner Peter Jackson, was awarded Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project at the 9th Annual Visual...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has completed deals with HBO, DreamWorks, and James Newton Howard UMPG already has existing deals with Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television Production, Universal Pictures and NBC catalogues....

MUMBAI: On 24 February, acting on information provided by the Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), representing Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Malaysia, officers from the Malaysian Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism...

MUMBAI: Creative England, the new body that will support the growth of the creative industries in England, has embarked upon its first stage of formation by outlining proposed strategic priorities for film for the...

MUMBAI: GE Satellite president and CEO Andrew Jordan, has been elected to the CASBAA Association’s Board of directors to year end, 2012.   A member of the CASBAA Council of Governors since 2005, Jordan...

MUMBAI: GDC Technology has sealed an agreement with Shochiku Co., under a VPF program to supply DCI-compliant digital cinema equipment to Shochiku Multiplex Theaters (SMT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Shochiku. Under the VPF...

MUMBAI: The 68th Venice Film Festival, which runs from 31 August to 10 September, 2011, has begun its call for entries in all categories for 2011. Venice International Film Festival’s long association with Indian...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) on behalf of several of its member studios today filed a lawsuit against the operators of the download hub service Hotfile, for copyright infringement. Hotfile...

MUMBAI: MIPTV has launched a new 3D content initiative in partnership with Sony Corporation. The new initiative is designed to facilitate and develop business contacts between 3D content producers and 3D channels. MIPTV 2011...

MUMBAI: GreenLight, a global media licensing, talent negotiation and rights representation consultancy, today released the results of its annual GreenLight Ad Gauge of the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, revealing that the number of celebrity...

MUMBAI:The signed footprint and handprints of Michael Jackson will soon be up for auction. In June 1984, Jackson pressed his hands and feet into concrete for what was meant to become part of the...

MUMBAI: Spain’s global superstar, Alejandro Sanz, has signed an exclusive, long-term recording agreement with Universal Music Group. Alejandro Sanz is among the most popular, celebrated artists of the past decades, whose worldwide career encompasses...

MUMBAI: Fireworks International has secured a host of acquisitions from broadcasters around the world for the forthcoming Orange British Academy Film Awards, following its recently announced representation agreement with the British Academy of Film...

MUMBAI: Canal+ COO Rodolphe Belmer and Zodiak Media Group CEO David Frank, will present keynotes on Monday 4 April, kicking off the MIPTV 2011 Producers’ Forum, which is focusing this year on co-production. MIPTV...

MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon won top honors as the Best Animated Feature at the 38th Annual Annie Awards. Best Animated Short Subject was presented to Pixar’s Day & Night; Best...

MUMBAI: CBS Films has secured exclusive rights to Marie Lu’s Legend. Penguin Group has set the series’ first novel for publication in November, 2011. Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey  will develop and produce.  ...

MUMBAI: Alliance Films and Relativity Media, have renewed their output deal, which will run until August, 2015. All of Relativity’s single picture business productions will continue to be handled by Alliance Films in Canada...

MUMBAI: A comprehensive new study released by the brand and trademark monitoring firm Envisional found that 23.8 per cent of global Internet traffic involves digital theft with BitTorrent accounting for almost half (11.4 per...

MUMBAI: One of the first projects supported by the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, Nader and Simin: A Separation by acclaimed Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi, is set to debut at the 2011 Berlin International...

MUMBAI: Everybody Loves Raymond star Brad Garrett has been roped to star in David Chase’s debut directorial film, which is being produced by Paramount Pictures. Chase is the creator and producer of the multiple...

MUMBAI: Iron Sky, the Finnish-German-Australian co-production, has finished principal photography in Queensland Australia. Iron Sky is a dark science fiction comedy where Nazis fled to the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they...

MUMBAI: Grammy Award-winning rock legend and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Mick Jagger will perform live on the Grammy Awards for the first time.  Accompanied by Grammy winner Raphael Saadiq and his band,...

MUMBAI: Current Grammy nominees Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert and Katy Perry are the first performers announced for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Arcade Fire and Miranda Lambert will perform...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have cast Henry Cavill in the role of Superman, in the new film that will be directed by Zack Snyder.   Snyder said, "In the pantheon of...