MUMBAI: Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours has been nominated in six categories in the 83rd Annual Academy Awards with Indian music maestro AR Rahman bagging 2 Oscar nominations for Original Score and Original Song for...

MUMBAI: Media Partners Global LLC, formerly known as PRS Media Partners, has appointed Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) founder and executive director Christina Marouda as managing director. Media Partners Global, a marketing,...

MUMBAI: Alpha & Omega star Justin Long has started his own production venture. The actor was last seen lending his voice as Humphrey, the Omega wolf in the movie. Like many actors before him,...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Indian Paintbrush have acquired the worldwide acquisition of Like Crazy for Paramount Pictures to release in 2011. The Super Crispy Entertainment production from co-writer and director Drake Doremus, producers Jonathan...

MUMBAI: Morningside Entertainment has optioned Bluewater Productions Sinbad: Rogue of Mars to adapt into an epic action adventure fantasy feature for 2012.   A continuation of the Sinbad films that started in 1958 with...

MUMBAI: Robert Bakish has been appointed to the newly created position of president and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks. Bakish was previously president MTV Networks International. In his new role, he will oversee...

MUMBAI: Anne Hathaway has been cast in Warner Bros. Pictures, The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan.   She will be starring alongside Christian Bale, who returns in the title role of Bruce...

MUMBAI: FOX International Channels (FIC) has announced that the TV series they premiere won four Golden Globe Awards in three categories, making them the most awarded network in Asia at the 68th Annual Golden...

MUMBAI: 127 Hours actor James Franco plans to sing and dance at the forthcoming Oscars, along with Anne Hathaway. Franco and Hathaway are hosting the event on 27 February and he has confirmed that...

MUMBAI: Thailand earned $60 million from foreign film production teams shooting in the country last year, according to the Department of Tourism. Department of Tourism director general Supol Sripan announced that the statistics of...

MUMBAI: Oscar winner director Danny Boyle admits that the success of his film, Slumdog Millionaire, helped him make 127 Hours. Following Slumdog, the director says he found himself inundated with offers of work. Yet...

As The Social Network is set to launch on DVD, the film is poised to pass $200 million at the worldwide box office....

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), has acquired Media Salvation Inc.,. The acquisition secures an additional major studio to Rentrak’s roster of entertainmentclients for its Studio Revenue Share Essentials, Digital Download Essentials and Mobile Essentials...

MUMBAI: The Warner Bros. Pictures group broke the all-time industry worldwide box office(BO) record with a 2010 gross of $4.814 billion, which surpasses the prior record of $4.010 billion (set by Warner Bros. in...

MUMBAI:  An actor on the set of the Broadway musical Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark fell about 30 feet during a preview performance and has been hospitalized. He was performing an aerial stunt when...

MUMBAI: XDC will deploy SmartJog service in 100 cinemas under contract with XDC.  The service enables all cinemas to be connected to the SmartJog network as well as provides cinemas with a storage library...

MUMBAI: Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group and filmmaker, Estela Bravo have joined hands to sell her latest documentary, Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba, internationally through its label, High Point Horizons. Winner...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures has received a total of 22 Golden Globe nominations for its films and television programmes. Among them are 18 film nominations, as well as four television nominations. Four of the nominations...

MUMBAI: Michael Jackson’s Michael Album Artwork has been confirmed as the world’s largest poster by Guinness World Records. The 29,070 ft² poster (171ft x 170ft) was erected to mark the release of Michael, smashing...

MUMBAI: Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours bags 3 nominations including Best Actor (Drama) and Best Screenplay at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. AR Rahman has been nominated for the Best Score. After the success...

MUMBAI: High Point Films has secured international rights for Brian Welsh’s debut feature, In Our Name, which premiered at the BFI London International Film Festival. In Our Name is produced by Michelle Eastwood. Joanne...

MUMBAI: GDC Technology (GDC) has delivered more than 6500 digital cinema servers worldwide GDC Technology founder and CEO Dr Man-Nang Chong said, “Having more than a decade’s experience in this industry, coupled with the...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) which is a new initiative of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)  has announced four script development grants totaling $US100,000 to filmmakers from the Asia Pacific region. It...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) launched its latest anti-camcording training video, titled Make A Difference 3 (MAD 3), to motion picture exhibitors and distributors attending CineAsia 2010. MAD 3 is an updated version...

MUMBAI: Upcoming filmmaker Xue Xiaolu, a screenwriter-turned-director, was the recipient of the inaugural Emerging Talent of the Year Award at CineAsia 2010. Motion Picture Association (MPA) president and managing director Asia Pacific Mike Ellis...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has signed a multi-year OnDemand Essentials contract with Asian Media Rights, a transactional-on-demand distributor of Asian content in North America, to provide Rentrak’s industry-leading OnDemand database measurement for Asian Media Rights...

MUMBAI: The London Film School honors actress Gillian Anderson and director Jack Gold as honorary associates at the school’s annual graduation ceremony at the National Gallery on Friday 10 December, 2010. They join previous...

MUMBAI: MTV Networks has appointed Jeff Lucas to the expanded role of head of sales for the music and entertainment groups. Previously, Lucas served as executive vice president of the entertainment sales group. He...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has inked a multi-year TV Essentials contract with Free Speech TV (FSTV). Rentrak’s service will help the network to better understand their audience. Using both television and the Internet, Free Speech...

MUMBAI: Sony Corporation of America has extended Amy Pascal’s employment agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment.   Pascal is co-chairman of Sony Pictures, and together with Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Michael Lynton, they are...

MUMBAI: The UK China Animation Forum in Beijing will bring together digital animation companies from both countries to showcase their content and network together. The forum is hosted by UK Trade & Investment (UKT&I),...

MUMBAI: In anticipation of the nationwide release of the 3D action-comedy The Green Hornet on 14 January, 2011, Sony Pictures has launched The Green Hornet On-The-Go campaign enabling moviegoers to interact with 3D content...

MUMBAI: Universal Studios’ The Scorpian King 3 has begun shooting in Thailand. Steeped in intrigue, sorcery and romance and featuring more of the spectacular action, mindboggling stunts and astonishing plot twists that have made...

MUMBAI: Netflix, Inc and FilmDistrict have inked a multi-year agreement through which first-run, theatrically-released films distributed by FilmDistrict will be licensed to Netflix for streaming over the Internet in the "pay TV window" a...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has entered into a partnership with The NPD Group, to provide a holistic view of Video-On-Demand (VOD) users in the VOD Consumer Profiles report which uses a combination of behavioral, usage...

MUMBAI: Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be the last film starring Lucy and Edmund. In the final parts of the book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C....

MUMBAI: Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are set to star in a contemporary motion picture adaptation of 21 Jump Street.   Hill and Tatum are executive producers on the project, which will be directed...

MUMBAI: CASBAA has re-branded itself with the roll out of a refreshed logo, a re-fashioned tagline and a new mission statement. “With our new look, tagline and mission statement, supported by dynamic animation and...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has inked a multi-year StationView Essentials contract with Global Broadcasting for ABC-affiliate WLNE in Providence, Rhode Island. The deal expands Rentrak’s market reach into the Providence-New Bedford television market and provides...

MUMBAI:  Taiwan’s Intellectual Property Court upheld the lower court’s finding of copyright infringement against the local file-sharing website Foxy on 22 November.   The Intellectual Property Court sentenced Ming-Hsien Lee, the owner of Foxy...

MUMBAI: The fourth Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs) will be presented on Thursday, 2 December, 2010 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 31 films from 15 countries and territories have been nominated in this year’s...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 soared to the top of the global box office in its opening weekend, earning a staggering $330.1 million worldwide, encompassing $125.1...

MUMBAI:  Lottery funding from the UK Film Council will support innovative new ways of attracting new audiences for films. A number of new films to be released in UK cinemas in the coming months,...

MUMBAI: Walt Disney Pictures’ celebrated Tron Night by showcasing an exclusive sneak preview of 23 minutes footage from the movie at IMAX, Wadala in Mumbai. Tron: Legacy hits theaters on 17 December, 2010. Walt...

MUMBAI: Key investors for the music industry will be heading to Cannes for MIDEM and MidemNet, which run from 22-26 January 2011. Saul Klein, Partner at Index Ventures, will be giving a keynote on...

MUMBAI: Canada’s Cineplex Entertainment and D-BOX Technologies Inc have signed an agreement to add approximately 250 D-BOX MFX Seats to be installed in 10 theatres across Canada over the next 12 months with an...

MUMBAI: MTV has promoted veteran entertainment and television executive David Janollari to the expanded role of executive vice president, head of programming for the network effective immediately. In addition, Chris Linn will become executive...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s premium video entertainment network Crackle has built an optimized website for Google TV. Offering a unique mix of high-quality content, Crackle’s ad-supported service features original series, an unmatched collection of...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate reported net loss was $29.7 million in Q2 2011 as compared to net income of $31.7 million in the prior year’s second quarter. The decline in quarter-to-quarter comparisons was attributable primarily to...

MUMBAI: BT has entered into an agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the video-on-demand rights in the UK to all the 3D movie titles the studio will release over the next 12...

MUMBAI: Michelle Raimo-Kouyate has been named president of production for Sony Pictures Animation (SPA). Raimo-Kouyate joins SPA from Dreamworks Animation, where she was serving as executive producer for the upcoming feature Puss in Boots,...

MUMBAI: The newly completed recordings from Michael Jackson entitled MICHAEL will be released on 14 December by Epic Records in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson. Jackson was writing and recording songs continuously...

MUMBAI: Tron: Legacy, a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital universe and boasting some of the most spectacular visuals in recent cinema, will be the closing gala film of the Dubai International Film...

MUMBAI: MeFeedia has added Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) co-CEO Bedi A. Singh, as key advisor to the company’s entertainment & financial segments. “Bedi’s wealth of expertise in the economics of entertainment and his...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has inked a multi-year contract with station group, New Vision Television. Under the agreement, New Vision will gain access to Rentrak’s StationView Essentials television database currency for CBS-affiliate, WIAT in Birmingham,...

MUMBAI: The UK Film Council is offering a British film director from a traditionally under-represented community in the UK, the opportunity to take part in the renowned Tribeca All Access programme in 2011. Tribeca...

MUMBAI: CASBAA presented its Lifetime Contribution Award 2010 to Peter Jackson during the CASBAA Charity Ball. The award was in recognition of Jackson’s long-time commitment to the development of Asia’s pay-TV and communications industries....

MUMBAI: On 3 November, 2010 Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) ordered the suspension of 11 online accounts of known copyright infringers. This follows the publication in the Government’s Official Gazette on...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has signed a contract with Cinetic Rights Management (CRM), a distributor specializing in digital content aggregation and delivery, to provide advanced on-demand measurement via Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials system. FilmBuff, CRM’s movies-on-demand...

MUMBAI: Nickelodeon Consumer Products (NCP) and Simon & Schuster are releasing Dora the Explorer in World School Day Adventure, the first-ever jacketed hardcover Dora the Explorer storybook, in celebration of Dora’s 10th Anniversary. Penned...

MUMBAI: The critical and commercial 3D phenomenon Avatar, which broke all-time box-office records after its theatrical release in December 2009, is now available in the home on 3D BD, exclusively bundled with Panasonic Full...

MUMBAI: Oscar winning director James Cameron, who introduced audiences the world over to the enchanting world of Pandora, has announced that his next projects will be Avatar 2 and Avatar 3. The director will...

MUMBAI: MPA APSA Academy Film Fund has received more than forty entries from seventeen countries. The submissions that have come from across Asia-Pacific have been received for the inaugural MPA APSA Academy Film Fund...

MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures president Matt Tolmach has launched a new production company and will become a producer on the next installment of Spider-Man, the blockbuster film franchise he helped shepherd since its inception in...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed renowned session man and songwriter Leon Russell to a worldwide co-publishing deal for The Union, his collaboration with UMPG’s legendary artist/composer Elton John and premier lyricist...

MUMBAI: The 14th annual Hollywood Awards Gala ceremony, which was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, saw Chrisopher Nolan’s Inception receiving the Hollywood Movie Award. The awards, presented by Starz, announced...

MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG’s highest-ever grossing international film release Shrek Forever After has propelled the company’s profit in Q3. DreamWorks Animation reported third-quarter net income of $39.8 million, or 47 cents a share, compared...

MUMBAI: The King’s Speech will open the seventh Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) that begins on 12 December, 2010. The King’s Speech stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon,...

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. The film is based on the Guardians of Ga’Hoole books by Kathryn Lasky....

MUMBAI: Paramount Digital Entertainment has signed a first-look deal with Red Hour Digital, which a new subsidiary of actor Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films. Under the terms of the two-year deal, Red Hour will...

MUMBAI: In his keynote speech at a forum on measures to tackle online piracy at the Tokyo International Film Festival on 21 October, Bob Pisano, President and Interim CEO, Motion Picture Association of America...

MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has optioned the rights for the non-fiction book Emergency!: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss to be developed into a feature film produced by Robert Downey Jr., Susan...

MUMBAI: BSAT labs LLC one of the major 2D to 3D Stereo conversion companies in the United States, will now offer Roto and Match Move services to 3D conversion houses and Studios. BSAT Labs...

MUMBAI: With a record sign up for the CASBAA Convention 2010 in Hong Kong, 25- 28 October, the Asia Pacific pay-TV industry coalition has announced a list of late entry thought leaders drawn from...

MUMBAI: Rhys Ifans will play the villain, opposite Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, in the next installment of Spider-Man from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios. The film, to...

MUMBAI: David O. Russell has been set to write and direct Columbia Pictures’ Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, an action-adventure based upon the bestselling PlayStation 3 game. The film will be produced by Avi Arad, Charles...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures has made the decision to release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in 2D, in both conventional and IMAX theaters, as they will not have a completed...

MUMBAI: Emma Stone has been cast as the female lead in the upcoming Spider-Man film from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and Columbia...

MUMBAI: Disney Media Distribution and Fox International Channels (FIC) have extended their multi-year agreement for the international broadcast network to bring first-runs of Disney’s extensive portfolio of films on pay-TV to Asia over Star...

MUMBAI: Fireworks International, the television and digital distribution arm of ContentFilm plc, has signed a major new agreement with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), securing the rights to distribute a...

MUMBAI: The Star Wars saga will soon be converted to 3D as announced by Lucasfilm. Work is under way on converting the Star Wars saga to 3D. All six films will get theatrical re-release...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures’ third installment of Jackass 3D will be the first movie to feature D-BOX Technologies Motion Code. Jackass 3D is slated to release in theatres on 15 October. Movie fans of the...

MUMBAI: MIPCOM 2010 will bring together two of Europe’s top television executives on the same keynote speaker platform. Groupe TF1 CEO Nonce Paolini and BBC Worldwide CEO John Smith will share their vision of...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation’s board member Brent Rosenthal has been named to the newly created position of vice chairman of the Board of Directors.   Rosenthal has served on Rentrak’s Board since August 2008 and...

MUMBAI: MTV Networks International chairman and CEO and MTV Networks vice chairman Bill Rodey will be parting ways with the company by the end of 2010. In an internal staff memo, Viacom CEO Philippe...

MUMBAI: The four-day South Asian Film Festival Goa 2010 ( SAFF ) has witnessed a low key response. SAFF got underway to a virtually empty auditorium on Friday evening.   SAFF was shifted to...

MUMBAI: MTV Networks (MTVN) has announced strategic personnel moves across its Digital Advertising and Digital Research teams. The company promoted Michael Greenspan to digital advertising operations senior vice president. Additionally, MTVN made two key...

MUMBAI: Lady Gaga dominated the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, adding eight to her collection of Moonmen with awards including Video Of The Year, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video and Best Female Video....

MUMBAI: For its 26th edition, MIPCOM is preparing to welcome a host of international television and cinema stars. Heading the lineup is actor, director, producer, Robert Redford who will be attending this year’s MIPCOM...

MUMBAI: A total of 32 British films have been selected for the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). 29 feature films and three short films have been selected, including 13 funded by the UK...

MUMBAI: Jermaine Jackson, founding member of the Jackson 5 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will perform in concert on 2 October, 2010 in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino’s...

MUMBAI: Netflix, Inc and Nu Image/Millennium Films have inked a long-term agreement through which first-run theatrical films distributed by the Nu Image/Millennium Group will be licensed to Netflix for streaming over the Internet to...

MUMBAI: Award winning Australian film director and screenwriter Gregor Jordan will open MIPCOM’s Spotlight on Australia with a keynote address. The keynote will feature the global launch of transmedia project "Smashcut," co-produced by Jordan...

MUMBAI: Poised for yet another power-packed MIPCOM, Lionsgate, led by Peter Iacono, managing director, international television, is arriving to Cannes with a stellar line-up of diverse programming and groundbreaking content. From the Emmy Award...

MUMBAI: Talpa Media, the Dutch holding company owned by media entrepreneur John de Mol, and Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP), based in the UK, have teamed up to produce television series based upon...

MUMBAI: Imax Corporation has inked an agreement with Cinema City International, the largest exhibitor in Eastern Europe and long-standing operator of Imax theatres in the region, to install two new digital Imax theatre systems...

MUMBAI: Universal Networks International has announced the rebranding of Hallmark Channel in the UK to Universal Channel, launching its new look on 18 October with the UK premiere of Shattered – an original series...

MUMBAI: Disney Mobile will launch Disney All Star Cards, Alice in Wonderland, Jelly Car 2 and two additional titles on the Zeebo 3G-connected digital gaming, entertainment and education system. Disney All Star Cards is...

MUMBAI: Panasonic has debuted its first Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc home theater systems, providing the ultimate immersive 3D movie experience at home. The two new home theater systems, models, SC-BTT750 and SC-BTT350, employ...

MUMBAI: Apple has introduced iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network for following artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading. iTunes Ping lets you post...