MUMBAI: George Chien has been promoted to senior vice president, international networks, Asia-Pacific, Sony Pictures Television (SPT). He will report to Sony Pictures Television president, networks Andy Kaplan. Based in Culver City, California, Chien...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and MTV Films are developing a movie around mega-producer Les Grossman. The announcement comes on the heels of Grossman’s groundbreaking and visionary production of the soon-to-be Emmy award-winning 2010 MTV Movie...

MUMBAI: Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation have named Discovery Channel executive Tom Cosgrove as president and general manager of the joint venture they have established to develop the first 24/7 dedicated 3D...

MUMBAI: MTV Networks Asia and Asian online games company GigaMedia Limited will co-develop and jointly publish the first Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based upon Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants. The game will be the first...

MUMBAI: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has entered into a production and distribution agreement with the Joint Venture formed by JAKKS and Dentsu for the original new animated entertainment project, Monsuno. FME is the brand extension...

MUMBAI: PLANETwebfoot has launched a social networking platform specific to the music industry: STAGE9 Software.   “Over the past couple of years we recognized the high demand in the marketplace for a completely customizable...

MUMBAI: The UK film industry contributes a total of over £4.5 billion a year to UK GDP and more than £1.2 billion to the Exchequer, according to an independent report published by Oxford Economics....

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) has begun production on ThunderCats, a new animated series for Cartoon Network, based upon the iconic 1980s action classic. ThunderCats is the newest series from WBA, joining Batman: The...

MUMBAI: Tapulous and Warner Music Group have inked an agreement that opens the Tap Tap Revenge gaming franchise to some of the hottest acts in music. Under the terms of the agreement, over the...

MUMBAI: Gravitas Ventures, has inked a deal with YouTube, offering hundreds of independent titles to the online video site through its branded channel GravitasVOD. GravitasVOD will feature a wide variety of independent films sourced...