MUMBAI: Malaysian enforcement officers, with the assistance of two dogs – Lucky and Flo, who are trained to sniff optical discs, raided a suspect pirate optical disc production factory in Kuala Lumpur. They seized...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate will be handling the domestic distribution of Big Screen Entertainment Group’s new horror/thriller, Babysitter Wanted.   The film stars Sarah Thompson, Matt Dallas, Bill Moseley, Bruce Thomas, Kristen Dalton and Monty Bane....

MUMBAI: Warner Home Video (WHV) has had the fastest and highest-selling high definition title in the market with the epic action-adventure, 300. Since 31 July, 2007, 300 has sold more than 250,000 copies to...

MUMBAI: Thought Equity Motion, a motion content agency, has acquired Australian provider of film and video content FilmWorld.   Creative and production professionals across the globe can now access an international cast of characters...

MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp. has acquired Non-Stop Music. The move enhances WCM’s presence in a fast-growing, high-margin segment of the music publishing business and...

MUMBAI: National Geographic Ventures has formed a new music and radio division called National Geographic Music and Radio (NGMR) to reach people and inspire them to care about the planet through music and the...

MUMBAI: Fox Filmed Entertainment and Dune Entertainment have extended their relationship with a multi-year theatrical slate financing deal.   The announcement was made by Dean Hallett, FFE Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial...

MUMBAI: Video website Metacafe has teamed with Universal Pictures to create The Bourne Ultimatum channel live at www.metacafe.com/bourne.   The centerpiece of the channel is a new mashup tool that enables people to create...

MUMBAI: Audiences eager to see Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming summer family comedy Underdog will be glad to hear that the original creators of the show attended the premiere in New York and gave it...

MUMBAI: Come 30 October and Spider-Man 3 will be released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) on DVD.   The DVD will be available in several versions including a single-disc release, a two-disc Special...

MUMBAI: Universal Pictures has joined hands with Minick, a wireless infrastructure and interactive applications’ company, to build and manage their mobile film portals on a global basis. The partnership is designed to provide Universal...

MUMBAI: ABS-CBN Global, the North America-based subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting, announced that cable, entertainment and communications products and services Comcast has added Filipino On Demand to its On Demand service. The new subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD)...

MUMBAI: 24-7 MusicShop, which is Europe’s supplier of full track, digital music via online and mobile networks with 32 active shops in 12 countries, has renamed itself.   In a step to broaden its...

MUMBAI: Avon Products has signed Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon as the company’s first ever global ambassador.   In this newly-established role, Witherspoon will serve as the Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation, focusing on...

MUMBAI: As a part of its strategy for long-term growth through applying new technologies to the creation and global distribution of high-quality family entertainment, The Walt Disney Company has acquired Club Penguin, one of...

MUMBAI: Jury president of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, film director Wong Kar Wai, has been specially commissioned to create a short movie for Philips’ next generation Ambilight television, which will be premiered at...

MUMBAI: EMI Music announced a deal with MixAlbum.com service, as featured on the BBC2 smash hit show Dragons’ Den. It is the first of a raft of new deals EMI is able to pursue...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has welcomed the decision by the Singapore Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts minister Lee Boon Yang, not to intervene in exclusive carriage agreements between parties in...

MUMBAI: The recent “DRM-free” music tracks that were announced by Apple and Amazon.com do not herald the death of Digital Rights Management (DRM), reports In-Stat. Instead, the DRM-free model will likely be viewed as...

MUMBAI: The SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival and Art Gallery will feature 51 California filmmakers and artists in its programs, both part of the 34th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques being...

MUMBAI: AdME, provider of music-driven Mobile Entertainment (mdME) products, has released GuitarStar, a next-generation music-driven mobile game, on the AT&T Wireless network. Using an original “beat-matching” technology, GuitarStar is the first mobile game fully...

MUMBAI: Publicis Groupe S.A. has acquired Chinese independent interactive marketing agency Communication Central Group (CCG). With 200 employees in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen, CCG is the region’s only digital agency to offer...

MUMBAI: Reflecting an overall strategy of allying itself with brand partners in all of its businesses, Lionsgate has entered into a multi-year partnership with one of the top names in fitness – Kathy Smith....

MUMBAI: More than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from Apple’s iTunes Store, it was announced today. iTunes is a popular online music, TV and movie store featuring a catalog of over...

MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and Concert Productions International announced that the Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese, will be released to IMAX theatres...