MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Owen Wilson has backed out of his upcoming movie – Tropic Thunder – with Ben Stiller. The actor is reportedly recovering from a recent suicide attempt.   Tropic Thunder is an...

MUMBAI: Apple’s iTunes has got on board television programming from Disney Channel, MTV, ABC Studios, Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy, which are now available for £1.89 an episode in the UK.   iTunes customers can choose...

MUMBAI: FireGigs.com, a specialist music venture, is launching a web 2.0 site that offers background music to UK businesses at a low set fee of £20 while promoting unsigned talent.   At present, UK...

MUMBAI: Google Inc. announced today that George Reyes has informed the company of his intention to retire as chief financial officer. Reyes indicated that he will remain to assist in the search for a...

MUMBAI: Mattel, Inc. has acquired the rights from Out of the Box Publishing, Inc., to manufacture, distribute and market several games properties, including the award-winning Apples to Apples, Snorta and Blink.   “We are...

MUMBAI: CNN.com and Google have inked an agreement that enlists Google’s AdSense advertising program to deliver site targeted advertising to CNN.com. Through this collaboration, the AdSense service places contextually relevant ads alongside CNN.com content,...

MUMBAI: Digital cinema company Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system. The company is continuing to work toward its goal of completing its initial 4,000-screen deployment by the end of...

MUMBAI: RealNetworks, Inc., MTV Networks and Verizon Wireless teamed up to create a single, integrated digital music experience that consumers can access via their PC, portable music device or mobile phone. Promising to be...

MUMBAI: Promenade Pictures, the family driven production and distribution outfit formed by former studio head Frank Yablans, will enter the US theatrical distribution arena with the theatrical release of its epic 3D CGI animated...

MUMBAI: The second Annual Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts (CAEAA), will be closing entry submissions from video game and animation companies around the world that their on 31 August for the...

MUMBAI: On 23 and 24 August, a Beijing court ruled that a pair of DVD retail outlets, the Beijing Yongsheng Century International Cultural Co., Ltd. (Beijing Yongsheng Century) and its Century En Ze branch, were...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) chairman and CEO David Renzer announced additional senior executive appointments for the company’s Los Angeles and New York Creative, business affairs, and film and television departments.   The announcement...

MUMBAI: MovieSeer Limited, a Southeast Asian provider of mobile phone content and information services, has signed an agreement with Universal Mobile Entertainment to localize, market, and distribute content for mobile phones based on Universal...

MUMBAI: British reality show Celebrity Big Brother, which was in the thick of a racial row earlier this year, has been axed for the next season that would have gone on air in 2008....

MUMBAI: Wal-Mart has launched â€œDRM-free” MP3 music downloads, now available online on its website. At only 94 cents per track and $9.22 per album, the new MP3 digital format delivers value, convenience and the ability...