MUMBAI: Viacom has announced the appointment of David A. Sutphen to the post of Senior Vice President, Government Relations. Sutphen, who previously served as vice president of government relations and legislative counsel for Viacom,...

MUMBAI: Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) announced its upcoming slate of releases on HD DVD for the first quarter of 2008. A compelling array of action-adventure, drama and family fare, PHE’s lineup of HD DVDs...

MUMBAI: Whether it was his appearances in American Gangster or The Great Debaters, Denzel Washington scores the top position as America‘s favorite movie star for the second year in a row on The Harris...

MUMBAI: On the heels of widespread critical acclaim and awards season recognition, Warner Bros. Pictures is planning a theatrical re-release of Tony Gilroy’s drama Michael Clayton starring George Clooney in the title role.  ...

MUMBAI: The winners of the 65th Golden Globe Award winners were announced recently. The Best Motion Picture – Drama was bagged by Atonement (Working Title Films Limited; Focus Features). The best Performance by an...

MUMBAI: Disney Interactive Studios announced Jean-Marcel Nicolai as Senior Vice President, global production. He will oversee Disney’s worldwide video game production including the company’s five internal development studios, externally developed projects and future studio...

MUMBAI: Marketing executive Sue Kroll has been named to the newly created position of President, Worldwide Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures, announced Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov. The studio will now have both...

MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox and Apple announced Digital Copy for iTunes, which provides customers who purchase film DVDs with an additional Digital Copy of the movie. Just like movies purchased from the iTunes Store,...

MUMBAI: The EMI Group has announced a series of changes within its Recorded Music division including developing a new partnership with artists and bringing together the group’s sales, marketing manufacturing and distribution units into a...

MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and MRC, the independent film, television and digital studio, have reached a comprehensive interim agreement that forges a new alliance between writers, producers, and financiers in the...

MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) is to sign an interim agreement with the NAACP for the 39th NAACP Image Awards, which will take place on 14 February at the Shrine Auditorium...

MUMBAI: The current industry-wide stalemate between music content providers who continue to control Digital Rights Management (DRM) and those who are calling for an all out open file sharing universe on the other, has...

MUMBAI: Oprah Winfrey is set to launch her own television network with Discovery Communications. Christened OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, this will be a new multi-platform venture designed to entertain, inform and inspire people...

MUMBAI: Putting all speculation to rest, Apple has tied up with all major movie studios to offer iTunes Movie Rentals. This in turn has led online movie rental service Netflix to offer its subscribers...

MUMBAI: Mobile marketing, which was born in countries such as Japan and South Korea has taken off in Western Europe and is beginning to grow in North America . As consumers move to flat-rate...

MUMBAI: Napster will shift its entire download sales catalog on PC service to the MP3 format in the second calendar quarter of 2008. All single track and album sales will be made available exclusively...

MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for the Guilds’ inaugural Videogame Writing Award, honoring outstanding achievement in videogame writing during 2007....

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. and National CineMedia (NCM) have formed a partnership to provide pre-feature entertainment content and advertising in movie theatres nationwide. Warner Bros. will provide original, exclusive content for NCM’s FirstLook pre-feature program,...

MUMBAI: The principal cast members from Disney’s High School Musical — Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman — will be reunited on the big screen for Walt...

MUMBAI: Within the next six months, Apple will lower the prices its charges for music on the UK iTunes Store to match the already standardized pricing on iTunes across Europe in Austria, Belgium, Denmark,...

MUMBAI: IndieGoGo has launched IndieGoGo.com, an online social marketplace connecting filmmakers and fans to make independent films happen. The platform provides filmmakers the tools for project funding, recruiting, and promotion, while enabling the audience...

MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and MRC, the independent film, television, and digital studio, have reached an interim agreement that forges a new alliance between writers, producers, and financiers in the production...

MUMBAI: The rapid growth of high-definition (HD) home entertainment systems has made the connections between an increasing number of sources and displays more difficult. High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cables support a limited distance,...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has debuted the first of several YouTube Brand Channels at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. The first of the ad-supported channels will be The Minisode Network (TMN).   “Connecting...

MUMBAI: Alison Bossert has been named senior vice president special events for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. The announcement was made by Columbia TriStar Motion Picture group president domestic marketing Valerie Van Galder.  ...

MUMBAI: Tony Harlow has been named senior vice president of international marketing at Universal Music Group International (UMGI) effective 1 January. Harlow will report to UMGI executive vice president Max Hole.   Based in...

MUMBAI: EMI Music Publishing has extended its relationship with songwriter and recording artist Norah Jones.   Jones has been signed to EMI Music Publishing since 2002, ahead of the release of her debut album...

MUMBAI: New Line Cinema’s musical comedy Hairspray gained additional awards season accolades this week, receiving two Critics Choice Awards and a People’s Choice Award. The film won for best acting ensemble and newcomer Nikki...

MUMBAI: Toshiba America Consumer Products has announced that it is stepping up its marketing campaign for HD DVDs after it experienced record-breaking unit sales in the fourth quarter of 2007. Major initiatives, including joint...

MUMBAI: Cogeco Cable announced that it has signed a video-on-demand (VOD) agreement with Disney-ABC International Television. This will add new releases and classic movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Animation, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Television Group is to consolidate its two domestic television distribution divisions Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) and Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution (WBDCD) into a single domestic television distribution entity....

MUMBAI: Crackle, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company, has premiered Penn Says, the first unscripted series created specifically for the Internet by outspoken comic, magician and pundit, Penn Jillette. Penn Says takes a raw look...

MUMBAI: After Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner’s United Artists and David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants Inc inked a deal with the striking Hollywood writers, now The Weinstein Company has followed suit and has signed an...