MUMBAI: Universal Pictures and Working Title Films announced that principal photography began 3 March on The Boat That Rocked, the new comedy about rock and roll, boys and a boat from filmmaker Richard Curtis...

MUMBAI: Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman and CEO Martin Bandier announced that Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a digital distribution licensing agreement with QTRAX, the free and legal ad- supported peer to peer music network....

MUMBAI: EMI Music Publishing has signed an extension to its digital distribution licensing agreement with QTRAX, the free and legal ad-supported peer to peer music network. "EMI Music Publishing came on board with QTRAX...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Weekly Reader unveiled a new curriculum that will be used to educate millions of children about the importance of protecting copyrights. The new curriculum features...

MUMBAI: The New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival (NYASAFF) opens its 2008 festival with an international event that celebrates collaboration across cultural and artistic boundaries. The documentary film I Love Hip Hop...

MUMBAI: Thomson, through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, has signed an agreement with ArcLight Cinemas, the Los Angeles, Calif.-based theater circuit, to provide digital projection systems at the prestigious ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. The...

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers launches $100 million iFund to invest in companies developing applications for Apple's iPhone and iPod. ...

MUMBAI: Vivendi Entertainment, formerly Vivendi Visual Entertainment (VVE), an established player in the DVD space, has expanded into theatrical releasing. As part of this expansion, Vivendi will partner with filmmakers to distribute a slate...

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company president and CEO Robert A. Iger named Dennis W. Shuler as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for The Walt Disney Company. Shuler will be responsible for...

MUMBAI: On 10 March, Kulabyte, together with MySpace.com, using Adobe Flash Media Server through Akamai’s content delivery network, will distribute live HD video on the web from Operation MySpace. This live concert webcast from...

ABI Research forecasts that subscribers to IPTV services worldwide is slated to grow to more than 90 million by the end of 2013....

MUMBAI: Move Networks, a provider of online television services, announced at the MIX08 Conference plans to partner closely with Microsoft to enable Move Networks’ high quality video streaming technology within Microsoft Silverlight. Microsoft Silverlight,...

MUMBAI: Cineworld Group in association with Odeon Cinemas Limited has formed a 50:50 joint venture Digital Cinema Media (DCM) to address cinema advertising. DCM has reached agreement in principle to acquire certain assets from...

MUMBAI: Sonic Solutions, the leader in digital media software, announced that Global Digital Media Xchange (GDMX), a key Hollywood authoring facility, has selected Sonic’s Scenarist HDMV and BD-J authoring and CineVision AVC video encoding...

MUMBAI: In honor of International Women’s Day (8 March), the leading online destination for quality international and independent entertainment, Jaman.com, is offering free downloads of an exciting collection of films reflecting the experiences of...

MUMBAI: Star Group announced the launch of five popular Asian television channels on the Dish Network platform. Dish Network is one of the largest satellite TV service providers in America. The deal represents the...

MUMBAI: Thought Equity Motion, supplier of online motion content licensing and management services, and Paramount Pictures announced a collaboration to offer the entertainment production community digital access to Paramount Pictures’ stock footage library. "Whether...

MUMBAI: Geoffrey Ammer has been named president of worldwide marketing and home entertainment for Marvel Studios, the Hollywood division of Marvel Entertainment. The announcement was made by Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel. One of...

MUMBAI: In a move designed to make independent films available to a wider audience, IFC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, and Blockbuster Inc. have inked a two-year agreement that gives Blockbuster...

MUMBAI: Apple’s iTunes is now the number two music retailer in the US, behind only Wal-Mart, based on the latest data from the NPD Group. Apple also announced that there are now over 50...

MUMBAI: Nielsen Business Media has promoted three executives to senior leadership roles within the organization’s recently created Entertainment Group. The new team includes: Howard Appelbaum, who was named vice president/publisher of Billboard; Eric Mika,...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) international networks group announced that Superna Kalle has been promoted to senior vice president with oversight of the group’s television networks business in India. SPTI vice president international...

MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to develop, produce and distribute the first ever biopic about the legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and activist Bob Marley and his wife Rita Marley. The feature...

MUMBAI: Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach have each been named president of Columbia Pictures and have extended their employment agreements with the studio through 2011, it was announced by Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and...

MUMBAI: Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN will launch ESPN Films to present scripted and documentary film projects for television and theatrical release.   ESPN Films, a new initiative announced by ESPN senior vice president, content...

MUMBAI: In what may be the most determined statement yet of its intention to rid the country of optical disc piracy, the Malaysian Government announced today the establishment of a canine (K-9) unit to...

MUMBAI: Drew Barrymore, one of the world’s most recognized film stars, announced a personal donation of $1 million on the Oprah Winfrey Show to help the World Food Programme (WFP) feed thousands of school...

MUMBAI: DivX, a digital media company, announced the DivX Certification of Panasonic’s Blu-ray Disc (BD) Player. The Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player, which joins a number of existing DivX Certified products from Panasonic, is scheduled...

MUMBAI: China’s top search engine Baidu.com has been sued by a local music industry group for alleged copyright violation.   The Music Copyright Society of China official Qu Jingming accused Baidu.com Inc. of "providing...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Tim Allen is set to direct and star in comedy flick Crazy on the Outside. The movie is about an ex-con’s adventures outside after he is released from prison.   Ray...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor-director Mel Gibson has signed a $19.44 million deal under his company Icon Film Distribution to takeover a cinema chain in Australia and New Zealand. As per media reports, Gibson and his...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson has put his weight behind Hillary Clinton as she stands for election as the Democratic presidential candidate.   Nicholson created a video in which he takes clips from many...

MUMBAI: Star and GekTV will be launching three Mandarin language Star channels on the US based GekTV IPTV platform on 15 March. The three channels include Star Chinese Channel, Channel [V] Taiwan and Star...

MUMBAI: Brash Entertainment has appointed Melissa Miller as vice president of legal affairs. Miller joined Brash from Fox Filmed Entertainment, where she handled legal affairs for domestic and global licensing and merchandising initiatives; working...

MUMBAI: Social.FM, a social music service for mobile and web users, and Handmark, a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, announced a strategic distribution agreement whereby Handmark will market and...

MUMBAI: Madonna’s 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records, Hard Candy, is scheduled to have a global release on 28 April and a US release on 29 April, it was confirmed by her label....

MUMBAI: With private equity on the sideline, 2008 M&A activity in the Entertainment and Media (E&M) industry will likely be dominated by strategic buyers, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ E&M Transaction Services practice. Private equity firms...

MUMBAI: Novartis and Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) Latin American advertising sales group launched SER, a breast cancer prevention and early detection campaign in support of Latin American women. The groundbreaking campaign combines Novartis’...