Mumbai: The Nielsen Company announced the appointment of David Parma to the position of Global Product Leader for the company’s Customized Research group. In his new role, Parma will report to the company’s Consumer...

Mumbai: Cine-tal Systems announced that it has developed customized, image processing technology for Dolby Laboratories that facilitates the playback of 3D movies using a Dolby 3D Digital Cinema process while they are in production. The...

Mumbai: MySpace has signed a new global partnership with leading content distributor ShineReveille International. The deal empowers MySpaceTV (http://www.myspacetv.com) to internationally distribute its original content series in various forms including international television, DVD, and...

Mumbai: EMI Music Publishing has signed an exclusive administration agreement with leading songwriter and producer Mike Elizondo. The global deal will see EMI represent and market the new and future songs of the in-demand...

Mumbai: Sue Naegle has been named president, HBO Entertainment, overseeing all series programming and specials, it was announced by HBO co-president Richard Plepler, and HBO president, programming group and West Coast operations Michael Lombardo. Most...

Mumbai: Video search engine blinkx has inked a partnership with The Roland Collection to bring users a library of films on art. Now available at www.blinkx.com, programs within The Roland Collection contain more than 26...

Mumbai: Worldspace Satellite Radio announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Worldspace Europe, received approval from Germany’s Federal Network Agency, the Bundesnetzagentur, to use 12.5 MHz of spectrum in the L-band (1479.5 – 1492 MHz) on...

Mumbai: Thirty years and more than a hundred films later, Jackie Chan is Asia’s leading man in Hollywood and a cultural icon at home. For the first time the martial arts superstar joins CNN’s...

The Walt Disney Studios unveiled its slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to be released through the year 2012....

Mumbai: The UK Film Council will be investing a total of £18 million over the next two years in the English regions to help them boost their local film industries and open up access...

Mumbai: Nokia has launched the Nokia Music Store in the Netherlands. With millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming Dutch acts, the Nokia Music Store lets people enjoy music directly on...

Mumbai: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists have announced that they are moving the release date of Bryan Singer’s World War II thriller Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, to President’s Day Weekend 13 February, 2009. "MGM is...

Mumbai: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted Mark Taylor to Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Nickelodeon’s Burbank Animation Studio, the largest producer...

Mumbai: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced its winners for the International Interactive Emmy Awards, organized for the third year in a row in Cannes, France. Scandinavia led the evening with...

Mumbai: Media placement company Clearvision International is expanding both reach and talent as part of its new Entertainment Division specifically designed to be a one-stop production resource for independent filmmakers. Clearvision’s new Entertainment Division...

Mumbai: Independent filmmaker and composer Melvin Van Peebles will debut his newest film Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha, which is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 27 April and has been chosen as...

MUMBAI: The NAB Show announced a series of sessions and panels focusing on the upcoming transition to digital television. A joint session, titled "The Buck Stops Here! DTV Transition Best Practices," will be one...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution and HBO have signed a multi-year deal to be the initial suppliers of programming to France Telecom Orange’s just-announced multi-platform pay television service. The announcement was made by...

MUMBAI: MySpace has officially launched its bilingual Latino destination, MySpace Latino. The new MySpace Latino site features culturally relevant content built around the interests and passion points of Hispanic MySpace users in collaboration with...

MUMBAI: Fox International Channels’ .FOX Networks has acquired a majority stake in utarget, a European ad network that specializes in high-impact formats such as online video and subsites. The unit, which will be rebranded...

MUMBAI: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Foundation executive director Marcia Smith announced that award winning actress JoBeth Williams has been elected president of the SAG Foundation, replacing retiring president Mitchell Ryan, who served the...

Mumbai: Disney Interactive Studios announced an agreement to acquire Gamestar, one of China’s leading independent video game software developers. With locations in Shanghai and Wuhan, Gamestar has a six-year track record producing high quality...

Mumbai: Brightcove has announced distribution partnerships with Bebo, Meebo, RockYou, Slide and Veoh, giving media companies new opportunities to expand the reach of their online video, while maintaining control over their content and advertising...

Mumbai: Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America announced its new multi-dimensional HDTVs for 2008, which will take sight and sound to new heights for consumers demanding only the best in quality and performance from their HDTVs....

Mumbai: Russia’s leading independent media company CTC Media has concluded a major, multi-year licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company’s international TV licensing arm Disney-ABC International Television.   This agreement covers the licensing of...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced a slate of six new mobile games to be released in 2008. The games, based on some of the studio’s feature films and television shows, and PSP system...