Mumbai: Sony Pictures Entertainment and its online video network Crackle have come together to support a set of collaborative principles that enable development of user-generated content online while respecting the intellectual property of content...
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Youtube CEO to open MIPCOM’S broadband video summit
Mumbai: Youtube.com co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley will open MIPCOM’s first Broadband Video Summit with a keynote speech. The Broadband Video Summit will take place on 15 October at the 24th edition of MIPCOM,...
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Universal, D3Publisher ink videogame publishing agreement for Coraline
Mumbai: D3Publisher (D3P) together with its parent D3, announced a worldwide publishing agreement with the Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group. The agreement includes videogames based on Focus Features and LAIKA Entertainment’s Coraline, the upcoming...
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Singer-songwriter Christine Evans to debut as an actor
Mumbai: Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Christine Evans is currently shooting an independent feature film under the working title of Black And Blue in Los Angeles, California. Evans has the starring role of Amber in the...
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Nokia, Verizon team up for exclusive Batman phones
Mumbai: Verizon Wireless and Nokia have teamed up for the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition mobile phone. Celebrating the upcoming 18 July theatrical release of The Dark Knight, Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight...
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Empire Film Group in $5 mn advertising pact with Tradewell
Mumbai: Empire Film Group has entered into an agreement with Tradewell Media of New York for the placement of more than $5 million of media advertising as a key component of Empire’s support campaign...
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EMI, BBC Worldwide agree major deal to unlock music archive
Mumbai: EMI Music and BBC Worldwide have struck a deal that will see thousands of hours of pop and rock music content, locked away for years, released to the public for the very first...
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EMI Music Publishing extends partnership with Brian Howes
Mumbai: EMI Music Publishing has extended its global agreement with hit Canadian producer and songwriter Brian Howes. The exclusive co-publishing deal will see EMI Music Publishing represent Howes’ extensive catalogue of songs around the...
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SAARC appoints Shabana Azmi as goodwill ambassador
Mumbai: SAARC member nations (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and India) who met in Kathmandu in the month of April this year, selected Azmi and the legendary cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya...
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PVR to release NDTV Lumiere’s Persepolis on 20 June
Mumbai: PVR will release Persepolis; the 2008 Oscar nominated animation film on 20 June in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore. Persepolis is a touching story of a young Iranian girl coming of age and struggling...
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Asia-wide DTH service G-Sat launches on NSS-11
Mumbai: SES NEW SKIES, a SES company has concluded a multi-year agreement with Global Broadcasting and Multimedia (GBMI) to provide multiple-transponder capacity on the NSS-11 satellite for their new G-Sat direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television...
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High School Musical 2 soundtrack ranked Best Selling Album by IFPI
Mumbai: The High School Musical audio franchise from Walt Disney Records is the No. 1 best-selling album globally for the second consecutive year, it was announced by the IFPI. With sales of over 6...
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Filmaka announces four branded competitions with WhatOnEarthIsGoingOn?
Mumbai: Filmaka has inked a partnership with WhatOnEarthIsGoingOn? to provide creative artists around the world with an opportunity to produce content for WhatOnEarthIsGoingOn?, distributed on MSN. In support of the new venture, Filmaka is...
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Graphiti announces PG course in animation
Mumbai: Graphiti School of Animation founded by Ram Mohan has announced India’s first post graduate course in animation for art graduates G CAT MASTER – (Graphiti – Course in Animation Technology) Master Level Certificate....
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Sunder appointed president of Turner – Alva JV company
MUMBAI: Turner and Alva Brothers’ joint venture company Real Global Broadcasting has appointed Sharada Sunder as president. Sunder will be responsible for brand, content, advertising sales and day to day operations of Real Global...
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EMI Music India inks distribution deal with EarthSync
EMI Music India has inked an exclusive distribution deal with music label, EarthSync....
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Star Gold realigns prime time viewing
Mumbai: Star Gold has reset its prime time for blockbuster movies from Monday-Thursday, beginning 16 June. Movies will now be screened at 8.30 pm instead of 8.00 pm under the name Superstars@8. Star Gold...
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IFFA furthers its fight against Global Warming
Mumbai: IIFA offers a great opportunity to deliver relevant messages to audiences. In its effort to champion global causes, IIFA has embarked on a planet-saving mission since the IIFA Weekend Yorkshire ’07. In an...
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Cinema ads cost effective & impactful than TV: Group M
While cinema may have a lower reach than TV in India, it is a far more cost effective & high impact medium for advertisers: Group M....
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Martial Arts Weekend on World Movies
Mumbai: UTV Network’s World Movies will be airing a Martial Arts Weekend on 20 and 21 June. The special weekend will showcase Yimou Zhang’s award-winning epic blockbusters Hero and House of Flying Daggers. Hero,...
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Walt Disney, Ying Dong Media announce China Panda Project
Mumbai: The Walt Disney Studios, together with Chinese filmmakers Castle Hero Pictures and Ying Dong Media, has announced creative collaboration on a movie tentatively titled Touch of the Panda. The film features Giant Pandas...
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The Incredible Hulk games, content on mobile phones worldwide
Mumbai: Developer of connected games and applications Hands-On Mobile and Marvel Entertainment have announced a mobile game and mobile content around the big-screen adaptation of The Incredible Hulk. "The Hulk is a character who...
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eWorld Music to host Hollywood Music Awards
Mumbai: eWorld Music will host the Hollywood Music Awards on 20 November at the world-famous Kodak Theatre complex in Hollywood, California. A diverse line up of artists will be seen at the show, which...
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Osian’s Cinefan concludes with talks on creative freedom
Mumbai: Even as filmmakers, writers, and artists feel they should have freedom of creativity, the average citizen cannot be denied the right of protest as long as it is peaceful and within the law....
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