Mumbai: Electronic Arts unveiled the music track listing for Madden NFL 09, set to release 12 August. This is part of Madden NFL celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a full slate of...

Mumbai: British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), in association with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), will celebrate Arab cinema in a four-day event to be held in London from 11 to...

Mumbai: Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens. The film is slated for a domestic release on 27 March,...

Mumbai: The first ever cross-border operation on DVD-smuggling syndicates took place on 3 July resulting in the arrest of four individuals and the seizure of more than 4,300 pirated DVDs. It was carried out...

Mumbai: MTV Asia announced that Karen Mok would be co-hosting the MTV Asia Awards 2008 at the Arena of Stars, Genting, Malaysia. Come 2 August, Karen Mok will join Jared Leto of 30 Seconds...

Mumbai: Will Smith starrer Hancock opened at the number one position at the US box office. The film collected an estimated $66 million over the Friday-to-Sunday weekend period and $107.3 million since its release...

Mumbai: Hong Kong-based Artificial Life and Paramount Digital announced the launch of the mobile game Braveheart. It is a real-time strategy (RTS) adventure based on the Paramount Pictures’ motion picture. This release follows the...

Mumbai: EMI has appointed Elio Leoni-Sceti as chief executive of its recorded music division, EMI Music. Leoni-Sceti joins from Reckitt Benckiser, the FTSE30 consumer brand company, where he has been executive vice president, Europe....

Mumbai: EMI Music has appointed Billy Mann and David Kassler to the key international roles of president A&R Labels (international), and president Europe, Middle East and Africa respectively. They succeed Jean-Francois Cecillon who steps...

Mumbai: Acclaimed film and television director Beeban Kidron has joined the UK Film Council’s Board of Directors. The appointment was made by Minister for Culture Margaret Hodge MP and will run for four years...

Mumbai: Anders Kloster has been named Managing Director of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) UK. Based in London, Kloster will be responsible for creating and executing business plans targeted to maintaining category leadership...

Mumbai: Comedy superstars Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will team together for a Columbia Pictures comedy based on the renowned characters Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Where Baron Cohen will take the role of...

Mumbai: LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment announced the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game as part of the fifth anniversary celebration for the massively multiplayer game, Star Wars Galaxies. The first release for the...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has approved the use of DreamStream’s secure online file streaming system as a solution to curb digital piracy. DreamStream can restore property rights to their owners...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros Television is establishing a new production and operations management structure and has named longtime business affairs, legal, finance and operations executive Brett Paul to the newly created position of executive vice...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has appointed Kristie Fortner as vice president, syndication and Gordon Jones as director, business development of Rentrak’s Essentials suite of business intelligence products. Fortner is responsible for leveraging Rentrak’s breadth and...

MUMBAI: Vivendi Entertainment has acquired home entertainment distribution rights to Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, produced by Premise Media. The announcement was made by Vivendi Entertainment president Tom O’Malley and Expelled executive producer John Sullivan. Expelled:...

MUMBAI: The list of feature-length motion pictures to be distributed in 4K resolution now includes Hancock, the new action-comedy movie starring Will Smith. The Sony Pictures Entertainment movie, which opens in the US and...

Mumbai: Cinemark Holdings and RealD 3D announced that Cinemark will add up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens to its circuit, bringing RealD’s committed 3D platform to a game-changing 5,000 worldwide screens. Cinemark’s global deployment...

Mumbai: Warner Music Group will make its catalogue of new stars and artists available through Nokia Music Stores around the world as well as through Comes With Music. "Warner Music Group has been a...

Mumbai: Norman Z. Tajudin has been named Vice President of International for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE). The announcement was made by International SVP T. Paul Miller to whom Tajudin will report. In his...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into an exclusive multi-year, first-look deal with Charles Roven and Atlas Entertainment, it was announced by presidents of Columbia Pictures Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach. Roven, along with...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Imageworks announced six major motion picture projects that are currently in production at the facility. The films include: • Action thriller Eagle Eye for DreamWorks Pictures • Mystery adventure Watchmen for...

Mumbai: NBC Universal has promoted Vivi Zigler to president, NBC Universal Digital Entertainment. In her new post, Zigler will lend her support and expertise to all of the NBC Universal entertainment websites. She will...

Mumbai: With a cumulative gross of more than $713 million to date, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the highest grossing worldwide release of 2008. This Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm...