Elecom Fiesta Entertainment's animation feature film Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang is scheduled for release across India on October 10....
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MSN Mobile adds new features to mobile video channel
Mumbai: Global mobile entertainment company ROK Entertainment Group announced that its made-for-mobile comedy channel Fun Little Movies (FLM) is now featured as a new MSN Mobile video channel available to millions of viewers on...
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Disney.com breaks all-time video records in July
Mumbai: Disney.com broke its all-time online video record in July. According to comScore Video Metrix, Disney.com video streams totaled 186.7 million, lifting the site’s online video streams ranking to the number six position among...
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Zee Studio rolls short film contest for amateurs
Mumbai: Zee Studio is initiating a short film contest titled Get Shorty for amateur filmmakers. Participants can send in their short film of about five minutes on a DVD to Zee Studio and the...
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Fox Mobile Entertainment boosts leadership team
Mumbai: Fox Mobile Entertainment (FME), a division of Fox Entertainment Group, has reorganized and strengthened its leadership team to support its plan to broaden its catalog, enhance distribution and cultivate new mobile content offerings....
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Eros Pictures greenlights sequel of Sujoy Ghosh’s Aladin
Eros Pictures has announced the sequel of Aladin even before the release of the film. The sequel is slated to go on floors mid next year....
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Turner’s kids channels refrain from airing Hari Puttar promo
Turner India's kids channels Pogo and Cartoon Network have refrained from running the promos of Mirchi Movies' upcoming film Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors....
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Glu, DreamWorks Animation ink deal for Monsters vs. Aliens mobile game
Mumbai: Glu Mobile has inked an agreement with DreamWorks Animation SKG to develop and publish the mobile game to launch in conjunction with the March 2009 film release of Monsters vs. Aliens. The film...
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Electronic Arts launches Spore game in India
Mumbai: The new game from game designer Will Wright and EA’s Maxis studio – Spore has been launched in India. People in India can now look forward to unleashing their creativity as they make...
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YRF Music releases remix compilation Go Jhoom
Mumbai: YRF Music has released Go Jhoom, a two CD collection of remixes of songs from Yash Raj Films. The CDs have 115 minutes of non-stop remix medleys and remixes. The first CD consists...
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Toronto International Film Festival goes digital with Dolby
Mumbai: Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced that it is providing technical services as well as cinema technology solutions to the the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the 15th year in a...
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Image Entertainment acquires US distribution rights to The Edge of Love
Mumbai: Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: DISK), an independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced at the Toronto International Film Festival that it has acquired from CT1 Holdings, LLC...
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NBC Universal & Google ink advertising partnership
Mumbai: As part of its continuing effort to offer innovative advertising solutions to its clients, NBC Universal (NBCU) will join forces with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) to form a strategic multi-year advertising, research and technology partnership....
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MTV plans digital push for TZP, Chak De! India film spoofs
While Ghoom had seen a theatrical release across five cities and ran for three weeks, this time round the push is going to be on the digital medium....
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Max lines up classic film festival in September
Mumbai: Hindi movies and special events channel Max has lined up a classic film festival called Jubilee Hits, wherein the channel will showcase the best of yesteryears’ movies. Jubilee Hits will run for two...
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UTV Motion Pictures lines up five Tamil and Telugu films
UTV Motion Pictures lines up five films in the Tamil and Telugu languages, which are being developed under UTV Rampage Motion Pictures....
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MY FM launches Chandani Raatein Classics audio CD
Mumbai: FM has launched its first ever music label Chaandani Raatein Classics in a Compact Disc format in collaboration with Universal Music. The CD has been launched across the nation and shall be promoted...
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Big ticket movies scramble for releases in coming months
With a chunk of big ticket movies lined up in the coming months, release dates have been witnessing a continuous shuffle....
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Madison World to handle Levi’s account including celebrity & entertainment portfolio
Mumbai: Media agency Madison World has bagged the entire account of Levi Strauss & Company,including celebrity & entertainment, for all its brands, Levi’s, Dockers and Levi’s Signature. Levi recently appointed Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar...
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I&B Ministry issues guidelines for provisioning of IPTV services
Mumbai: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has issued guidelines for provisioning of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services in India in pursuance of Union Cabinet’s decision of 21 August. IPTV services facilitate delivery of...
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Sony Pictures negotiates with Percept for Hello distribution
Sony Pictures Releasing of India is in negotiations with Percept Picture Company to partner for the distribution of Atul Agnihotri’s Hello....
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Tom Cruise launches iPhone version of official website
Mumbai: Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has launched an iPhone friendly version of his official website – www.tomcruise.com. The visitors will also be able to register for website updates right from their iPhone smart phone...
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New Beyonce Album set for Release on 18 November
Mumbai: Music World Music/Columbia Records/ Sony BMG will release the third full-length studio album of Beyoncé on 18 November. One of 2008’s most hotly anticipated new album releases, Beyoncé’s as-yet-untitled upcoming album marks the...
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DreamVision Raises the stakes in Motion Picture Animation
Mumbai: On the heels of a record breaking U.S. summer box office totalling more than $3.9 billion, all eyes are fixed upon the Florida based studio that has been capturing the interest of industry...
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The Entertainment Technology Center Announces Stereoscopic 3-D Content Lab
Mumbai: The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) [www.etcenter.org] announced that it will set up a Stereoscopic 3-D Content Testing Lab in addition to its Anytime/Anywhere Content Lab. Building on the success of ETC’s world-renowned Digital...
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Amazon.com debuts Bob Dylan’s new music video
Mumbai: Amazon.com has premiered the new, previously unreleased Bob Dylan song and music video "Dreamin’ of You." In celebration of the Amazon.com Music Store’s 10th anniversary, fans around the world will get an exclusive...
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa run extended in Imax theatres
Mumbai: The Imax release of DreamWorks Animation SKG’s Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has been extended to include the Thanksgiving holiday, and will now run into December. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa will be digitally re-mastered...
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Abhishek Bachchan starrer Drona boasts 1300 visual effects shots
Mumbai: Abhishek Bachchan starrer upcoming film Drona, which will hit the big screen on 2 October, boasts of 1300- 1500 visual effects (vfx) shots. David Bush (Armageddon, Bicentennial Man) is the VFX producer and...
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EA to ship Warner’s Harry Potter game with movie in summer 09
Mumbai: Electronic Arts Inc and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will release the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game globally in the summer of 2009, alongside the Warner Bros. Pictures’ film based on...
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Dolby 3D digital cinema rolls out worldwide expansion
Mumbai: Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced that shipments of Dolby 3D Digital Cinema units have reached more than 500 in 24 countries since its market debut less than a year ago in October 2007. Dolby...
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