Mumbai: Nine months in advance of its box office debut, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is already casting a spell over moviegoers, according to a MovieTickets.com poll. In a survey conducted between...

Mumbai: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) released a new report highlighting the threat to television services posed by the deployment of Broadband Wireless Access services (such as WiMax) in the...

Mumbai: On 27 October, acting on information provided by a Motion Picture Association (MPA) representative, the International Federation Against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC), officers from the Shenzhen Municipal General Culture Market Administrative...

Mumbai: Scott Johnson has been promoted to vice president, television and film library development at Sony Pictures Television (SPT), it was announced by John Weiser president, distribution, to whom Johnson will report. Johnson manages...

Mumbai: Michael B. Seligman has been named supervising producer of the 81st Academy Awards telecast, producer Laurence Mark and executive producer Bill Condon announced. "Seligman’s expertise in putting together a mammoth live television production...

Mumbai: Disney Interactive Studios has announced the release of Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell for Nintendo DS™. The game expands on Tinker Bell’s adventures in the all-new movie Tinker Bell from Walt Disney Studios Home...

Mumbai: Under an agreement between EMI Music and InMotion Entertainment, music fans can now buy and download music directly to portable devices at major US airports. InMotion, the US airport-based electronics and entertainment retailer,...

Mumbai: Q-tec Inc. has announced that it has completed the first domestic installation of 3D cinema system developed by RealD. Q-tec plans to begin the full-scale operation in November. The number of digital 3D...

Mumbai: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced new data for Asia’s pay-TV market, showing 71 million digital pay-TV households out of 300 million pay-TV subscriptions across Asia. "The increase in...

Mumbai: Amtico International has a foundational role in the upcoming production of the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. An inlaid tile starburst pattern from Amtico is the starring backdrop of an exciting fight...

Mumbai: Roger Goodman has been named director of the 81st Academy Awards telecast. This was announced by producer Laurence Mark and executive producer Bill Condon. This will be Goodman’s first time calling the camera...

Mumbai: In conjunction with the opening of the newest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, on 14 November, BaumanRare Books at The Shoppes at The Palazzo is offering a number of first edition books...

Mumbai: Dell and CinemaNow have come together to provide an economical way to jump-start a digital music library by pre-loading movie bundles on select new systems purchased on Dell.com. Through CinemaNow, Dell delivers a...

MUMBAI: Autodesk and Avid Technology have announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Autodesk to acquire substantially all of the assets of Avid’s Softimage business unit for approximately $35 million. Softimage was...

MUMBAI: The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 24 US film festivals for the 2009 calendar year. The announcement was made by Festival Grants Committee...

MUMBAI: Actress Eileen Herlie, who appeared on the daytime drama All My Children for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, died of pneumonia in New York City on 8 October. She...

MUMBAI: Dell and Universal Music Group (UMG) have teamed up to provide an economical way to jump-start a digital music library by pre-loading MP3 bundles on select new systems purchased on Dell.com. For the...

Mumbai: Online movie rental service Netflix and Samsung Electronics America have announced a broad partnership to offer consumers the ability to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from the Netflix Web site directly to...

Mumbai: Buffalo Inc. has launched its high performance line of MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Writers. The compact and light form factor makes it an affordable, portable DVD writer, ideal for price-conscious consumers who want...

Mumbai: Creator of television services for digital video recorders (DVRs) TiVo has signed independent deals with The Walt Disney Studios and Jaman.com wherein subscribers can download movies to their broadband connected TiVo DVRs directly...

Mumbia: Madame Tussauds Las Vegas has unveiled a figure of Zac Efron, star of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Dressed in ‘Wildcats’ uniform and holding a basketball, the Zac figure stands in an...

Mumbai: The 24th MIPCOM recorded its highest attendance figure of all time, driven by an increase in attendance from the ‘METRIC’ countries and regions namely the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, India and China, as...

Mumbai: Digital distribution companies for the global independent music community IODA will provide its catalog of music to the recently launched MySpace Music. The addition of IODA will inject over one million new songs...

Mumbai: Imax Corporation and Ukraine’s Triumph have signed an agreement to add to the company’s roll-out of Imax theatres in the country. Kinokompaniya Triumf, which already had a deal to install two Imax theatres...

Mumbai: On 21 and 22 October, the International Federation Against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC), in association with the CJ Mark Committee (CJ Mark) of the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) conducted two...

Mumbai: Under an agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment, customers of Winn-Dixie can purchase the newest form of pre-recorded music that is downloaded to iPods and other digital music players. The Platinum MusicPass is...

Mumbai: Usher has released the Hush single on iTunes as part of his continued national call-to-service for young people. The song is available now for download at iTunes as well as http://www.UshersNewLook.org and the...

Mumbai: Access Integrated Technologies has brought on board Dickinson Theatres is as the first theatre chain to the previously announced Phase 2 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan for upto 10,000 screens. Dickinson will convert 310...

Mumbai: UTV’s Ignition Entertainment in conjunction with AQ Interactive has released Boing! Docomodake for Nintendo DS. Based on the mascot of the leading Japanese mobile phone company, NTT Docomo, Boing! Docomodake is a game...

Mumbai: Sarajane Smith and Erica Wiertz have been named Vice Presidents in the Sony Pictures Corporate Communications Department. Smith is Vice President of Corporate Communications and Employee Meetings & Events and Wiertz is Vice...

Mumbai: MGM Home Entertainment will be releasing the DVD of Elephant Tales on 9 December. Elephant Tales is about orphaned elephants Zef and Tutu who embark on a journey more amazing than they ever...

Mumbai: Earthworks Entertainment, Inc. has purchased an equity position in Oliver Stone’s movie Escobar. EWKE president and CEO Steven Humphries said, "This is our first of many acquisitions in the recession proof entertainment and...

Mumbai: Warner/Chappell Music has announced that Jason Boyarski has been appointed senior vice president and general manager New York of the U.S. company. Effective immediately, Boyarski will report to Warner/Chappell Music president and Warner/Chappell...

Mumbai: Universal Music Group (UMG) and PlayPhone, Inc. have signed an agreement to offer real music tones from UMG’s roster of artists through a number of PlayPhone’s mobile entertainment destinations, including Wal-Mart, Best Buy...

Mumbai: Lala is unveiling the first and only free fully licensed service to instantly provide anywhere Web access to an existing music library such as iTunes. Unlike ad-supported music sites, Lala has garnered support...

Mumbai: Technicolor has appointed Paul Stambaugh as managing director at Technicolor’s Bangkok laboratory and post-production facility. In 2004, Stambaugh first assumed the role of managing director at Technicolor Bangkok and oversaw the transition from...