Mumbai: DivX, Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment have inked an agreement that will enable online retailers to offer Warner Bros. titles in the high-quality DivX standard definition format in October and high definition format...

Mumbai: Sony Electronics’ Digital Cinema Solutions and Services group has signed an agreement with Muvico Entertainment that will outfit its existing and new complexes with Sony’s 4K projection technology. Muvico’s Rosemont, Ill., theater was...

Mumbai: Bertelsmann has launched a new music rights business called BMG Rights Management, under the well-known BMG brand. BMG Rights Management, headquartered in Berlin, plans to offer custom-tailored services for songwriters and performers who...

Mumbai: When Walt Disney Pictures’ newest animated comedy adventure Bolt opens Nov. 21 audiences in more than 1,000 theatres will not only enjoy a family film about an action-star dog who believes he has...

Mumbai: MIPCOM has selected Toronto filmmaker Mark Terry to direct a one-hour film based on this year’s Opening Night Gala. Eight filmmakers were selected from around the world to serve as directors of this...

Mumbai: In parallel with the signing of national service agreements with some industry players, GDC Technology has made a similar arrangement with Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. to expand its servicing network throughout the...

Mumbai: For the first time in its history, Universal Studios Hollywood will remain open on both Thanksgiving and Christmas day to offer families a chance to celebrate two of the year’s most traditional holidays...

Mumbai: Virgin Media has launched the first advertising trial on its on demand TV platform. Brands including Kelloggs, John Lewis and Royal Mail, will have their ads broadcast around selected on demand programs from...

Mumbai: MovieTickets.com has expanded its exhibitor program by signing an exclusive online ticketing agreement with New Orleans-based Southern Theatres L.L.C., which became the 25th new exhibitor to join MovieTickets.com in 2008. MovieTickets.com currently boasts...

Mumbai: Automated DVD rental service Redbox Automated Retail filed a suit in Delaware Federal Court against Universal Studios Home Entertainment and three of its affiliates on 10 October. The action was filed because Redbox...

George W. Bush signed a controversial bill, which will stiffen penalties for movie and music piracy at the federal level....

Mumbai: Christie has introduced its Brilliant3D technology that enables 3D content to be projected in full 2K resolution for digital cinema projectors utilizing 1.2" DMD chips from Texas Instruments. A first for the industry,...

Mumbai: Hollywood.com has acquired Media by Numbers, the box office data information and analysis company. Current Media by Numbers president Paul Dergarabedian will be joining the Hollywood.com team as part of the deal. Terms...

Mumbai: The Joker, played by the late Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight has taken the top spot for the most popular men’s Halloween costume inspired by a 2008 movie, with Christian Bale’s Batman...

Mumbai: DigiMeld, a provider of software solutions for streaming and live Internet broadcasting, will conduct the first feature film broadcast over the Internet simultaneously with the theatrical release of PublicScope Film’s The Third Jihad....

Mumbai: Regulations for marketing campaigns for the upcoming 81st Academy Awards were distributed to film companies last week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The only significant changes from the previous...

Mumbai: The Walt Disney Company announced a grant of $1.5 million to TreePeople, a non-profit organization, to plant an estimated 60,000 new trees over the next three year to help reforest fire-ravaged areas in...

Mumbai: TeleToon Canada Inc. and Marvel Animation have inked a multi-year output deal that sees TeleToon become the home of Marvel Animation in Canada. Beginning in spring 2009, a broad spectrum of Marvel animated...

Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) will organize a film production workshop that runs 11-12 November, at the National Library, targeting film students in Singapore. Aimed primarily at providing budding filmmakers the practical knowledge...

Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) will present its third-annual anti-Piracy Latin American Government Leadership Award at ShowEast – a convention and trade show for the cinema exhibition and distribution community – on 13...

Mumbai: Doremi Cinema has launched its latest Digital Cinema Server, the DCP-2K4. Building on Doremi’s DCP-2000 platform, which was the first JPEG2000 payback server on the market, the DCP-2K4 provides the same robust feature...

National Geographic Entertainment & Imagenation Abu Dhabi form JV for movies and will commit $100 million for the production of 15 films....

Mumbai: On 11 October, the International Federation Against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC) organized a private screening of the movie Tangshan Tangshan for IPR Ambassadors and other students from the Hong Kong Institute...

Mumbai: Universal Pictures will provide movies to theaters equipped by Ymagis, the European digital cinema services provider based in Paris. Universal Pictures will pay digital print fees under a long-term agreement similar to those...

Mumbai: Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group (UPDPG) has created a handheld video game for the Nintendo DS based on Universal Pictures’ upcoming animated-adventure feature film, The Tale of Despereaux. The game is being developed...

Mumbai: Atlanta-based investor and self-made millionaire Arthur Wylie has acquired the film rights of New York Times best-selling author Omar Tyree’s work. Wylie’s company, Arthur Wylie Productions — a division of Arthur Wylie Enterprises...

Mumbai: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Worldwide Television Distribution (MGM) has signed a long term output deal with France Telecom’s Orange, providing MGM content to Orange cinema series, the company’s new multi-platform pay television service in France. The...

Mumbai: On 8 October, Lee Eng Seng, aged 50 was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to selling illegal DVDs, computer softwares and games. Lee is the second person the Court...

Mumbai: Time Warner Cable announced that Asheesh Saksena has joined the company as Deputy Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy. In this role he will drive corporate strategy development and planning,...

Mumbai: Digital Stone, a contemporary art exhibition touring three cities in China, has opened at the Today Art Museum in Beijing. The exhibit, sponsored by Autodesk, features the work of four American stone sculptors...

Mumbai: Home entertainment company Anchor Bay Entertainment is forming a new theatrical film division, Anchor Bay Films. The announcement was made by Anchor Bay Entertainment CEO Chris McGurk. The new division plans to release...

Mumbai: Submissions are officially open for entry into the 3rd Annual ELAN, the awards show that’s become something of a phenomena over the past two years with hosts such as William Shatner and Seth...

Mumbai: GDC has entered into a partnership with RealD where its best-selling digital cinema server – SA-2100 – will be offered as part of RealD’s premier 3D platform for future 3D rollout. GDC is...

Mumbai: Universal Republic Records has signed Grammy Award-winning recording rapper-producer Lil Jon, announced Universal Republic Records president and CEO Monte Lipman. The singer will not only deliver records via his own label at Universal...

Mumbai: Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group (UMG), has expanded their US-based label division Fontana International through a partnership with UK-based Cooperative Music (Co-Op).  Co-Op was started as an international marketing...

Mumbai: Universal Music Group (UMG) and social networking destination and online magazine Kiwibox have entered into an agreement that will provide the Kiwibox network of users access to thousands of videos from the world’s...

Mumbai: Polychrome Pictures has signed a distribution output deal with Vivendi Entertainment for the dissemination of all Polychrome Home Video, VOD, mobile and Internet based content. Founded by a dynamic team of entertainment veterans,...

Mumbai: Gravitas Ventures, a distributor and marketer of content across Video On Demand (VOD) platforms, has signed an agreement with DISH Network. Gravitas already has agreements with AT&T, Charter, and Verizon FiOS. Understanding operators...