Mumbai: Disney Interactive Studios released Ultimate Band, an all-new musical video game experience for fans of the Wii home video game system and Nintendo DS. Disney has brought together a track list of popular...

Mumbai: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Meebo have entered into an agreement to provide Meebo users with ad-supported videos from many of the most popular chart-topping artists in the world. The agreement will kick...

Mumbai: Michael Rathauser has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing for Lionsgate’s home entertainment businesses, recognizing the nine-year veteran’s significant contributions to the company’s fast-growing family home entertainment business, it was announced...

Mumbai: MTV Networks International has announced that the city of Berlin, Germany, will host the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards. This is the fourth time that the Awards will be held in Germany as...

Mumbai: Unicomm and former editor in chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter Bob Dowling announced the addition of a keynote presentation and discussion from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi...

Mumbai: Star announced the appointment of Cindy Chang as Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales and Distribution for Star Taiwan. Officially coming on board on 1 December 2008, Chang will oversee Star’s advertising sales and...

Mumbai: For the first time, food service retailer McDonald’s is sponsoring an outdoor concert event in Taiwan and has signed on to be the exclusive partner of Channel [V]’s annual V Power charity concert....

Mumbai: A new research from media analyst Screen Digest finds that DVDs and their successor Blu-ray Discs (BDs) are set to remain the dominant force in home entertainment throughout the economic downturn and beyond....

Mumbai: XFMedia’s subsidiary, Xinhua Media Entertainment (XME) has unveiled its initial expected film slate for the next three years. It represents the Company’s long term commitment to showcase Chinese culture, top Chinese talents, artisans...

Mumbai: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide distribution rights from St. V, LLC to the documentary More Than A Game. Directed by Kristopher Belman and produced by Harvey Mason Jr. and Bel man, More Than A...

Mumbai: Summit Entertainment is officially moving forward with the production of New Moon, the second installment of its filmed franchise vampire love story Twilight. The movie will be based on the second novel in...

Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has launched Operation ZoomOut – an anti-piracy enforcement initiative with a focus on illegal camcording of newly released movie titles in cinemas – scheduled to run through until...

RCN Corporation and Star have launched three Indian television channels - Star India Plus, Star India Gold, and Star One across RCN's platform in the US....

Mumbai: The Walt Disney Studios has begun re-rendering its Oscar-winning animated movie Beauty and the Beast, in preparation for its Disney Digital 3-D debut on the big screen in 2010. The announcement was made by...

Mumbai: Zune, Microsoft Corp.’s digital music and entertainment service, has inked agreements with major and independent music labels to bring significant new value to the subscription music model. The Zune Pass subscription service currently gives...

Mumbai: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Equity Games Production and Halcyon Games have announced the Terminator Salvation — The Videogame. The an action-packed, third-person shooter, will be released in conjunction with the Warner Bros. Pictures...

Mumbai: Desi Hits!, a multi-platform media company specializing in fusion entertainment, has signed a partnership with Warner Music Group (WMG) to give the music company’s artists an introduction to desi and Bollywood fans. WMG...

Mumbai: Columbia Pictures, Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment and Jerry Weintraub Productions will remake the 1984 hit The Karate Kid with Smith’s 10-year-old son Jaden Smith starring in the lead role. The announcement was made...

Mumbai: INgrooves, a provider of digital distribution, marketing and promotion services to the independent music community, has signed an agreement with digital media company 7Digital. 7digital powers over 1,000 digital properties, including their own...

Mumbai: SPE Networks – Asia (SPENA), home to top pay-TV channel brands including AXN, AXN BEYOND, Animax, Sony Entertainment Television, and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) channels PIX and PIX Thriller, has three new senior appointments...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) will be the first Hollywood studio to distribute high-definition Blu-ray Disc in the Chinese market. The announcement was made by SPHE senior vice president, international T Paul Miller...

Mumbai: Columbia Pictures has acquired a pitch by Mark Perez for Happy Madison Productions to develop into a motion picture. The announcement was made by Columbia Pictures presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach. The...

Mumbai: Columbia Pictures has inked the writing team of Tim and Tom Mullen to adapt the raucous comedy novel The Swap by Antony Moore for the screen, it was announced by Columbia Pictures presidents...

Mumbai: Universal Pictures and Ludlum Entertainment have entered into a long-term deal that gives Universal the exclusive rights to continue making films based on the Jason Bourne character. The Bourne franchise has been one...

Mumbai: Minister for Culture Barbara Follett has announced that Pippa Cross, the producer of Shooting Dogs and the forthcoming film Heartless, has joined the UK Film Council’s Board of Directors. Her appointment will run...

Mumbai: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has promoted Bruce Tuchman to president, MGM Networks. The announcement was made by MGM chairman & chief executive officer Harry E. Sloan, to whom Tuchman reports. In this newly created...

The National Lottery funding from the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund will now enable aspiring filmmakers across the UK to develop their skills....

Mumbai: Sonic Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CinemaNow, a privately held online entertainment provider based in Marina Del Rey, California. CinemaNow is at the forefront of digital video distribution, offering...

Mumbai: The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) announced that the media conglomerates of the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers – the AMPTP – have failed to comply with the contract negotiated...