Mumbai: Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill aimed at curbing the disproportionate amount of music theft occurring on state campus networks via peer-to-peer (p2p) services. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)...

Mumbai: Under an agreement, Doremi Cinema’s DCP-2000 JPEG2000 Digital Cinema Server has been approved as a licensee of Dolby 3D Digital Cinema, giving exhibitors even more options when screening 3D content. "As early pioneers in...

Mumbai: Ann Junod Burkart has joined Sony Pictures Entertainment as vice president for global communications. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures executive vice president global communications Jim Kennedy, to whom she will report....

Mumbai: Exclusive international distribution of indie The Sensation of Sight, an Eithor/Or Films production directed by Aaron J. Wiederspahn, has been signed by LongTale International. The film stars David Strathairn, Jane Adams, Ann Cusak,...

Radio Netherlands Worldwide and All India Radio will cooperate in radio coverage of Amsterdam India Festival in English....

Mumbai: A new generation of Star Wars fans have propelled Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the breakthrough CG-animated series, to mega-hit status on Cartoon Network and put Clone Wars products on every kid’s wish...

Mumbai: MySpace has announced the domestic launch of the MySpace Primetime Application (http://www.myspace.com/primetimeapp). The new, internally developed, application is available free for users to embed on profiles and homepages with one click of the...

Mumbai: Producers Moritz Borman, Peter Graves and international investor and entrepreneur Fabrizio Boccardi have licensed the film rights for The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending by author Jon Land  from rights holder King Midas...

Mumbai: Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Verizon are teaming up for a multi-year relationship designed to enhance the guest experience by bringing mobile magic before, during and after guests arrive at Walt Disney...

Mumbai: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the worldwide rights to produce and distribute the feature film adaptation of the play August: Osage County. TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein will serve as one of the...

Mumbai: The Weinstein Company (TWC) have partnered with Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, and their managers Ben Feigin and Josh Klein to produce a concert movie to memorialize the comic duo’s reunion and first tour...

Mumbai: Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman and international superstar Hugh Jackman, who are co-starring in the upcoming movie Australia, will present together an award on The 42nd Annual CMA Awards. Previously announced performers include...

Mumbai: The Priests – Father Eugene O’Hagan, Father Martin O’Hagan and Father David Delargy – that were signed by Epic Records MD Nick Raphael are set to release their music on 18 November. Raphael...

Mumbai: Fourteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 81st Academy Awards. These are Bolt, Delgo, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, Dragon Hunters, Fly Me to...

Mumbai: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc’s Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which opened number one at the domestic box office, generated an estimated $63.1 million with $3.5 million contributed from 129 Imax theatres from 7 –...

Mumbai: Bertelsmann has posted a net profit of €387 million, which is almost triple that of the previous year’s €132 million. Bertelsmann has achieved revenues almost at the level of the previous year in...

MGM and YouTube have entered into a multiple channel commitment wherein channels will be created for television shows and full length movies streaming. ...

Mumbai: Continuing to grow its consumer audience reach, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.’s (MGM) MGM HD channel has secured carriage through the AT&T U-verseSM TV system, bringing the feature film hits and favorite television programming of...

Mumbai: MySpace.com has launched Profile 2.0, the next step in the iterative global site redesign, enabling millions of users to opt-in and customize the appearance of their profiles using an innovative new drag-and-drop user...

Mumbai: Dolphin Digital Media has expanded its digital rights portfolio through its licensing partner, Dolphin Entertainment, which has secured more than $100 million in production and marketing financing from Continental Entertainment Capital (CEC), an...

Mumbai: Six new screenwriters have been selected as winners in the 23rd Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team...

Mumbai: GigaMedia Limited has announced a lineup of cash-wager games for its Everest platform featuring Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men and other super heroes from Marvel Entertainment. Over 40 new games will join the Everest suite,...

Mumbai: In the wake of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) Convention 2008, the association has added new two corporate members to its strength—Islamabad-based Pakistan Telecommunication and Indonesian pay-TV platform Aora...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group has signed Elvis Costello to a new, long-term, exclusive, worldwide music publishing agreement that covers his entire back catalogue as well his future output. This new agreement will see...

MUMBAI: MGM Home Entertainment will be releasing Hit And Run DVD on 13 January. A seemingly simple trip home turns into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse when the blood-curdling film Hit And Run. The...

Mumbai: Michael Jackson’s Thriller is back at the top of the charts this week following a Halloween-inspired surge in sales and coast-to-coast zombie dance tributes to the album. The Legacy Recordings’ 25th Anniversary CD/DVD...

Mumbai: Warner/Chappell Music has promoted Greg Sowders as senior vice president and head of A&R, U.S. Based in Los Angeles and effective immediately, he will continue to report to Warner/Chappell Music president and Warner/Chappell...

Mumbai: Universal Pictures and Scott Stuber have extended Stuber’s producing pact with the studio through 2013. A key producer with a long history at Universal, Stuber recently expanded Stuber Productions bringing on Pam Abdy...

Mumbai: Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a feature film based on In The Heights, a multi-generational and multi-ethnic musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes. In The Heights has exhilarated...

Mumbai: EMI Music chief executive Elio Leoni-Sceti has confirmed the leadership of the company’s three newly-established global business units: New Music, Catalogue and Music Services. Leoni-Sceti will lead the New Music unit as its...

Mumbai: The 15-minute Indian short film Aakhiri Munadi has been selected for the River to River Italy Film Festival. Aakhiri Munadi is written and directed by NSD student Ahsan Bakhsh. He had also written...

Mumbai: Video game publisher Atari has added the Ghostbusters: The Video Game to its 2009 release schedule. Working closely with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Terminal Reality, Atari will bring this completely new story...

Mumbai: Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. has announced that Premiere Cinema Corp. (Premiere) will become the second theatre chain to participate in AccessIT’s Phase 2 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan for up to 10,000 screens. Premiere’s...

Mumbai: EMI Music has appointed Ernesto Schmitt as president of its catalogue business, reporting to EMI Music chief executive Elio Leoni-Sceti. He will join EMI next month. Schmitt, 38, has a strong track record...

Mumbai: Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), division of Universal Music Group (UMG), has appointed Geoff Mayfield as vice president business analysis and research. The announcement was made by UMGD chief financial officer Todd von...

Mumbai: Ann Junod Burkart has joined Sony Pictures Entertainment as vice president global communications. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures executive vice president global communications Jim Kennedy, to whom she will report. "Burkart...

Mumbai: Following the industry-leading success with its Phase 1 Digital Cinema deployment, Access Integrated Technologies, together with Barco, announced the mutual signing of a Supply Agreement for digital cinema systems during AccessIT’s three-year Phase...

Mumbai: Access Integrated Technologies and Christie Digital Systems USA have signed a supply agreement to bring Digital Cinema systems including Christie projectors to theatres in the United States and Canada. Christie will provide up...

Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA), in partnership with the US Embassy in Beijing, co-hosted a reception and award ceremony during the 7th annual US Ambassador’s IPR Roundtable, a high-level government and industry forum...

Mumbai: MyStarU.com Inc’s subsidiary 3G Dynasty will distribute Hong Kong Film via 40,000 Internet cafes in China 3G has inked a three-year deal with South China InternetCafes Alliance (SCIA) which will see 723 Hong...

Mumbai: Michael Crichton, the physician turned best-selling author, screenwriter, director and producer, died on 4 November in Los Angeles, after a battle with cancer. He was 66. Crichton was the author of The Andromeda...