Mumbai: Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) and Warner Home Video (WHV) have signed an agreement to extend an existing home entertainment distribution partnership, whereby Universal Pictures Russia will continue to distribute DVD and launch...

Mumbai: Warner Bros. Pictures will be bringing The Dark Knight back for a return engagement in theatres and Imax in the US on 23 January, 2009, giving audiences one more chance to see the...

Mumbai: Dremworks’ animation movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has grossed $72.3 million at box office. Over the last weekend Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has grossed an estimated $13.2 million from 2,364 locations across 24...

Mumbai: Qtrax, the ad-supported digital music service, has inked a global agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment that will make Sony BMG’s premier digital music catalogue available to music fans worldwide on the Qtrax...

Mumbai: Warner Bros has finalized a deal with World Films, Inc. to release The Butcher, a dynamically acted explosive film, in northwest Europe this spring. "The success of The Butcher has brought tremendous exposure...

Mumbai: TV-Desi LLC., a subsidiary of NeuLion Inc. and JumpTV Inc. has launched a new IPTV service delivering live South Asian television content to viewers in the United States and Canada. TV-Desi is the...

Viacom axed 850 employees across all divisions. It remains unclear whether the ripple effects will be felt in India too on the Viacom18 venture....

Mumbai: According to a survey conducted by Blockbuster Inc., movie fans are hoping to see Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie play starring roles in the next Batman movie. The villains that fans would most...

Mumbai:The High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur ruled in favor of a member company of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in a court case against ODVD Manufacturers Pvt Ltd, an optical disc manufacturing...

Mumbai: In an unprecedented move by a Spanish-language pay-television channel, Cine Latino has finalized deals with five of the world’s leading film distributors, acquiring more than 90 new titles that include some of the...

Mumbai: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has arrested and charged two unemployed men in their twenties with multiple copyright and money laundering offences connected to organizing a BitTorrent tracker site that is alleged to...

Mumbai: 3D Entertainment Distribution’s latest Imax theatre release Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, crossed the $10 million mark at the worldwide box office this past weekend. Benefiting...

Mumbai: Danny St. Pierre has been named senior vice president, distribution services for Lionsgate. Pierre will report to Lionsgate executive vice president post production and delivery services Bob Wenoku. The promotion reflects the continued...

Mumbai: Singapore’s animation and gaming industry looks set to brighten with Italy’s animation studio Rainbow S.p.A. setting up its global headquarters for its video gaming business in Singapore. The new gaming arm of Rainbow...

Mumbai: Cinedigm Digital Cinema has announced its Phase 2 Entity signed on an $8.9 million credit facility. The facility will fund the launch of Cinedigm’s first 137 Phase 2 conversions of Premiere Cinemas’ theatres...

Mumbai: Electronic Arts Inc. has acquired J2MSoft Inc. (J2M), a Korean developer of PC online games. J2M develops free-to-play online games which are monetized through micro-transactions and advertising. Online games created and wholly owned...

Mumbai: Super Talent Technology, a manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, has signed a licensing agreement with Paramount Licensing Inc. granting rights to manufacture and market USB Flash drives based on...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Classics took 18 Spirit nominations (in addition to Synecdoche, New York winning a special Robert Altman Award) which were announced in Los Angeles for their films Rachel Getting Married, Sugar, The...

Mumbai: Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation has launched Sling.com, an online video entertainment destination. Users can go to Sling.com to watch a huge selection of clips, TV shows, films,...

Mumbai: On the heels of the launch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.’s (MGM) 24/7 linear digital channel THIS, the studio has signed affiliate agreements with 40 station groups across the US with launches slated for...

Mumbai:  The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for its 36th Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s best animated features, television productions, commercials, video games and short subjects. DreamWorks Animation’s Kung...

Mumbai: SearchHelp has signed an agreement to jointly develop with Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Studios the Echometrix market intelligence technology. Paramount will provide feedback and entertainment-industry expertise to help customize Echometrix’s unique sentiment and...

Mumbai: The Dark Knight will hit the street on 9 December as Warner Bros.’ first home entertainment release to include Internet-enabled interactive features exclusive to the Blu-ray format. The Dark Knight Blu-ray takes advantage...

Mumbai: Artists, authors and playwrights are being funded to develop new films by the UK Film Council’s Development Fund programme for new and emerging filmmakers. These most recent First Feature Film Development awards support...

Mumbai: Salvatore Ferragamo has announced its collaboration with costume designer Catherine Martin to create Nicole Kidman’s shoe wardrobe for the upcoming film Australia, which is directed by Baz Lurhmann and released last week. Drawing...

Mumbai: DivX, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that the Samsung Omnia1 is the first DivX certified handset to be released in the US market. The Samsung Omnia, a CDMA phone, has been...

Mumbai: Lakeshore Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Pictures have revealed the teaching staff to star in Fame, a reinvention of the Oscar-winning film to be directed by Kevin Tancharoen.  Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S....