Hollywood actor Tommy Lee Jones has sued the makers of No Country For Old Men - Paramount Pictures - for $10 million....

Mumbai: Al Pacino-Robert De Niro starrer Righteous Kill that is awaiting a September 12 theatrical release has now inspired a game by Merscom. The company has announced Righteous Kill: The Game, inspired by the...

Mumbai: Warner Music International (WMI) has appointed Sam Chen as Chairman and CEO, Warner Music Chinese Mandarin Group. On this newly created position, Chen will be reporting to Warner Music Asia Pacific president Lachie...

Mumbai: Napster and Lenovo have inked a co-marketing agreement under which Napster’s music subscription service will be offered as a free 14-day trial on most new Lenovo notebook and desktop PCs in the US...

Mumbai: Paramount Vantage will handle international sales on Academy Award winner Neil Jordan’s latest feature Ondine. Currently in production, the cast includes Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Stephen Rea and introduces Alison Barry. The Director...

Mumbai: Director Craig Ross Jr. will be releasing his film The Mannsfield 12 on MySpace.com. This is the first movie to be released on a social networking website Set to turn the technological ties...

Mumbai: Imax Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that The Dark Knight has crossed the $55 million mark in worldwide gross box office receipts after its seventh week of release. As of Friday, the...

Mumbai: Warner Music Brazil, a division of Warner Music International, and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, one of Brazil’s popular soccer teams, have announced an innovative strategic partnership. Warner Music Brazil will develop and distribute...

Mumbai: Tudou founder and CEO Gary Wang will deliver a keynote at MIPCOM 2008. The address will be given on 16 October within the framework of a day of debate dedicated to the convergence...

Mumbai: New Regency continues to expand and enhance its motion picture division with Amy Israel joining the company as executive vice president of production. This was announced by Regency chairmen Robert Harper and Hutch...

Mumbai: Cineplex Entertainment has launched its online social networking movie and entertainment community, mycineplex. "Cineplex Entertainment is very pleased to introduce our vibrant new online social networking community, mycineplex," said Cineplex Entertainment vice president,...

Mumbai: Qube Cinema has inked a partnership with the Digital Cinema Network (DCN) in Australia to convert the six-screen boutique Sun Theatre Yarraville in Melbourne’s Inner West to a fully networked and automated DCI...

Mumbai: Digital media company DivX and Funai Electric Co. announced the DivX Certification of a new Blu-ray player from Funai. The player will be launched in the European market in October. With DivX Certification,...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has appointed Sergey Plotnikov to the position of general manager of its newest network AXN SCI-FI. This network is present in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Based in...

Mumbai: Cinema Buying Group (CBG), a buying program for independent theaters administered by the National Association of Theatre Owners, has announced an agreement with digital 3D experience provider RealD to bring next-generation 3D capability...

Mumbai: MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, has inked a multitude of new deals with cable and satellite operators across Eastern Europe. With MGM Channels already carried in millions of subscriber homes across...

Mumbai: AOL has launched the mobile industry’s most robust and far-reaching solution for targeting advertising to iPhone users. Offered through Third Screen Media, Platform-A’s mobile ad-serving platform and network, the solution detects and delivers...

Mumbai: Bill Melendez, considered a pioneer in animation and best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life, died early Tuesday morning, 2 September at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica. Doctors said Melendez...

Mumbai: Acting on information provided by Taiwan Foundation Against Copyright Theft (TFACT), the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Police raided a DVD-R burner lab in Taipei County on 29 August. They arrested two operators, a...

Mumbai: Jeff Nathanson has signed on to write the screenplay for the first film installment of The 39 Clues, it was announced by DreamWorks Studios co-chairman and CEO Stacey Snider, and Scholastic Media president...

Mumbai: Two-time Academy Award nominee Will Smith’s summer blockbuster Hancock will be debuting on DVD, Blu-ray High-Def and PSP 25 November from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE). More than $560 million worldwide grossing film...

Mumbai: Global beauty brand Dove has partnered with Hollywood film The Women to inspire and educate them about a wider definition of beauty. In addition to The Women, Dove has partnered with director Diane...

Mumbai: PNY Technologies and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the launch of a new 2GB USB preloaded with Sony Pictures’ 80’s comedy classic, Ghostbusters starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.  This marks the...

Mumbai: Viacom owned Paramount Pictures has acquired Screenlife LLC, which is the creator of Scene It? game franchise, with an aim to step up on its digital content initiatives. Post the acquisition, Screenlife will...

Mumbai: DIRECTV, Inc. and TiVo Inc. have extended their current agreement, which includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new HD DIRECTV DVR featuring the TiVo service, as well as the extension of...

Mumbai: 3D Entertainment, a company focusing on the production and distribution of documentary films for Imax Theatres and Digital 3D cinemas, has added Luc Blouin to its team in the newly created position of...

Mumbai: The Nielsen Company and Integrated Media Measurement Inc. (IMMI) have begun delivering the first daily all-electronic national TV ratings of television viewing that occurs outside of the home such as offices, fitness clubs,...

Mumbai: Abu Dhabi Media Company has formed a new company that will develop, finance and produce content for both the global and Arabic language markets. Imagenation Abu Dhabi, a wholly owned subsidiary, intends to...

Mumbai: Ten officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA), with the support from Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Malaysia, raided a clandestine...

Mumbai: I Am Legend, the action-packed thriller starring Will Smith, will be released as an Ultimate Collector’s Edition (UCE) on 9 December by Warner Home Video and Village Roadshow Pictures. Available on Blu-ray Hi-Def...

Mumbai: Universal Music Group’s merchandising division Bravado has entered into an agreement to manufacture and distribute merchandise in support of eight-time Grammy Award winner Tina Turner’s upcoming world tour. The announcement was made by...

MUMBAI: To gear up for the theatrical release of High School Musical 3: Senior Year on 24 October, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has teamed up with social networking website MySpace to create the...

MUMBAI: APM Music, a provider of production music for use in film, television, radio, games and new media, has launched LiquidCinema, its new film trailer music library created by award-winning film composer and music...

MUMBAI: Hong Kong Disneyland has launched "Art of Animation" that provides an artistic journey through the world of Disney animation. Celebrating the classic Disney and Pixar stories and characters, guests will gain a better...

MUMBAI: The Brazilian composer, singer and guitar player Roney Giah has signed a record deal with British Label Astranova Records for the release of a CD compilation entitled "Yesterday’s tomorrow." Promoting this compilation, Astranova...

MUMBAI: The United Kingdom will be the first market in the world where Nokia will launch ‘Comes With Music’, which is its service that introduces a revolutionary way for people to discover and enjoy...

Mumbai: Viacom Inc’s MTV Networks International (MTVNI) launched its first ever international high definition service dedicated to music and kids, MTVNHD (MTV Networks High Definition). The channel will premiere on 15 September 2008 and...

Mumbai: A remarkable two and a half minute amateur film of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe has surfaced almost 50 years after it was presumed lost. The 8mm film is still in its original Kodak...