Mumbai: EMI Music Publishing has extended its global agreement with hit Canadian producer and songwriter Brian Howes. The exclusive co-publishing deal will see EMI Music Publishing represent Howes’ extensive catalogue of songs around the...

Mumbai: SES NEW SKIES, a SES company has concluded a multi-year agreement with Global Broadcasting and Multimedia (GBMI) to provide multiple-transponder capacity on the NSS-11 satellite for their new G-Sat direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television...

Mumbai: The High School Musical audio franchise from Walt Disney Records is the No. 1 best-selling album globally for the second consecutive year, it was announced by the IFPI. With sales of over 6...

Mumbai: The Walt Disney Studios, together with Chinese filmmakers Castle Hero Pictures and Ying Dong Media, has announced creative collaboration on a movie tentatively titled Touch of the Panda. The film features Giant Pandas...

Mumbai: Developer of connected games and applications Hands-On Mobile and Marvel Entertainment have announced a mobile game and mobile content around the big-screen adaptation of The Incredible Hulk. "The Hulk is a character who...

Mumbai: eWorld Music will host the Hollywood Music Awards on 20 November at the world-famous Kodak Theatre complex in Hollywood, California. A diverse line up of artists will be seen at the show, which...

Mumbai: AFA Music Group has appointed Marc Jablon as the new Chairman of the Board. Jablon has managed over 100 public relations campaigns over six years and has started a number of profitable companies....

Mumbai: Orange is launching Musique Max, the market’s fullest unlimited music download service for PC and mobile, on 12 June. Over a million titles available for downloading, in partnership with France’s top four music...

Mumbai: Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, MD, will debut in first-run syndication next year with a series co-produced by Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and distributed by SPT. This was jointly announced by...

Mumbai: Nokia N-series will be the exclusive telecom sponsor of the Young Lions Film Competition aimed at supporting young talent in the advertising industry. Each of the creative teams in the film segment will...

Mumbai: Cinram International Income Fund announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Universal Pictures for manufacturing and distribution of DVDs throughout the majority of Western Europe. "We are delighted that Universal has...

Mumbai: Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation, announced that moviegoers would soon be able to experience digital 3D movies at 14 Marcus Theatre locations throughout the Midwest. The company already operates two...

Mumbai: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Destiny Media Technologies have expanded their digital media distribution services agreement to include UMG’s affiliates in Canada and Mexico. Under this multi-year agreement, Destiny Media remains the primary...

Mumbai: The UK Film Council is helping British film festivals to raise their profile with a huge Lottery cash injection of £740,000 over the next three years. The funding from the UK Film Council’s...

MUMBAI: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. has been selected by Warren Theatres as the exclusive DLP Cinema provider for its new 14-screen multiplex in Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore Warren Theatre, the most expensive in...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) has signed distribution agreements with a select group of partners to launch a number of advertiser-supported branded channels in premium environments that will further WBTVG’s strategic expansion into...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG), has acquired UK-based music merchandising company Atmosphere Apparel, which is founded and owned by Mark Stredwick. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Atmosphere holds international merchandising rights...

MUMBAI: Animoto, the web application that lets users create personalized, professional-quality videos from their own photos and music, released high-resolution options to their service. Animoto videos can now be purchased on DVD or downloaded...

Mumbai: The Angelus Student Film Festival has secured an all-star panel of judges for its documentary film category. The annual festival, now in its 13th year, is accepting submissions in the documentary, live action...

Mumbai: As Technicolor Asia (Thailand) prepares to launch its new digital intermediate facility at its Bangkok location, international staff additions have been announced to support the new business roll out. Reporting to managing director...

Mumbai:  The Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB) has deregistered as a trade union and redefined its role by becoming a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) to support the work of sister charity the...

Mumbai: Fans surrounded the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City for the world premiere event of Camp Rock.  The movie makes its television debut on 20 June. Stars of the movie and other notable...

Mumbai: Acting on information provided by the Taiwan Foundation Against Copyright Theft (TFACT), representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Taiwan, Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB Police) shut down the pirated Internet hard goods...

Mumbai: Five teenage NetSafe Ambassadors have won an all expenses paid trip to London to represent New Zealand at the first ever International Youth Advisory Congress (IYAC) on internet safety and security. The five...

Mumbai: Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have obtained the motion picture rights to the Smurfs from Lafig Belgium S.A. via producer Jordan Kerner. The parties will develop a dynamic, live action/animated major motion...

Mumbai: Warner Home Video (WHV) has brought the fifth season of One Tree Hill to DVD from 26 August. One Tree Hill: The Complete Fifth Season will feature all 18 episodes from the series’...

Mumbai: Television-based licensing organization Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) will announce the first consumer products based on the series iCarly at the Licensing 2008 International Show. Headlining the list of products for the...

Mumbai: Vodafone and Apple announced that the highly anticipated iPhone 3G will be available in Australia, Italy, New Zealand and Portugal on 11 July and in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, South Africa...

Mumbai: Disney-Pixar’s Wall-E is the heartfelt story of a robot’s comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy. What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last...

Mumbai: EMI Music has appointed co-founder of Linden Lab, Cory Ondrejka, as senior vice president, digital strategy, a newly created position to help drive EMI Music’s digital business. At Linden Lab, Ondrejka led the...

Mumbai: Peace Arch announced that it has acquired exclusive North American DVD distribution rights to four new titles. The company will distribute on DVD the action/comedy Ninja Cheerleaders, the thriller Naked Fear and the...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Entertainment online video network Crackle announced the release of nine original series that encompass a variety of genres from comedy to music to gaming and lifestyle. The announcement marks Crackle’s continued...

Mumbai: Lionsgate’s music business has promoted Russell Ziecker to the newly-created position of Vice President of TV Music and A&R, Lionsgate Music president Jay Faires announced. Alongside Faires, Ziecker will continue to head Lionsgate’s...

Mumbai: Apple has introduced a new Internet service MobileMe that delivers push email, push contacts and push calendars from the MobileMe service in the ‘cloud’ to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and...

Mumbai: Manny, the Labrador who was part of a sniffer dog duo belonging to the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA), passed away on 31 May.   Manny was donated to the...

Mumbai: Grey New York announced that its second annual music seminar with living legends will feature music luminary Tony Bennett during the preeminent music seminar at the Cannes advertising festival. ‘Talking Music with Tony...

Mumbai: EMI Virgin has announced its exclusive distribution agreement with boutique music label IndiaBeat. IndiaBeat has had a popular presence on the Internet as an online radio station and a music-related social networking site...

Mumbai: FCm Travel Solutions’ Australasian-based entertainment travel brand Stage and Screen Travel Services has established operations in India as part of its global expansion strategy. The company will be providing travel and logistics management...