The conversion to digital cinema by theatre operators throughout the United States continues and is gaining momentum as the 2009 schedule of 3D movies are released. With the soon to be released Monsters vs....

MUMBAI: Disney has launched its first ever official community for fans called D23 (www.Disney.com/D23). Through D23, fans can go backstage and behind closed doors to get inside scoops from every part of Disney, while...

MUMBAI: The Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group (UMG) have entered into an international licensing agreement for Australia and New Zealand. Under its terms, the Disney Music Group has selected UMG to market...

MUMBAI: Pathee and Warner Bros. Entertainment UK (WBEUK) have inked a new strategic alliance in the UK, effective 13 April, that will see WBEUK distribute Pathe’s films in the UK and Ireland and the...

MUMBAI: Leading US performing right organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its 16th annual Latin Music Awards in Palm Beach, Florida. Gloria Estefan was named a BMI Icon; singer/songwriter Espinoza Paz earned his second...

MUMBAI: On 10 March, the International Federation against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC) and the Hong Kong Theatres Association (HKTA) jointly conducted an anti-camcording training seminar for 88 frontline cinema staff. The training...

MUMBAI: Nickelodeon has roped in actor, comedian, artist, producer Nick Cannon, former Nickelodeon and MTV Networks star, as honorary chairman and development consultant for TEENick. The network’s two-year deal with Cannon, which begins immediately,...

MUMBAI: Shareholders of The Walt Disney Company at the 2009 Annual Meeting today elected all 12 members of the Board of Directors and supported Board recommendations on the company’s auditor and stock and executive...

MUMBAI: Vodafone has signed deals with record companies like Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music to offer their tracks and albums DRM free (without digital rights management) across Vodafone markets for...

News Corporation has restructured the Los Angeles-based Fox businesses to capitalize on management strength & position the businesses for future growth....

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Thomson through its Technicolor activities will create a post production sound facility on the Paramount Hollywood lot. The new sound facility will become the centerpiece of Paramount’s Post Production Village,...

MUMBAI: Disney Interactive Studios today announced Split/Second, an action racing game set within the world of a hyper-competitive reality television show. Competitors vie to be the first across the finish line, with the ultimate...

MUMBAI: Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation plans to install 13 new RealD digital 3D systems at Marcus Theatres locations throughout the Midwest. The company plans to install the 13 additional digital...

MUMBAI: 3D Entertainment’s filmmakers Jean-Jacques’ and Francois Mantello’s (the Mantello Brothers) first feature-length film, Oceans 3D – Into the Deep (working title) presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, have been acquired by Wild Bunch, a Paris-and...

MUMBAI: EMI Music and Black Hole Recordings have inked a new sales and distribution agreement for physical releases in the UK and Ireland. The first releases to go through EMI’s Label Services unit, part...

Lions Gate Entertainment has ended discussions with Carl Icahn about potentially adding his designees to the Lionsgate Board of Directors....

MUMBAI: Digital media company DivX, Inc. has inked a multi-year agreement to offer Google products to consumers who download DivX video software tools. The offering, starting with the Google Chrome Browser, is expected to...

MUMBAI: The Dubai International Film Festival will take place from 9 – 16 December, 2009. The fifth edition of the festival, which wrapped up on 18 December, 2008, featured 181 films from 66 countries...

MUMBAI: MTS Allstream Inc. has inked a multi-year agreement with Paramount Pictures Corporation to deliver movies on MTS Video on Demand. MTS TV customers can enjoy recent Paramount releases of DreamWorks titles such as...

MUMBAI: Timeless Audrey, a traveling exhibit based on the life and career of actress, icon and humanitarian, Audrey Hepburn, will make its European premiere at Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof, the city’s main railway station from 13...

MUMBAI: Nominees from 9 countries will compete for this year’s International Digital Emmy Awards. The announcement was made by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Emmys will be presented at a...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Robin Lake to vice president, research. Based at SPTI’s global headquarters in Culver City, California, Lake heads all research and related analysis for SPTI. Lake will...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Releasing International has been promoted Ralph Alexander to senior executive vice president, international operations and distribution. In his new role, Alexander will oversee SPRI’s 23 managing directors as well as the...

MUMBAI: The 60th felony conviction from Operation Fastlink, a major Department of Justice initiative to combat online piracy worldwide, was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution has made available Last Legion Games’ Watchmen: Justice is Coming online multiplayer game for the iPhone and iPod touch. For a very limited time, Watchmen: Justice is Coming is...

MUMBAI: Apple Corps, Ltd., Harmonix and MTV Games, will release The Beatles: Rock Band on 9 September,2009. The music-based video game will be available simultaneously worldwide in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and...

MUMBAI: Irish Multiplex Cinemas (IMC) and RealD have inked a deal wherein IMC will add RealD 3D capabilities to each of its multiplex locations for a total of fourteen RealD 3D-enabled screens. The rollout...

MUMBAI: Fortis Bank has committed to funding the first tranche of EUR 50 million for the financing of XDC’s roll-out of digital cinema equipment across Europe, pursuant to its mandate to arrange EUR 100...

MUMBAI: Hollywood Records will release BHB, the debut from the Ballas Hough Band on 10 March. The band, which features “Dancing with the Stars” fan favorites Mark Ballas and Derek Hough, recorded the album...

MUMBAI: Actor and executive producer William Petersen, who played the lead investigator Gil Grissom in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will attend the upcoming edition of MIPTV, the world’s entertainment content market. CBS Paramount International...

MUMBAI: Liquid Pictures, today announced the world’s first camera system utilizing RED Digital Cinema cameras capable of shooting 4K 3D footage on land, underwater, and macro 3D. The proprietary Liquid Pictures 4K 3D Digital...

MUMBAI: W!ldbrain Animation Studios, the animation company based in San Francisco, will now expand its operations to and include a satellite studio in Los Angeles. W!ldbrain Animation Studios general manager Marge Dean said, “With...

MUMBAI: On 5 March, 2009, in the first raid on a DVD factory this year, a team of 15 enforcement officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) assisted by staff...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Italy has appointed Alessandro Massara as managing director, effective immediately. Massara will report to Universal Music Group International president Mediterranean, South America and Middle East Pascal Negre. Massara has been director...