MUMBAI: Fortissimo Films founder and co-chairman Wouter Barendrecht died on Sunday, 5 April, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand where he had gone to screen a rough cut of Fortissimo’s upcoming Thai co-production Nymph. Barendrecht was...

MUMBAI: Pollard Banknote, a production and merchandising company of instant lottery tickets, and EMI Music have teamed up to launch a global, music-themed lottery ticket program. This is the first deal of its kind...

MUMBAI: The Joint Negotiating Committee of Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has reached a unanimous tentative agreement with the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) of the American...

MUMBAI: MGM Networks has officially launched a locally versioned channel into Slovenia. With wide carriage on cable operator UPC, The MGM Channel’s Slovenian launch scores another milestone for MGM Networks – delivering on its...

MUMBAI: Previous seasons of Comedy Central’s Emmy and Peabody animated series South Park along with Nickelodeon shows like iCarly and SpongeBob SquarePants have joined the movies and TV episodes that Netflix subscribers can watch...

MUMBAI: SIGGRAPH has launched GameJam!, a new international videogame competition to be held at SIGGRAPH 2009, the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. Teams of three people will compete...

MUMBAI: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) will be debuting the high definition version of Walt Disney’s original classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on 6 October. The Snow White and the Seven...

The seats are equipped with motion technology and powered by D-BOX Motion Effects that corresponds to the action taking place onscreen....

MUMBAI: I-play, Oberon Media’s publishing division and multi-platform casual games publisher, globally launched the Fast & Furious for iPhone and iPod touch from the Apple App Store. Developed in partnership with Universal Pictures Digital...

MUMBAI: MySpace has launched a new original series and the site’s first online game show BFF. The MySpace original program, which tests how well best friends know each other, is produced by Meryl Poster...

MUMBAI: Oscar nominated actor Mickey Rourke will be attending the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania on 5 April at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Rourke will be present to support Ric “Nature Boy” Flair, Jimmy...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced Scooby-Doo! First Frights, the videogame that will be the complement to the upcoming Warner Premiere release. This action-adventure game lets players take on the role of young...

MUMBAI: Continental Tire is the official tire of the new Fast and Furious movie, which has been released today. Fast and Furious 4 features a new Continental and General Tires, which are the official...

MUMBAI: Exhibitors will now have the ability to play back content using Dolby 3D Digital Cinema to provide a premium viewing experience in their largest auditoriums. By implementing Dolby 3D for large screens, exhibitors...

MUMBAI: MTV Games and Harmonix’s Rock Band are joining forces with Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment to celebrate the 8 May theatrical release of the film Star Trek from director/producer J.J. Abrams. The first-of-its-kind...

MUMBAI: LG Electronics MobileComm (LG Mobile Phones) has inked an exclusive mobile phone marketing alliance with the upcoming summer film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.   Paramount...

MUMBAI: Disney Online, part of the Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG), has signed an agreement to acquire Internet assets from Canadian-based Kaboose Inc. including Kaboose.com, Babyzone.com, AmazingMoms.com, Funschool.com and Zeeks.com for $18.4 million. The...

MUMBAI: Digital cinema solution provider GDC Technology (GDC) and RealD have entered into an agreement whereby GDC will become a distributor for RealD’s 3D systems in Asia. Under the non-exclusive agreement, GDC will work...

MUMBAI: At Blacktown Local Court in Sydney, 26 year-old Craig Farrugia pleaded guilty and was subsequently convicted, fined A$5,400 (US$3797) and placed on an 18-month good behavior bond for illegally camcording movies. This criminal...

MUMBAI: Seoul based company D-Cinema Korea (DCK), which was established in 2008 by two Korean exhibition chains, has reached non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreements with Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Universal Pictures...

Christie has witnessed a growth of more than 400 per cent for its digital cinema deployment in the Asia Pacific region including India....

MUMBAI: Principal photography began on The Rum Diary on 25 March, 2009 in Puerto Rico. Based on the first novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film stars Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael...

MUMBAI: Sony Electronics’ Digital Cinema Solutions and Services (DCSS) group has entered into a non-exclusive digital cinema deployment agreement with Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. The companies...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures International (PPI) will offer digital cinema support directly to exhibitors in the international markets. The move is expected to accelerate the roll-out of digital and 3-D projection systems in theatres outside...

MUMBAI: Shazam, a mobile music discovery provider, has made available its application for BlackBerry smartphone users; allowing them to discover, purchase and share music anywhere they go. Shazam on BlackBerry smartphones is a featured...

MUMBAI: Sony Electronics’ Digital Cinema Solutions and Services Group is collaborating with Media Push Entertainment LLC to secure and develop music and entertainment content for digital cinema events in movie theaters, as well as...

MUMBAI: In line with its commitment to build the presence of its content in key international markets, Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has concluded a multi-year deal with pay TV broadcaster M-Net in South Africa. The agreement...

MUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories, Inc. and International Datacasting Corporation have signed a licensing agreement to incorporate Dolby’s 3D color correction solution into IDC’s 3D live decoder hardware for live 3D content delivery to movie theatres....

MUMBAI: Disney Interactive Studios will publish the G-Force video game, inspired by the upcoming feature film G-Force from Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. G-Force is scheduled to deploy to North American retail...

MUMBAI: Screen Actors Guild has appointed Damon Romine as director of communications with effect from 1 April, 2009. Romine comes to the Guild from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) where he...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Records ended 2007 with the number one US album market share among individual record labels for the year, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released last week. The label also claims the number...

Disney Media Networks & YouTube have inked an agreement, which includes the launch of multiple ad-supported channels featuring short-form content....

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and RelativityREAL, LLC have entered an international distribution deal for entertainment programming produced by Relativity. Under the part of the deal, both companies will co-distribute content outside the United...

MUMBAI: Digital cinema projection technology company Barco’s projectors will play a vital role in Dolby’s latest dual 3D digital cinema offering. The solution, consisting of a dual-stack Barco projector and Dolby’s dedicated 3D technology...

MUMBAI: Universal Republic Records has promoted Joel Klaiman to executive vice president of promotion & artist development. Universal Republic president and CEO Monte Lipman said, "Since joining Universal Republic, Joel has helped us successfully...

MUMBAI: In a move that will accelerate the conversion of cinemas in Asia to digital technology, GDC has reached a non-exclusive agreement with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International for digital cinema deployment across...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Records has appointed Todd Moscowitz as executive vice president. Moscowitz currently serves as WMG’s Independent Label Group (ILG) CEO, which includes the Asylum and East West labels. In his new role...

MUMBAI: French advertising company Mediavision has signed an agreement with SmartJog for the electronic distribution of cinema advertising pre-show content to movie theaters. The integration of the SmartJog technology within the Mediavision workflow automates...