DreamWorks Animation to release five films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing two picture a year release schedule....

MUMBAI: Members of the Australian film and television industry have launched the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF) to promote creativity and IP rights and raise awareness and understanding of the importance of copyright. IPAF...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has inked a long-term partnership with The Saul Zaentz Company and New Line Productions, Inc. for literary and film rights to develop and publish games based on The Lord...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment will be releasing the 3-D motion capture feature film The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn directed by Steven Spielberg on 23 December, 2011. The...

MUMBAI: From sold out shows to the big and small screens, the Jonas Brothers will take over the video game world as well this holiday. Disney Interactive Studios announced the development of Jonas for...

MUMBAI: EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. has unleashed six new titles on the Apple App Store including: Star Trek, American Idol, Trivial Pursuit, Lemonade Tycoon, Pandemonium! and Anytime Pool. Delivering genre...

MUMBAI: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco installed Dolby 3D Digital Cinema in its 160-seat auditorium four in time for Disney/Pixar’s Up opening on 29 May. "Sundance Kabuki Cinemas is a destination experience with...

MUMBAI: In conjunction with its authorized Digital Cinema resellers, Christie has developed customizable programs that provide marketing and sales support, technical advice and expertise, maintain spare parts inventory, and deliver a streamlined RMA process...

MUMBAI: NEC Corporation of America unveiled the new NEC NC2500S-A digital cinema projector. As Hollywood studios begin requiring a higher level of brightness for 3D movie releases, NEC is the only provider to offer...

MUMBAI: The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2009 will be held on 15 June at The Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore. The theme is Over the Horizon and the forum will be attended by worldwide...

Universal has formed Universal Partnerships & Licensing, a new division which joins the studio's retail focused Consumer Products Group & Universal Studios Partnerships....

MUMBAI: Disney Interactive Studios has announced the development of Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned, an epic, action role-playing game (RPG) from Propaganda Games, Disney’s video game development studio in Vancouver, British...

MUMBAI: Warner Music UK and MUZU have inked a partnership that will see Warner Music video content available on MUZU across UK and Ireland. Under the terms of the deal, MUZU users will be...

MUMBAI: THQ Inc’s. executive vice president publishing Scott Guthrie has resigned to pursue another opportunity, effective immediately. Guthrie had been responsible for overseeing North America sales and distribution, and marketing. "THQ has a deep...

MUMBAI: Sony Music has signed a partnership agreement with GlobalCollect and Materna GmbH to boost webshop functionalities on its label. The companies will create a unique retail offering on its labels’ artist websites across...

MUMBAI: Theatrical exhibition and entertainment company AMC Entertainment Inc. is proposing to issue $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019 in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements...

MUMBAI: A collector make a tidy profit after discovering a rare stamp portraying movie star Audrey Hepburn smoking – one of a series that should have been incinerated by the German government. In 2001,...

MUMBAI: Ending a 17 year legacy, Friday night veteran talk-show host and comedian Jay Leno will host his last The Tonight Show. Stepping into his shoes will be Brookline’s Conan O’Brien as the host...

Walt Disney Company will re-brand its Jetix channels in five Central and Eastern European countries to become Disney Channel....

MUMBAI: THQ Inc. has launched the videogame of Disney-Pixar film Up in retail outlets throughout North America for Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system,...

MUMBAI: Twitter, the social-networking and micro-blogging website, is planning a television series. The website has teamed up with Reveille Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop an unscripted series based on the site, which...

The Vacationeers, a four person comedic film group based in Los Angeles, have struck viral and comedy gold with Google....

MUMBAI: Doug Levy has been named vice president of operations for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, effective immediately. In this role, Levy is responsible for the coordination, support and execution of all in-house operational...

MUMBAI: Empire Leicester Square has become Europe’s first auditorium to utilize the new Dolby 3D Digital Cinema large screen solution. The Empire installed the Dolby 3D system in time for the United Kingdom premiere...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have signed on for four more years with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The deal will extend the 18 year relationship with Sony Pictures...

MUMBAI: The Dubai Film Market, an initiative launched under the umbrella of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), released the status of the numerous agreements that arose from its inaugural season at DIFF 2008....

MUMBAI: The entertainment database company The Ulmer Scale released its first major overview of star bankability in two years with its new edition of its Actors Hot List. The 2009/10 edition reveals "a big...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be launching the Watchmen: The End is Nigh videogame, based on the Watchmen film, in a retail Blu-Ray Hi-Def game and film hybrid, as well as additional retail...

MUMBAI: Overture Films and Paramount Vantage will be releasing Oscar-winner Michael Moore’s new documentary feature on 2 October, 2009. The as-yet-untitled film will explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and take...

MUMBAI: Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) chairman and CEO Dan Glickman joined lawmakers in calling for governments around the world to increase efforts to protect intellectual property (IP). Glickman, appearing at a...

MUMBAI: Napster has unveiled its latest music offering combining the freedom of MP3s with the discovery benefits of a high-quality streaming music service – all for one low price. For as little as $5...

MUMBAI: Digital cinema projection technology company Barco has signed a supply agreement with Kodak. Under the terms of the agreement, Barco could deliver up to 10,000 digital cinema projectors to support Kodak’s worldwide digital...

MUMBAI: Disney has for the first time ever, made available its domestic theme parks and resorts merchandise outside of the parks and online only at DisneyStore.com and/or DisneyParks.com/store. Formerly known as DisneyShopping.com, DisneyStore.com has...

MUMBAI: The 2009 MTV Movie Awards paid tribute to Ben Stiller with the MTV Generation Award for his contribution to Hollywood and for entertaining the MTV audience for years. From generation to generation, Ben...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has inked an agreement with MultiChoice that extends its general entertainment channel, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) across Africa. From May, SET will blanket Sub-Saharan Africa when it launches on...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has picked up domestic media rights for East Wing Holdings Corp. and SAJ’s Blood: The Last Vampire. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the feature film Blood: The...

MUMBAI: EMI Music’s Virgin label has agreed a worldwide partnership with deadmau5, the award-winning producer and electronic artist. This long-term joint venture agreement between Virgin and deadmau5 will see them working together on all...

MUMBAI: HCL Technologies Ltd. has entered into an outsourcing services engagement with MTV Networks (MTVN). The partnership will help MTVN brands in managing technology-led solutions in digital content creation, media asset management, community networking...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Records has completed a multi-year global partnership with Emblem Music Group. Founded by one of the industry’s most consistent hitmakers – Grammy Award winner and former Virgin Records America chairman and...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution has made available the division’s first digital comic book Terminator Salvation for the iPhone and iPod touch. Published by IDW, written by Dara Naraghi and art by Alan Robinson,...

MUMBAI: International Federation Against Copyright Theft-Greater China (IFACT-GC) executive director and general manager Sam Ho presented 120 DVDs to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region....

MUMBAI: Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. had another year of growth and expansion in its licensing division. In addition to Graceland and its related attractions in Memphis, EPE is involved in a worldwide licensing program,...

British films took over $4 billion in box-office takings worldwide in 2008; gave UK 15% of global market share, up from 12% in 2007.<br /> ...