MUMBAI: The late King of Pop Michael Jackson was planning to share the stage with his eldest son Prince during O2 concerts in London. Jackson wanted his kids to see him perform and was...

Warner Bros is all set to release Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince with 350 prints and 450 screens in India....

MUMBAI: Hugh Jackman will star and co-produce a new comedy film Avon Man, which has been acquired by 20th Century Fox. Jackman will co-produce with Seed Productions partner John Palermo and Krasnoff Foster Entertainment’s...

MUMBAI: Comcast will be showcasing exclusive Bollywood premieres and music programs from Bollywood Hits On Demand. Throughout July and August, Comcast Cable customers will have 24/7 access to new releases and modern classics with...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Records has established a joint venture with multi-platinum songwriter and producer J.R. Rotem and his record label Beluga Heights. "I’m very excited about our new partnership with Warner Bros. Records. Both...

MUMBAI: MySpace and Fox International Channels (FIC) have inked a multi-territory partnership under which FIC will manage local advertising, marketing, and promotion across a number of territories. MySpace advertising and local sites in Brazil,...

MUMBAI: Hilary Hoffman has been named to the newly-expanded position of executive vice president, marketing and Lea Porteneuve has advanced to senior vice president, communications & publicity for Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE). In...

MUMBAI: EMI Music CEO Elio Leoni-Sceti believes that consumer-focus and innovation are the keys for creative industries to unlock successful new business models in the wake of digital. "Britain’s creative businesses are world leaders...

MUMBAI: Home Box Office, Inc. and Comcast Corporation have signed a partnership that will offer television and movie content from HBO and Cinemax online for the first time as an added value to Comcast’s...

MUMBAI: Blockbuster Inc. and Samsung Electronics America, are joining forces to enable consumers to access Blockbuster’s library of digital entertainment via select new Samsung HDTVs, home theater systems and Blu-ray players. The new services...

MUMBAI: The late singer Michael Jackson’s mother is in negotiations with his former wife Debbie Rowe, who is also the mother of his two older children, to settle a custody battle. Jackson had named...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Danny Huston, who played the role of William Stryker in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has bagged a role in Ridley Scott’s new movie, based on the Robin Hood story. The actor is...

MUMBAI: Internet and retail based provider of digital conversion services for videotapes, film, photos, documents, music Arkiva, Inc has purchased all the assets and customer base of APM Studios, which was founded in 2003....

MUMBAI: Universal Pictures’ Bruno stood number one at the US and Canada box office in its opening weekend. The movie, which is directed by Sacha Baron Cohen, had box office collections of $30.4 million....

MUMBAI: Vivendi Entertainment Canada (VEC) has entered into an exclusive agreement with Marvel Animation, a division of Marvel Entertainment, to acquire the Canadian home video rights for Marvel Animation’s next slate of animated TV...

MUMBAI: Marvel Entertainment, Inc. has inked a licensing agreement with Hallmark Cards, Inc. covering the social expressions category with products such as greeting cards and party goods. The strategic arrangement with Hallmark furthers Marvel’s...

MUMBAI: ZapMyTV, a family- friendly web portal that broadcasts live cable programming via the Internet across multiple social networking platforms and offers theatrical motion picture content on a video-on-demand and subscription video-on-demand basis, today...

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. have reunited to create the characters from the legendary G.I. Joe VS. Cobra saga. Hitting US theaters on 7 August, 2009, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, from...

MUMBAI: Four new key appointments have been made to bolster Universal Music South East Asia’s Digital and Business Development operations, as part of the company’s progressive growth strategy across a 10-country region. With immediate...

MUMBAI: International superstar Shakira has relesased the first single, She-Wolf, from her forthcoming album today (13 July, 2009) on CD and digitally worldwide. Shakira wrote and produced She-Wolf with John Hill (Santogold) and penned...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate is re-teaming with filmmaker Paul Haggis for his latest feature, the thriller The Next Three Days, an adaptation of the French film Pour Elle. Lionsgate has acquired remake rights from Wild Bunch...

MUMBAI: The late pop icon Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch will be bought by French fashion tycoon Christian Audigier. The US based designer, plans to create a Jacko-themed complex similar to Elvis Presley’s Graceland and...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has joined hands with business partner Kristi Kaylor to start her own production house called Unforgettable Productions.Lohan and Kaylor are planning to create television and movie projects, which may...

MUMBAI: George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures are in final negotiations to sign an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Picture Entertainment and...

MUMBAI: Manila pirated movie retailers and the organized crime syndicates behind them are reeling from a series of lightning raids unleashed by Manila authorities recently.Officers from the Optical Media Board (OMB) supported by 80...

MUMBAI: RealD, an outfitter of 3D theatres, announced RealD LIVE, a new product that works with the company’s Cinema Systems enabling RealD equipped theatres to display live event broadcasts from anywhere in the world...

MUMBAI: Shazam has released an updated version of its music discovery application on the App Store. The new version utilizes the iPhone OS 3.0 enhancements to offer iPhone and iPod touch Shazamers expanded features,...

MUMBAI: Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) CTO Jim Williams recommended terrestrial broadcasters tap low-cost content protection choices at the ITU-AIBD workshop on digital terrestrial television broadcasting. Broadcasters at the workshop were engaged by...

MUMBAI: Nearly 500 showtimes of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (opening next Tuesday night at midnight) are sold out across the country on Fandango. The sixth Harry Potter movie currently represents: – Fandango’s...

MUMBAI: Netflix, Demand Media, and ON Networks are the latest content providers to join Sony’s Bravia Internet Video platform. In the fall of 2009, Netflix members will be able to instantly watch more than...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD) has entered into a strategic alliance with digital music distribution company TuneCore. As part of this agreement, TuneCore will provide and host distribution portals for UMG’s labels as...

MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced a new direction in the battle against pay-TV piracy in the Philippines. A breakthrough settlement by Turtle Cable, an infringing cable operator in...

MUMBAI: Gemalto has signed a partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) to jointly promote the Smart Video Card as a new music distribution channel. Smart Video Card is a Gemalto innovation that embeds a...

MUMBAI: IC Places, Inc. has partnered with CinemaSource to offer showtime information and movie tickets for all of its US City Websites. Under the agreement CinemaSource will supply IC Places with complete theater and...

MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation and National Amusements, the United States ‘ fifth largest theatre operator, announced IMAX’s sale of the Feinstein IMAX Theatre in Providence , Rhode Island to National Amusements. The IMAX theatre had...

MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox International has become the first distributor to reach the $1 billion mark in box office receipts this year. A series of consecutive theatrical successes, including three blockbuster titles, each of...

MUMBAI: International autograph auctioneers Alexander Autographs Inc. of Stamford, Ct. will offer in their August rock and entertainment auction a telling set of lyrics handwritten by Michael Jackson indicating that the late singer may...

MUMBAI: Capitalism: A Love Story is the newly unveiled title of Oscar-winner Michael Moore’s latest documentary feature. Overture Films will release the film on 2 October, 2009, and Paramount Vantage will handle international distribution....

MUMBAI: Thousands of fans turned out to Cinedigm Digital Cinema theatres around the US to view the Michael Jackson Memorial Service via live feed direct from the Staples Center on 7 July. A total...

MUMBAI: EpicTilt has launched TapStar on the Apple App Store. TapStar is a rhythm game for the iPhone and iPod Touch that features music from an exclusive label-wide partnership with Sony Music Entertainment. The...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate will name Dr. Mark H. Rachesky to its slate of Board of Directors nominees to be voted on at the Company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting later this year. Dr. Rachesky is co-founder and...

MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have tapped Raja Gosnell to direct Smurfs, the live-action/animated film based on the legendary blue characters created by Peyo. The announcement was made by Columbia Pictures presidents...

After only 14-days in release, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen became the second fastest film in movie history to earn $300 million in US ticket sales....