MUMBAI: Altair, a global provider of technology and services empowering client innovation and decision-making, said Les’ Copaque Production Sdn. Bhd, a leading animation studio based in Malaysia, has used e-Render in the production of...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Animation and Mochi Media, in association with DC Comics, announced the winners of a developer casting call seeking submissions for a new Flash game to be created as a promotional brand...

MUMBAI: In April 2007, the U.S. case challenged the legality of several of the maze of Chinese laws and regulations that strictly control and restrict the ability of the U.S. film industry to bring...

MUMBAI: A team of 15 enforcement officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operative and Consumerism (MDTCC) assisted by two investigators from the Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT) representing the Motion Picture Association...

MUMBAI: Redbox Automated Retail has inked a multi-year distribution agreement with Lionsgate, thus making available Lionsgate titles at more than 15,000 redbox DVD rental locations nationwide. The announcement was made by Steve Beeks, President...

MUMBAI: A federal judge barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial. Major Hollywood studios like Walt Disney, Sony Corp....

MUMBAI: Image Entertainment, Inc. has signed an agreement with Avail-TVN to provide video-on-demand entertainment programming to cable, satellite and telecommunications companies across the United States and into hotels across Canada. "Avail-TVN has the largest...

MUMBAI: Reed MIDEM, in partnership with Endemol, announced that legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and his production partner Ellen Rakieten (The Oprah Winfrey Show), will be attending MIPCOM this October with their newly created comedy-reality...

The Cinema Exhibitors' Association will establish a digital funding group to negotiate financial support for small & medium-sized UK cinema ops to convert to D-cinema....

MUMBAI: Tom Cruise’s son Connor Cruise, has landed a role in a remake of 1984 action war drama Red Dawn. While the original helped to launch the Hollywood careers of Patrick Swayze and Charlie...

MUMBAI: Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt have come together after almost 16 years with Inglourious Basterds, a film about a group of soldiers on a mission to take down Nazi soldiers. A Nazi propaganda...

Shangri-La Pictures has signed a $100 million film fund deal to finance a slate of English language commercial films for global distribution over the next three years....

MUMBAI: In a move to expand a team of industry-leading technologists at Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio has hired industry-veteran Spencer Stephens as senior vice president of technical services. Stephens reports to Sony Pictures...

MUMBAI: Barco has completed the first major rollout in Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.’s Phase 2 with Texas-based Premiere Cinema Corp. Since 2007, Premiere has been working exclusively with Barco to provide digital cinema to...

MUMBAI: Facebook has agreed to acquire FriendFeed, the innovative service for sharing online for $50 million. As part of the agreement, all FriendFeed employees will join Facebook and FriendFeed’s four founders will hold senior...

MUMBAI: Raising the bar for fast, cost-effective and high-quality 3D game animation, Mixamo Inc. and Emergent Game Technologies announced that users of Gamebryo LightSpeed will now have a seamless integration of character animations when...

MUMBAI: Cinema chain Emagine Entertainment Inc. selected Christie CP2000-ZX digital cinema projectors to equip the chain’s new 10-screen theater in Woodhaven, Michigan. Voted the "Best in Michigan" by local cinema outlets, Emagine Theatres serve...

MUMBAI: Independent studio Lionsgate has reported first quarter revenues of $387.7 million, which is up 30 per cent as compared to $298.5 million in the previous year’s first quarter. This reflected growth in television...

In light of the increasing consumer demand for HD content, Toshiba, which was an endorser of HD DVD format, has now decided to enter the Blu-ray market....

MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures’ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has grossed a whopping $100.5 million at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend. In the US, the movie collected $56.2 million with the...

MUMBAI: CBS Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to sell four of its owned radio stations in Portland, Oregon, KINK-FM (Adult Album Alternative), KUPL-FM (Country), KUFO-FM (Active/Alternative Rock) and KCMD-AM (Talk), to Alpha Broadcasting for...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has formed a new international production unit that plans to establish operating production companies in major territories around the world with the mandate to create locally produced...

MUMBAI: The Trevor Project, the non-profit organization that operates the only around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, has received a major donation from actor Daniel...

MUMBAI: The Jim Henson Company and Lionsgate have entered into a multi-year home entertainment distribution agreement. Under the terms of the arrangement, Lionsgate obtains the North American distribution rights to over 350 hours of...

MUMBAI: Donovan will be named a BMI Icon at the US performing right organization’s annual London Awards, slated for 6 October at London’s Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane. The gala will recognize the UK and...

MUMBAI: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has inked a collaboration with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) by forming the APSA NETPAC Development Prize, a $5000 bursary to be awarded...

MUMBAI: Hollywood director John Hughes passed away in New York on 6 August. He was aged 59. Hughes reportedly died of a heart attack while taking a morning stroll in New York. He wrote...

MUMBAI: Even four decades later, Woodstock — the landmark music event featuring the greatest all-time rock ‘n’ roll performers — continues to resonate with America. This summer, Woodstock commemorative events abound, the media is...