Virgin Media has signed its first ever three-screen deal with Disney featuring kids' content to be made available across television, online and mobile....

MUMBAI: Principal photography for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2 began in New York City earlier this month.  The movie is produced by Edward R. Pressman and stars Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey...

MUMBAI: Rod Davis has been promoted to Vice President of Music Business Affairs for Sony Pictures Entertainment. He reports to Shelly Bunge, Executive Vice President of the Music Affairs Group for the studio. Davis...

MUMBAI:  Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Inc. chairman and CEO Dan Glickman participated in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) workshop entitled: “The Role of Content in the Broadband Ecosystem.” The workshop was part...

MUMBAI: The 2009 Video Music Awards was watched by over 26.9 million viewers on MTV, MTV2 and VH1on Sunday night. This is up +17% from the 23 million who tuned in to MTV/MTV2 last...

MUMBAI:  Vancouver Film Studios marked its first decade of operation with plans for expansion in sound stage capacity and production support services for British Columbia’s film industry. Home to more than 70 productions over...

MUMBAI: Ballantyne Strong, Inc. a provider of digital cinema projection equipment and services, cinema screens and other cinema products, announced that its Strong Westrex China subsidiary has been selected to provide and install 160...

MUMBAI: MBC Group has signed a long term free television output deal with Paramount Pictures Corporation. As part of the deal with Paramount, MBC will have exclusive rights to broadcast some of the studio’s...

MUMBAI: National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) has acquired the worldwide rights to the film Blue Man Group: Mind Blast for distribution to giant-screen, digital and IMAX 3-D and 2-D theaters. The 3-D live-action comedy, slated...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has launched Scribblenauts in stores across North America for the Nintendo DS and compatible with Nintendo DSi. Earning the E3 Game of Show honor from several top media, Scribblenauts...

MUMBAI: DEVO have signed a unique worldwide partnership with their original label home Warner Bros. Records that exhibits the band’s long-time commitment to innovation in all aspects of their career. In the ’80s, the...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has expanded its agreement with Warner Home Video to offer for the first time Blu-ray Disc titles with its revenue sharing program. The newly-inked deal significantly increases the amount of Blu-ray...

Shawn Levy will direct the adventure film Real Steel for Steven Spielberg and Anil Dhirubhai Ambani's DreamWorks Studios....

MUMBAI: The 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has attracted a record 212 film entries from 43 countries. A total of 126 feature films, 51 documentaries, 18 animated feature films and 17 children’s feature...

MUMBAI: The sequel of Sex and the City, which is being produced by New Line Cinema, has begun principle photography in New York City. Returning in their starring roles as the four friends are...

MUMBAI: The Weather Channel has teamed up with Sony Pictures Animation to promote Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which is scheduled to release in 2D and 3D on 18 September. The partnership will...

MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Vivendi Entertainment (VE) have entered into a home entertainment partnership that will make Vivendi Entertainment the exclusive distributor of The Weinstein Company library and grant VE the rights...

MUMBAI: Patrick Swayze, best known for films like Dirty Dancing and Ghost, passed away on 14 September. The actor had been battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. Born in 1952 in Houston, Texas,...

MUMBAI: Oscar-nominated and BAFTA winning producer and screenwriter James Schamus will give the keynote address at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival. Schamus will talk on 27 October on My Wife Is a...

MUMBAI: In a major victory for Veoh Networks and other online video sites, a federal judge in Los Angeles threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group. The court’s awarding of...

MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures will be releasing Spider-Man 4 worldwide on 5 May, 2011. The movie will also simultaneously release on Imax theatres with the film’s worldwide release. The fourth installment of the successful Spider-Man...

MUMBAI: In a move that significantly alters the landscape of the independent home entertainment industry, Vivendi Entertainment has acquired from Genius Products, the exclusive distribution rights to a collection of marquee brands including World...

MUMBAI: 3D Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights for Air Racers 3D: Forces of Flight, produced by Los Angeles-based Pretend Entertainment and Stereoscope. Through the eyes of first-time competitor and rookie pilot Steve Hinton...

MUMBAI: Capping off the first decade of the 21st century, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Daniel Radcliffe, and scores of other Hollywood A-listers are getting the red carpet treatment from Guinness World Records. Some of...

MUMBAI: Larry Gelbart, the award-winning comedy writer best known for developing the landmark television series M*A*S*H, co-writing the book for the Broadway musical smash A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum...

MUMBAI: DivX, Inc and Motorola have signed a licensing agreement to adopt DivX technology and certify a new series of Motorola IPTV set-top boxes. To be initially available in Europe, these set-tops will support...

MUMBAI: XpanD has been selected by the Venice Film Festival as the Official 3D Supplier to deliver their new line of X101 active glasses to be used during a series of 3D screenings. Among...

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Studios, in collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, is launching a new production label called Disney Double Dare You (DDY), to create new animated films for audiences of all...

MUMBAI: Super Auctions will be auctioning over 70,000 items from 20th Century Props, one of the largest memorabilia and prop houses in the world. The liquidation goes through 14 September, from 10 am to...

MUMBAI: Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks announced that John Chapple has resigned from its Board of Directors in order to focus on other responsibilities. "Given my other obligations, particularly my position as chairman of...

MUMBAI: Word Entertainment has launched a new online music-based program resource, Youth Music Vault, providing digital delivery of teaching curriculum and more to youth pastors and leaders across the globe. To unveil the launch,...

Sony Pictures Animation has signed a multi-year deal with Fred Seibert and his Frederator Studios to develop animated feature films....

MUMBAI: The tribute concert for Michael Jackson set to take place in Vienna on 26 September, 2009 has been rescheduled for London in June 2010. The event was organised by Jackson’s brother Jermaine but had...

MUMBAI: Today, following prompt action by frontline cinema staff that resulted in the 3 September arrest of a man illegally camcording the movie Orphan at the Festival Walk AMC Cinema, International Federation Against Copyright...

MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music has promoted Wendy Christiansen to senior vice president, Film/TV Music Creative. Effective immediately and based in Los Angeles, Christiansen reports to Warner/Chappell Music president and Warner/Chappell Music US chairman and CEO...

MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and China’s Guangzhou Jinyi Film & Television Group have signed an agreement to open four Imax theatres in China. The first three installations are scheduled to be completed during the second...

MUMBAI: DivX, Inc has signed a license agreement for next-generation DivX Plus HD technology with Panasonic Corporation. Panasonic plans to incorporate DivX Plus HD technology into its UniPhier semiconductor chips, enabling consumer electronics (CE)...

MUMBAI: Offering the best of full HD 1080p and streaming Internet video, Sony today introduced the BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray Disc player. Beside playing Blu-ray Discs and DVDs, the device instantly streams premium and free...