MUMBAI: Hasbro, Inc. announced the appointment of two senior executives at the company’s newly formed Hasbro Studios, which is based in Los Angeles. Entertainment industry executives, Lisa Licht and Linda Steiner will be stepping...

MUMBAI: Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are now before the cameras on the action comedy KNIGHT & DAY. The Twentieth Century Fox / New Regency co-production began principal photography under the working title Untitled...

MUMBAI: Al Martino, a crooner who played Johnny Fontane in the 1970s Godfather movies, died Tuesday at his childhood home in Springfield, Pa. He was 82. He was born Alfred Cini on 7 October,...

MUMBAI: The Hollywood Film Festival’s Hollywood Awards has set aside honors for Julianne Moore, Bradley Cooper and Ryan Kavanaugh. The 13th annual fest, which holds its awards ceremony 26 October, also will hand out...

MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation has inked deals with and ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe’s largest exhibitor, and will be installing an IMAX theatre in the exhibitor’s multiplex in Cardiff, Wales. The deal was signed...

MUMBAI: While 3D technology has been around in various stages of evolution for close to 100 years, advances in 3D computing will be one of the driving technologies impacting a variety of industries in...

MUMBAI: Warner Music Group Corp. and Outrigger Media have formed a strategic partnership whereby Outrigger, working with marketing executives at WMG’s labels, will identify and secure advertising and brand sponsorships for artists on a...

MUMBAI: EMI Music’s Label Services division and Century Media Records have expanded their relationship around the world. EMI will assume physical and digital distribution of Century Media’s roster of artists in Australia and New...

MUMBAI: 7digital, the digital media delivery company and home of the MP3, has launched in the United States. The arrival of 7digital provides US consumers with access to millions of DRM-free songs in the...

MUMBAI: Australia’s subscription television operator Foxtel has appointed ITV Studios Global Entertainment as its international distribution partner on several key titles. The deal grants ITV Studios all media rights (excluding Australia) to distribute Foxtel’s...

MUMBAI: Universal Networks International, the global channels division of NBC Universal has joined hands with E1 Entertainment to co-finance Haven, a 13×1 hour suspenseful television series based on Stephen King’s novella The Colorado Kid....

MUMBAI: Actors and brother and sister duo Jaden and Willow Smith are joining Hasbro, Inc.’s Project Zambi as the program’s Youth Ambassadors to help raise awareness for the estimated 15 million children who have...

Rupert Murdoch urges Chinese government to take advantage of country's creative potential by opening door to media competition....

MUMBAI:  Filmmaker and humanitarian Steven Spielberg was presented with the National Constitution Center’s 2009 Liberty Medal for his artistic and personal commitment to the preservation of human rights. Spielberg accepted the Medal in a...

MUMBAI: Barco will provide a digital projector for University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts (SCA)  screening room. To mark their 80th anniversary, SCA opened a new campus —that includes classrooms, sound mixing...

MUMBAI: Cinépolis is the official host and co-organizer of the 7th International Morelia Film Festival (FICM), currently being held in Morelia, Mexico until 11October, 2009. Founded in 2003, the film festival was introduced to...

MUMBAI:  Warner Music Group Corp. has named music producer, Rob Cavallo, as chief creative officer. Cavallo will provide WMG with his services as a producer and an A&R executive. Cavallo has produced or had...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) announced a slate of new mobile games to be released in the coming year. The portfolio of games includes titles scheduled for worldwide release through September 2010. “SPHE’s...

MUMBAI: Brian Wilson has signed with Walt Disney Records. In the months ahead, Wilson will record two new solo albums for the label’s Disney Pearl imprint, including one featuring covers of classic songs by...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has unveiled its slate of new mobile games to be released in the coming year. The portfolio of games includes titles scheduled for worldwide release through September 2010....

MUMBAI: Game Party 3, a social party game published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, launched for the Wii system in North America. Game Party 3 is a new offering of the Game Party series,...

MUMBAI: Madonna’s solo tour – Sticky & Sweet will be premiered on the multiplatform entertainment service EPIX. TV and online audiences will be able to see Sticky & Sweet for the very first time...

MUMBAI: YMAGIS, a player in the digital cinema deployment in Europe, has reached a non-exclusive agreement with Sony Pictures Releasing International for digital cinema deployment in several countries in continental Europe. With the addition...

MUMBAI: D-BOX Technologies Inc has established compatibility with the Digital Cinema servers manufactured by GDC Technology (GDC). This provides D-BOX an opportunity to further expand its business together with GDC, whose software-based digital cinema...

MUMBAI: Earache Records and EMI Music are very pleased to announce the completion of a distribution deal that will see EMI Label Services handle Earache’s releases in Finland, Norway, Denmark and Greece. This is...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate and Harpo Films have partnered to develop the film, Will You Be My Black Friend? starring Chris Rock. The project is based on a magazine article of the same name written by...

MUMBAI: Mariah Carey will be the first ever artist, whose performance "Mariah Carey Live In Las Vegas" will become the first concert to be simulcast to mobile (internet enabled phones) and other digital devices...

MUMBAI: The global Direct-To-Home (DTH) service is poised for growth and the subscribers are likely to cross the 200 million mark by 2018. According to NSR’s new report, "Global Direct-to-Home (DTH) Markets, 2nd Edition,"...

MUMBAI: ITV Studios and Mattel have inked a deal for ITV Studios to develop several of Mattel’s family entertainment board-game brands into international TV formats and multi-platform properties. In addition, ITV Studios Global Entertainment...

MUMBAI: US Internet advertising revenues stood at $10.9 billion for the first half of 2009, which was down 5.3 per cent from the same period in 2008 as per the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)...

MUMBAI: Marcus Theatres plans to install six new RealD 3D systems at Marcus Theatres locations in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The company plans to install the six additional 3D systems in time for...

Dedicated to bridging the gap between advertising, content creation & distribution, Publicis Entertainment will create branded entertainment solutions for platforms....

After the departure of Dick Cook, Disney Channels Worldwide president Rich Ross has been named as the new chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. ...