MUMBAI: PyraMovies co-production Son of Babylon, directed by Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji, will have its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival to be held in Utah from 21 – 31 January, 2010. Son...

MUMBAI: GDC Technology has signed up a number of new customers for 3D deployment using RealD’s industry-leading 3D platform. This announcement comes on the heels of an agreement signed between GDC and RealD in...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Worldwide chairman and CEO Doug Morris will be honored at the 2010 Grammy Salute To Industry Icons on Saturday, 30 January, 2010, the evening before the 52nd annual Grammy Awards....

MUMBAI: Stevie Wonder has been nominated for the Grammy Awards in the Best Pop Male Vocal Performance category for his song All About The Love Again.   With a total of 22 Awards, Wonder...

MUMBAI: Television director Louis J. Horvitz has been chosen to direct the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Horvitz joins executive producers Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette to helm the production of Music’s Biggest Night, which...

MUMBAI: GDC Technology has closed a deal with UA Cinemas to supply DCI-compliant digital cinema equipment under the VPF scheme. GDC has VPF agreements with Hollywood Studios. Under these VPF agreements, the participating studios...

Warner Bros. has inked digital cinema deployment agreements with several cinema circuits to advance the conversion to digital cinema throughout Asia....

Chinese couple, who owned & operated an illegal website selling pirated movies were sentenced by Beijing Tongzhou People's Court to 14 months in prison....

MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music has strengthened its Urban A&R team with the appointments of Juan Madrid as vice president urban A&R, and Ryan Press as senior director urban A&R. Effective immediately, Madrid will be based...

MUMBAI: Hasbro and Sesame Workshop have inked a 10-year global strategic alliance that will give Hasbro the rights to manufacture and market a wide-range of toys and co-branded games based on the characters of...

MUMBAI: VEVO, has signed an agreement with EMI Music in which EMI Music will join Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in providing music fans with professionally-created video content when the service debuts...

MUMBAI: LG Mobile Phones in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment, has created a multi-media marketing campaign for James Cameron’s Avatar. The marketing execution includes a TV spot that features the Avatar...

MUMBAI: Doremi Cinema has inked a partnership with Time Antaeus Media Group in China for its digital cinema deployment in mainland China. The 1000 screen commitment commenced late last year and is anticipated to...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is planning to launch a national anti-camcording campaign in partnership with the China Film Copyright Association (CFCA) and the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association (CFDEA).   The...

MUMBAI: Barco and GDC Technology announced that GDC’s Integrated media  block (IMB) can be integrated into Barco’s cinema projectors. Barco and GDC showcase this industry leading technology on the show floor at CineAsia, running...

MUMBAI: Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.   The album, which was released by...

UK Film Council backed films to screen in Sundance   MUMBAI: Two films backed with Lottery funding through the UK Film Council will screen at the Sundance Film Festival from 21-31 January, 2010.  ...

MUMBAI:  THQ Inc has selected Montreal, Quebec, as the location for a new video game development studio. The agreement with the government of Quebec will allow THQ to create in excess of 400 sustainable...

MUMBAI: Pop singer Beyonce leads the pack of Grammy nominees this year with ten nominations.   It is also the first time she has been nominated in the Album of The Year category.  ...

MUMBAI:  Leonardo DiCaprio will make his animated feature film debut with DreamWorks Animation’s The Guardians, as Jack Frost. The Guardians is a collection of storybook subjects who are also a band of superheroes, who possess...

Sony Pictures Releasing International will pass $2 billion at the box office this weekend, powering Sony Pictures to its best-ever box office year worldwide....

Comcast & GE sign agreement to form JV that will be 51% owned by Comcast, 49% owned by GE and managed by Comcast....

MUMBAI: THQ Inc. and DreamWorks Animation have entered into multi-year, multi-property licensing agreements granting THQ the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and publish video games based on DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated feature films, Kung...

MUMBAI:  Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) have introduced flipper discs which is a dual-format disc containing both Blu-ray and DVD versions of some of Hollywood’s most iconic films.   The new flipper discs will...

MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox and VH1’s VH1 Save the Music Foundation have come together for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, which opens in theaters on 23 December. The VH1 Save The Music Foundation,...

MUMBAI: Atlantic Records UK  has appointed Mark Terry as general manager. Reporting to Atlantic Records UK chairman Max Lousada, Terry will oversee some of the key functions within the label, including marketing, digital, press...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group International (UMGI) has appointed Andrew Kronfeld as executive vice president International Marketing. The appointment was announced on 23 November by UMGI executive vice president Max Hole, to whom he will...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD) promoted Ron Spaulding to president of Fontana, UMGD’s independent distribution arm. The announcement was made by UMGD president and chief executive officer Jim Urie, to whom Spaulding reports....

The UK Film Council has associated with film partnership specialists Film Tree, to develop advertiser-funded film production in the UK....

MUMBAI: Greg Silverman has been named Warner Bros. Pictures executive vice president Creative Development and Production.    In his new position, effective 1 January, 2010, Silverman will report to Warner Bros. Pictures group president Jeff...

MUMBAI: Disney’s A Christmas Carol, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, crossed the $20 million mark at IMAX theatres during Thanksgiving weekend. The IMAX release grossed $3.3 million from 182 IMAX theatres...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing This Is It on DVD and Blu Ray soon. The film about the late pop singer Michael Jackson will be out on DVD by 26 January,...

MUMBAI: RealD and Apollo Cinemas have entered into a multi-year partnership to equip all 13 Apollo Cinemas locations with RealD 3D technology. The agreement accounts for up to 40 RealD 3D installations, which are...