London-based sales outfit WestEnd Films has secured exclusive international rights to several strong films by legendary director Woody Allen....

MUMBAI: Singapore will take centre stage as MIPTV 2010’s Country of Focus, with Singapore’s acting Minister for Communications, Information and the Arts (MICA) Lui Tuck Yew as the guest of honor. The Media Development...

Newzbin, a website that helps subscribers illegally download movies & other entertainment, has been held liable for copyright infringement....

MUMBAI: DisneyFamily.com and Desperate Housewives actress Teri Hatcher have joined hands for a new web project called GetHatched.com – A Chick’s Guide to Life.   Disney Family.com will produce the new site, which will...

MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music, has acquired the Groove Addicts Production Music Library and Carlin Recorded Music Library (CRML). Effective immediately, the acquisitions expand Warner/Chappell’s global production music business and double its existing library of high-quality...

MUMBAI: The Festival de Cannes has unveiled its poster before the announcement of the official selection on 15 April.   Continuing the series of heroines as representations of screen mysteries, initiated two years ago,...

MUMBAI: Singapore based exhibitor Shaw Theatres has signed an agreement to install a digital IMAX theatre system at its premier location in the heart of Singapore’s commercial retail and entertainment area, Orchard Road.  ...

MUMBAI: A wide coalition representing American movie, television and music industry and labor groups urged the Federal Government to bolster its efforts to protect intellectual property and protect the jobs and wages lost because...

MUMBAI: Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have partnered to launch a new entertainment company, Fake Empire.   Fake Empire will develop and produce television series through an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television, as...

MUMBAI: Anyplex has signed a content licensing deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT).   With this new partnership, Hong Kong consumers will be able to rent the latest and classic Hollywood blockbusters distributed by...

MUMBAI: Blockbuster Inc has inked a new agreement that continues to provide immediate availability of Warner Bros. titles, with Academy Award-winning The Blind Side available on 23 March, in Blockbuster stores and by-mail.  ...

MUMBAI: Middle East film financiers, investors and filmmakers are well placed to maximize new opportunities arising from a rapidly evolving film industry, participants at the inaugural FT Business of Film Summit were told by...

MUMBAI: AT&T has launched a new AT&T Music application that combines the most popular mobile music services – song and album downloads, streaming radio, song match, lyric search and an enhanced music player –...

MUMBAI: Simon Cowell will receive the 2010 International Emmy Founders Award. International Academy president and CEO Bruce L. Paisner said that Cowell will accept the Award at the 38th International Emmy Awards Gala, on...

MUMBAI: The Hong Kong(HK) film and television industry contributed HK$33 billion to the local economy and created more than 32,000 jobs in 2008, according to a report commissioned by the International Federation Against Copyright...

MUMBAI: Technicolor Asia has appointed Jeffrey Chow as sales manager to tackle the complexities of the market.   Having worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and Mainland China, Chow understands the uniqueness of...

MUMBAI: Robin Hood, directed by British director Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, will be screened at the Opening of the 63rd Festival de Cannes on 12 May. The film will be...

UK films took a 7% ($2 billion) share of the global box office in 2009, in a year when global box office receipts increased by 8% year on year (to $29.9 billion)...

MUMBAI: RAI Cinema, has acquired one hundred critically acclaimed films to air across their channels. The RAI Cinema deal includes a large portfolio of restored and re-mastered high definition films, including Henry V; starring...

MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will be offering 27 additional MGM titles, including never-before-released award-winning classic films, made-for-TV movies and television shows via CreateSpace’s DVD on Demand service.   Fans can pre-order classic...

MUMBAI: Crackle has extended its feature film lineup on FLO TV’s direct-to-consumer offerings, including the FLO TV Personal Television and FLO TV Auto Entertainment service.   The dedicated channel features blockbuster motion pictures including...

MUMBAI: International Film Finance Associates unveiled its initial slate of motion pictures for 2010.   International Film Finance Associates is currently meeting with private financiers, investment bankers and funds in Europe and Russia to...

MUMBAI: Sony Electronics has entered into purchase agreements with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), under which Sony Digital Cinema 4K projection systems will be deployed to both AMC Entertainment Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group...

MUMBAI: The UK Film Council will allocate further funding to support digital innovation in distribution, following a positive response to a trial that has helped rights holders harness the internet to transform the way...

Twentieth Century Fox and SmartJog have signed a non-exclusive agreement for satellite distribution of digital cinema content to theatres in Europe....

MUMBAI: Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, has crossed the $500 million mark globally. The film, which began its worldwide rollout on Christmas day, earned $207.9 million in the...

MUMBAI: Mother, the South Korean thriller by Bong Joon-ho was awarded Best Film at the 4th Asian Film Awards (AFA), held on 22 March, 2010 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This...

MUMBAI: Television and film star William Shatner will be presenting Weird or What?, the all-new TV series that explores the world’s strangest and most fascinating mysteries, at MIPTV. “Our show is weird, wonderful and...

MUMBAI: Beverly Hills 90201 star Jason Priestley will host The International Digital Emmy Awards on 12 April at MIPTV in Cannes. Priestley will be joined on-stage by a cast of international celebrity presenters including...

MUMBAI: Image Entertainment has inked a licensing deal with Handmade Films, wherein it has acquired over 30 titles.   The titles includes films like Time Bandits, The Long Good Friday, the Oscar-nominated Mona Lisa,...

MUMBAI: Universal Pictures and DonQ Rum have entered into a corporate alliance.   As the Official Rum of Universal Pictures, the partnership also provides for DonQ’s brands to be integrated into Universal Pictures premieres...

MUMBAI: Technicolor 3D will launch in North America on more than 150 screens with the release of Warner Bros. Clash of the Titans on 2 April.   Technicolor 3D is a new 3D system...

MUMBAI: RealD honored Avatar filmmakers James Cameron and Jon Landau with the RealD Innovation in 3D Award, recognizing their contribution to 3D cinema with the 2009 release of Avatar.   The award was presented...

MUMBAI: Dan Glickman delivered his final major US address as chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.   Glickman said, “I got my Hollywood ending,...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) has lent its support to the National Broadband Plan, released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a comprehensive strategy for dramatically improving the nation’s...

MUMBAI: Barco has signed a major contract for the deployment of 100 digital cinema system for Zhejiang Time Cinema, China’s seventh largest cinema chain.   Zhejiang Time Cinema World Co., Ltd is a subsidiary...

MUMBAI: On Demand Group and The Walt Disney Company UK have agreed a deal to provide subscribers with on-demand access to entire episodes of hit television shows via 3 UK’s mobile TV subscription video-on-demand...

MUMBAI: Major Hollywood studios and cable companies have joined forces for a push to expand consumer awareness of  Movies On Demand.   The $30 million TV, print and online campaign is themed, The Video...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) has re-launched an enhanced film ratings website – www.filmratings.com – the official website of the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA).   "The sole purpose of...