MUMBAI: Hilary Duff has signed a world rights deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers to publish her first-ever young adult fiction series. The first novel in the multiple-book series, entitled Elixir,...

MUMBAI: Auditude has inked a video advertising agreement with Dailymotion.com. Under the new deal, Auditude will work with Dailymotion’s catalog of more than 12 million videos. Dailymotion attracts 66 million unique monthly visitors and...

MUMBAI: Korn/Ferry International, announced its list of the most Influential South Asian (SA) Women Executives in the Media and Entertainment Industry.    The list was created to honor women executives of South Asian background...

Samsung Electronics has launched its full HD 3D LED TV; expands its alliance with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. to feature Shrek film series in 3D....

MUMBAI: Getfugu, Inc has signed an agreement with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) to develop and test custom ARL (Augmented Reality Links) and VRL (Voice Recognition Links) to promote five titles using Getfugu’s mobile...

MUMBAI: David Chase, the creator and producer The Sopranos, will make his feature film directing debut for Paramount Vantage with a coming of age story set in suburbia in the 60s. Chase, who wrote...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment Digital Authoring Center (DAC) has been enhanced to offer Blu-ray 3D disc authoring services. The center, located on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City, provides high-quality compression and authoring...

MUMBAI: Bideo.com is hosting an online auction for a never before published amateur video of Marilyn Monroe on the set of the film Some Like It Hot. The listing marks the 50-year anniversary of...

MUMBAI: Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation, has plans to install 10 RealD 3D systems in new theatre locations throughout the Midwest. The company also plans to install nine RealD 3D systems...

MUMBAI: News Corporation Digital Media Group chief digital officer and chairman and CEO Jonathan Miller will deliver the MIP Digital Keynote at MIPTV 2010 on 13 April. This address will underscore MIPTV’s 2010 theme...

MUMBAI: Dailymotion and Warner Music Group have inked a new partnership to offer music videos via Dailymotion’s website in the US, Europe and North Africa. Visitors will be given unlimited, on-demand, ad-supported access to...

MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music has expanded its worldwide agreement with GRAMMY Award-winning performer and songwriter Don Henley, a founding member of the Eagles.   As part of the agreement, Warner/Chappell will now administer worldwide publishing...

MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced the appointment of the Singapore-based international media consulting company P1 to lead the Association’s advertising initiative, the Asia TV Advertising Coalition (ATAC), effective...

Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland 3D directed by Tim Burton, which released on 5 March, took in $210.3 million worldwide in box office receipts....

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker stumped James Cameron's sci-fi adventure Avatar to take home the Oscars for the Best Picture....

MUMBAI: Universal Studios Singapore has concluded its sneak peek week and continues its opening process with team members, invited guests and charitable organizations building up to start welcoming the public in March.   The...

MUMBAI: Meyer Sound has installed its first sound cinema experience system in two US-based commercial theatres, located in Gulf Breeze and Pace, Fla. Both systems, at The Breeze and The Ridge Cinemas, will be...

MUMBAI: Academy Award nominees and presenters will be greeted on Oscar’s red carpet on 7 March, by film historian and television host Robert Osborne.   "Being on Oscar’s red carpet is unlike any other...

MUMBAI: Big Star Media Group, Inc has executed a binding letter of intent with Gary and Carol Vincent of Vincent Productions to secure ongoing media content including the transfer of media assets and intellectual...

MUMBAI: Elisabeth Murdoch and Joanna Shields will deliver a joint MIP Digital Keynote at MIPTV 2010.   On 13 April, the pair will provide further details of their recently-announced partnership that is aimed at...

MUMBAI: Technicolor has reached an agreement with Bow Tie Cinemas to install Technicolor 3D in all Bow Tie locations on 25 of its 150 screens.   Technicolor 3D is a new 3D system for...

MUMBAI: Sonic Equipment Company has inked an arrangement with Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp through which exhibitors signing on to Cinedigm’s Phase 2 digital cinema deployment plan may use Sonic for sales, service and installation....

MUMBAI: Acting on a tip-off, 11 enforcement officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Co-operatives and Consumerism (MDTCC), with support from Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA)...

Hollywood movie studios & DVD Copy Control Association have successfully concluded their litigation against RealNetworks concerning its DVD-copying product, RealDVD....

MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said that, should The Hurt Locker be announced as the recipient of the Best Picture award at Sunday’s ceremonies, only three of the film’s...

MUMBAI: Apple has filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade...

MUMBAI: LEGO Systems and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (WBHEG) have inked a worldwide license agreement for TT Games Publishing to continue developing the LEGO videogames across multiple platforms. Operating as part of Warner...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced Galactic Taz Ball, a new videogame for the Nintendo DS starring Taz, the frenetically fantastic Looney Tunes. The game will be available in Europe and Australia May 2010...

Digital cinema has steadily been gaining momentum globally. At present there are 16,405 digital cinema screens globally, which is an increase of 86.4% on 2008....

MUMBAI: MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro and Aber Whitcomb have partnered with Austin Ventures, to acquire MindJolt. Building on MindJolt’s expansive online footprint, the new team will extend the platform by focusing on...

MUMBAI: Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has acquired Media Molecule, creator of the PlayStation3 (PS3) title, LittleBigPlanet. Media Molecule will join as part of SCE’s global development operation, SCE Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS). In a...

MUMBAI: GDC Technology has introduced the new S2 Upgrade for all SA-2100 Digital Cinema Servers, the first digital cinema servers to be commercially deployed with the new generation of Series 2 DLP Cinema projector....

MUMBAI: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has acquired television rights to the box office hit Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire from Lionsgate. OWN CEO Christina Norman and Lionsgate Television president of...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Keith Harris, Grammy and Juno-winning writer/producer. The publishing deal encompasses Keith’s entire catalogue, including the Black Eyed Peas "Imma Be" which...

MUMBAI: XpanD has inked a partnership with Philips to provide consumers with co-branded iterations of its award-winning, patented pi-cell active 3D glasses with Philips’ 3D television sets. In doing so, XpanD and Philips will...