MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company will contribute Rmb 1 million to the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) to help rebuild schools devastated by a powerful earthquake in the western Chinese province of Qinghai.  ...

MUMBAI: Imax Corporation has inked an agreement with Blitz-Cinestar, to build a new stand-alone Imax theatre as part of the new Cinestar Arena Commercial 10-screen Theatre Multiplex in Zagreb, Croatia. The new digital Imax...

MUMBAI: Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group, has expanded its client services further through a new partnership with Royalty Review Council.   Under the arrangement, Royalty Review Council will become a...

MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and Triumf Media Group, have signed an agreement to install three additional Imax theatre systems in the city of Kiev and two other cities in the country.   The agreement doubles...

MUMBAI: Mobilefilmworks has released its beta streaming service to mobile phone users.   Mobilefilmworks is now available via the mobile web on all four major U.S. carriers and initially across 30 different handset devices,...

MUMBAI: Westfield London will host the world premiere of Iron Man 2 on Monday 26 April, 2010. Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment will bring this sequel to the 14-screen multiplex cinema – Vue at...

MUMBAI: Walt Disney Signature and Cappellini unveiled five limited edition chairs at the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy. This introduction follows the success of Walt Disney Signature’s dining installation in collaboration with Cappellini for...

MUMBAI: GamersGate partners with Robosoft Technologies to offer secure digital distribution of video games. GamersGate has selected Robosoft’s DRMConnect, a comprehensive Digital Rights Management solution, to protect and manage the licensing of its games...

International partnerships, co-productions including event mini-series and the format sector were the talking points in Cannes at MIPTV 2010....

Imax Corporation & French exhibitor Gaumont Pathe Movie Theatres have signed an agreement to install four new Imax digital theatre systems at premier locations....

MUMBAI: Lagardere Active and YouTube have signed an international strategic partnership.   This partnership for both Lagardère Active and YouTube aims to speed up the promotion and monetization of premium video content at an...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Television has tapped former International Creative Management (ICM) television talent agent Tom Burke to lead its casting department.   Burke will join Warner Bros Television as senior vice president-head of casting....

MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has lined up comedies on offer at MIPTV. Louie and The League, which are new to the market, will be available to international buyers, while Modern Family and...

MUMBAI: Hasbro Studios has tapped Finn Arnesen, who comes to the studio from managing European operations at Cartoon Network, to lead its international expansion.   In his newly created role as senior VP of...

The Board of Directors of Viacom Inc. has extended president and CEO Philippe Dauman's contract by five years through December 2016....

Universal Pictures president of marketing Eddie Egan has made some key changes in the studio's marketing department....

MUMBAI: GDC Technology has inked an exclusive server deal with Starplex Cinemas.   The agreement involves the deployment of 99 GDC servers and installation has been scheduled to commence in Q2 of this year....

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has appointed David Paiko as vice president of business development for its Home Entertainment Essentials (HEE) division.   Paiko is responsible for developing new and managing the existing relationships with Rentrak’s...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT), Tandem Communications, Peace Out Productions and Scott Free Television have partnered on a new four-hour event miniseries, based on Pompeii, the bestselling book by Robert Harris.   "Pompeii is...

Former Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Group president Mark Zoradi will join the board of directors of newly formed Rave Cinemas, LLC....

MUMBAI: Actress Kristin Scott Thomas will open the 63RD edition of the Festival on 12 May by inviting the president Tim Burton and his Jury on stage at the Palais des Festivals.   She...

MUMBAI: Fox Searchlight Pictures has appointed David Greenbaum as senior vice president of production.   He will report to Fox Searchlight Pictures president of production Claudia Lewis. Prior to this, Greenbaum was with Miramax...

MUMBAI: Underscoring the popularity of its catalog of general entertainment and lifestyle programming, Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) unveiled a host of licensing deals for its E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network, G4 and...

MUMBAI: Following the initial joint announcement to make the world’s first FIFA World Cup available in 3D, FIFA and Sony Corporation have unveiled insights into what the football fans around the globe can expect...

MUMBAI: The mobile devices and home business of Motorola, Inc has launched software enhancements for its DCX line of set-tops that represents a breakthrough in 3D video processing, providing consumers with an exceptional and...

MUMBAI: Nintendo of America Inc. and Netflix Inc have made available thousands of movies and TV episodes for Netflix members who own Nintendo’s Wii home console.   The movies and TV shows will be...

MUMBAI: RealD Inc, a global licensor of 3D technologies, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its...

MUMBAI: The fourth installment of the popular Resident Evil franchise, Sony Pictures’ Resident Evil: Afterlife, releasing 10 September 2010, will be the first movie after Avatar to use James Cameron & Vincent Pace’s patented...

Seagate & Paramount Digital Entertainment have inked an agreement to pre-load a selection of 500GB FreeAgent Go ultra-portable hard drives with Paramount movies....

Netflix, Inc has signed deals with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp and Universal Studios Home Entertainment for physical and streaming formats....

Mark Burnett and VIMBY have inked a new partnership to offer brands complete digital content solutions for reaching an increasingly in-demand local customer base....

MUMBAI: RightsLine has launched MGM’s licensing site to monetize film clips & images. The site, www.mgmmedialicensing.com, will allow registered users to browse titles, preview clips and images, and submit requests to MGM’s Media (clip+still)...

MUMBAI: Rave Motion Pictures, a Texas-based cinema chain, has signed an agreement with Cinedigm for Phase 2 digital cinema deployment program. Three hundred fifty-six Rave screens across 20 US states will participate in the...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced F.E.A.R. 3, a paranormal horror first person shooter unleashing intense combat, compelling narrative and co-op play that evolves the franchise. F.E.A.R. 3 is set to release on...

3D films have generated a whopping 33% of total US box office revenues since the release of Avatar on 18 December 2009....

MUMBAI: THQ Inc plans to bring M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender video game exclusively to the Wii system and Nintendo DS/Nintendo DSi systems in June 2010.   Inspired by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros Television has promoted Melinda Hage as executive vice president of current programming.   She will continue to report to Warner Bros Television president Peter Roth. Hage has been with Warner Bros...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed a multi-year output deal with Russian broadcaster TNT, which includes free TV rights to movies and television series.   The movies include Harry Potter and...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) and online social music gaming company Conduit Labs have inked a partnership that provides users of social games as Music Pets, Super Dance and Loudcrowd access to UMG’s library...

MUMBAI: National CineMedia has entered into a network affiliate agreement with Rave Cinemas, LLC for the presentation of cinema advertising and NCM Fathom entertainment and business events in theaters recently acquired from National Amusements....

Blockbuster Inc. has inked new agreements with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc....

Mobile TeleSystem and The Walt Disney Company signed a deal to deliver Disney's movies and television shows via the Internet in Russia....

The Producers Guild of America Board of Directors have approved the addition of Transmedia Producer to the Guild’s Producer Code of Credits (PCOC)....