MUMBAI: National Geographic Channels (NGC) India, has appointed Ramon Chibb as senior vice president (SVP) – content. Starting 15 June, 2010, Chibb will be in charge of all conceptualization, content creation and programming at...

MUMBAI: Reliance BIG Home Video, has released Sherlock Holmes on DVD, VCD and Blu-ray. Sherlock Holmes is available on Blu-ray, in English for Rs 299, DVD in English (2-Disc Special Edition) for Rs 599,...

The Venice International Film Festival will felicitate director Mani Ratnam, with the Jaeger-LeCoultre - Glory to the Filmmaker Award 2010....

MUMBAI: Sahara IPL Awards 2010 will be showcased on Colors, on Sunday, May 23 at 8.00 pm.    The award ceremony which was held just after the IPL season this year, had luminaries from...

Rakesh Roshan produced Kites will release on 21 May, as scheduled. A stay on its release, granted by the Munsif's Court in Bihar, was vacated by the district court on 13 May....

Studio 18's Priti Shahani to join Reliance BIG Pictures as head of strategy & marketing; Inox's Uptal Acharya joins as head of distribution....

MUMBAI: PlaySpan, in partnership with Virtual Greats (VG), has introduced officially licensed Snoop Dogg digital items for sale in IMVU. Snoop Dogg is a Grammy Award-nominated rapper, record producer and actor and most recently...

In a bid to strengthen its foothold in the Indian Blu-ray market, Sony India has launched a new range of players and DVDs, which have been economically priced....

MUMBAI: Sound designer, Resul Pookutty, announced his autobiography last evening at Leela Kempinski, released by Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan. The first copy of the book was handed over to music maestro, A R Rehman...

MUMBAI: Fashion photographer Atul Kasbekar, has been roped in as the face of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s (M&M) new TVC for Xylo.   The 40 second TVC which is shot in Goa, showcases the...

Percept Picture Company (PPC) associate vice president (AVP) - feature films Shenazz Nadirshah has resigned from the company....

Hrithik Roshan has waited patiently for over two years for this Kites to release. The film has been shot in Hindi and in English....

MUMBAI: Nick, makes its foray into the south market. Nick’s most popular Nicktoons Dora the Explorer, Ninja Hattori and Perman will now be available in Tamil in Tamil Nadu and Telegu in Andhra Pradesh....

MUMBAI: Two Pritish Nandy Communication’s (PNC) films, Ek Tho Chance and Saluun have won top honors at the 43rd Worldfest Houston.   Saluun won the Silver REMI award and Ek Tho Chance won the...

MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms and Aircel Ltd launch interactive detective audio series- Kriminal Kaun. This interactive, detective series, is introduced by New Media – the digital entity of Balaji telefilms Ltd.   Kriminal Kaun is...

MUMBAI: After the success of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) in Macau, Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani will once again don their roles to play hosts for the IIFA Awards, 2010. Both,...

In two raids conducted in Mumbai’s Kandivali & Malad suburbs, the SS branch of the Mumbai police along with AA Khan & Associates seized close to 15,000 pirated discs....

MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has constituted a committee headed by FICCI secretary general Dr. Amit Mitra to review existing Television Rating Point (TRP) system in India and suggest measures to bring...

MUMBAI: Indiagames and Sidebar, Inc. have entered into a strategic relationship. Indiagames has selected Sidebar’s Smart Menu TM solution to deliver personalized recommendations with the rollout to occur in the upcoming quarters.   "Games...

MUMBAI: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), 2010, will spearhead a charity initiative in Sri Lanka as a part of the IIFA Weekend and Award celebrations in Colombo and actor Salman Khan has agreed...

MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG’s Shrek Forever After, will be released in India by Paramount Pictures on 21 May.   The animated film is the fourth and supposedly final installment in the Shrek film series....

The film will begin on 25 May with a small schedule in Mumbai. The next shooting destination will be Morocco followed by Europe. ...

Ormax Media has launched a new weekly tracking tool called Cinematix, which measures audience's awareness and interest levels for upcoming movies....

After his last success at the box office - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, the director is all set to make an action film & has already got the nod from Amitabh Bachchan....

MUMBAI: Bumm Bumm Bole has got big brands like Pantaloon, Seacode, Hansaplast, Pogo, Adidas, Horlicks, and Big-Oye amongst others on board as their official partners.   Bumm Bumm Bole stars Darsheel Safary, Atul Kulkarni,...

MUMBAI: PVR Pictures will release the romantic drama Remember Me on 14 May.   The movie stars Robert Pattinson, who will be seen in an all new avatar (after Twilight & New Moon )...

MUMBAI: ESPN’s Viraj Singh has joined Viacom 18 Media as national head for Viacom 18 Brand Solutions (VBS).   Singh’s mandate is to focus on opening revenue opportunities through business development and setting up...

T-Series will be releasing its home production, Kajraare on 30 July this year. The movie, which is directed by Pooja Bhatt, stars Himmesh Reshammiya & Mona Lizza....

MUMBAI: The AXN Action Awards, will honor Anil Kapoor with the Lifetime Achievement Award, for his contribution to cinema right from Beta to Slumdog Millionaire.   The AXN Action Awards, gives viewers a chance...

MUMBAI: Actress Shazan Padamse, who made her Hindi film debut with Rocket Singh Salesman of the Year, will endorse VIP Superlite traveler, a new range of lightweight trolley from VIP.   Superlite is almost...

Director Zoya Akhtar's next movie, which was tentatively titled Running With The Bulls, has now been renamed Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara....

Mumbai, May 10, 2010:  The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) announced the winners of the technical award categories for IIFA Awards 2010. 3 Idiots won 8 of the categories of the technical awards.  ...

Mumbai, May 10th, 2010:  UTV World Movies along with Alliance Française, has organized a 5 day long, Children’s Film Festival in Chennai, from 10 to 14 May, at AFM Auditorium Chennai.   The festival...

MUMBAI: Veteran character actor Macmohan, who is best remembered for playing the role of Sambha in Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay, has passed away. Macmohan, who was suffering from Cancer, died this afternoon at the Kokilaben...

UTV's action movie channel - UTV Action - has forged an alliance with Marvel Comics in India to air the latter's super hero movie franchises on the channel....

MUMBAI: Two films from Pritish Nandy Communications(PNC) namely Ek Tho Chance and Saluun, have won top honors at the 43rd Worldfest Houston. While Saluun won the silver Remi award, Ek Tho Chance won the...

MUMBAI: Sphereorigins Multivision, promoted by Sunjoy Waddhwa, has forayed into non-fiction, regional content. To spearhead the operations, the company has launched Panglosean Entertainment, which will be independently headed by Rajesh Chadha, under the aegis...

Close to 3000 pirated DVDs & CDs were recovered from a raid in Mumbai. Movies included 100 DVDs of Iron Man 2 and 300 pirated discs of Housefull....

MUMBAI: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, has promoted Rajiv Bakshi to vice president marketing for India region. In his new role, Bakshi will be responsible for creating and implementing strategic marketing initiatives for Discovery’s entire portfolio...