MUMBAI: Facebook vice president EMEA Joanna Shields will deliver the first keynote address at MIPCOM. The 26th MIPCOM entertainment content market will take place in Cannes from 4-8 October, 2010. Shields will share her...

Mumbai: The latest Philips Blu-ray players will feature Blockbuster on Demand, expanding ways in which Blockbuster provides consumers with instant access to movies. "With Blu-ray, consumers can experience a cinema-like quality in the comfort...

Mumbai: Interactive multichannel retailer HSN has inked a marketing alliance with Sony Pictures aimed at supporting the studios picture Eat Pray Love directed by Ryan Murphy which will be released on 13 august. HSN...

MUMBAI: Shakira and special guest Freshlyground will be performing "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" during the closing ceremonies of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The performance will take place on the field at...

Mumbai: Utilisima, the first US network from FOX International Channels, will employ Rentrak’s TV Essentials service to analyze the viewing habits of its audience and provide a stable and accurate currency for FOX to...

Mumbai: Netflix Inc. and Relativity Media, LLC have inked a long term agreement through, which major theatrically released films owned by Relativity will be licensed directly and exclusively to Netflix for streaming to its...

Mumbai: IMAX Corporation and Formula Kino, one of Russia’s exhibition chains, have inked an agreement to install two digital IMAX theatre systems in Russia before the end of 2010. The announcement follows a consistent...

MUMBAI: Randy Malinoff has been appointed to vice president, direct-to-consumer eCommerce for Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD). He will report to Universal Music Distribution senior vice president, marketing and product development Mitch Rotter. In...

MUMBAI: Starz, LLC president and CEO Chris Albrecht announced that Overture Films executives Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett, tendered their resignations due to differences over the strategic direction of the company. Overture president, worldwide...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has promoted Cyndi Forman to senior creative director, Nashville. Forman was previously creative director. Reporting directly to UMPG Nashville president Pat Higdon, Forman will focus on furthering artist...

MUMBAI: MTV Networks and Warner Music Group Corp. have formed a broad-reaching, multi-year partnership that strengthens MTV Music Group’s position in the digital music category while expanding WMG’s artist-centered video strategy. The agreement also...

MUMBAI: After a comprehensive worldwide casting search, Andrew Garfield has been chosen to portray Peter Parker when Spider-Man swings back onto the screen in 3D on 3 July, 2012. The new film will begin...

MUMBAI: On 28 June, the International Federation against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC) and the Hong Kong Theatres Association (HKTA) jointly conducted an anti-camcording training seminar for 60 frontline cinema staff at the...

MUMBAI: The first film in the Swedish Millennium trilogy, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, has grossed $103 million at the box office worldwide. “This is beyond what we ever expected. For a film...