MUMBAI: Warner Bros Discovery has elevated Agnieszka Veriga, widely known as Aga, to vice president, program management for Apac global experiences,...
BANGKOK: CreAsia Studios is stretching the boundaries of Asian entertainment—from the crime lab to outer space. At the True Visions Now event in Bangkok, the Banijay...
MUMBAI: It is safe to say that UFO Moviez is currently identified as a high-flying object in the financial skies, proving that when it comes to...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment’s long-running pivot to digital is showing traction—but not nearly enough to stem the bleeding from its traditional media business. The Mumbai-based media company...
DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has dismissed JioStar’s attempt to stop a competition probe into allegations it abused its dominant position in Kerala’s cable television market. The...
MUMBAI: Banijay Asia is turning up the heat on Indian reality television. The production powerhouse will roll out the international hit The Fifty in India, marking...
CALIFORNIA: Fox Entertainment is making its boldest play yet in the vertical-video boom, striking a multiyear global partnership with Dhar Mann Studios to produce a slate...
CALIFORNIA: Lionsgate has pulled off a Washington-Hollywood crossover, appointing Steven Mnuchin to its board as the studio tightens ties with one of its biggest shareholders and...
MUMBAI: Deepak Sharma has moved into the corner office at Jio Studios, taking over as ceo production and distribution in a senior appointment that underlines the...
MUMBAI: Two suitors, one studio and a regulator pressing pause. European Union antitrust authorities are preparing for an unusual side-by-side review of rival takeover bids for...
MUMBAI: RTake Studios is stepping firmly into the big league. The production house has partnered with Wunderbar Films on D55, a pan-Indian feature starring Dhanush and...
Washington: Warner Bros. Discovery has slammed Paramount Skydance’s latest $30/share takeover bid, claiming over 93 per cent of its shareholders have rejected what it called an...
MUMBAI: Veronica Production Limited has reconstituted its board, accepting the resignation of an independent director and appointing a new non-executive independent director, according to a regulatory...
MUMBAI: Bodhi Tree Multimedia’s move to acquire a 50.01% stake in Moving Image Studios may have slipped under the radar when it was cleared late last...
MUMBAI: For decades, Balaji Telefilms has shaped how India watches stories. From daily soaps that became national rituals to films that pushed cultural boundaries, the company...
WASHINGTON DC: Donald Trump quietly placed a bet on Hollywood’s balance sheet. Financial disclosures released by the White House showed the president bought corporate bonds issued...
CALIFORNIA: After nearly 14 years steering one of Hollywood’s most valuable storytelling engines, Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as president of Lucasfilm and returning to full-time...
NEW YORK: A Delaware judge has declined to put Paramount Skydance’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery on a fast track, dealing an early setback to Paramount’s...
CALIFORNIA: The Walt Disney Company has pressed refresh on how it tells its story. The entertainment giant has announced a new enterprise-wide marketing and brand organisation,...
PARIS: Banijay Group, owner of the Big Brother franchise, is in talks with the parent of All3Media, producer of hit reality show The Traitors, as old-guard...
LOS ANGELES: The popcorn is ready and the lawyers are out. In a move that has sent shockwaves through Tinseltown, Paramount has officially filed a lawsuit...
MUMBAI: At a time when attention spans are shrinking and screens are multiplying, Indian television continues to defy predictions of its decline. Long-form storytelling, once written...
New York: Hemakumar S, a seasoned hand in video mastering and editing, has been named senior library conform at Warner Bros. Discovery. Based in Hyderabad, he...
New York: Warner Bros. Discovery has drawn a hard line. Its board has unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance’s hostile tender offer, branding it inferior, risky and value-destructive,...
MUMBAI: Zee Studios has added fresh firepower to its southern operations with the appointment of Thanigasalam Murugadass as associate director – marketing, South. Based in Chennai, Murugadass...
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group has stepped deeper into India’s entertainment business, acquiring a 30 per cent stake in Mumbai-based production house Excel Entertainment. The deal, executed...
MUMBAI: When promoters make a move, the market always tunes in and this one comes with a pledge. Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SABTN) informed...
NEW YORK: According to a Reuters report, Warner Bros. Discovery is preparing to tell its shareholders to politely but firmly turn down a hostile takeover bid...
MUMBAI: Dharma Productions is tightening its grip on India’s talent economy. The film studio has bought out Cornerstone’s stake in Dharma Cornerstone Agency and relaunched the...
MUMBAI: Dharma Cornerstone Agency is turning the page. The talent venture created by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Bunty Sajdeh’s Cornerstone Sport and Entertainment is being...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI have sealed a landmark three-year deal that brings more than 200 beloved characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star...
MUMBAI: After 25 years at the helm, John McVay is finally leaving the building. The outgoing chief executive of Pact, Britain’s trade association for independent television...
MUMBAI: WHEN Subhash Ghai’s dinner parties make headlines, you know something’s brewing—and this time it’s not just the dal makhani. Over samosas and strategy last week,...
MUMBAI: At precisely 6:09 p.m. on Saturday, two became one. Star Television Productions Ltd has officially ceased to exist, swallowed whole by its sibling Jiostar India...
MUMBAI: Virtue Asia has joined forces with Goldfinch International to unveil V47 Entertainment, a branded entertainment studio designed to help brands move from traditional advertising into...
MUMBAI: IN10 Media Network has pressed refresh in the grandest way, rebranding itself as The Epic Company and unveiling a future-ready storytelling engine designed to power...
MUMBAI: The Indian production house is pivoting hard to digital, with Rs 350 crore in orders and blockbusters in the pipeline Balaji Telefilms is ditching its...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has renamed its astrology application in a swift defensive move after copycat platforms began cluttering the digital spirituality space. AstroVani by Balaji is...
MUMBAI: When it comes to endings, Disney’s latest financial chapter could give its own films a run for their money. The entertainment powerhouse closed its fiscal...
MUMBAI: When Ektaa R Kapoor says she’s rewriting the rules of entertainment, she means it, quite literally. Balaji Telefilms ltd has announced the launch of Balaji...
MUMBAI: Lights, camera, algorithm! Storytelling just got a digital co-writer as Vikram Malhotra’s Abundantia Entertainment takes a bold leap into the future with its brand-new division Abundantia aiON,...
MUMBAI: Bollywood is heading back to Britain. Yash Raj Films, India’s leading production and distribution house, has announced plans to shoot three major films across the...
MUMBAI: It’s extinction no more, the dodo’s back and ready to soar. The Studio 100 Film is giving the world’s most famous flightless bird a new...
MUMBAI: Talk about a plot twist. After 18 years of scripting some of India’s most iconic mythological and historical dramas, Swastik Productions has turned the page to...
MUMBAI: Gujarati cinema is about to get a double dose of firsts this Navratri. Movieverse Studios and Jojo Studios are joining forces to launch their debut...
CHENNAI: Media and entertainment executive Sanjay Subashchandran has been named chief operating officer of Vision Time India and TrendLoud Digital India, bolstering his already deep involvement...
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s box office may be unpredictable, but Eros International Media Limited has delivered a plot twist of its own swinging back into profit in the...
MUMBAI: Prem Sagar, veteran producer, cinematographer and director, passed on at his Mumbai home on 31 August. He was 81. His son, producer Shiv Sagar, said:...
MUMBAI: Lights, camera, collaboration! India and Australia are ready for a cinematic crossover as the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) has inked two landmark...
MUMBAI: The Ripple Effect has brokered a cross-continental partnership between Brazil’s Visom Digital and India’s Karman Unlimited to adapt the acclaimed Brazilian drama Love is a...