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Mumbai: Joker, when planned, was an ambitious venture, with a lot of special effects and 3D release plans. Somewhere along the line, all the ambitions were...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has announced that through seven days of its coverage of the on-going 2012 London Olympic Games, overall viewership is up double digits...
MUMBAI: Box office collection of Hollywood films in China continues to surge but local media say it‘s “embarrassing” that local films barely figure in the top...
MUMBAI: With the help of The Avengers and Brave, Disney has become the first studio of the year to cross $1 billion in domestic box office...
MUMBAI: Mexican exhibitor Cinepolis, the world‘s fourth largest multiplex chain will invest more than $300 million to digitize its entire chain by 2013. So far it...
MUMBAI: After taking a $200 million opening, Disney and Marvel‘s The Avengers has recorded a $100 million-plus second weekend. The superhero tale took in $103.1 million...
MUMBAI: Viacom18 Motion Pictures is gearing up to release Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (3D) across the country on 4 May. Set in 1930s Paris, the film is...
BANGALORE: Sanrio Co. Ltd, the creators of the ‘Hello Kitty’ brand, have announced in Bangalore the launch of the Hello Kitty apparel collection in India through...
MUMBAI: In its endeavour to educate audience of horror short films, Cyrus Dastur’s Shamiana, a short film club that comprises film enthusiasts and budding filmmakers from...
Price controls are limiting the revenue growth for broadcasters in India as they earn net income of $700 million from subscription after paying out carriage fees of $400 million....
MUMBAI: Already a box office superhit in the US and Canada, Lionsgate produced The Hunger Games opened on the foreign theatrical circuit grossing $59.3 million at...
India is one of Discovery‘s key priority markets along with Latin America where there is tremendous scope for pay-TV growth. Bullish about digitisation in India,...
MUMBAI: Entertainment in today’s times cannot be termed as evolution anymore, it is a ‘revolution’, Zee Entertainment Enterprises MD and CEO Punit Goenka said on Wednesday...
MUMBAI: The Miami International Film Festival has announced the lineup for 29th annual event that will go underway on March 2. While Tom Gustafson’s Mariachi Gringo...
The Paranormal franchise has been a sizable success for the studio and producers Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider (who shifted to a producer role...
MUMBAI: FilmDistrict has given an indication that it would release the foreign-language version of Angelina Jolie‘s directorial debut In the Land of Blood & Honey so...
MUMBAI: Paramount’s Paranormal Activity 3, a $5 million low-budget horror movie, has mopped up $80 million from the box office over the weekend. The film earned...
MUMBAI: Marketers are using social media to build their brands and connect with their audience more directly. Even as US consumers spend more time than ever...
MUMBAI: The 3D re-release of the 1994 made The Lion King has edged out the Steven Soderbergh-directed Warner Bros. film Contagion to be on the top...
Mumbai: Television format creator and distributor Endemol has announced the launch of Endemol Studios, an LA-based independent scripted TV studio operation, to be headed up by...
MTV India was primarily known for music, comedy, spoofs and “Fully Faltoo” attitude. The team of Cyrus Oshirdar (creative and content), Cyrus Broucha and Cyrus Sahukar...
As the television landscape gets more crowded with new entrants, the challenge for existing players is to keep innovating. HBO, which has bought out the stakes...
With the Indian television market booming and the NRI community becoming more affluent, platforms in the UK and US are looking to service this community better....
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its spy show Spooks will return later this year on BBC One. The complex relationship between the UK,...
MUMBAI: British Telecom’s (BT) media and broadcast division has inked an agreement with news broadcaster NDTV to be its global network supplier. This will enable the...
With the advent of digitisation in India, more international broadcasters are looking to launch channels in the country. A case in point is E! Networks. It...
MUMBAI: The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in the US is celebrating the arrival of the next phase of the historic digital television (DTV) transition. All products...
MUMBAI: Viacom kid’s entertainment brand Nickelodeon and Mall of America have announced a partnership to set up the first-ever stand alone Nickelodeon theme park in United...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster HBO and American Girl a direct marketer, children’s publisher and experiential retailer, have entered into an overall relationship to develop a variety of...
Google’s Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton G Serf is regarded as one of the fathers of the internet. While in Bangalore, he shared his...
MUMBAI: Nielsen Media Research has released Arianna, a software tool used to analyse ratings data in local markets in the US. The software will enable local...
MUMBAI: Crocs, Inc. has announced that it has entered into a creative licensing agreement with Viacom’s kids channel Nickelodeon, and will introduce an exclusive, limited edition...
MUMBAI: At the Screen Actors Guild (Sag) Awards in the US, ABC’s medical soap Grey’s Anatomy, which airs in India on Star World, and NBC’s sitcom...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox will expose the battle of the sexes, turning traditional gender roles upside-down and giving women all the power on When Women Rule...
MUMBAI: Super Cyclone produced by Miditech is set to premiere on the National Geographic Channel on 20 January at 9 pm. The documentary tracks file footage...
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has set a target of over five per cent from the present two per cent for as the global...
MUMBAI: Electric Spin, creators of the Golf Launchpad series of golf simulators, and digital pay-TV technology solutions provider NDS have announced the Golf Launchpad/XTV Experience. The...
MUMBAI: Internet service provider for cars Autonet Mobile has announced the debut of a new wireless service for cars at ShowStoppers during the consumer electronics show...
NEW DELHI: Tapping the overseas market has become the mantra of Indian broadcasters. The latest to join the bandwagon is Punjabi music channel Balle Balle which...
MUMBAI: Mobile video services are important tools to recover investments in high-speed networks. The initial end-user experience and expectations have to be managed carefully at this...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT Ltd (HTMT) has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a US based BPO company, AFFINA, for an undisclosed amount. According to an...
MUMBAI: Disney Book Group has announced the publication of Good For You! Nutrition Game Book, written by Connie Evers M.S., R.D. and illustrated by the Disney...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon and Summeripe Worldwide, Inc. have completed a new multi-year licensing agreement to bring Nickelodeon’s popular characters, SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora The Explorer, to grocers...
MUMBAI: Pre-school series Franny’s Feet will now be available on PBS Kids with a Spanish language track beginning 7 October. Thirteen/WNET and Decode Entertainment have brought...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has launched FOX on Demand. This aims to bring full episodes of Fox primetime television series from the new fall season to...
MUMBAI: Silver Spring-based Discovery Channel US and Discovery Networks International are shelling out big dollars for producers to come up with new, cutting edge programming. ...
MUMBAI: An independent Internet television channel cheekily called Not Mainstream Typical Videos (NotMTV.tv) has been launched in the US. The network went live a few days...
Worldspace VP Global Programming William Sabatini has more then 22 years of major market radio experience working at radio stations in New York (WNBC-AM, WXRK-FM and...
MUMBAI: Format creator and distributor FremantleMedia has promoted Rob Clark to the position senior executive VP entertainment and production, Worldwide Entertainment. This is a part of...
MUMBAI: The International Consumer Electronics Show (Ces) which takes place in Las Vegas each year will host the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards for the first...
