Deutsche Columbia Pictures Film Produktion, the local German production arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), is commencing pre-production on the comedy Friendship. Deborah Schindler, President of Sony Pictures International Motion Picture Production Group announced that the studio is producing the feature with leading German producers Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann, producers of the Academy Award® […]

The Nielsen Company reported on June 23rd that there is strong consumer appetite for 3-D films, based on a detailed analysis that showed a 65% sales increase in theatres using 3-D technology to exhibit their movies.The analysis, which was unveiled today by Nielsen PreView at the Cine Expo conference in The Netherlands, compared the film’s […]

Arbitron released the preliminary findings from RADAR® 97, the standard currency for national network radio ratings. Below are some of the key demographic findings from the new RADAR results that advertisers look for when placing their ad buys.
Ninety-six percent of adults age 18-49 with a college degree and an annual household income of $50,000 […]

Advertising spending for the first quarter of 2008 remained essentially flat compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary figures released by Nielsen Monitor-Plus, the competitive advertising information service of The Nielsen Company.Advertising was mixed across media with gains in some mediums and declines in others. Overall despite a continued softening of the […]

Universal Music Group, the world\’s leading music company, and Last.fm, the fast-growing free global music Web site, on June 18th announced a new partnership that will make UMG\’s music video catalogue available for free-on-demand streaming to users of Last.fm. The deal, which marks Last.fm\’s first major video partnership, will bring thousands of high-quality music videos […]

Paramount Pictures International’s Kung Fu Panda has become the highest-grossing animation ever in mainland China, raking in $14.6m (RMB100m) in ten days.The film is also the first animated feature film that has grossed over RMB100m, which is generally seen as a benchmark for blockbuster films in China.
Previously, the best-selling animation film in China was Garfield […]

Publicis Groupe’s VivaKi Nerve Center and Yahoo! Inc. unveiled innovative technology initiatives designed to help Publicis Groupe’s clients seize the important global opportunities in mobile advertising. The initiatives also aim to drive greater efficiency in the way advertising is bought and sold online. As more leading brands go mobile, Yahoo! and Publicis Groupe’s VivaKi plan […]

Google announced on June 12th that it has reached an agreement that gives Yahoo! the ability to use Google’s search and contextual advertising technology through its AdSense for Search and AdSense for Content advertising programs. Under the agreement, Yahoo! has the option to display Google ads alongside its own natural search results in the U.S. […]

Microsoft Corp. announced on June, 17th the acquisition of Navic Networks, a leading provider of television advertising solutions. Navic’s technologies include sophisticated campaign management tools that use relevant data to optimize the delivery and placement of targeted interactive television media and through Admira provide a unified ad network for targeting audiences across television advertising inventory. […]

Pinewood, together with Codex Digital, The Production Guild of Great Britain, Sohonet and Molinare, presents a free industry seminar ‘Production 2.0’ to demonstrate the benefits of digital workflow within the production environment on Wednesday 2 July 2008.
Highlighting the new and exciting opportunities that now arise with production and post production environments seamlessly merging on-set, […]

Gulli is unveiling the new gulli.fr, a multimedia realm of discovery and interaction for children aged 7 to 14 and their parents. Boasting an incredible array of reference information, videos, games and community forums, gulli.fr is a rich, vibrant site where you’ll find everything that makes Gulli so enjoyable.
Gullipédia: the incredible encyclopedia
A powerful tool for […]