WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are expected to take the first step this week that could rein in advertisers’ growing use of product placements on television shows, two sources close to the agency told Reuters Monday. The Federal Communications Commission will vote to study whether TV shows should carry more[…]
Canadian animation producer Cookie Jar Entertainment unveiled an agreement to acquire Burbank-based DIC Entertainment Holdings as part of a merger worth $87.6 million. Toronto-based Cookie Jar said that DIC, a global brand management company, will become a subsidiary of the privately owned Canadian producer once the deal closes in the fall. As part of the agreement, Cookie Jar will pay about $31.5 million for stock in DIC that is traded on London’s AIM market, take on $42 million in forecast debt and pay $14.1 million in transaction fees and expenses.
Theaters that exhibited the November 2007 release “Beowulf” in 3-D saw a 65% sales increase in total boxoffice over comparable theaters that exhibited it in 2-D, according to a new study from the Nielsen Co.’s Nielsen PreView. “Our new research approach contrasted theaters in such a way to demonstrate consumers, when given a choice, will choose 3-D,” said Ann Marie Dumais, senior vp at Nielsen PreView.
The National Film Board, Canada’s public film producer and distrib, has bowed YouTube channel Screening Room to increase exposure for its library of animated shorts. Torill Kove’s 2007 Oscar-winning “The Danish Poet” is one of four shorts in the inaugural offering. Four new films will be added every other Friday[…]
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: How’s that for a Bollywood matchup? The “Rocky” legend has signed on to star in the upcoming Bollywood film “Incredible Love”, which will be the first Indian production to be shot at Hollywood’s Universal Studios. Schwarzenegger will also have a featured role. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala said that luring both Stallone and Schwarzenegger reflected the growing importance of the Indian film market. With a pricetag of $21 million, the movie will have the largest budget of any Bollywood project.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are expected to take the first step this week that could rein in advertisers’ growing use of product placements on television shows, two sources close to the agency told Reuters Monday. The Federal Communications Commission will vote to study whether TV shows should carry more[…]
Canadian animation producer Cookie Jar Entertainment unveiled an agreement to acquire Burbank-based DIC Entertainment Holdings as part of a merger worth $87.6 million. Toronto-based Cookie Jar said that DIC, a global brand management company, will become a subsidiary of the privately owned Canadian producer once the deal closes in the fall. As part of the agreement, Cookie Jar will pay about $31.5 million for stock in DIC that is traded on London’s AIM market, take on $42 million in forecast debt and pay $14.1 million in transaction fees and expenses.
Theaters that exhibited the November 2007 release “Beowulf” in 3-D saw a 65% sales increase in total boxoffice over comparable theaters that exhibited it in 2-D, according to a new study from the Nielsen Co.’s Nielsen PreView. “Our new research approach contrasted theaters in such a way to demonstrate consumers, when given a choice, will choose 3-D,” said Ann Marie Dumais, senior vp at Nielsen PreView.
The National Film Board, Canada’s public film producer and distrib, has bowed YouTube channel Screening Room to increase exposure for its library of animated shorts. Torill Kove’s 2007 Oscar-winning “The Danish Poet” is one of four shorts in the inaugural offering. Four new films will be added every other Friday[…]
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: How’s that for a Bollywood matchup? The “Rocky” legend has signed on to star in the upcoming Bollywood film “Incredible Love”, which will be the first Indian production to be shot at Hollywood’s Universal Studios. Schwarzenegger will also have a featured role. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala said that luring both Stallone and Schwarzenegger reflected the growing importance of the Indian film market. With a pricetag of $21 million, the movie will have the largest budget of any Bollywood project.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are expected to take the first step this week that could rein in advertisers’ growing use of product placements on television shows, two sources close to the agency told Reuters Monday. The Federal Communications Commission will vote to study whether TV shows should carry more[…]
Canadian animation producer Cookie Jar Entertainment unveiled an agreement to acquire Burbank-based DIC Entertainment Holdings as part of a merger worth $87.6 million. Toronto-based Cookie Jar said that DIC, a global brand management company, will become a subsidiary of the privately owned Canadian producer once the deal closes in the fall. As part of the agreement, Cookie Jar will pay about $31.5 million for stock in DIC that is traded on London’s AIM market, take on $42 million in forecast debt and pay $14.1 million in transaction fees and expenses.
Theaters that exhibited the November 2007 release “Beowulf” in 3-D saw a 65% sales increase in total boxoffice over comparable theaters that exhibited it in 2-D, according to a new study from the Nielsen Co.’s Nielsen PreView. “Our new research approach contrasted theaters in such a way to demonstrate consumers, when given a choice, will choose 3-D,” said Ann Marie Dumais, senior vp at Nielsen PreView.
The National Film Board, Canada’s public film producer and distrib, has bowed YouTube channel Screening Room to increase exposure for its library of animated shorts. Torill Kove’s 2007 Oscar-winning “The Danish Poet” is one of four shorts in the inaugural offering. Four new films will be added every other Friday[…]
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: How’s that for a Bollywood matchup? The “Rocky” legend has signed on to star in the upcoming Bollywood film “Incredible Love”, which will be the first Indian production to be shot at Hollywood’s Universal Studios. Schwarzenegger will also have a featured role. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala said that luring both Stallone and Schwarzenegger reflected the growing importance of the Indian film market. With a pricetag of $21 million, the movie will have the largest budget of any Bollywood project.