MeDeploy to Implement Widgetbox for Viral Movie Distribution.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-15 October 2008-MeDeploy to Implement Widgetbox for Viral Movie Distribution(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Widgetbox, a widget community, announced a partnership with MeDeploy, a Connecticut-based startup that enables the film industry to launch digital distribution around the net. Widgetbox and MeDeploy are launching a...

Shemaroo in talks with PE players to raise cash.
Byline: Meenakshi Verma Ambwani NEW DELHI: After shelving plans to raise funds last year, movie distribution and home-video player Shemaroo Entertainment is looking at raising money through equity dilution. The company has re-initiated talks with private equity players. Shemaroo Entertainment director Hiren Gada said: "Due...

Film distributors now eye PE money for expansion.
Byline: Meenakshi Verma & Gaurie Mishra NEW DELHI: Private equity funds' constant search for investment opportunities in India has taken them beyond the real world to the reel republic. The latest to catch their fancy is movie distribution companies. Firms like Shemaroo Entertainment and Venus Movies are...

More Than 18 Million Movies Viewed Online Using Windows Media.
Film Industry Pioneers Capitalize on Quality, Security and Reach Benefits Of Windows Media Video 8 for Film Distribution REDMOND, Wash., March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that more than 18 million movies have been distributed to online viewers using...

Kanakaris Wireless Launches Digital Rights Management Initiative - KDRM - And Introduces WindowsMedia(R) Platform for 24 Hour Channel;.
Kanakaris Scores Another Breakthrough in Online Distribution of Motion Pictures and Adds Additional Revenue Capabilities NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Kanakaris Wireless (OTC Bulletin Board: KKRS) brought it's own WindowsMedia(R) Server on line today laying the cornerstone for the company's soon...

SightSound Technologies and Microsoft Debut Digital Cinema Trial Using Windows Media.
'Quantum Project' Digitally Projected Using Panasonic PT-D9600U DLP Projector MOUNT LEBANON, Pa., REDMOND, Wash. and LOS ANGELES, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- SightSound Technologies, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Co. today announced that they are working together on a digital cinema...

Lost in the filmfest circuit. (Essay).
LAST YEAR, while doing research for an article on lesbian films and studying the film festival schedule in Seattle, I became interested in a film called Julie Johnson, which concerned a New Jersey housewife's coming-of-age as a lesbian, starring Lili Taylor and Courtney Love. But because it was a...

Knowledge Networks: Younger Use Online, Mobile; but There's Still Money in TV, DVD.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-6 July 2008-Knowledge Networks: Younger Use Online, Mobile; but There's Still Money in TV, DVD(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com As TV and movie studios push to make more of their video content available online, a just-released study from Knowledge Networks reveals that while consumers are indeed...

The instantaneous worldwide release: Coming soon to everyone, everywhere.
The film industry has been characterized by challenge and change throughout its history. From the patent trust as the industry was first developing through the advent of sound, the challenge of television, and the emergence of home video, the industry has responded and adapted. However, today the industry faces...

Clasen Outlines Strategy for New Starz.
'Audience Aggregation' Will Be Goal for Fully Integrated Media Company Stern School Speech Is First Since Acquisition of IDT Entertainment, Launch of Studio NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- "Audience aggregation" will be the goal of the newly transformed Starz, LLC, the company's chairman and...