Golden Globe winners
The 65th Golden Globe Award Winners, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were announced at a press conference held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on 13 January.
Content 360 Competition at MIPTV
Traditional media has had to broaden its scope to include audiences via the Internet, mobile and networked devices.
Directors have their day
With negotiations between the striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) currently on hold...
Latest strike casualty
It’s not just Hollywood studios and those working in film and TV production in Tinseltown that have been aversely affected by the on-going Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. The latest casualty in the 68-day old strike is Hollywood payroll services provider Axium International.
WGA announces noms, cancels ceremony
Shortly after the West and East Coast divisions of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) jointly released their nominations for this year’s WGA Awards, the West Coast division announced the cancellation of the awards banquet on 9 February, because of the ongoing WGA strike.
Top 2008 marketing trends
A new study called "Top Marketing Trends for 2008",conducted by Anderson Analytics, focused on top marketing concepts, buzz words, global areas of opportunity, targeted customer demographics...
African Journalist of Year Awards
CNN International and MultiChoice South Africa, owner of the DStv bouquet of satellite channels, this week officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Awards.
ANC want to increase SABC funding
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) has proposed reducing the SABC’s reliance on advertising by raising the state’s contribution to the public service broadcaster’s revenue to 60% annually by 2010, according to media reports.
Dylan biopic leads “Spirit’ noms
"I’m not there', Todd Haynes unusual rendering of Bob Dylan’s life story, has received four nominations in the Independent Spirit Awards, presented by Film...
Studio lay offs expected
According to Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Warner Bros. look sets to lay off a number of employees next week because of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike which has effectively shut down production in Hollywood.
























