HP and Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion.
Lionsgate his appealing to Canadian regulators to reverse their voiding of the company’s poison pill option, which would stop shareholder Carl Icahn's hostile takeover move, reports VARIETY.
Deadline.com reports that the sequels to CLASH OF THE TITANS and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH have run into some hurdles.
VARIETY reports that San Diego's Tourism Marketing District board is offering Comic-Con hotel tax revenue as an incentive to stay in the city.
In the war between shareholder Carl Icahn and Lionsgate, the studio lost a round when Canadian regulators rejected their poison pill option, reports VARIETY.
Tina McCann, the former chief content officer for Turner Broadcasting's European, Middle Eastern and Asian kids' brands, has been named head of Nickelodeon U.K., reports VARIETY.
Visual effects veteran Pam Hogarth has joined LOOK Effects Inc., where she will be working to expand LOOK’s reputation in the visual effects and production industries as Director of Marketing.
Mark Simon hones in on the essentials of speed pitching.
Universal Pictures is in negotiations to pick up the rights to James Patterson's YA book MAXIMUM RIDE from Columbia in turnaround, reports HEAT VISION.
The Supreme Court will take on a case regarding the reinstatement of California's ban on violent videogame sales to minors, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
After only missing out on reclaiming the #1 spot at the U.S. box office last weekend, this weekend DreamWorks Animation's HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON did reclaim the top slot.
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the North American rights to Sylvain Chomet's THE ILLUSIONIST, reports IndieWire.
Aaron Blaise (BROTHER BEAR) has been hired as the first director at Digital Domain Florida, reports VARIETY.
VULTURE reports that Columbia is set to make the GHOST RIDER sequel without Nicolas Cage if the actor cannot make the film this year.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today that James Cameron’s phenomenal epic AVATAR became the best selling Blu-ray of all time after just four days in stores, with an astonishing 2.7 million units sold in North America alone.
IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that industry veteran Mark Zoradi will begin working for the Company as a non-executive strategic advisor effective April 12, 2010.
Disney-Pixar has set release dates for its 2012 duo of films, reports VARIETY.
Game publisher Sega will restructure its Western operations, which will end up cutting jobs and move the company toward digital distribution, reports MCVUK.com.
Paramount has renewed its option on WORLD WAR Z, an adaptation of Max Brooks’ bestselling book, reports VARIETY.
In the continuing drama over SOUTH PARK’s portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit in its 200th episode, Comedy Central has decided to censor the scenes in the second installment.
Chud.com reports that Marvel Studios is ramping plans for smaller budgeted superhero films to follow the mega-budgeted THE AVENGERS.
New York-based Manic Design + Visual Effects has signed renowned veteran VFX Artist David A. Elkins.
Cartoon Network unveiled a substantial new line-up of content today at its annual Advertising Upfront presentation at New York’s Time Warner Center.
Revolutionmuslim.com has said that despite a post warning SOUTH PARK creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone of a possible violent retaliation for portraying Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit that the site is only supporting the protest of the series not violence, according to CNN.
Addressing the demand for children's animated content, and the rapid growth and success of its Bangalore, India-based animation studio, Technicolor today announced the formation of a new team to develop and produce animated broadcast content.
