Blockbuster Offers ‘Circle of Eight’

Rental and retail movie, game entertainment provider Blockbuster says Paramount Digital Entertainment‘s episodic Web creation Circle of Eight is available for rent as a full-length film from BLOCKBUSTER in-store, online, and via download. The offer is open until Jan. 21, 2010. Originally a 10-episode thriller featured on MySpace, the full-length film version of Circle of [...]

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MySpace Invites Artists to Rock the Space

MySpace, a leading social portal, in partnership with MySpace Records and Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., today (May 21) announced the official launch of ‘Rock the Space.’ It’s a competition encouraging unsigned bands or solo artists to submit an original song for the opportunity to score a recording contract with MySpace Records, the company’s full-service [...]

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Sidekick Gets Red Carpet Welcome

T-Mobile USA celebrated the next generation of its Sidekick messaging device with the national launch of the new Sidekick LX. It features 3G for fast Web browsing and enhanced mobile access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The company transformed the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood into a virtual T-Mobile metropolis. The [...]

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Colbie Caillat Releasing New Album “Breakthrough”

The Malibu-based singer, songwriter, whose subtle style and vocals captured a global following via the social networking site MySpace long before her near-double platinum debut album COCO hit in 2007 – is working with an array of producers, songwriters, and artists on the new album. The others include John Mayer, Grammy winning songsmiths such as [...]

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Paramount, Gaumont Find Space on MySpace for Thriller

Paramount Digital Entertainment, part of Viacom, and Gaumont, a leading film production and distribution company in Europe, have announced the development of “Section 8,” an interactive Web series. It’ll be exclusively distributed in the U.S. by MySpace social network. Endemol, a leading player in entertainment programming, will handle worldwide distribution, product integration, and brand partnerships. [...]

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Releasing Soon: Movie 2.0

Releasing Soon: Movie 2.0 by Rakesh Raman You’d agree: for most of its existence, the Internet has been an underexploited medium. Especially in the corporate realm. Corporate websites tried plainly to sell products and services. Though touted as an interactive medium, the Net mostly helped companies tell only their side of the story without giving [...]

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