More than a year after its formation, Paramount Home Entertainment's ambitious direct-to-video initiative is getting its official public unveiling, with a branded name (Paramount Famous Productions), concrete production and release plans, and a series of senior management appointments.More>>

In the past 18 months, Anchor Bay has acquired or co-produced 40 titles in categories ranging from fitness to horror.More>>

Customs officials Jan. 15 said they confiscated more than a quarter of a million counterfeit movie and music DVDs worth $7.1 million, and earmarked for distribution in the U.S. from a South Korean cargo ship docked in the Los Angeles/Long Beach harbor.More>>

The direct-to-DVD follow of the 2003 Jessica Alba dance film <i>Honey</i> has begun production in Los Angeles and is slated for a fall 2011 release, according to Universal Studios Home Entertainment.More>>

Increased demand for flat-panel televisions, notebook PCs and monitors in China has reversed the traditional seasonality of shipments from the second half of the year to the first half, according to a new report.More>>

Work is proceeding on the fourth direct-to-video sequel to <i>Bring It On</i>, the $63 million-grossing cheerleader comedy from 2000 that has already spawned three top-selling DTV spinoffs, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.More>>

Roddenberry Productions Inc., headed by CEO Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, is negotiating with Toolbox Productions to purchase a high-definition library of “Star Trek” behind-the-scenes material recorded during the past 20 years.More>>

Slated for release on DVD in early 2012, <i>The Scorpion King 3</i> — the latest project from Universal Studios Home Entertainment’s DVD Originals line — currently is in production in Thailand.More>>

Production has begun on the direct-to-video sequel <i>Street Kings: Motor City</i>, starring Ray Liotta, in Detroit, Mich. The film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in early 2011 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.More>>

Paramount Famous Productions has started principal photography on <i>Mean Girls 2</i>, a direct-to-video sequel to the high-school comedy <i>Mean Girls,</i> which starred Lindsay Lohan.More>>