San Mateo, Calif. - Jaman.com, an online video-on-demand service, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment, to make a range of films from the Viacom-owned (NYSE: VIA) studio available for rental or purchase from Jaman. Titles covered under the agreement include "Cloverfield," "There Will Be Blood," "Sweeney Todd" and "Into the Wild."

Los Angeles - Anthony Puzo, son of "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo, has filed suit against Paramount Pictures (NYSE: VIA) over alleged unpaid revenues from Electronic Arts' (NASD: ERTS) video game based on the films, Reuters reported.

Portland, Ore. - The top-grossing films of 2006-2007 in the U.S., when including box office sales, DVD and VHS sales and rental estimates, and video-on-demand viewing, were "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (Disney), "Transformers" (Paramount) and "Cars" (Disney), according to data compiled by Rentrak. The only R-rated film to crack the top 20 was Warner Bros.' "300," while the majority were either action or family films rated PG-13. Rentak tracks data from 51 million set-top boxes, more than 10,000 retail and 12,000 home video locations, and 35,000 movie screens across North America and other countries around the world.

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) 20th Century Fox and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount Pictures have joined Disney in the practice of offering films for purchase and download from Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store on the same day they are released on DVD, with Fox adding "Juno" to the retailer's offering on Tuesday, Variety reported.

Los Angeles - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount Pictures has formed a new division in its interactive department to fund the development of video games based on its films, Variety reports.

Los Angeles - Universal and Paramount (NYSE: VIA) have become the last of the major Hollywood movie studios to pledge support for Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Blu-ray next-generation DVD format, after Toshiba decided earlier this week to abandon its rival HD DVD format, ending a costly battle between the two companies to establish their respective format as the standard. "We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer," Paramount Home Entertainment told The Hollywood Reporter.

Hollywood, Calif. - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount Pictures on Monday launched a new mobile entertainment unit under its digital division, which will focus on developing mobile entertainment and alternative distribution models for the studio. Paramount Mobile Entertainment's management team will include Madeline Herdrich, VP of Mobile, North America; Pradeep Mittur, VP of Mobile, Asia Pacific; and Giovanni Maruca, Director of Mobile, EMEA.

Los Angeles - Vivendi Games' Sierra Entertainment studio on Tuesday released its "The Spiderwick Chronicles" game, based on the upcoming Paramount Pictures film and popular books. The title was developed by Stormfront Studios for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, DS, PC and mobile phones.

Los Angeles - Habbo, an online virtual world for teens, said on Tuesday that Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment has authorized the creation and distribution of virtual goods on Habbo based on its "The Spiderwick Chronicles," "Beowulf" and "Mean Girls" properties. Habbo's 1.8 million North American users will be able to buy themed apparel to accessorize their avatars, in addition to virtual furniture, accessories and other goods based on the movies.

Las Vegas - MusicGiants, a provider of digital entertainment content for home theater systems, said on Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount Pictures, to distribute films through its VideoGiants home theater digital content delivery platform. MusicGiants has partnered with over 600 home theater system dealers, which offer its download media store on home media servers. "This is the first time we have licensed our films for sale and delivery on a hard drive," said Derek Broes, SVP of worldwide business development at Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment.

Los Angeles - Apple (NASD: AAPL) is close to making deals with most of the major movie studios that will see their films put up for sale at the company's iTunes Store, BusinessWeek reports. While the Financial Times previously reported that Apple had signed a deal with 20th Century Fox (NYSE: NWS) to offer downloadable movie rentals, sources told BusinessWeek that Apple is close to deals for rentals and/or sales with Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Paramount (NYSE: VIA) and Lionsgate.

Los Angeles - Movie studios Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom, and DreamWorks Animation announced on Monday that they will now exclusively release their high-definition movies on HD DVD, abandoning support for Sony's rival Blu-ray format.

San Diego - Mobile game publisher Gameloft has secured the rights to develop a mobile game based on Paramount Pictures' upcoming film adaptation of the epic tale, "Beowulf," GameDaily.biz reported. The France-based company, which has also developed mobile games for "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost," will offer the game in over 75 countries alongside the film's debut on Nov. 16.

Los Angeles - AT&T has partnered with Hollywood movie studios and record labels to develop anti-piracy technology for deployment on its broadband networks, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday.

New York - Apple is in discussions with Hollywood movies studios on making films available to rent over the Internet via its iTunes Store, the Financial Times reported.

Paris - French video game publisher Ubisoft has launched a new dedicated casual games division, initially focusing on titles for the Nintendo Wii and DS. Forthcoming titles include "My Word Coach" and "My Life Coach," part of a new line of interactive learning games, in addition to new installments in its "Petz" franchise. The new division will be headed by Pauline Jacquey, the company's executive producer of casual games. Separately, the company said it has signed a deal to develop a game based on the Paramount Pictures/Shangri-La Entertainment film "Beowulf," based on the ancient saga.