Spain’s northern region of Navarre has fortified its position as a hub for the audiovisual industry in recent years and, mirroring trends seen elsewhere in the country, seen particularly strong growth in TV production in the past year, in spite of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Founder and Managing Director of Chiratae Ventures, serial entrepreneur and investor Ronnie Screwvala talks about future of media and entertainment industry, the debate around OTT vs theatres, navigating the COVID-19 crisis, and more.

The Indian entertainment industry is witnessing a massive shift with the lockdown in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. Theatres are shut and the digital release of films has taken precedence, keeping the momentum in mind. But are these releases benefitting the producers?

Paperless tickets, sanitisation cabinets, empty seats—PVR Cinemas CEO Gautam Dutta talks about why cinemas must reopen and with what precautions, and what they can achieve against OTT rivals once back in the race.

Among some of the highlights of this year’s festival are Arati Kadav’s sci-fi film ‘Cargo’, Deepti Gupta’s documentary with musician Sona Mohapatra and Tannishtha Chaterjee’s directorial debut, ‘Roam Rome Mein’.

Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center and CTAM join broad coalition dedicated to content protection efforts.

The television industry is in the midst of a digital revolution.

In a first of its kind scheme, implemented by Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited, the government subsidy cheques were given to five entrepreneurs by the chief minister.

BIF said it is a forward-looking approach and works in the favour of consumers.