A North Korean man has been sentenced to death for distributing copies of the hit Netflix series Squid Game. His execution will reportedly be carried out by the firing squad. Others have been sentenced to life imprisonment and hard labour for watching the show illegally.
Regional OTT players had their moment in the sun during the pandemic when consumers flocked to these platforms but how are they competing with deep-pocketed streaming giants to stay relevant?
For the upcoming 43rd edition of the Cairo Film Festival, which is the grande dame of Arab film events, fest chief Mohamed Hefzy and his team have assembled a rich mix of top notch Arab and international titles, including the world premiere of Tunisian star Dhafer L’Abidine’s directorial debut “Ghodwa” and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) premiere of “House of Gucci.”
Finding less traction on the big screen, creators of horror content are banking on streaming platforms to increase the appeal of the genre among the Indian audience.
Famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki revealed he is coming out of retirement once again to make a feature length animated film.
WhatsApp has won regulatory approval to double the number of users on its payments service in India to 40 million. The company had requested that there should be no cap on users of its payment services in India.
Spotify is in the process of testing a TikTok-style video feed that shows video clips of songs that are being played in a full-screen format. According to reports this feature was first spotted by Chris Messina who tweeted about it and shared a video of the Spotify feed with the new format. Messina described the feature as a “pared-down” version of a TikTok-style music feed. Currently, Spotify is testing the feature on beta in its iOS app.
The extremes of income disparity shape many of the small screen’s fall offerings — but, THR’s television critics say, not all explorations of class are created equal.
Walt Disney Animation’s musical adventure Encanto kicked off the extended Thanksgiving box office parade with a first day gross of $7.5 million.
The family movie, along with MGM and United Artists’ adult-skewing drama House of Gucci, opened nationwide Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving, as did Sony’s action-horror reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.
A new study from Finland finds that an increasing number of people are indeed turning to legitimate options. While overall piracy levels are generally static, tech-savvy young people are again bucking the trend.