The body referred to the promise made by the CM during the GHMC polls last December for free permissions to be granted to the film industry for shooting in government locations besides looking into other issues faced by them.

The TV ratings agency was struggling to justify the data it was putting out and tinkering with it constantly.

The outcome of this spat may set a benchmark on how clashing legal jurisdictions among democracies can coexist with the right of citizens to dissent without necessarily provoking hate or violence.

As people slowly return to theatres, and big releases in the pipeline, the live events and cinema industry hopes 2021 will be a good year for them.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that New York City movie theaters will be given permission to open as early as March 5, just in time for Raya and the Last Dragon. Capacity will be at 25% or 50 audience members, whichever is lower.

The show also drove 3.9 times the signups compared to the average December weekend, according to Antenna.

Netflix has a new way to get content in front of subscribers: It launched a feature that will automatically download TV shows or movies you might be interested in to your smartphone in based on your preferences and viewing history, so you can watch them in offline mode.

Some countries like India and Pakistan endorse a watered-down version of data localization in their current and proposed laws. The lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament, Lok Sabha, introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019 (PDPB). This law reduces the required data localization in previous versions of the law, likely due to pressure of more open internet-friendly societies like the U.S. and Europe.

"For much of 2020 through to the present, significant portions of the industry shuttered. The pandemic has put roughly 465,000 film and television jobs in the U.S. at risk," read a letter sent to the new commander-in-chief.