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    Bollywood strikes back: With theatres reopening, Hindi film industry needs its audience more than ever before

    • 14.10.2020
    • Firstpost

    Top Bollywood producers have united to sue Republic TV and Times Now for 'defamatory' coverage. With theatres reopening after seven months of shutdown, it is imperative that Bollywood clean its name.

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    AMC Theatres Could Run Out of Cash by the End of 2020, Early 2021

    • 14.10.2020
    • Variety

    AMC Theatres is in danger of running out of cash by the end of the year or by early 2021 if moviegoers don’t return to cinemas in greater numbers, the world’s largest exhibitor warned in public filings on Tuesday.

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    Exclusive: KPMG partner and head M&E Girish Menon shares his insight on the Indian gaming scenario 2020

    • 14.10.2020
    • Animation Xpress

    Since the last few months various game streaming platforms have grown and today serious gamers have considered game streaming at least for once as a viable career option. And according to Menon here are factors that will boost the game streaming sectors in the coming months: growth in professional gamers and gaming enthusiasts, success for Indian gamers at the international stage, increase in monetisation options for professional gamers.

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    Cineplex CEO Talks ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Delays, Cineworld Litigation, “Forced” Theater Closures

    • 14.10.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Ellis Jacob told shareholders Canada's largest exhibitor won't shut cinemas as Hollywood tentpoles are pushed to 2021 or get streaming releases amid the pandemic.

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    Native and Indigenous Writers Ask Hollywood to Advance Film and TV Representation

    • 13.10.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Twenty-eight writers on the Writers Guild of America West's Native American & Indigenous Writers Committee said the industry is "continuing inaccurate narratives and erasure of our community."

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    Theatre owners pin hopes on Diwali with mix of old, new films

    • 13.10.2020
    • Livemint

    Some film producers had held back from releasing films online, including Kiara Advani-starrer Indoo Ki Jawani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production Tuesdays and Fridays and Yash Raj Films’ Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and Bunty Aur Babli 2.

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    What does the future hold for OTT video subscriptions?

    • 13.10.2020
    • Subscription Insider

    According to PwC, the global OTT video market will double in size between 2019 and 2023, when it will total $72.8 billion. A rapidly expanding marketplace means increased competition for OTT video service providers, who must find the right go-to-market (GTM) strategy to distribute their services, reach more customers, grow their install base and drive more recurring revenue.

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    Top Bollywood production houses move Delhi HC against ‘defamatory’ reportage by some media houses

    • 13.10.2020
    • Livemint

    Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, and Karan Johar's production houses are among the 38 Bollywood associations and producers who have filed a suit in the Delhi High Court.

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    TRP Manipulation and TV Channels Propagating Hate Are Two Different Problems

    • 13.10.2020
    • The Wire

    Both need to be addressed, but not in a way that gives the regime more power to regulate the media it doesn't like.

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    Disney Reorganizes Content and Distribution Units to Bolster Streaming Businesses

    • 13.10.2020
    • Variety

    The Walt Disney Company announced a broad structural reorganization of its media and entertainment businesses Monday, in a move to ramp up and streamline its direct-to-consumer strategy. That involves the creation of the new Media and Entertainment Distribution group, which will oversee all content monetization and streaming operations.

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