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    Netflix Animation scores big in Burbank with a lease for a dedicated animation studio

    • 26.09.2020
    • Animation Xpress

    The streaming giant is quite hopeful and confident about animation studios contributing to its content creation legacy in a big way. This news comes a couple of weeks later when co-founder, co-CEO Reed Hastings mentioned that they wish to “surpass Disney in Animation.”

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    Netflix’s $30M Buy for ‘Malcolm and Marie’ Overshadows Toronto Dealmaking

    • 26.09.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Despite the eight-figure deals that lit up Toronto’s virtual market, virtual events couldn’t make up for the in-person experience of years past.

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    K Madhavan elected as IBF’s new president

    • 26.09.2020
    • BrandEquity.com

    The managing director of Star and Disney India will be assuming the role of president of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation.

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    Content streaming model can’t hold water, the future is bundles, says Synamedia exec

    • 26.09.2020
    • CTech

    "At the end of the day everybody wants a bundle. We believe that the ones that will be the winners will be the ones with the infrastructure," says Yael Fainaro, SVP security.

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    Amazon Unveils Game Streaming Service Luna

    • 25.09.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The service, which is rolling out today for early access in the U.S., does away with lengthy downloads, meaning that firing up a new game works more like pressing play on a Netflix movie.

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    IFFI pushed to January 2021, will be held in both physical and virtual format, announces Prakash Javadekar

    • 25.09.2020
    • Firstpost

    The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), scheduled to be held in Goa from 20 to 28 November, has been pushed until next year, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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    Netflix, Amazon Prime are latest weapons in India’s telecom war

    • 25.09.2020
    • Livemint

    India’s telecom battle is back, and time it is being fought with freebies. Telecom carriers are offering incentives such as subscriptions to services from Netflix to Amazon Prime.

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    Tribeca Film Festival to Add Video Games to Official Selections

    • 25.09.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley and veterans Kiki Wolfkill and Hideo Kojima are among those who will shape the presence of gaming at the fest.

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    BAFTA alters membership, voting rules for awards to address concerns on lack of diversity

    • 25.09.2020
    • Firstpost

    No women were nominated as best director for the seventh year consecutive year in 2020, and all 20 nominees in the lead and supporting performer categories were white.

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    Pay-per-view model stares at tough road ahead in India

    • 25.09.2020
    • Livemint

    Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Pandey-starrer Khaali Peeli and Tamil film Ka Pae Ranasingam, priced at ₹299 and Rs199 respectively, will be test runs for the model, popular in the US and the UK but which has failed to take off in India so far.

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