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    Disney Under Fire For Filming ‘Mulan’ in China’s Xinjiang Province

    • 08.09.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Criticism of the film is growing after its credits revealed an official thank you to eight government entities in China's Xinjiang Province, the site of alleged human rights abuses on a massive scale, including forced labor and the detainment of over 1 million Uyghur Muslims.

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    It’s Game On For Indian Esports Apps After Govt Bans PUBG

    • 08.09.2020
    • Inc42

    According to a report from Sensor Tower, PUBG has more than 175 million installations from India alone which accounts for 24% of the total installations worldwide. The estimates clearly indicate that India was a huge market for the multiplayer action game genre.

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    Has OTT content become the key selling point for telcos?

    • 08.09.2020
    • Afaqs

    What does this say about the video consumption market, and the marketing strategy of telcos?

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    Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham Estate Opens for Drive-In Movies

    • 07.09.2020
    • Variety

    Tickets start at £32.50, and guests can pay at extra £7.50 to add a table, chairs and popcorn next to their vehicles. Each car will be parked in designated areas that are socially distanced from each other, and guests can tune into the films’ audio using a transmitter in their cars.

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    Parks Associates: traditional cable and DTH down to 62%

    • 07.09.2020
    • Broadband TV News

    New Parks Associates consumer research finds 62% of US broadband households subscribe to a traditional pay-TV service via a cable or satellite provider, down from 69% in Q1 2019, even as the average amount of video watched per week has spiked to more than 37 hours per household.

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    T-Series serves legal notice to social video apps for copyright infringement

    • 07.09.2020
    • Indian Express

    T-Series has also served notice to Chinese app Snack Video which is operational in India and filed a lawsuit against short-video app Roposo.

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    Box Office: ‘Tenet’ Debuts to $20M as U.S. Theaters Reopen, Nears $150M Globally

    • 07.09.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Christopher Nolan's film is the first Hollywood tentpole to unfurl in the COVID-19 era.

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    Bollywood Star Ayushmann Khurrana Latest Actor To Call For Gender-Neutral Festival Awards

    • 07.09.2020
    • Deadline

    The Berlin Film Festival announced last month that it will become the first major festival to do away with the distinction between male and female acting categories. Instead, Silver Bears will be awarded for best leading performance and best supporting performance.

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    How Robert Pattinson’s COVID-19 Test Could Affect ‘The Batman’ — and the Industry

    • 07.09.2020
    • Variety

    The news that Robert Pattinson had tested positive just two days after “The Batman” resumed production at Leavesden Studios in the U.K. has presented the industry with the first real-world example of the true hazards of making a movie at this scale amid a pandemic.

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    Venice: European Film and TV Business Leaders Call for Greater EU Support

    • 06.09.2020
    • Variety

    Speaking at a panel event on Friday held as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the Venice Film Festival’s industry section, a trio of industry heavyweights argued that in order to keep the continental film and TV business competitive in a period marked by change and unrest, the European Commission would have to free up capital for the sector, and develop a shared subscription VOD platform.

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