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    Hollywood Faces the Hardest Truth: Movies Are No Longer King

    • 20.08.2020
    • Indiewire

    Power lies with portfolios, not the studios. “‘Sleepless in Seattle’ is a streaming movie now,” said its producer, Lynda Obst.

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    #NAMA: Evaluating intellectual property rights over non-personal data

    • 20.08.2020
    • Medianama

    The report on non-personal data would lead to endless litigation over whether or not individual databases fulfill the criteria of originality and are thus protectable by the copyright law.

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    Brave New World: The Advent of Scripted Coronavirus TV

    • 19.08.2020
    • Indiewire

    Almost six months into widespread lockdowns, scripted productions filmed under COVID-19 restrictions are about to air.

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    Analysis: Room for 3bn further SVoD subs

    • 19.08.2020
    • Advanced Television

    The latest figures from research firm Ampere Analysis suggest that there is room for three billion additional streaming subscriptions across the world’s largest media markets, even though some territories are moving towards a ‘stacking ceiling’.

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    China Issues Guidelines On Developing a Sci-Fi Film Sector

    • 19.08.2020
    • Variety

    Entitled “Several Opinions on Promoting the Development of Science Fiction Films,” the document highlights how the sci-fi genre fits into the ruling Communist Party’s broader ideological and technological goals.

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    Regional language OTTs use lockdown to expand footprint

    • 19.08.2020
    • Livemint

    Marathi film producer Akshay Bardapurkar is floating a Marathi language video streaming service called Planet Marathi while veteran Telugu filmmaker Allu Aravind launched a Telugu platform called Aha Video a couple of months ago.

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    NY to Movie Theaters: You’re Not Worth the Risk

    • 19.08.2020
    • Indiewire

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo said movie theaters in New York will remain closed indefinitely.

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    Consumers Cool to Bailout for Movie Theaters, Concert Venues, New Survey Reveals

    • 18.08.2020
    • Variety

    Just 16% of respondents were very supportive of movie theaters receiving federal aid, and 35% moderately supportive, for 51% net support.

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    S. Korea to form local OTT support group against global rivals

    • 18.08.2020
    • Yonhap News Agency

    The remarks come as Netflix is set to increase its local presence after it became available on telecom operator KT Corp.'s IPTVs earlier this month.

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    Prithviraj’s next will be shot using virtual production filmmaking

    • 18.08.2020
    • The News Minute

    The technique has earlier been used in Hollywood films like ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Avatar’.

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