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    Shemaroo Entertainment ties up with Spotify in India

    • 15.04.2020
    • Biz Asia Live

    Shemaroo Entertainment, India’s leading content powerhouse, today announced its association with Spotify, world’s most popular audio streaming platform, under which Shemaroo will provide access to its vast music content library to Spotify users.

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    M&E After Covid-19: Reset Of Existing Norms

    • 15.04.2020
    • Business World

    From the beginnings of history, entertainment is one of humans' great obsession. From creativity to commerce it’s an all-embracing activity. Or they did till the Coronavirus triggered a lockdown. What will happen when this is over? What will be the new normal?

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    Six SXSW TV Pilots Look for Second Life on Vimeo After 2020 Festival Cancellation

    • 15.04.2020
    • IndieWire

    Festival highlight "The Dream" and five other independent episodic pilots from this year's canceled SXSW festival are now streaming for free on Vimeo.

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    Sudhanshu Vats Steps Down as Head of India’s Viacom 18

    • 15.04.2020
    • Variety

    Under Vats’ leadership, Viacom 18 grew from a six channel set-up to a 54-channel conglomerate.

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    KPMG India reveals how COVID-19 has impacted the media and entertainment industry

    • 14.04.2020
    • Business Insider

    The report highlights that media consumption overtime has become income inelastic, however the current environment could result in a dip in media consumption in the near term; and also foresees key trends across Television, Print mediaFilms, OTT platforms during COVID along with the recovery time for the same.

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    Exhibitors fret over massive negative impact on footfalls after lockdown

    • 14.04.2020
    • Moneycontrol.com

    According to Rahul Puri, MD, Mukta Arts, one of the main challenges after the lockdown will be reviving consumer confidence.

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    Screening Room Rechristened SR Labs, Gets New CEO and $27.5 Million in Equity Financing

    • 14.04.2020
    • Variety

    The Screening Room, the technology company that threatened to upend theatrical distribution by offering new releases in the home, has been rechristened SR Labs. It also appointed a new CEO — former Sony Pictures Home Entertainment president Man Jit Singh.

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    Covid-19: Shah Rukh Khan provides 25,000 PPE kits for healthcare workers in Maharashtra

    • 14.04.2020
    • The Economic Times

    The actor's Meer Foundation had announced working with the Maharashtra and West Bengal governments for the supply of 50,000 PPE kits.

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    Start-up Filmboard to address the pain points of producers

    • 14.04.2020
    • Indian Television

    The company is in the process of having pre-series A round to raise $1Mn

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    Alibaba Pictures Braces for Fourfold Loss Increase, Blames Coronavirus

    • 13.04.2020
    • Variety

    In the profit warning it said that net losses would be “between RMB1,100 million ($155 million and RMB1,200 million ($169 million), compared with a similar loss of approximately RMB254 million ($35.6 million) for the financial year ended March 31, 2019."

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