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    Sony Pictures Network premiers film promoting positivity amid Covid-19 pandemic

    • 06.04.2020
    • Indian Television

    The film industry pledges to support and sustain over 1 lakh daily wage earners for a month.

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    Indian entrepreneurs are sensitive to local consumer preferences: Yuki Kawamura, Principal, AET Fund

    • 06.04.2020
    • Financial Times

    Content is increasingly being consumed across an array of devices and platforms, which has shifted the onus away from non-digital platforms while simultaneously heralding the fragmentation of this audience base.

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    COVID-19: Yash Chopra Foundation to provide financial aid to 3,000 daily wage workers

    • 05.04.2020
    • Outlook

    The group will consist of 250 randomly selected members of Mahila Kalakar Sangh, 250 randomly members of Junior Artists Association, and 2,500 randomly members of Film Studios Setting and Allied Mazdoor Union.

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    It’s a Quibi! Quirky Streaming Service for Smartphones Is Born Into Quarantining Nation

    • 05.04.2020
    • Bloomberg Quint

    Quibi, which will eventually cost $5 a month with ads, or $8 without them, will roll out 175 shows this year. The kaleidoscopic slate of programming will be a mix of comedic series, dramas, reality shows, and topical news programs — all of it serialized into brief episodes.

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    Amazon to bring game streaming service like Google Stadia; several multiplayer online games on the way

    • 05.04.2020
    • Times Now

    Amazon has also developed a game processing engine called Lumberyard that incorporates Amazon’s cloud computing power.

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    iQIYI Launches Chinese Animated Blockbuster “Nezha” Exclusively Across Nine Southeast Asian Countries

    • 05.04.2020
    • Yahoo Finance

    iQIYI Inc., an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, launches the highly-acclaimed animated film Nezha exclusively across nine Southeast Asian countries on April 5. The Film, which was released in 2019, was the second highest-ever grossing film in China with a total box office of RMB 5 billion.

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    COLORS broadens entertainment spectrum with mythology & movies

    • 05.04.2020
    • Exchange4media.com

    Curated for Quarantine, the channel will showcase the best of comedy, mythology, reality, fantasy and drama.

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    Netflix donates Rs 7.5 crore to help daily wage workers in India

    • 04.04.2020
    • The Economic Times

    This fund, which was set up last month by PGI, will provide emergency short term relief to thousands of daily wage earners in the Indian creative community, who have been directly impacted by the closure of film, TV and web productions in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Actors’ Equity Grants Dues Extension Amid Widespread Industry Unemployment

    • 04.04.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The union, which represents actors and stage managers, has extended the traditional May deadline for spring dues to July 31, 2020.

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    No Light For China’s Cinemas As National Film Bureau Emphasizes Streaming Over Theatrical

    • 04.04.2020
    • Variety

    China’s National Film Bureau issued its first public statement in months on Friday in which it emphasized ensuring a strong supply of online streaming content, rather than getting cinemas back to work.

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