According to remarks released by the MPA, Rivkin told the closed-door session that “my industry welcomes the opportunity to discuss legislation…legislation that seeks to address the downside risks without stifling innovation or compromising on our longstanding democratic ideals – most of all the First Amendment, which our iconic industry depends upon.”

Independent film has always been seen as faster to give opportunities to people who are historically excluded, and a new report from San Diego State’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film indicates that continues to be the case.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the submission deadline for receiving comments and counter-comments on the consultation paper (CP) on ‘Review of Quality-of-Service Standards for Access Services (Wireless and Wireline) and Broadband (Wireless and Wireline) Services’.

New Delhi: Single-screen theatres in India are heaving a sigh of relief with a recent steam of mass market movies keeping the tills ringing. But they are looking to expand into multiplexes well aware that such strokes of luck don't last.

Japan has unveiled details of a location production incentive scheme that it hopes will attract more film and TV shoots to the island nation. The scheme offers reimbursement of up to 50% of qualifying expenditure in Japan, with an upper limit of JPY1 billion ($6.4 million) on the disbursement.

Earlier this year, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment shut down one of the largest piracy sites, Zoro.to. The anti-piracy group struck a deal with its Vietnamese operator, who also ran the popular 2Embed service. Shortly before shutting down, Zoro.to was 'acquired' by Aniwatch.to, which now finds itself at the center of a new ACE investigation.

NEW DELHI: The Centre is considering an amendment to the TRAI Act, 1997, which would bring specific requirements to enable senior corporate executives to become the Chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), The Indian Express reported Tuesday citing an official aware of the matter.

Media and entertainment company Disney Star has partnered with Pratilipi, an online self-publishing and audiobook portal for a multi-series content deal. This association allows Disney Star to develop multiple new fiction television shows adapted from stories available on Pratilipi, intended to be broadcast across languages on Disney Star’s TV and digital platforms, the two companies said in a statement.

Indian channels aggregator, Tata Play Binge, is soon to incorporate Apple TV+, a first-of-its-kind collaboration for Apple TV+ in India. The move means that series such as “Ted Lasso,” “The Morning Show,” “Bad Sisters,” “Slow Horses” and “Prehistoric Planet,” and Apple Original Films including “CODA” and “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” “Ghosted,” and the recently premiered “The Beanie Bubble” will be available on the platform.