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    Sharp Rise in Piracy Rates Across Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Norway

    • 25.05.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    A Mediavision survey reports a sharp rise in piracy rates across the Nordic region. Movie and TV show consumption, whether streamed or downloaded, is up in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. The largest number of pirates can be found in Sweden, where a quarter of 15 to 74-year-olds pirate content, levels last seen in 2016.

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    Paramount+ Raises Price As It Adds Showtime, Sets Launch Date

    • 23.05.2023
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Paramount+ with Showtime will cost $11.99 (on par with the current pricing), while the Paramount+ "Essential" plan will see its price raised to $5.99 per month.

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    ‘Emmerdale’ Actor Paige Sandhu, ‘Jubilee’ Star Aditi Rao Hydari to Lead U.K.-India Co-Production ‘Lioness’ – Global Bulletin

    • 23.05.2023
    • Variety

    “Lioness,” an official Indo-U.K. co-production being made under the 2008 bilateral treaty, will star Aditi Rao Hydari (“Jubilee”) and Paige Sandhu (“Emmerdale”), it was revealed at the Cannes India pavilion on Tuesday.

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    Certified Anti-Piracy Coach Helps Piracy Addicts Go Legal

    • 23.05.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    With only a rapid heart rate, cold sweats, and acute anxiety for company, the cravings of acute piracy addiction leave a stark choice; call a therapist and beg for support, or gorge on pirated movies and TV shows, hurting the creators.

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    Back Fewer footfalls at PVR Inox mirror Bollywood’s waning fortunes

    • 23.05.2023
    • LiveMint

    Recent earnings of the newly-merged PVR Inox entity showed a 16% drop in ticket sales in the last financial year, compared to the pre-covid year of FY20, along with a 21% dip in occupancy.

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    Korean Remake of India’s ‘Drishyam’ Franchise Set at Panorama, Anthology

    • 22.05.2023
    • Variety

    Panorama Studios is backed by producer Kumar Mangat Pathak, while Anthology Studios is founded by former Warner Bros. local Korean production head, Choi Jae-won (aka Jay Choi), “Parasite” actor Song Kang-ho and acclaimed director Kim Jee-woon.

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    Rio de Janeiro Looks to Grow Cash Rebate

    • 22.05.2023
    • Variety

    Rio de Janeiro city authorities are looking to increase Rio’s cash rebate for international shoots launched last October by city org RioFilme with a 35% deduction rate on expenditure and R$15 million ($3.0 million) in total funding.

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    Films’ b’cast rights remained subdued in ’22; digital got rationalised: Ficci-EY report

    • 22.05.2023
    • IBW News

    Broadcast rights of filmed entertainment remained subdued due to lower ratings of movie channels in the year 2022, while digital rights got rationalized and shed their direct-to-OTT premiums as most larger films reverted to theatrical releases, according to Ficci-EY media and entertainment report 2023

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    Indian M&E industry reps at Cannes admit women power on the up

    • 22.05.2023
    • IBW News

    India Pavilion at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival started with a powerful session on the role of women in media and entertainment space on Day 4 of the Cannes Film Festival yesterday.

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    Back JioCinema, Voot merger in final stage as cos await IPL end

    • 22.05.2023
    • LiveMint

    Last September, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had approved the amalgamation of Jio Cinema with Viacom18. Further, the company had won the digital rights for the IPL for ₹23,757 crore.

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