From pre-Code gangster films to Bette Davis blazing a trail for female protagonists to blockbuster super- hero sagas, Warner Bros. Pictures’ output has been synonymous with the most popular stories of the day — and the iconic filmmakers who brought them to life.
David Zaslav went office-furniture shopping when he moved into the executive building on the Warner Bros. lot last year. The new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery had Jack L. Warner’s large dark-wood desk pulled out of storage for his use. He also found a leather legal pad holder once clutched by another of his predecessors at the storied studio: Steven J. Ross.
Internet providers WideOpenWest and Grande Communications will have to defend themselves against filmmakers' piracy liability claims. In two separate lawsuits, filmmakers accused the companies of turning a blind eye to piracy. The ISPs characterized the filmmakers as copyright trolls and requested dismissals, but the allegations failed to convince the courts.
Portugal's Polícia Judiciária and cybercrime unit UNC3T have confirmed responsibility for the arrest of the alleged leader of piracy release group EVO. The enforcement action followed a months-long investigation triggered by a complaint from Amazon, Disney, Netflix and other key movie industry players. The FBI assisted by taking down the group's US-based servers.
Amazon India has signed a letter of engagement with the Indian government’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with the objective of growing the country’s creative economy. As part of the collaboration, Amazon and the ministry will help build pathways to promote creative talent in India, create capacity across film and TV institutes and globally showcase Indian-made creative content.
The company is celebrating the anniversary with a variety of consumer touchpoints including special programming and content, exclusive products and live events
A German court has ordered hosting provider Uberspace to take the website of the open-source youtube-dl software offline. The ruling is the result of a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed by Sony, Warner and Universal last year. Uberspace will appeal the verdict and, meanwhile, youtube-dl's code remains available on GitHub.
Sports media spends, sponsorships on the ground and celebrity endorsements raked in a total revenue of ₹14,209 crore in the last year, registering a 49% jump over 2021 from about ₹9500 crore. Of this, sports sponsorship saw the biggest upswing, increasing to ₹5,907 crore with a growth of 105%, found a new report by GroupM.
Movie fans have been trickling back to the cinema after the pandemic upheaval, but the financial pain has intensified for some of the largest theater-industry players.
The success of Amazon Prime Video’s crime thriller Farzi, the most-watched Indian subscription video-on-demand (SVoD ) show, according to media consulting firm Ormax, has drawn much attention to the platform’s India strategy.