The past few weeks have gone by in a blur for Singapore-Korean co-produced comedy film “Ajoomma.” In a short span, it had a world premiere at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, earned four Golden Horse nominations including best actress, best new director, best original screenplay and best supporting actor. And Singapore has selected the film as its Oscars contender. But it took seven years to get his far.
The world's leading anti-piracy coalition ACE has booked another major success in Latin America. The group shut down the popular movie streaming site Ymovies.to through a suspect in Columbia. Around the same time, a Brazil-based pirate video CDN was pulled offline, blacking out dozens of other sites in the process.
The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has invited media delegates to be a part of the festival. The festival, which will be held in Goa from 20 – 28 November will showcase contemporary and classic films from India and around the globe. At IFFI, the awaiting media delegates are filmmakers, actors, technicians, critics, academicians, not to mention fellow film enthusiast.
Next-generation 5G telecom services have been launched, bringing the promise of superfast gaming, enhanced virtual reality, high-resolution video and efficency-enhancing communication as businesses adjust to post-pandemic fleexible workplaces.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had issued the ‘Draft Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations 2022’ on 9th September 2022 for comments/counter-comments of stakeholders.
Industry experts ponder if the craze for visual effects is compromising other aspects of films especially content..
There’s an adage dating back to TV advertising in the 1970s: “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” And while Netflix and Disney+ advertising tiers will not quite be free, viewers will be able to subscribe to the services at discounted price points as long as they can tolerate a few ads.
Paramount and Sony have become the first member studios to participate in the MPA-EICOP Entertainment Law and Policy Fellowship, the program first announced by the Motion Picture Association and the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program last fall.
In a coordinated call to action, more than 100 rightsholders and organizations spanning sports and other live entertainment are demanding action from the European Union to end live piracy - now. They want new legislation that will guarantee the swift removal and blocking of illegal streams. The signs suggest that intermediaries - not actual pirates - will be the targets.
DISH Network has won yet another significant damages award following a lawsuit filed against a pirate IPTV supplier. The U.S. broadcaster filed a complaint against My Indian TV in August 2021, but the service stayed online until this April. DISH will now take control of the service's domains but whether it will see any of the $26.5m awarded by a New York court remains to be seen.