Cinemas across India are getting ready for the first full-fledged Independence Day weekend in two years flanked by the Rakhi holiday.
A number of mid-sized films are looking to cash in on the post-covid demand, as smaller films are critical for both actors as well as the exhibition sector
Despite the availability of more legal streaming options than ever before, TV show and movie piracy are on the rise. Increased fragmentation in the streaming landscape paired with high costs is driving people to illegal options. According to data from piracy tracking company Muso, Netflix content is now good for 16% of all piracy traffic.
A lawsuit filed last year by several Hollywood studios and Netflix targeting illegal streaming veteran PrimeWire now resembles a war of attrition. As efforts to gather intelligence and seize domains continue, the studios have also been dealing with PrimeWire replacement 'HydraWire'. But despite the numerous hurdles, all signs point to the plaintiffs toughing the case out for as long as it takes.
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At Flix Brewhouse, a Texas-based luxury movie theater chain, chief revenue officer Chris Randleman is known as Mr. Sunshine. The past two years and change for the movie theater business haven’t inspired a ton of room for optimism, but Randleman remained convinced that cinemas would rebound to their former glory.
India has always been a popular destination for international productions, hosting everything from European independent films and British series, most recently ITV’s Beecham House and Netflix/BBC’s A Suitable Boy, to studio movies like Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and Netflix’s Chris Hemsworth-starrer Extraction
SonyLIV’s next Tamil original, "Tamil Rockerz", explores a unique story about piracy and its many tentacles through an engaging narrative.
Foreign players have realised that in order to stay in the India market, they will have to play the local content game, which is turning out to be very expensive