Foreign productions are flocking to Spain, spending €263 million ($266 million) in 2021, double the 2016-19 average, according to a ProFilm study. International inward investment in national productions has also grown on an unprecedented scale.
The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has opened applications for the '75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow' competition. The segment is an annual platform at the International Film Festival of India in Goa for identifying, encouraging, and nurturing young creative talents from various aspects of filmmaking.
The EU is preparing to launch its own blockchain solution to authenticate physical products through NFTs. The technology can be used to fight counterfeit products but has many other use cases as well. The tokens are compatible with regular NFT platforms and will be tied to the EU's own blockchain services infrastructure.
The New Delhi High Court has issued a site-blocking injunction in favor of Star India to protect the film "Brahmastra". Local ISPs have been ordered to block 18 pirate sites but the same order also applies to domain registrars, including US-based Namecheap and GoDaddy. These far-reaching measures apply to a movie that hasn't yet been released and hasn't been pirated either.
The surge in demand for landing pages, particularly from news broadcasters, has prompted distribution platform operators (DPOs) to experiment with a second landing page. Many DPOs, like GTPL Hathway, are offering dual landing pages in order to cater to the rising demand from news broadcasters.
The government is working on a new version of data protection bill and proposed Digital India law to make the online world more accountable, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday
The Focus on India – Italy and India: Building a Common Audience panel was a special project of the DGCA (Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual) of MiC (Italy’s Ministry of Culture) at the Venice Film Festival.
The telecom industry has been long asking for a level playing field between service providers and OTT players besides addressing the regulatory imbalance saying such OTT apps offer free voice and messaging services on the internet impacting their revenues.
Motion Picture Association CEO Charles Rivkin is at the Venice Film Festival with Stan McCoy, the org’s chief for Europe, to attend a panel on the economic impact of film and TV production in the U.S. and Italy, organized by the film unit of the Italian culture ministry.
Directed by Milind Dhaimade (2016 London Film Festival selection “You Are My Sunday”), the Hindi-language film is a comedy revolving around a mother and son relationship. It stars Neetu Kapoor (“Jug Jugg Jeeyo”), Sunny Kaushal (“The Forgotten Army – Azaadi Ke Liye”) and Shraddha Srinath (“Maara”).