James Murdoch, Uday Shankar team up for new venture
James Murdoch and Uday Shankar had worked together building Star India, prior to its sale as part of the merger of 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company. …
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Covid Effect: Artistes don the teaching hat
Performance artistes hemmed in by the social distancing norms that severely crimped public festivals and live performances, are now going online to teach others. …
Read moreEros STX appoints Rajitta Hemwaani as business head of music
Hemwaani previously worked at 9X Media, where she was the senior vice president and chief content officer for the last 4 years. She has also worked at companies like Universal Music Group, Star TV Network, The Times of India Group, Tips Films and Reliance Entertainment. …
Read moreTamil Nadu allows cinema theatres to run with 100% capacity
In a major relief to the cinema exhibition sector, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday lifted the 50% cap on occupancy, which was in place since November last year, when the state first allowed the theatres to resume operations. …
Read moreIPAB allows IPRS to collect royalties from FM Radio Stations for its members
The tribunal, headed by chairman Justice Manmohan Singh and technical members N Surya Senthil and SP Chockalingam, pronounced the judgement on December 31st, last year. …
Read moreShort films create big impression amid pandemic blues
Even as economic activity stalled, social distancing meant no group engagements – no dining out, no travel and no movies. In India, according to trade analysts, the film industry lost at least ₹8,000 crore in revenue in 2020 due to lockdown restrictions. …
Read moreBollywood pins hope on 2021 as films big and small await theatrical release
Big-budget movies that could not releases in the year gone by plan to make their way to theatres in 2021 where they will have to fight for space with the new films of the year. …
Read moreWhen the silver screen went dark: Bollywood counts its losses in year of pandemic
On a yearly basis, total Hindi films earnings would have been about Rs 3,000 crore but they stand at Rs 500-600 crore only. So bollywood have lost out on making at least Rs 1,700-2,000 crore. …
Read moreMusic record label Tips Industries, Facebook ink global licensing deal
Tips Industries chairman and managing director Kumar Taurani said the deal with Facebook will allow millions of Facebook and Instagram users across the world to add Tips’ music to their stories and videos. …
Read more2021: Bollywood is betting on some big releases but the OTT threat looms large now
OTT platforms got a boost due to the lockdown as people had much less to do at home. With growing TV and OTT viewership, will the charm of the big cinema be permanently replaced? …
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