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Movie and news genre on TV saw rise in ad volumes in 2020 despite COVID-19
The movie genre saw highest share of ad volume last year at 23 percent which was 21 percent in 2019.
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Esports’ inclusion in Asian Games 2022 – what changes can players and platforms look forward to?
Esports Federation of India (ESFI) has started working around video games like Valorant, Free Fire, and Call of Duty Mobile and will include more like FIFA, PES, and Clash Royale, among others to prepare players for Asian Games 2022.
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After venturing into film distribution, UFO Moviez to now release Master across key circuits in North India
Master is the third film that UFO Moviez is distributing after Richa Chadda's Shakeela and Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi.
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Confident about Master's release, distributor Vikas Sahni shares why he bought the film's distribution rights
Looking at the buzz around the film and confident about the product, producer and distributor Vikas Sahni bought the all-India distribution rights of the film except for south India.
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Delhi and December saw most number of weddings in 2020 amid COVID-19 pandemic: Report
Biggest virtual wedding happened in Mumbai with 50 guests joining the wedding virtually and 50 guests attending the wedding in person in August, 2020.
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Against all odds, this multiplex operator launched 8 new screens in Covid times
Sharma, who was head operations strategy at Cinemax India (cinema chain) and worked in the company for eight years, started Miraj Cinemas in 2012.
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This company is helping brands get the right ad inventory on online gaming platforms
GreedyGame is a native ad platform that helps game developers earn money through in-game ads.
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Good news for Vijay's Master and multiplexes as Tamil Nadu allows 100% capacity in theatres, PVR to benefit more: Analysts
Tamil Nadu has become the first state to allow theatres to run with 100 percent capacity, just ahead of the release of Vijay's Master on January 13 during Pongal holiday.
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Theatres pin hopes on stars like Salman Khan to 'resurrect fortunes of cinemas'
Facing low occupancy, exhibitors from across India have written to actor Salman Khan, requesting him to release his upcoming Bollywood venture 'Radhe - Your Most Wanted Bhai' in theatres on Eid this year.
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Lipstick Under My Burkha's Aahana Kumra on her new show, work in COVID-19 times and pay cuts
Aahana Kumra shares why she tried her hands in comedy and chose to do Sandwiched Forever, a family comedy show.
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From Salman Khan to Akshay Kumar, it's the stars who will make or break the box office in 2021
Industry insiders believe star power will be critical to get audiences back inside cinemas. Theatres are yet to open in some States and occupancies are low where they have reopened as people are still fearful of catching COVID. Given all these factors, the industry is counting on star power to draw the crowds back in.
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Ad volumes on TV reach pre-COVID levels thanks to IPL, but value growth still some way off
While ad volumes started picking up pace in the second half of 2020, overall there has been less than 1 percent increase in ad volumes compared to last year.
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Telugu film beats Wonder Woman 1984 at box office, shows regional and Hindi content key to business revival
According to analysts, Hindi and regional movies, which have a much larger target audience than English films, will be a big driver for box office and footfalls in cinemas.
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Christmas, New Year are bringing cheer to mall business after COVID-19 impact
After Diwali, Christmas and New Year are continuing the growth momentum in terms of footfalls and business. And Christmas offers and End of Year sales are attracting people to malls.
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All eyes on Vijay’s Master as Hindi versions of southern films see strong traction in theatres
While the lack of content through the Covid pandemic has led to filmmakers and producers to look at dubbed Hindi versions of Southern films, exhibitors, too, think this could be a strategy for the long term.
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After COVID-19 impact, is box office slowly on its way to be back in black?
A Hollywood venture and a south film is helping Indian box office get its charm back.
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Wonder Woman 1984 opens on a strong note but COVID-19 related uncertainties impact collections
Wonder Woman 1984 has earned around double of what Tenet minted on its opening day as the latter grossed around a crore at the Indian box office.
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From comedy shows to plays, ground events are back to entertain
It was in the fourth phase of unlocking when live events industry got the go ahead from the Centre to hold ground events with a ceiling of 100 people.
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COVID-19 pandemic | A look at key pre- and post-lockdown cinema trends
Tenet has become the most watched film after the lockdown, having sold 3 lakh tickets so far.
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COVID-19 impact: Theatres turn into Amazon godowns; 2020 to see steepest fall in screen count
This year as many as 1,000 to 1,500 screens are likely to shut down permanently, bringing down the overall screen count of India to around 8,000 screens.
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Night curfew in Maharashtra may spell bad news for Wonder Woman's box office business
The superhero flick which was estimated to earn around Rs 18-20 crore at the box office may see a drop in its earnings due to the night curfew in Maharashtra which has been imposed from December 22 to January 5.
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Now, UFO Moviez enters film distribution, seeks to offer more content at a lower cost
UFO Moviez plans to provide theatres, which are running empty because of a dearth of content, a film every week all through the year. The goal is to woo back audiences and increase advertising revenue as footfalls increase
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Siddharth Anand Kumar explains how simultaneous release of films in cinemas and online will benefit the industry
Bollywood producer laments the inequity his kind face at the hands of theatre owners and feels its time took a hard look at the dynamics and figured out the best way forward. Simultaneous releases, he insists, can benefit all the stakeholders, including theatre exhibitors
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From Sooryavanshi to 83: Warner Bros' Wonder Woman to set the stage for big Bollywood ventures
Releasing on December 23, all eyes are on Warner Bros' Wonder Woman 1984 (WW84) which is the second big Hollywood venture to release in India after theatres reopened in the country.
