Netflix makes biggest India investment yet with ‘Sacred Games 2’

by Lata Jha — 13 Aug 2019

New Delhi: Sacred Games, Netflix’s breakout series in India, is set to get bigger in the second season of the crime thriller that releases this Independence Day. Industry experts said the video-streaming platform has spent as much as ₹100 crore on the series, the most any streaming service has spent on creating original content in India.

COMMENTARY

Home Owners to be held liable for pirate boxes, Malaysia says

by Torrent Freak — 1 Aug 2019

The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia says it is preparing proposals that would hold home owners responsible for the use of pirate boxes in their property. Controversially, the chairman of the government department says it won't even matter if the owner of the building is renting his property to someone else, piracy must be tackled.

COMMENTARY

SMC2019 Welcomes Tropfest Junior Winner Kat Alexander

— 18 Jul 2019

The Media Resource Centre is proud to announce it will host 2019 Tropfest Junior winner, Kat Alexander, at the upcoming Screen Makers Conference in Adelaide as part of her prize package.

NEWS

Songwriters Guild of America Lauds US Copyright Office’s Announcement of Strict Oversight Approach to the MMA Music Licensing Collective

From Artists Rights Watch — 8 Jul 2019

Songwriters are fighting back to balance interests in their favour - The Songwriters Guild of America, Inc. (SGA), has announced its support for the strict oversight approach adopted by the US Copyright Office in naming the consortium led by the major music publishers as the official Music Licensing Collective (MLC) under the Music Modernization Act.

NEWS

Kodi CRACKDOWN: Add-on fans dealt blow as piracy clampdown ramps up

From Express.co.uk — 29 Jun 2019

Illegal add-ons for Kodi software are being targeted by ISPs, government agencies, broadcasters and rights holders. Reddit, for example, has reportedly started to clamp down on subreddit pages that promote piracy.

NEWS

Cricket World Cup highlights just how big streaming is in India

From TechCrunch — 24 Jun 2019

More than 100 million Indian viewers turned to Hotstar to watch the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament on a single day, the highest engagement the four-year-old service owned by Disney has clocked on its platform to date.

NEWS

Netflix’s Boss Thinks Users May Add New Streamers Like Disney+ But They Won’t Cancel

From CINEMABLEND — 22 Jun 2019

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said he believes people will still pay for more streaming subscriptions in order to access the shows and movies they want amid the launch of new streaming services from Disney and other companies.

NEWS

Could This Be the World’s Biggest State-Sponsored Piracy Operation?

From The Hollywood Reporter — 20 Jun 2019

Saudi Arabia, home of a nascent film industry itself, stands accused of supporting a major piracy operation called beoutQ, which airs content stolen from the Qatar-based beIN network as well as Hollywood, in homes around the world.

EVENT

MPA Fast Track 2019 – Thailand

1 Aug 2019

By MPA International

In the 2019 edition of the Fast Track Creative Digital Economy Forum Series (Fast Track), we zoom in on streaming services and invite expert speakers to assess the current state of the market, where it might develop and how best to stimulate a vibrant curated video on demand ecosystem in these markets.

EVENT

MPA Fast Track 2019 – Malaysia

31 July 2019

By MPA International

CCP Founding Members