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Rohit Jain takes charge of Lionsgate Play in Starz Asia reset

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Canadian-American entertainment company Starz Entertainment Corp., formerly Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, has sold Lionsgate Play-its streaming platform in South Asia and... Read More


Pan-India promise, patchy payoff: Why many southern Hindi dubs are failing

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- For as long as movie buffs can remember, Salman Khan has been the undisputed king of the Eid box office. In 2015, however, a week before the release of his cross-border emotional... Read More


Small-budget regional films face streaming challenges despite increased demand for content

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The surge in regional-language content on streaming platforms hasn't really benefited small-budget films in languages other than Hindi, such as Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punja... Read More


Drop in single-screen cinemas, uneven multiplex growth shrink scope for movie-goers

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The decline of single-screen cinemas and the concentration of multiplexes in the top metros are narrowing options for India's movie-goers and hurting box-office collections of fi... Read More


Who clicked, who watched - OTTs eye real engagement metrics

New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- On a video platform, every click may seem like a view. But not every view means that the content was really 'watched'. Even as they invest widely in original and acquired content... Read More


The long tail of a blockbuster-collections beyond the box-office

New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- The box-office is no longer the only engine of value for a successful film. Feature filmmakers that once relied only on theatrical, satellite television and video streaming right... Read More


Flexible ticket pricing revives midweek cinema visits, but there's a catch

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Audiences are lapping up weekly ticket offers priced as low as Rs.99, at least for films with strong word-of-mouth, providing a stamp of approval for the idea that reasonable pric... Read More


Netflix, JioHotstar bet big on the South as India's OTT growth slows

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- As India's OTT growth shows signs of plateauing beyond large cities, streaming platforms are turning their attention south. Netflix and JioHotstar have both announced an aggressi... Read More