China Streaming or China Dreaming? The Outlook for Foreign VOD

 /  Opinion  / 
Things have changed a bit since we last touched on streaming trends, so let’s look at the outlook for 2020. Read More

China to Allow Foreign Streaming Services? Not so Fast.

 /  Legal  / 
On closer examination, though, all that happened was that the Beijing Municipal Government had issued a release mentioning a plan to allow foreign investment into VPN services as part of some sort of limited pilot scheme. Read More

China Video Streaming — 10 Top Trends

 /  Streaming  / 
The pace of change is so rapid that it’s always hard to keep up with developments in China. Here’s what’s going on in video streaming in China right now. Read More

New Chinese Laws to Hit Streaming, Broadcasting of Foreign Content

 /  Legal  / 
If implemented in their present form, the provisions will seriously impact the streaming and broadcasting of foreign motion picture and TV content. Read More

Gaming the System? Foreign Access to China’s Online Gaming Industry

 /  Game  / 
Online gaming in China is subject to the same overall regulatory framework that applies to software as a service (SaaS) in China. Read More

Sports Broadcast Copyright in China: the Stranglehold of Originality

 /  Legal  / 
Copyright in sports broadcasts is not explicitly recognized in China by statute, though it has been recognized in some Chinese copyright cases. Read More

Legal Protections for Sports Broadcasts in China Conference, Beijing, June 23

 /  News  / 
On Friday June 23, in collaboration with the National Copyright Administration of China, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will be putting on a one-day conference on legal protections for sports broadcasts. Read More

China and Hollywood Panel: January 19 in Los Angeles

 /  News  / 
China Law Blog's Mathew Alderon's panel will focus on how to work within China’s legal system on new productions and on how to deal with the unique challenges China presents when doing productions there. Read More

A China Film and TV Toolkit

 /  News  / 
In response to intellectual property concerns in China, the UK Government, the British Film Institute, and the Producers Alliance for Cinema & Television (PACT) recently collaborated to prepare a new UK-China Film & TV Toolkit. Read More

The Ins and Outs of Getting Money Out of China

 /  Legal  / 
Chinese banks are becoming much stricter with certain types of remittances. Read More

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