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Headlines from China: Chinese Media Firm The One Injects Over $1 Billion to Build ‘IP Bank’

Sep 6, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Chinese media company The One will invest 8 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) to build an 'IP Bank', where the company manages its IP assets by connecting IPs with capital and talents, in order to ultimately maximize each IP's commercial potential. Read More

How LeEco Fell From Glory

Sep 5, 2017 / News /

Once a market darling, China’s tech giant LeEco has now become a headache for investors and creditors as years of reckless expansion led the company into a debt impasse. Read More

Headlines from China: Enlight Media Increases Eleven Percent Stake in Maoyan Culture

Sep 5, 2017 / Headlines From China /

According to an announcement made by Enlight Media on September 5 (Beijing Time), the company will acquire 11.11 percent stake in Tianjin Maoyan Culture Media, the operator of China's top online ticketing platform Maoyan.com. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Dunkirk’ Wins; ‘Wolf’ Endures; ‘Valerian’ Collapses

Sep 4, 2017 / Box Office /

Dunkirk scored a modest $28 million victory thanks to director Christopher Nolan's popularity in China, but it was all quiet on the Western front as imported films continued to flounder following the conclusion of a red-hot domestic blackout period. Read More

26 Chinese Cinemas Named & Shamed For Box Office Fraud

Sep 4, 2017 / News /

The new ‘black list’ shows fraud is most rife in the country’s smallest cities with 21 of the 26 cinemas hailing from third and fourth-tier cities. Read More

Headlines from China: Chinese Companies’ New Hollywood Approach

Sep 4, 2017 / Headlines From China /

With China's crackdown on investment into Hollywood, it seems that investing in foreign films and filmmakers instead of production studios is becoming a new trend. Read More

Meet Pinta Studios: Turning VR Content into Money-making IP

Sep 3, 2017 / China Film Insiders /

With the Venice International Film Festival kicking off this week, Pinta Studios is showcasing its latest Virtual Reality (VR) animated film 'The Dream Collector' in competition with other 21 VR works from around the world. Read More

Chinese Film ‘End of Summer’ Makes It To Busan International Film Festival

Sep 1, 2017 / News /

Zhou Quan’s family drama is one of four from the Greater China region that has made the list, joining ‘Somewhere Beyond The Mist’ from Hong Kong, ‘The Last Verse’ and ‘One Night on the Wharf’ from Taiwan. Read More

Headlines from China: Why China’s 110 Million Yuan for Pixar’s ‘Cars 3’ is Somehow Embarrassing

Sep 1, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Disney/Pixar's 'Cars 3' has raked in 110 million yuan in China after one week in release, which doesn't look shabby if we don't mention the animation is produced by Pixar. Read More

LeEco’s Listed Arm Spills Red Ink for First Time