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iQiyi Nabs Rights to ‘Moonlight,’ ‘La La Land’

Mar 7, 2017 / News /

Video streaming service iQiyi announced Tuesday it had secured exclusive streaming rights to Academy Award-winning films Moonlight and La La Land as well as the best foreign language film, The Salesman. Read More

China Box Office: Eight Is Hollywood’s Lucky Number

Mar 6, 2017 / Box Office /

Eight Hollywood imports occupied the top eight spots at this weekend’s Chinese box office, a first for a notoriously protective movie industry that recently adopted further measures to ensure that domestic films receive two-thirds of a cinema’s annual screening allotment. Read More

‘Ghost In The Shell’ Passes Chinese Censors

Mar 3, 2017 / News /

The live-action remake of the of the 1995 Japanese anime classic hits screens in North America on 31 March, but it's unclear if it will get a coveted day-an-date release in China. Read More

Web Celeb Detained for Redirecting Fans’ Calls to Police Hotline

Mar 2, 2017 / News /

A Chinese internet celebrity recently found out that fame has its price — especially when your phone number is leaked to millions of idolatrous fans. Read More

Foreign Films in China: How Does It Work?

Mar 2, 2017 / Chinasplaining /

If you’re a non-Chinese film producer (a foreign film producer from the Chinese perspective), and you hope to exhibit in China and add its robust market to your revenue picture, there are basically two different ways for that to happen. Read More

Big In China: Movies That Earn More RMB Than US$

Mar 1, 2017 / Infographics /

Twenty films have now found greater success in the world’s second largest film market than at home in the US. Read More

‘Logan’ Becomes First Film In China Affected By New Law

Mar 1, 2017 / News /

The producers of "Logan" have been instructed that all online and offline point of sales for the film should prominently include the warning “Elementary school students and pre-school children must be accompanied by parents or guardians." Read More

China Live Streaming: Five Home Truths for Luxury Brands

Feb 28, 2017 / Entertainment Marketing /

In a world where brevity is the norm when it comes to getting the message across, live streaming is one of the few formats where long content is still very welcome. Read More

China Censors Take Wolverine Claws to ‘Logan,’ Slice 14 Minutes Off Runtime

Feb 28, 2017 / News /

Censors have cut 14 minutes from the film's 137-minute US runtime, citing violence and perhaps also the "brief nudity" cited in the Motion Picture Association of America's own R-rating. Read More

China Copyrights: No, You Can’t Call It Fair Use

Feb 28, 2017 / Legal /

As China’s homegrown media companies like Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent continue to pay serious money for the rights to stream tv shows, movies, and other copyrighted material, more lawsuits are being filed in Chinese courts seeking to enforce China’s copyright law, and more official efforts are underway to reduce the amount of pirated material available in China. Read More

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