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China has long been a major moneymaker for the movie industry — but as the country increases its censorship rules, could Hollywood’s complicated China relationship be coming to an end? “China was the golden goose that Hollywood looked to [in order] to really recoup some big investment dollars, and the huge capital it takes to make these big franchises,” Chris Fenton, movie producer and author of the book “Feeding the Dragon,” told Yahoo Finance Live in an interview last week (video… Source link

In 2021, the movie industry deployed multiple experiments to combat the pandemic, primarily through hybrid streaming releases.  But it looks like 2022 will be a year of back to basics for studios, even as the Omicron variant rears its head. The at-home vs. theatrical fight first made waves at the end of 2020, after Warner Bros. (T) announced that all of its 2021 films will have a day-and-date release on HBO Max, in addition to a cinematic rollout.  The studio kept that promise throughout the… Source link

Luxury retailer Saks teamed up with Yahoo Creative Studios on an interactive augmented reality selfie filter for Instagram. Recommended articles … Source link

Video game developer Eidos-Montreal announced its shift to a four-day workweek last Thursday, marking it as the most high-profile studio in the gaming world to do so. Eidos’ announcement is a tectonic shift in an industry that’s been notorious for the poor treatment of its developers for decades. Crunch culture — the video game industry practice of working longer hours for big studios (known industry-wide as AAAs), and pushing employees to exhaustion when a project’s deadline draws… Source link

Shares of AMC and other theater chains popped after Disney said its film production schedule is heating up. But the shrinking exclusivity window for new releases means the industry is in “secular decline,” says one veteran media analyst.  Disney, along with its earnings, announced that two films, “Free Guy” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” will play only in theaters for 45 days before being available to stream. “Black Widow” and “Jungle Cruise” will have a simultaneous… Source link

Google made the surprise announcement on February 1st that it would be shuttering its in-house Stadia game development studios. But the news wasn’t just a surprise to Stadia customers; it was a bolt from the blue for the Stadia development team, which, just a week prior, had been told that the studios were making “great progress,” according to a report from Kotaku. “[Stadia Games and Entertainment] has made great progress building a diverse and talented team and establishing a… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Spectators look on during a Google keynote address announcing a new video gaming streaming service named Stadia that attempts to capitalize on the company’s cloud technology and global network of data centers, at the Gaming Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday it would stop internal development of games for Stadia, making the cloud-based game-streaming service entirely… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Spectators look on during a Google keynote address announcing a new video gaming streaming service named Stadia that attempts to capitalize on the company’s cloud technology and global network of data centers, at the Gaming Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday it would stop internal development of games for Stadia, making the cloud-based game-streaming service entirely… Source link

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 8% Dividend Yield Let’s talk portfolio defense. After last week’s social flash mob market manipulation, that’s a topic that should not be ignored. Now, this is not to say that the markets are collapsing. After 2% losses to close out last week’s Friday session, this week’s trading kicked off with a positive tone, as the S&P 500 rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq climbed 2.5%. The underlying bullish factors – a more stable political scene, steadily… Source link