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Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world. It was once so rich that Concorde used to fly from Caracas to Paris. But in the last three years its economy has collapsed. Hunger has gripped the nation for years. Now, it’s killing people and animals that are dying of starvation. The Venezuelan government knows, but won’t admit it!!! Four in five Venezuelans live in poverty. People queue for hours to buy food. Much of the time they go without. People are also dying from a lack of medicines. Inflation is at 82,766% and there are warnings it could exceed one million per cent by the end of this year. Venezuelans are trying to get out. The UN says 2.3 million people have fled the country - 7% of the population.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Zediva to Appeal Hollywood Injunction to Ninth Circuit...

Zediva, the online movie streaming service that made waves earlier this year by "renting" recently-released movies to customers, has officially provided notice that it is going to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals with hopes of overturning a preliminary injunction that suspended its operations.

In August, Hollywood studios successfully obtained that injunction by arguing that Zediva's service constituted an illegal public exhibition of its copyrighted material.

Zediva countered that it was engaged in private exhibitions of movies merely intended to offer the public a more convenient way to view them. Zediva allowed its customers to rent both DVDs and DVD players from afar and remotely control each over the Internet, arguing the method of delivery was similar to putting a "longer cable" between a DVD player and individual viewers.
California federal judge John F. Walter rejected that view. In his order, the judge agreed with the studios that Zediva needs the permission of copyright holders to operate its service.
The company is now reaching for a higher authority to determine whether its service is consistent with US copyright law. On Wednesday, Zediva provided notice that it was appealing.
Meanwhile, the MPAA is still looking to spread news about its success.

On Thursday, attorneys for the movie studio asked Judge Walter to consider publishing his injunction order in the Federal Register so that other judges around the nation currently overseeing Internet copyright cases would have the benefit of seeing what they believe to be an astute analysis of the "transmit" clause in the Copyright Act and what it means for Internet streaming transmissions to be "to the public" under the clause. The plaintiffs also say they would be more than happy to submit the judge's opinion on his behalf to the Westlaw database.
Meanwhile, Zediva has really suspended shop, telling customers on its website that the company is "having to lay off our DVD-changing monkeys."

Those monkeys were unavailable for comment. At least one is thinking about filing a wrongful termination action. A few are planning a rebellion against their evil human overlords. The others are busy on typewriters reproducing that long-rumored Shakespeare sonnet.

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Italy's Smallest Region Announces First Film Fund...

Valle d'Aosta will begin with $860,000 in funding in hopes of drawing more projects to the area.
VENICE – Valle d'Aosta, Italy's smallest and least populated region, on Friday announced the creation of the region's first ever film fund, starting out with €600,000 ($860,000) in funding in hopes of drawing more film projects to the region's castles, archeological sites and panoramic vistas.

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The announcement was made at the Venice Film Festival, at the Venice Days sidebar event.
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Organizers said the fund will back film projects from Italian and international companies filming in the region or for independent companies headquartered there. In addition to providing access to funds, the Film Commission Valle d'Aosta will help filmmakers with other projects, such as scouting locations and locating local staff.
The region is the smallest in Italy in terms of geography, and with a population of just 130,000 is also has fewer in inhabitants than any other region. It is also the only Italian region where French is an official language.
"We're a little late getting into the film commission business," said commission president Luciano Barisone. "But that's not necessarily a disadvantage because we can learn from what other commissions have done. And we do think we have some advantages over other regional film funds."
The region, nestled in the Alps in the northwestern corner of Italy, where it borders both Switzerland and France, is mostly bilingual, between Italian and French, and because of that link between the two cultures, film commission officials say they hope to set themselves up as a popular destination for both Italian and French filmmakers as well as those from other countries. Organizers said that if the initiative proves successful the budget could rise in the future.

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Cable operator Mediacom blasts FCC...

A major cable operator has blasted the Federal Communications Commission
for not taking an active role in trying to keep programming costs down.
>
> In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Rocco Commisso, the
> chairman and chief executive of Mediacom, a New York-based cable operator
> with about 1.14 million subscribers in 22 states, criticized the regulatory
> agency for not being aggressive in trying to keep programming costs down.
>
> "I am deeply disappointed with the Commission's lack of interest in keeping
> multichannel television services affordable," Commisso wrote. "Content
> owners have been unwilling to exercise the slightest measure of
> self-restraint, and are emboldened by the Commission's unwillingness to even
> try to impose some limits or speak out against programmers' practices."
>
> Commisso said that by not acting, the FCC has "cost Americans billions of
> dollars, as programming owners have increased their rates well in excess of
> inflation."
>
> Much of Commisso's beef is about having to pay broadcasters more in
> so-called retransmission consent fees to retransmit their local television
> stations.
>
> "It is especially shameful that retransmission consent fees have
> dramatically increased even as movies and sports events migrate from
> broadcast channels to pay networks and broadcast stations severely cut staff
> and budgets for news and public affairs programming," Commisso said.
>
> The veteran cable executive is also upset with the way cable programmers
> bundle their popular and unpopular channel together so distributors have to
> carry them all on the most widely distributed programming tiers.
>
> "Subscribers are forced to pay for channels they do not want," Commisso
> told the FCC.
>
> Commisso said the growing cost of programming is hurting Genachowski's
> efforts to provide broadband to low-income homes and that a "digital divide"
> is being created as prices rise "beyond the means or more and more
> Americans."
>
> Remedies Commisso pitched include designing an a la carte system that would
> give consumers more control over what channels they get. He also wants more
> transparency, including the ability to require broadcasters and cable
> networks to make public what they charge distributors to carry their
> channels.
>
> "Right now I'm just a collection agency for the programming community,"
> Commissio said in an interview. "We take the brunt of the criticism because
> we send the bill to the consumer."
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Netflix Price Increases Take Effect yesterday...

Customers who use streaming video and get DVDs by mail may see 60 percent price hikes.
Netflix's long-planned price changes went into effect today, meaning the company's many customers who subscribe to the $9.99 a month plan for one DVD and unlimited streaming will be seeing a 60 percent price increase.
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In July, Netflix announced it was phasing out the $9.99 a month plan in favor of two separate plans: one for unlimited streaming for $7.99 a month and one for one DVD at a time for $7.99 a month. Customers were notified by e-mail that unless they actively made a change to their subscriptions before September 1, they would be enrolled in both plans.
A survey in July of nearly 1100 Netflix users by Wedbush Securities found that 22 percent planned to cancel their Netflix subscriptions and migrate to Hulu, Redbox and Amazon's streaming video service.

Other companies that have been struggling recently, like Blockbuster, are jumping at the chance to scoop up new customers. The company sent out taunting tweets such as "Dear Netflix, we're offering special prices & 30-day trials of Blockbuster Total Access to your members."
And rumors abound that Amazon, which bought the European version of Netflix, called Lovefilm, at the beginning of 2011, may be planning to migrate the service into the U.S. sometime soon.
It's still too early to tell how Netflix's price hike will affect the company, but comments like this one from @eliasdylan may leave executives nervous: "After 5 yrs I have canceled the disc part of my #netflix account. Don't think streaming will live up to Blu-Ray. Might cancel all next month."

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Cable operator Mediacom blasts FCC...

A major cable operator has blasted the Federal Communications Commission for not taking an active role in trying to keep programming costs down.

In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Rocco Commisso, the chairman and chief executive of Mediacom, a New York-based cable operator with about 1.14 million subscribers in 22 states, criticized the regulatory agency for not being aggressive in trying to keep programming costs down.

"I am deeply disappointed with the Commission's lack of interest in keeping multichannel television services affordable," Commisso wrote. "Content owners have been unwilling to exercise the slightest measure of self-restraint, and are emboldened by the Commission's unwillingness to even try to impose some limits or speak out against programmers' practices."

Commisso said that by not acting, the FCC has "cost Americans billions of dollars, as programming owners have increased their rates well in excess of inflation."

Much of Commisso's beef is about having to pay broadcasters more in so-called retransmission consent fees to retransmit their local television stations.

"It is especially shameful that retransmission consent fees have dramatically increased even as movies and sports events migrate from broadcast channels to pay networks and broadcast stations severely cut staff and budgets for news and public affairs programming," Commisso said.

The veteran cable executive is also upset with the way cable programmers bundle their popular and unpopular channel together so distributors have to carry them all on the most widely distributed programming tiers.

"Subscribers are forced to pay for channels they do not want," Commisso told the FCC.

Commisso said the growing cost of programming is hurting Genachowski's efforts to provide broadband to low-income homes and that a "digital divide" is being created as prices rise "beyond the means or more and more Americans."

Remedies Commisso pitched include designing an a la carte system that would give consumers more control over what channels they get. He also wants more transparency, including the ability to require broadcasters and cable networks to make public what they charge distributors to carry their channels.

"Right now I'm just a collection agency for the programming community," Commissio said in an interview. "We take the brunt of the criticism because we send the bill to the consumer."

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On Location: Another busy week for feature filming in L.A....

Feature film activity in Los Angeles continued to grow at a brisk pace, with on-location shoots for movies once again posting double-digit increases.

Filming for features generated 189 production days for the week ended Sunday, up 66% from the same time a year earlier, according to recently-released data from FilmL.A. Inc., which handles permits for film shoots on streets and noncertified soundstages in the city and unincorporated areas of the county.

Feature film activity was virtually flat in the first half of this year but has steadily grown in recent months. The category is up about 60% so far in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, according to FilmL.A. data.

The surge in feature filming last week led to an overall 6% increase in production days across all categories.

Projects fueling the increase range from obscure independent features to star-packed studio movies including "The Dark Knight Rises," the upcoming Batman sequel that recently moved production from Pittsburgh; "Savages," an Oliver Stone directed movie starring John Travolta about pot growers who battle the Mexican mafia; and "End of Watch," a crime drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena and Anna Kendrick.

Activity is expected to remain strong as two other high-profile movies get underway: "Argo," about the Iranian hostage crisis, starring and directed by Ben Affleck; and "The Gangster Squad," a star-packed period drama with Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone about the Los Angeles Police Department's anti-mafia unit in the 1940s and 1950s.

Both films received approval for state film tax credits under a program whose future is being debated in Sacramento. The state Senate is expected to vote next week on a bill to extend the credits beyond 2012, though it's unclear whether the final bill would extend the $100 million in annual funding for five years or just one.

In other sectors, television production, which has been nearly flat so far this quarter, generated 337 production days last week, down 11% from a year earlier. Filming for commercials accounted for 139 production days, up 4%.

This week's scheduled film shoots include those for the Judd Apatow comedy "This is Forty," which will film downtown; "Savages," which will be in Studio City; and the CBS TV show "The Mentalist," which is taking its crew to Palmdale.

Meanwhile, the reality TV series "Pit Bulls and Parolees" will set up in Castaic, in northern L.A. County.

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PGA Predicts Quick Studio Approval of New 'p.g.a.' Mark...

In the wake of a Justice Department letter greenlighting the Producers Guild's new "p.g.a." credit designation, guild executive director Vance Van Petten tells The Hollywood Reporter that he's confident the designation will be adopted shortly by a majority of studios.
"With this letter, we will be able to close (agreements with) four studios imminently," Van Petten said in an interview.
The designation is intended to indicate that a motion picture producer has performed the functions of a producer on a project, as opposed to having received a vanity credit. Eligibility requires a "Produced by" credit and the credited producer having "performed a majority of the producing duties on the film," according to a PGA statement to THR explaining the designation.
The designation would follow a producer's name in the movie's credits, if he or she qualified, and desired the designation. In addition, said the guild, studios and distributors remain free to assign the credit to whomever they wish.
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PGA presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon said "We're extremely pleased that the U.S. Department of Justice has fully endorsed the Producers Guild's certification mark." The added, "The DOJ's critical decision clearly and definitively paves the way for swift adoption of the Producers' Mark, as there should be no further resistance from the motion picture studios to participate in the 'p.g.a.' certification program."
The PGA has sought to protect the "p.g.a." designation by filing for federal registration as a certification mark – a type of trademark indicating that the services were performed by a person meeting specified criteria.
Certification marks also – and more commonly – can be applied to goods. For instance, "Bluetooth" certifies that cell phones, headsets and other products comply with the necessary technical standards.
The guild received a Notice of Allowance from the Trademark Office, meaning that registration is all but automatic once the mark is in use.
A certification mark for use in motion picture credits is unusual, and perhaps unique. According to Van Petten, this approach was developed "because we had brilliant legal counsel," David Quinto of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP.
Catherine Fisk, a law professor at UC Irvine and an expert on credit and attribution in entertainment, remarked "Screen credit is important in Hollywood's labor market and to consumers of Hollywood films. The success of the PGA's certification mark will ultimately depend on whether the PGA can develop an impartial and rigorous method for determining the contributions of producers."
Although the Producers Guild is not a union – unlike the similarly named Writers, Directors and Screen Actors Guilds – it's managed to adopt for producers one of the WGA's key functions for writers: namely, determining credits, at least for the purpose of qualifying for best picture nominations for the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards.
The guild explained that "the process for implementing the (p.g.a.) Producers' Mark follows the template laid down by the Guild's successful awards arbitration process, though with an accelerated timeline: eligibility determinations (are held) during a film's post-production process in order to determine the recipients of the Mark prior to the striking of the film's credits."
Following the receipt of a Notice of Credits from the relevant studio or distributor, Guild staff will invite credited producers to submit an eligibility form to receive the Mark, said the PGA. The form is similar to the eligibility forms submitted by producers for consideration for awards.
The process is similar in some respects to the WGA credit procedure.
Studios haven't yet agreed to the plan, and negotiations with one of the majors, Paramount, hung up over the studio's concerns that the designation might lead to antitrust liability – despite the fact that the designation is optional, isn't restricted to PGA members, and will only be granted to members if they meet the same criteria as any other producer.
In addition, Van Petten pointed out to THR that designations such as A.S.C. have been used in credits for many years after the names of members of the American Society of Cinematographers – a more restrictive designation, since only ASC members are eligible – yet without apparent antitrust concerns.
Another frequent designation is A.C.E., for members of the American Cinema Editors. Both organizations are professional societies open to personnel of a certain level of experience and distinction. They're not unions.
The Paramount objections led to another innovative move: the PGA sought a "business review letter" from the Department of Justice – essentially, an assurance that the DOJ sees no antitrust problem in the proposed approach.
Those letters are seldom granted – they've been issued at the rate of only about five per year in the past few years – and the use of such a letter in combination with a certification mark seems even rarer.
Rare or not, the PGA obtained one on Friday.
The letter, which was the first one issued this year, stated "the (Department of Justice) has no present intention to challenge the proposed use of the Guild's certification mark." Receipt of the letter led Van Petten to express his confidence that negotiations would now be successful with Paramount and three additional studios, which he didn't name.
Koch and Gorden said "We (believe) that the entire industry benefits from recognizing producers for their work."
The guild also noted in its statement to THR that it "believes that audiences deserve to know which producers, among an often-extensive list of credited individuals and teams, actually did the work."
At present, the p.g.a. mark is only applicable to theatrical motion pictures, although television use is under consideration.
The official description of the mark, as reflected in the guild's trademark filing, is "The certification mark, as intended to be used by authorized persons, is intended to certify that an individual identified as a producer on the credits of a motion picture, television or cable show has satisfied the certifier's standards to qualify for a production credit and is thus is recognized as a producer eligible to be nominated for and to receive an award in connection with the individual's work on such motion picture, television or cable show."

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A new appeals decision on recording police in public

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

People have a clearly established right to film the police in public as long as they do so peacefully and do not interfere with officers‚ duties, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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American Film Market Considering Big Move From Santa Monica to Downtown L.A.

The move from the Loews hotel to the L.A. Live complex, which must be voted on by the IFTA board, would likely take place in 2013.

The annual American Film Market is exploring a move from Santa Monica to the L.A. Live complex in downtown Los Angeles, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The AFM, one of the world's largest film markets, is run by the Independent Film & Television Alliance. Its contract with the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, which has been headquarters for the market, conference and screenings since 1991, ends after the 2012 event. Apparently the Loews asked for an increase in the rates it charges, which is part of the reason the AFM started to look at other options.

Sources tell THR that Anschutz Entertainment Group, which manages the L.A. Live complex, has stepped in with an offer at a much lower cost than the Loews bid. Loews is said to have made a counteroffer earlier this week to try and retain the nearly two-week-long event, which each fall attracts more than 8,000 people involved in the independent production and distribution of movies from over 70 countries. IFTA estimates more than $800 million in transactions are done at the market on both competed films and pre-sales of movies in development.
A spokesman for IFTA and the AFM declined to comment.

This year's event, scheduled to run Nov. 2-9, would not be affected, nor would the 2012 AFM likely be impacted. The 2013 event would likely be the first to move downtown, though a deal could possibly be worked out to move the 2012 event as well.
The IFTA board must still approve any move. Sources say the board is expected to discuss the proposal on Tuesday during a conference call.
IFTA, the nonprofit that organizes and runs the AFM, reported 2009 income of about $11.5 million (of which $8.2 million came from running the market), and total assets of over $22.5 million, according to tax filings.

Founded in 1981, the AFM was first held at the Westwood Marquis Hotel, moved to the Hyatt on Sunset Strip, then shifted in 1986 to the Beverly Hilton. During the five years it was held in Beverly Hills, market screenings were mostly held at the Beverly Center.
When it moved to Santa Monica, the AFM helped launch the then-new Loews, as well as the city's Third Street Promenade, where last year nearly two dozen screens were used to show about 400 market movies at area theaters.

As it has grown over the years, some events have been farmed out to other hotels and restaurants in the area. In recent years, that has included the Le Merigot Beach Hotel, run by Marriott, which is next door to the Loews. Many of the conference events have been held at the nearby Fairmont Miramar Hotel. IFTA announced in June that the Miramar will be the site this fall for a new five-day AFM Conference Series (Nov. 4-8). It includes finance, production, marketing and distribution conferences, as well as an event where people pitch ideas for movies.
While the beachside Santa Monica location has strong appeal to international visitors, there are also issues of traffic, congestion and the high cost of retail and restaurants. Still, there is said to be some opposition to a move downtown from foreign participants who like the Westside location and are mostly unfamiliar with the urban areas of L.A.

In addition, since 2004, the AFM has had a relationship to the AFI Fest, put on by the American Film Institute. Most screenings for the festival are held at movie theaters in Hollywood, primarily those around the Hollywood & Highland complex, far away from the Santa Monica-based AFM. A move downtown would close the distance gap between AFM and AFI, which would be connected by L.A's subway system. The AFI Fest is not expected to move downtown, however.
AEG has been aggressive about trying to lure events to L.A. Live. The Independent Spirit Awards moved form their traditional Santa Monica beach location downtown for a year, but then moved back to the beach.
L.A. Live, which is adjacent to the Los Angeles Convention Center, has more than 5.6 million square feet of ballrooms, bars, restaurants, concert theaters, a condo tower and two large hotels in one tower. The sales suites could be in the hotels or they could be in the adjacent convention center.
There also is an 879-room JW Marriott Hotel on floors 4 through 21 and a 123-room Ritz Carlton Hotel on floors 22 through 26.
For screenings, the complex includes a multiplex operated by the Regal Entertainment Group. It has 14 screens and 3,772 seats and a three-story art deco style atrium. One theater, known as the Regal Premiere House, which has 806 seats, has been marketed for movie premieres but so far has had only limited success in attracting Hollywood downtown.
L.A. Live also includes the Nokia Theater (7,100 seats) and Club Nokia (2,300 seats), most often used as a venue for live music.
Most recently, AEG has been promoting plans to build a new stadium on the site to be called Farmers Field. It is intended to be home to a NFL football team. The LA City Council has tentatively approved the plan, but it has many hurdles ahead before it will actually be built, a process that could take years more.

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MoviePass revives all-you-can-watch plan despite theater friction...

MoviePass Inc., the New York company that angered theater chains in June over its planned roll-out of an all-you-can-watch movie plan for $50, isn't going away.

The company, backed by AOL Ventures, on Tuesday announced plans to roll out its service across the country on a limited, invitation-only basis. Only this time, instead of partnering with MovieTickets.com, MoviePass has formed a partnership with Hollywood Movie Money, which provides promotional movie tickets to theaters across the country.

The announcement is likely to create more friction with exhibitors, many of whom have grown increasingly uneasy about the heavy marketing of low price-tickets through discount services like Groupon, LivingSocial and MoviePass. The concern is that such promotions could hurt their business by encouraging moviegoers to wait for a bargain before trekking to the multiplex.

AMC and other theater chains blasted MoviePass when it was first announced in June, saying they had been blindsided by the program and wouldn't honor it. But Ron Randolph-Wall, chief executive of Quantum Rewards, which operates MoviePass, anticipated a better reaction this time. "Because MoviePass will be paying theaters the full price of admission using the Hollywood Movie Money system, the theater industry benefits as well as the fans," Wall said in a statement.

No word yet from AMC and other exhibitors on MoviePass' latest incarnation.

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Israel Offers Incentives to Lure Filmmaking to Jerusalem...

Officials are promising tax breaks, terror attack insurance and $400,000 credits to entice more productions to shoot in the Holy Land.

Israel is pushing for more authenticity in Hollywood films.

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Because of the country's volatile political environment, movies which feature Jesus' crucifixion are often filmed in Italy while Morocco takes place for the Holy Land.
But now, Israeli officials are dangling better tax breaks, terror attack insurance and credits of up to $400,000 to try and coax international movie producers to film in Jerusalem, reports the Associated Press.

"It's absurd. Movies set in Jerusalem are filmed in Malta, Morocco and Greece," said Yoram Honig, an Israeli film director who heads the Jerusalem Film Fund, which was set up three years ago to encourage more moviemaking in the city.

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In the 1980, the country was a popular filming spot, with movies like Rambo 3 and The Delta Force being shot there. But, because it is currently common for international insurance companies to refuse to provide terrorism risk coverage, or offer it at an extremely high price, producers have moved on to other --less risky -- overseas locations.

Israeli's own filmmakers have also gone outside of the holy city to make movies. Out of 600 Israeli movies that have been made since the country's founding, only 30 have been shot in Jerusalem says the AP.

Recently, World War Z shot its Jerusalem scenes in Malta, which offers large financial rebates to foreign film productions. The production even flew in Israeli actors to shoot the scenes.
Which is why the country, which set up tax breaks for foreign films in 2008, has also created a municipal insurance fund which will provide protection to productions should they be disrupted by acts of terrorism.
Tel Aviv and Haifa are also developing similar movie funds to try and bring productions to their towns.

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Monday, September 5, 2011

Zediva to Appeal Hollywood Injunction to Ninth Circuit...

Italy's Smallest Region Announces First Film Fund...

Cable operator Mediacom blasts FCC...

Friday, September 2, 2011

Netflix Price Increases Take Effect yesterday...

Cable operator Mediacom blasts FCC...

Thursday, September 1, 2011

On Location: Another busy week for feature filming in L.A....

PGA Predicts Quick Studio Approval of New 'p.g.a.' Mark...

A new appeals decision on recording police in public

American Film Market Considering Big Move From Santa Monica to Downtown L.A.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

MoviePass revives all-you-can-watch plan despite theater friction...

Monday, August 29, 2011

Israel Offers Incentives to Lure Filmmaking to Jerusalem...

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