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FilMart Interview Teaser: Eros Now CEO Ali Hussein Talks Originals and English Language Strategy Variety Staff, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Eros Now, the streaming service operated by Eros STX Global, competes in a crowded and fast-evolving Indian OTT market. Ali Hussein, the company’s CEO will be in conversation with Variety’s Asia editor Patrick Frater, on the first day of Hong Kong FilMart. Before that, Hussein gives a taste of things to come. How would you sketch out the company for non-India users? Eros Now has established a leading position in the global OTT market with over ...

Chinese Streamer iQIYI Points to Recovery After a Difficult 2020 Patrick Frater, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Chinese video streamer iQIYI managed to cut its losses in the financial year from RMB10.3 billion in 2019 to RMB7 billion ($1.1 billion) in 2020. But its boost from coronavirus lockdowns was short-lived. Annual revenues were RMB29.7 billion ($4.6 billion), representing a 2% increase from 2019. Reporting its fourth quarter and full year results on Thursday, the company finished the year with 101.7 million paying subscribers. That was a decrease compared with 106.9 million at the e...

NBCUniversal Formats Sets Middle East Version of 'Celebrity Game Face' - Global Bulletin Naman Ramachandran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In today’s Global Bulletin, “Celebrity Game Face” gets Middle East version; Sophia Loren to get Legend Award; UKTV announces diversity and inclusion writing programs; Fiona Campbell appointed as chair of the Royal Television Society Northern Ireland center; BBC expands documentary slate with Greta Thunberg film; “Assassin’s Creed” game to get physical locations in Saudi Arabia; France Television licenses “The 1% Club” from BBC Studios; ...

BFI-Funded Inclusive Cinema Project Tackles Racism With Toolkit Launch – Global Bulletin Variety 1/12/2021 The U.K.’s Inclusive Cinema project has launched a guide for improving the cinema experiences of ethnically diverse audiences and staff — a directive that challenges institutions to make good on their Black Lives Matter and anti-racism statements from 2020. More from Variety The guide, titled “Dismantling Structural Inequality in Your Cinema,” was commissioned from artist and freelancer Sadia Pineda Hameed, and is cited by its writer as “the last toolkit that cinemas shou...