All articles by Kath Cummins

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    China's summer film blackout

    2004-05-21T04:00:00Z

    Hollywood films are set to lose hugepotential box office revenues in China this summer due to an officialseven-week 'blackout' slapped on foreign films in cinemas between mid-June andAugust.Spiderman 2, Harry Potter 3 and Shrek2 will be pushed back to August release dates, after film executives hadpainstakingly negotiated prime-time summer release ...

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    Warner Bros' long China march pays off with Shanghai gala

    2003-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Warner Bros. marked its latest push into the fast growing Chinese film market at the weekend with a gala opening of its newly approved joint venture multiplex in Shanghai. The company also expressed confidence that regulatory reform in the industry was on track. Millard Ochs, President of Warner Bros. International ...