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1. The entertainment capital is no longer good, 1884 film and television companies shut down during the year

2. The president of iqiyi members: the member price increase is brewing does not rule out the first price increase

3. Zhejiang Satellite TV is the case Issued a statement: Willing to take the corresponding responsibility

4. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" leads the Hollywood Film Critics Association Award nomination

5. Viacom and CBS will complete the merger

6. It is reported that Taobao Direct App or short video channel

7. Tencent, Tentacle Live reached an authorized cooperation

8. DC film plans to expose

9 in the future. Foreign media said that the production cost of the new music film "cat" was nearly 300 million US dollars. Still not refunded. According to the data from Tianyan Check, since 2019, 1884 film and television companies have been closed down, and the specific manifestations are that the company status is cancelled, revoked, liquidated, and closed. “Film and television (companies/projects) are not being watched now,” said a funder. “The film industry has been slow to pay back and has high policy risks. Since last year, we have rarely invested in pure content companies. Recently, we have paid more attention to the technology industry. I won’t consider film and television (company) again for a year or two.” A senior brokerage person believes that film and television are still in the reshuffle stage and there is no hope of a callback in the short term. (Securities Daily)

2. President of iQiyi members: It is brewing that members’ price increases do not rule out the first price increase

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, Yang Xianghua, president of iQiyi members and overseas business groups, said in an interview that iQiyi is It is not ruled out that the membership fee will rise first, but there is no timetable. He stated that according to research findings, the price in the Chinese market (video membership) is about one-fifth of the price on the U.S. platform, and even the unit prices in Southeast Asia, Thailand and Vietnam are higher than domestic prices. No country is lower than the price of two dollars a month. It may be too low.

3. Zhejiang Satellite TV issued a statement on the Gao Yixiang incident: willing to bear corresponding responsibility

On November 27, Gao Yixiang died suddenly in a running event because of participating in the Zhejiang Satellite TV variety show "Chasing Me". He was only 35 years old and attracted the attention of many netizens.

, as the producer of the program, Zhejiang Satellite TV issued a statement on its official Weibo, expressing sorrow and sorrow for Gao Yixiang’s incident, stating that the rescue was carried out at the time of the incident, but the life was not saved. It was deeply regret and regret, and willing to bear it. Responsibility accordingly.

4. Weibo borrowed money suspected of inducing girls in the fan circle to launch online shopping. Insiders: Weibo is also very helpless.

Recently, Weibo's lending product Weibo borrowed money to launch the "Online Shopping Power List" activity, which will lend and fans Netizens questioned the fact that it was tied to the list, and was questioned by netizens for inducing the girls to play online loans. In response, Weibo borrowing money said that Weibo borrowing money strictly abides by national legal requirements, and the interest rate of any user's borrowing is within the scope of national law. A Weibo insider said that Weibo borrowing money is dominated by Sina Finance, and Weibo only provides operational and advertising support. Why does Weibo borrow money to do this kind of operation? The risk prompts whether there is Weibo or not, and Weibo is also very helpless. (Interface)

5. Dragonfly FM founder Zhang Qiang: The number of monthly active users reached 130 million, an increase of 30% throughout the year.

Dragonfly FM founder and CEO Zhang Qiang announced that the number of monthly active users of Dragonfly FM's full-scene ecosystem has reached 130 million, an increase throughout the year Nearly 30%, the total listening time of smart devices in a single day is up to 25 million hours; the three major data of content listening rate, playback volume and playback duration rank first in the industry; as of November, there are more than 600 partners in the entire scene of Dragonfly FM audio , Access to 90 million smart devices. (36Kr)

6. It is reported that the Taobao Direct App or the addition of short video channels

Taobao Live App will soon support short video content, or will add short video channels on the App page. In addition, the source said, "Taobao content group business department is changing the "Guess you like" page of Taobao. After the change, it will be more inclined to short video content." At the same time, many MCN agencies confirmed that Taobao content marketing team is currently seeking a large number of MCN agencies. Provide short video content support. To this, Ali officially replied that currently Taobao Live App does not have a short video function. As for "Guess you like" and other manual changes to the page, Ali said it was not true. (Billion State Power)

7. Tencent and Tentacle Live reached an authorized cooperation

On the 27th, Tencent and the game live broadcast platform Tenshou formally reached an official cooperation: Tencent obtained the full license of the derivative content of Tencent's games, becoming the first company to reach a game derivative content with Tencent through a licensing agreement Cooperative live broadcast platform. The game production content involved in this cooperation refers to the production and production of the overall game screen based on Tencent Games, and the main content of the live broadcast, video and graphic content that does not deviate from the overall game screen.

8. Xiaohongshu releases a co-creation plan for a hundred MCN institutions, and will also release a co-creation plan for a hundred MCN institutions in the near future live broadcast of the e-commerce

Xiaohongshu:

1. The platform unites 10 tens of millions of IP co-creation agencies to carry out more Full coverage of various content areas;

2. Use 1 billion traffic to incubate 10 super IPs, and help celebrities out of the ring through variety shows and other content.

Xiaohongshu creation account leader Jess said that Xiaohongshu will be broadcast live on e-commerce beta in the near future. Xiaohongshu Live will use live + notes, online play, red envelope play, and will also support e-commerce live broadcasts. At that time, the interface will have e-commerce live broadcasts, live broadcast shelves, and live product pages, etc.

foreign information

1. The future plan of DC movie exposure

"Variety" magazine exposes future plans for DC movies! The news is summarized as follows:

(1) The new version of "Batman" will not be launched in the Arkham Asylum like the rumors. Arkham does not have many scenes. If this movie is successful, Warner and DC will launch more personal movies with villains. In addition, the main actors of "Batman" and "Birds of Prey" have contracts for sequels and independent films, and the future can be expected.

(2) Compared with this, the new "Superman" movie is not going well. Warner had contact with J.J. Abrams, and also had a conversation with Michael B. Jordan about the future vision of this role, but neither of the two parties finally reached a cooperation. There will be no Superman as the protagonist before 2023. The movie, because there is no script and no director.

(3) "Joker" is the first R-rated film released by DC, but it will not be the last. "Birds of Prey" may also be rated R, and "Suicide Squad 2" will also be rated R. But "Birds of Prey" will not be as dark and cold as "Joker." Insiders say that this movie has more humorous, lively, and girls' adventure stories. The recent series of remakes have greatly improved the screening results, and the company believes that "Birds of Prey" will be a success when it is released in February.

(4) Some superheroes who failed before may regain their chances, and they are talking about Green Lantern. "Green Lantern Corps" is still a priority project within Warner, and the script will be submitted at the end of this year, and JJ Abrams and his bad robot company may build the film.

(5) Warner Bros. still believes in Ezra Miller's version of The Flash and is developing an independent film for it. Anders Muschetti, director of "Return to the Clown", will direct it, but it will have to wait until Mi Le finished filming "Fantastic Beasts 3", so it is unlikely to start before 2021.

(6) "Aquaman 2" is scheduled to start filming in early 2021. Wen Ziren will return to directing. The spin-off film "The Sea Gou Clan" is now looking for a suitable director.

(7) The edited version of "Justice League" directed by Zach Schneider may not appear. The company is unwilling to invest millions of dollars in special effects and post-production. An insider said, "This is a pipe dream. It may happen."

2. Foreign media said that the production cost of the new music film "Cat" was nearly 300 million U.S. dollars

According to the Guardian, the production cost of "Cat" was a staggering 295 million U.S. dollars, which almost cost nearly 300 million U.S. dollars. In the process of using CGI to turn stars into cats. When the global box office of the movie is twice the budget (production cost + publicity cost), it can break even, because theaters often charge 50% of the box office profit. If this is the case, the general publicity cost of "Cat" is about US$100 million. Then the global box office needs to reach US$800 million before Universal can start to make a profit.

"Cat" will be this yearReleased in the United States on December 20 (same day as "Star Wars 9"), directed by Tom Hopper ("The King's Speech"), "Mold" Taylor Swift, Lady Judy Dench, Ede Reese Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McLean, James Corden and Rebel Wilson co-starred.

3. Viacom and CBS will complete the merger

CBS Corp. (CBS Corp.) and Viacom (ViacomCBS) said that they will complete the reorganization after the market closes on December 4 to create ViacomCBS. The shares of the combined company will begin trading on Thursday, December 5. The merger of

CBS and Viacom will enable the company to invest more in streaming media services. According to Reuters, the combined ViacomCBS Inc's market value will reach 30 billion U.S. dollars, still lower than its main competitors: Netflix has a market value of about 136 billion U.S. dollars, Disney has a market value of about 240.5 billion U.S. dollars, and Comcast has a market value of about 193 billion U.S. dollars.

4.Starz will launch streaming media applications in 20 countries next year.

Lionsgate's Starz Entertainment (Starz games) said on Monday that it will launch the StarzPlay application in 20 other countries next year. Germany, Mexico and Brazil have all achieved success. Starz management has stated many times in the past year that the company has ambitious plans for Starz streaming services, especially its overseas growth potential. In the last quarter, streaming media services added a record 1.2 million users in the United States. As of the end of September, domestic streaming media users had reached 5.6 million and global users were 27 million.

StarzPlay application allows up to 4 users to watch at the same time, and can also watch the download of selected content offline. As long as you pay about $5 a month, users can use the app to watch original Starz movies, such as "the Spanish Princess" and "Dublin Murders".

5. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" leads the nominations for the Hollywood Film Critics Association Award

The third Hollywood Film Critics Association (HCA, formerly Los Angeles Online Film Critics Association) Awards announced the nominations. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" directed by Quentin Tarantino leads with 11 nominations, Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" and "The Wave" follow with 9 nominations, and the North American dark horse film "Don't Tell Her" ", DC "Joker" won 7 nominations.