Whatever you think of mixing international sports with China’s politics, the Beijing Olympic Games could prove a 17-day coming out party for the country’s media and entertainment industry. Local production companies are furiously readying to capitalize if a boom materializes. The Games, which begin 100 days from Wednesday, are expected to draw 5 million visitors […]
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Whatever you think of mixing international sports with China’s politics, the Beijing Olympic Games could prove a 17-day coming out party for the country’s media and entertainment industry. Local production companies are furiously readying to capitalize if a boom materializes. The Games, which begin 100 days from Wednesday, are expected to draw 5 million visitors
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Whatever you think of mixing international sports with China’s politics, the Beijing Olympic Games could prove a 17-day coming out party for the country’s media and entertainment industry. Local production companies are furiously readying to capitalize if a boom materializes. The Games, which begin 100 days from Wednesday, are expected to draw 5 million visitors
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This article originally appeared in The Hollywood Reporter. Beijing courts promised heavier fines for Internet cafes that allow patrons to illegally download movies, laying down harsh fines for offenders, state-run media reported Thursday. The new rulings are part of a trend toward greater enforcement of intellectual property rights in China. The judge in the Beijing
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SHANGHAI — The collapse of a bridge during the shooting of a Chinese television production in southwest China on Sunday injured 38 people, state-run media reported. The accident occurred on the set of the war drama “My Regimental Commander and My Regiment,” in the town of Qushi in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, when a temporary
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SHANGHAI — “World of Warcraft” has hit a new high in China, with the massively multiplayer online game registering more than 1 million players online at one time, local distributor The9 said Monday. The figure marks a 25% increase in peak concurrent users since the last time an official count was revealed — Oct. 4,
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Virtualization, in one form or another, has been around almost as long as computers. When the term arose in the 1960s, it referred to the partitioning of mainframe computers. But virtualization soon became a way to let people stop worrying about the inner workings of their hardware. In the earliest days, to put something in
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Liu Zhijiang, president of Hengdian World Studio, said Thursday that his company — operator of the biggest film and TV back lot in the world — has grown profits 20% on average over the past five years. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Liu, who did not reveal earnings for the private firm, pointed
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SHANGHAI — Liu Zhijiang, president Hengdian World Studio, said Thursday that his company — operator of the biggest film and TV back lot in the world – has grown profits 20% on average over the last five years. In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Liu did not reveal actual earnings for the private
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Salesforce.com reached a milestone last fall: 1 million people using the online software company to host their customer relationship management systems and other key business processes. Those users were at more than 1,600 financial services firms including ABN Amro, SunTrust Banks, Daiwa Securities and Bear Stearns–Merrill Lynch & Co. alone accounted for 25,000. That amounts
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Dividing a server into multiple virtual machines has brought down firms’ purchasing costs and allowed for more efficient use of existing hardware. However, virtualization also poses security risks and challenges, including managing a more complex network, additional layers of technology, potential data leaks as multiple virtual machines share common communication lines, and the threat of
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SHANGHAI — A California company has been chosen to manage China Central Television’s online ads during video broadcasts of the Beijing Olympics on CCTV.com. ViDeOnline Communications will be the exclusive agent for the sale and distribution of video advertisements during CCTV.com’s online Olympic video broadcasts on its live and video-on-demand channels, company spokeswoman Ming Tian
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SHANGHAI — American-Chinese co-production “Milk and Fashion” will be distributed in China by Shanghai-based Red Art beginning in June, the film’s producer said Thursday. An American producer and a Taiwanese director made the coming-of-age drama with money from a Japanese medical supply company. The film cost just $1.35 million to make and producers believe it
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Gamer’s full-year revenue leaps 49% Chinese online game giant Shanda Interactive Entertainment reported record revenue Tuesday of $97.8 million for the final quarter of 2007. Revenue was up 52% year-over-year, with full-year 2007 revenue up 49% to $337.8 million. “We saw a strong contribution from expansion packs and newly commercialized games,” Shanda president Jun Tang
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SHANGHAI — Chinese online game giant Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. reported record revenue of $97.8 million for the last quarter of 2007, company executives told analysts and investors Tuesday. Revenue was up 52% over the same period last year, with annual revenue up 49% to $337.8 million. “We saw a strong contribution from expansion packs
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