[icernet] Bollywood releases canned in satellite rights spat

[Arul Selvan]

   Four leading film producers associations  Indian Motion Pictures 
Producers Association (IMPPA), Western India Federation Producers 
Association (WIFPA), Association of Motion Pictures & Television 
Programme Producers (AMPTPP) and Producers Guild - have decided to stop 
release of all new films from Friday. The move can deal a bodyblow to 
the Hindi film industry, which is already reeling under losses of around 
Rs 55 crore in the first three months of the calendar year owing to 
World Cup cricket.

The four bodies have come under a common umbrella to launch a 
total 
non-cooperation
 campaign against distributors. This is a fallout of the 
standoff over satellite and cable rights of new movies. The distributors 
insist that no film should be shown on satellite channels till it is a 
year old, while the producers want the films to be beamed within three 
months of their big-screen release.

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