Four South Indian film industries likely to shut down
The Tamil film industry is likely to shut down on March 1 — the third time in a span of a year, after four South Indian film industries jointly raised a red flag over the “exorbitant fee” charged by digital distribution companies such as the Chennai-based Qube Cinema Technologies.
Recently, representatives of four South Indian film industries — Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam – jointly decided to announce a shutdown to bring digital distribution companies to the negotiating table.
The fundamental conflict between the producers and the digital distribution companies seems to be the Virtual Print Fee (VPF). Explaining what the fee is, Senthil Kumar, co-founder, Qube Cinema Technologies, said it includes the total cost of hiring, installing digital equipment, operational activities and delivery.
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