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Australia - Aussie web time passes TV time Sources: eMarketer, 21 April 2008 Nielsen Online's "2007 Australian Internet and Technology Report" claimed that for the first time, Australians were spending more time online than they were watching TV (an average of 13.7 hours per week compared with 13.3 hours of TV). Shortly thereafter, Roy Morgan Research said that Australian consumers ages 14 and older spent more than twice as much time watching TV as they did online. China - Chinese Film Authority vows to further commercialise Industry Source: Asia Pulse, 21 April 2008 China's film regulator is to continue the industry reform and allow greater commercialization, a senior official has told the ongoing 15th Beijing Student Film Festival. The film bureau of China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), said the policy of commercialization would allow the promotion and sale of films as commodities on the market, the breaking up of film-making monopolies and overseas fund raising for film-making. The policy would lead to more market-oriented and commercial films in China's cinemas. In 2007, China produced 402 films with a box office of RMB3.3 billion (US$471.9 million), statistics from SARFT showed. India - Piracy cost Indian entertainment industry over US$4 billion Source:UNI (United News of India), 22 April 2008 The massive problems of piracy and counterfeiting have cost India's entertainment industries over US$4 billion annually. Congressional Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention Caucus also called for efforts to combat piracy in the United States and abroad. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world with more than 1,000 films produced each year. These statistics was revealed in the World Intellectual Property Day which takes place in countries around the globe every year on April 26 and seek to increase public understanding intellectual property and how it shapes our world. This year's Capitol Hill event was organised in advance of the official date designated by the World Intellectual Property Organization. View an example of our experience in this industry. Back to list of articles.  Visit our website to sign up for free intelligence on Asian markets.

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