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Sony Pictures' Sanford Panitch Puts Japan at Center of Theatrical Argument at Cannes Film Market: 'True Global IP Has Never Been Created by a Streaming Service'

Sanford Panitch came to the Cannes Film Market with a thesis he wanted the Japanese entertainment industry to hear: theatrical is still the only window that creates lasting global IP, anime's moment has arrived, and Japan's rights holders are leaving opportunities on the table by waiting too long to engage. The Sony...

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Sony Pictures' Sanford Panitch Puts Japan at Center of Theatrical Argument at Cannes Film Market: 'True Global IP Has Never Been Created by a Streaming Service'

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Original source: Variety

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