From Bollywood to the South, do block bookings translate to box office numbers for big films? NDTV speaks to trade analysts ...

Airbnb is using technology to identify and block high-risk renters in advance. They also offer a 24-hour hotline for ...

The term 'block booking' has been buzzing in the Indian film industry with trade experts and number-crunching data accusing 'Chhaava,' 'Sky Force,' and 'Game Changer' of the practice. Here's ...

Block Booking; Cinema: Lowell v. Block Booking. 6 minute read. TIME. January 1, 1934 12:00 AM GMT-5. T hree months ago, as chairman of the Motion Picture Research Council, President Emeritus ...

While block bookings might help filmmakers secure better deals, they also raise ethical concerns. The practice misleads audiences, distributors, and industry stakeholders, ...

Last year, the technology blocked nearly 74,000 people from booking entire homes on Airbnb on New Year’s Eve, including about 1,800 reservations in Georgia and 730 in Atlanta.

Churches' block booking for new film. ... And they have block-booked a cinema for 300 members of their congregations. Pastor of the 160-year-old Grosvenor Evangelical Church in Barnstaple, ...

Scammers then use these to block-book – and sell on – test slots. Little wonder that reports of driving test scams to Action Fraud have soared by more than 65 per cent, from 124 reports in ...