A delayed release or late release refers to the relatively late release of a product

Product (business)

In general, the product is defined as a "thing produced by labor or effort" or the "result of an act or a process", and stems from the verb produce, from the Latin prōdūce ' lead or bring forth'. Since 1575, the word "product" has referred to anything produced...

 to the public

Public

In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individuals, and the public is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science,...

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In film

In the film industry

Film industry

The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...

 a release

Film release

A film release is the stage at which a completed film is legally authorized by its owner for public distribution.The process includes locating a distributor to handle the film...

 can be postponed due to the sometimes difficult transition of the production and/or post-production to the sales and distribution phase of the film production cycle.
Due to several factors a film release can be delayed:

1. Problems during post-production of an artistic nature.
2. Political problems regarding the film.
3. Economical problems relating to limitations in the film budget.

These problems can be resolved by overcoming artistic problems, making politically correct or commercially successful changes to the film and/or relieving budgetary problems.

In pharmacology

In the pharmaceutical industry a pharmaceutical drug can be released at a time later than that immediately following its administration due to difficulties in the last phases of the drug development

Drug development

Drug development is a blanket term used to define the process of bringing a new drug to the market once a lead compound has been identified through the process of drug discovery...

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"Delayed release" is also commonly used in a different sense in the pharmacological industry, to refer to oral medicines that do not immediately disintegrate and release the active ingredient(s) into the body. An example is enteric coated

Enteric coating

An enteric coating is a barrier applied to oral medication that controls the location in the digestive system, where it is absorbed. Enteric refers to the small intestine, therefore enteric coatings prevent release of medication before it reaches the small intestine.Most enteric coatings work by...

 oral medications, which dissolve in the intestine

Intestine

In human anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine...

s rather than the stomach

Stomach

The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the alimentary canal which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects , and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication .The stomach is...

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