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    Reliance Entertainment CEO to buy Anil Ambani film studio

    • 28.10.2021
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Bollywood ace filmmaker and CEO of Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Shibasish Sarkar, who has helmed ‘Udta Punjab’, ‘Naam Shabana’, and TV shows like ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ is in talks with Anil Ambani to buy a private film studio and content distribution company owned by the industrialist and his family as a management buyout (MBO).

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    Southern film industries throw up surprise hits thanks to pent-up demand

    • 28.10.2021
    • Livemint

    Recently, Telugu films such as Seetimaarr, Love Story and Jathi Ratnalu have featured actors who are complete newcomers, or those whose pre-covid releases had performed below par.

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    ‘Almost 85% of all media consumption on the internet happening on mobile’

    • 28.10.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    A panel comprising Kosal Malladi spoke to Ajay Dhyani, Siddharth Dabhade, Prajwalita Borah, Juhi Singh and Kirtiman Kohli discussed the next wave of mobile growth.

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    Facebook Rebrands as Meta, Shifts to Virtual Reality Focus

    • 28.10.2021
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    As part of the name change, which highlights the company's focus on the "metaverse," Facebook will change its stock ticker to MVRS beginning Dec. 1.

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    MIB directs TV, digital media to use Azadi Mahotsav logo during news, shows

    • 28.10.2021
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued an advisory to all print, electronic media, digital media and private TV channels to display the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav logo during news programmes, reports, and bulletins.

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    12-min ad cap will be a big blow to us: Broadcasters

    • 28.10.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    Viewer’s interest would be adversely impacted if the rule is implemented as smaller channels would be forced to shut shop, bringing down content options to a huge extent, they say.

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    Theatre reopening may impact OTT originals, platforms to see slower subscription growth

    • 28.10.2021
    • Moneycontrol.com

    Theatre owners will also have to deliver better experiences to draw viewers away from these platforms.

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    MPA Wants Cryptocurrency Exchanges To Help Identify Online Pirates

    • 27.10.2021
    • Torrent Freak

    The Motion Picture Association would like the US Government's executive cybersecurity order to be optimized to identify operators of pirate sites and services. Among other things, the order should require U.S.-based IaaS providers, including hosting services, DNS servers, reverse proxies, and cryptocurrency exchanges, to robustly verify the identities of foreign customers.

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    Regional GECs continuously driving growth with unique content line-up, say experts

    • 27.10.2021
    • Best Media Info

    With a wide range of content, regional channels surpass the growth of National GECs, register 3X ad volumes than national channels.

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    Mergers like Zee-Sony unite assets across mediums, improving reach for advertisers

    • 27.10.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    There will be more of experimentation & differentiated offerings in the television broadcast with the Zee-Sony merger, said Sejal Shah, MD, APX, PMX & Publicis-In-Motion.

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