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    ZEEL re-enters sports broadcasting biz, acquires UAE T20 League TV rights for 10 years

    • 30.11.2021
    • exchange4media

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has acquired the broadcast rights for the Emirates Cricket Board's (ECB) UAE T20 League for a period of 10 years, sources close to the development have told exchange4media.

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    AIR open studios for voices representing Young India

    • 30.11.2021
    • The Statesman

    In an unprecedented step, All India Radio has opened up its studios for the voices that represent Young India.
    For the next 52 weeks, AIR stations, in all states and UTs across India, will give an opportunity to youngsters from local colleges, universities to take part in AIR programming, allowing them to discuss and curate youth-centric shows.

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    Report: Disney Surpasses 100M Streaming Subs in the U.S.

    • 30.11.2021
    • tvtech

    Disney surpassed a notable milestone this quarter, topping 100 million streaming subs for the first time, according to a new report from Ampere Analysis, with an aggressively priced bundle and a wide range of attractive programming driving the growth.

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    Star and Disney postpones new channel launch till further information

    • 30.11.2021
    • indiantelevision.com

    Star and Disney India has deferred the launch of 15 (SD+HD) channels and renaming of one channel until further intimation. “This is to inform all distributors of television channels that the launch of following 15 channels and name change of following one channel have been deferred till further intimation by Star,” it said.

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    New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal steps from behind the scenes to high profile

    • 30.11.2021
    • LiveMint

    Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley's highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.

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    Virgin Media ‘Pirates’ Told They’re Also Liable For Other People’s Movie Piracy

    • 29.11.2021
    • TorrentFreak

    Virgin Media subscribers who responded to letters accusing them of piracy are now getting feedback from movie company lawyers in the UK. While initial feedback suggested that alleged pirates could be on the hook for potentially thousands in damages, it now appears the movie company is taking a broader view of the situation. Whether such claims will hold up in court remains to be seen.

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    IFPI & MPA Oppose ‘New Safe Harbors’ in Digital Services Act

    • 29.11.2021
    • TorrentFreak

    The European Council's adoption this week of the General Approach on the Digital Services Act has been met with disappointment by a coalition of rightsholders including IFPI and the MPA. Their concerns include the introduction of a "safe harbor" for search engines and the apparent detachment of due diligence obligations from liability for infringing content.

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    “The Pirate Bay Can’t Be Stopped ,” Co-Founder Says

    • 29.11.2021
    • TorrentFreak

    The Pirate Bay quietly turned 18 this year. The site survived several shutdown attempts and remains online. Nonetheless, one of the lawyers who fought The Pirate Bay in court says that the lawsuits and raids were worth it. Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde disagrees and believes that the torrent site can't be stopped by rightsholders.

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    Democratic countries need to think about creating safe, accountable internet: MoS IT

    • 29.11.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Democratic countries need to join hands to think about creating safety, trust and accountability on the internet which has no boundaries Minister for State for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrshekhar said on Saturday

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    Facebook India Officials Summoned by Parliamentary Panel Over Protection of Citizen’s Rights, Women’s Safety

    • 29.11.2021
    • Gadgets360

    The committee will also be discussing submissions made by Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang.
    Facebook India officials have been asked to appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) on November 29 to discuss the subject of protection of citizen's rights with a special emphasis on women's safety in digital social/ online news media platforms.

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