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    TV Critics’ Conversation: From ‘Succession’ to ‘Squid Game,’ It’s a Season of Haves and Have-Nots

    • 26.11.2021
    • Hollywood Reporter

    The extremes of income disparity shape many of the small screen’s fall offerings — but, THR’s television critics say, not all explorations of class are created equal.

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    Box Office: ‘Encanto’ Enchants With $7.5M Opening Day, ‘Gucci’ Earns $4.2M

    • 26.11.2021
    • Hollywood Reporter

    Walt Disney Animation’s musical adventure Encanto kicked off the extended Thanksgiving box office parade with a first day gross of $7.5 million.

    The family movie, along with MGM and United Artists’ adult-skewing drama House of Gucci, opened nationwide Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving, as did Sony’s action-horror reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

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    Online Piracy Increases Among Young Finns, But Legal Consumption is Up Too

    • 26.11.2021
    • TorrentFreak

    A new study from Finland finds that an increasing number of people are indeed turning to legitimate options. While overall piracy levels are generally static, tech-savvy young people are again bucking the trend.

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    Filmmakers Want ISP to Share Personal Info of Thousands of Pirates

    • 26.11.2021
    • TorrentFreak

    As part of an ongoing lawsuit, a group of independent movie companies wants Colorado-based Internet provider WOW! to disclose the personal details of thousands of persistent pirates. The filmmakers also request the option to file separate lawsuits against these alleged pirates, but that clearly goes a step too far for the Internet provider.

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    Telecom body to Trai: Vodafone Idea’s new tariff to discourage mobile number porting

    • 26.11.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Telecom Watchdog, a nonprofit, Thursday sought intervention from sector regulator to prevent Vodafone Idea (Vi) from moving SMS to a higher tariff bracket of Rs 179 which it said would discourage subscribers to port out to other service providers.

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    Govt considering separate legislation for social media companies: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

    • 26.11.2021
    • exchange4media

    The central government is considering separate legislation for social media companies in order to develop safe and open cyberspace, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.

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    Indian content producers see uptick in revenues from online video platforms

    • 26.11.2021
    • indiantelevision.com

    The production of local originals in India is heating up and giving a boost to the creative economy. Online video platforms are expected to invest heavily into local original content to ensure robust paid subscriber growth.

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    There need to be a level playing field: Tata Sky CEO Harit Nagpal on Free Dish issue

    • 26.11.2021
    • indiantelevision.com

    Harit Nagpal, the MD and CEO of India’s largest Pay TV distributor - Tata Sky is known to be a vocal man. Time and again, he has used several platforms and occasions to bring the industry’s concerns to the notice of the government and regulators.

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    Short form video app Chingari signs music licensing deal with Saregama

    • 26.11.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    India's homegrown short-format video app Chingari has signed a global music licensing agreement with the country's oldest and largest music label, Saregama.

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    Small-budget films get lost in OTT universe

    • 26.11.2021
    • LiveMint

    Media experts said that even though smaller films may recover some of their investments by selling to the platforms, their struggle to be seen widely continues

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