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    Sony Pictures Films India announces 17-film slate for the next year

    • 20.09.2021
    • Livemint

    Sony Pictures Films India has announced a new slate of 17 films, including Hindi, regional language and Hollywood titles that it will bring to theatres over the next year.

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    This made in India streaming platform allows filmmakers and consumers to meet on an even footing

    • 20.09.2021
    • Yourstory

    ABC Talkies is a filmtech platform that acts as a marketplace for independent films. Filmmakers can upload their work, find willing viewers, and eventually buyers from larger OTT platforms.

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    C-DOT developing tech to tap all media for broadcasting disaster alerts

    • 20.09.2021
    • Brand Equity

    The state-run organisation is indigenously developing the technology for the Integrated Alert System based on International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recommended Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).

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    GLOBAL STREAMING LEADER STARZ CONTINUES ROBUST EXPANSION IN ASIA WITH THE LAUNCH OF DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER OTT APP LIONSGATE PLAY IN MALAYSIA

    • 19.09.2021
    • The News Strike

    STARZ today announced the launch of its independent direct-to-consumer OTT app Lionsgate Play in Malaysia, following its successful debut in India in 2019 and subsequent expansion into Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Philippines. With the launch, STARZ becomes the most extensively distributed streaming service among all global platforms across Asia, immediately making its deep library of Hollywood blockbusters, film franchises and first-to-Malaysia original series and boxsets accessible to a wide audience in Malaysia.

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    Netflix CEO Hastings: Streaming market “far away” from saturation

    • 19.09.2021
    • Broadband TV News

    Behind the small share of the television market in the US of only 27% is above all a technical deficiency, Hastings told German news magazine Der Spiegel. “One must not forget that in the US half of the households still do not own smart TVs, that is TV sets connected to the internet,” Hastings explained.

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    Bollywood: Losses mount, as Maharashtra theatres remain shut and 50% occupancy rule persists in most states

    • 19.09.2021
    • Moneycontrol.com

    Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Aamir Khan, John Abraham, and Kartik Aaryan among those waiting for the state to reopen cinemas, to release new movies.

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    Universal Music: how much is the world’s biggest label worth?

    • 19.09.2021
    • Financial Times

    Vivendi to float group valued at €33bn in Amsterdam next week but many believe the price will soar.

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    What is a media company?

    • 19.09.2021
    • Business Standard

    The media company, as we know it, however is dead.

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    Moratorium on telecom dues allows time to transform, repair: Deloitte India

    • 19.09.2021
    • ET Telecom

    The Union Cabinet recently approved a blockbuster relief package for the stressed telecom sector that includes a four-year break for companies from paying statutory dues, permission to share scarce airwaves.

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    For OTTs, regional flavour gets stronger

    • 19.09.2021
    • Financial Express

    Analysts at EY estimate the share of regional language consumption on OTT platforms to cross 50% of total time spent by 2025, easing past Hindi at 45%.

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