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    Data consumption increased 400% in Rural India in past one year

    • 02.08.2021
    • The Economic Times

    Data consumption through the BharatNet optical fibre surpassed 13,000 terabytes till June. This is an increase from 6,000 TB in 2020 and 300-400 TB in July 2019, according to government figures.

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    CCI to launch study into film distribution, examine OTT impact on releases

    • 02.08.2021
    • Business Standard

    CCI acknowledges that if two blockbusters are released together, they might not get a lot of business.

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    Can Paramount+ Succeed? One Producer Hopes to Make It So.

    • 01.08.2021
    • NY Times

    “He’s our future,” one CBS Studios executive said of Alex Kurtzman, who has a lucrative contract to expand the “Star Trek” universe — and with it the streaming service’s audience.

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    Piracy continues to be a bugbear for filmmakers

    • 01.08.2021
    • VN Express

    Despite ongoing efforts to block popular websites that copy and screen films illegally, piracy remains a thorny issue in Vietnam.

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    Goa: Film Shooting Act introduces single-window for permissions

    • 30.07.2021
    • Times of India

    The Goa legislative assembly on Friday passed the Goa Regulation of Film Shooting Act, 2021 that will enable issuing of permissions through a single-window system.

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    Indian diversity catalyst for rich, dynamic stories: Prime Video’s Gaurav Gandhi

    • 28.07.2021
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Indian language content not only has diversified viewership within India, but globally such content is also watched in 170 countries with international viewers accounting for 15-20 percent of total eyeballs, a top executive of Amazon Prime Video India has said.

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    Illegal streaming service arrest

    • 28.07.2021
    • Advanced Television

    A West Mercia police operation working closely with UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT have arrested a man in the western England town of Shrewsbury in connection with suspected illegal streaming of premium television channels, and other copyrighted material.

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    Facebook teams up with French anti-piracy association on copyright

    • 27.07.2021
    • Euractiv

    Facebook has teamed up with French anti-piracy association ALPA up to protect content on its platforms from copyright infringement, the tech giant announced on Monday (26 July).

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    Full Stream Ahead : The OTT Boom In India

    • 27.07.2021
    • Deccan Herald

    That it is a blockbuster time for OTT platforms in India is now more than evident; what is more interesting is how this pandemic-propelled revolution is changing viewing habits.

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    India not mulling law on digital revenue share like Australia: MIB

    • 27.07.2021
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    The Indian government, though aware, is not considering any proposal to put in place rules that would mandate global tech companies to share adequate revenues with digital news publishers for using their content on their platforms.

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