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    As OTT race heats up, MX player eyes non-Hindi, non-metro markets for growth

    • 20.07.2021
    • Best Media Info

    Gautam Talwar, Content Head, MX Player talks about the growth trajectory of the streaming platform, why he thinks interactive content is the future of OTT industry and the looming fear of a third wave of the pandemic.

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    End-user spending on IT services in India to reach $18 billion in 2021: Gartner

    • 20.07.2021
    • The Hindu Businessline

    Spending on IT services had slowed down in 2020 but did not decline.

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    Theater Owners Sound Piracy Alarm Over Disney+ ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Reveal

    • 20.07.2021
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Major exhibitors attributed the Marvel film’s ‘stunning collapse’ in week two to the Hollywood giant’s $30 direct-to-consumer experiment as the film tops illegal download lists.

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    Prasar Bharati, IIT-K to collaborate on NextGen broadcasting tech

    • 19.07.2021
    • Hindustan Times

    Prasar Bharati and IIT Kanpur will explore the development of direct to mobile broadcasting capabilities.

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    Film industry wary of impact from Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill

    • 19.07.2021
    • Livemint

    Re-examining films already passed by the censor board and the possibility of not being cleared for release may add to costs of studios that begin marketing and promotional campaigns several weeks in advance.

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    GMA bares risky strategy in bid to become next top PH conglomerate

    • 19.07.2021
    • Philippine Daily Inquirer

    Television broadcast giant GMA Network Inc. announced a plan to invest in technology startups, joining other Filipino companies that are betting on the risky sector that offers the potential for huge returns.

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    India’s average broadband download speeds increase in June to reach 17.84 mbps: Ookla

    • 19.07.2021
    • ET Telecom

    According to the report, India has moved up the global ranking index for the third time in the row for mobile internet speeds and has shown consistent improvements in overall mobile download speeds over the last two months.

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    How to make Digital Services Act future-proof?

    • 19.07.2021
    • Euractiv

    It’s time to set a clear, fair and universal base law for the internet, writes Dita Charanzová. Balance is key, or we risk harming our economy. Fixing an issue for one sector in the DSA may tilt the playing field for everyone else. We need a horizontal framework, she argues.

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    Smaller cities, language content to fuel India video OTT growth: Report

    • 19.07.2021
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    The report noted that the next wave of growth in the OTT landscape would come from tier II, III and IV cities and the Indian language speaking population, PTI reported from New Delhi.

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    BVOD now FTA’s ‘growth engine’, SVOD offsets subscription TV decline, finds PwC

    • 19.07.2021
    • Mumbrella

    Growth in ad spend across Broadcast Video on Demand (BVOD) went some way to offsetting the 9.8% decline of the Free-To-Air (FTA) advertising market in 2020, according to PwC’s latest Australian Entertainment and Media Outlook.

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