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    When big influencers steal content, small original creators lose out

    • 31.08.2021
    • Livemint

    Verified accounts often steal popular content from smaller creators, directly eating into their follower numbers and income.

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    India has 96 mn SVOD subscriptions, 40.7 mn subscribers: Ormax report

    • 31.08.2021
    • Animation Xpress

    The research is based on a sample size of 12,000 across urban and rural India, was conducted from May to July 2021. The report breaks the universe by gender, age, NCCS, pop strata, states, and cities.

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    Regional cinema could overtake Hindi films in box office collections this year

    • 31.08.2021
    • Livemint

    In 2019, Bollywood had crossed box office collections of Rs4,000 crore while Hollywood clocked nearly Rs1,225 crore. Regional cinema made Rs1,500-2,000 crore.

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    India has 353 million OTT users and 96 million active paid subscriptions, which translates into a penetration of 25.3%: Ormax Media report

    • 31.08.2021
    • Business Insider

    The top 6 metros contribute only 11% to India’s OTT universe.

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    Disney’s Addiction to Subscriber Gains Drives Disruption at the Expense of Theatrical Revenue (Guest Column)

    • 31.08.2021
    • Variety

    In its most recent quarterly earnings report, Disney announced that the number of Disney Plus paid subscribers swelled to 116 million as of July 3. Wall Street noticed, as one headline from a financial publication shouted, “Disney Stock Leaps After Earnings Blowout.” Since the introduction of Disney Plus on Nov. 12, 2019, Disney shares price has climbed from $138 to $177 as of Aug. 23.

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    Will Bollywood make a grand return to Kashmir?

    • 30.08.2021
    • Times of India

    The officials aim to facilitate the development of shooting locales, focus on destination marketing, organise the J&K film festival, and also turn their attention towards the restoration and preservation of films from the region.

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    CII Summit FX charts the growth of Karnataka’s AVGC scene with ABAI Center Of Excellence case study panel

    • 30.08.2021
    • AnimationXpress

    ABAI Center Of Excellence based in Karnataka is one of the first initiatives by the government to push the industry further through multiple facilities like workshops, finishing school, incubator center, green screen room, photogrammetry, NCAM and other latest technologies, bringing together the creative community under one roof.

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    IBF’s self-regulatory body BCCC gets MIB nod under amended cable TV rules

    • 30.08.2021
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has granted approval to the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation as the level II self-regulatory organization or SRO as mandated under the amended Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

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    Bharti Airtel has made representation to union govt to bring DTH under DoT: Gopal Vittal

    • 30.08.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    Vittal, MD & CEO — India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel, explained during the Q1 earnings call that the company will push for it to bring about a more cohesive and consistent policy regime.

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    Why there is a need to look at OTT beyond data

    • 30.08.2021
    • Best Media Info

    Speaking at ZeeMelt, Punit Misra of Zee and Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment discuss how data can be leveraged to take creative decisions.

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