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    Tech Companies Need To Be Made More Accountable By External Environment: Nandan Nilekani

    • 16.04.2021
    • Medianama

    Nandan Nilekani wants technology companies to be more accountable. In the absence of altruism or benevolence on their part, they have to be made more accountable by the external environment, he said during panel discussion held as part of the Raisina Dialogue 2021, organised by the Observer Research Foundation.

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    Jourová on the future for European media: Big Tech, Democracy, and Independence

    • 16.04.2021
    • Euractiv

    On the occasion of EURACTIV’s launch of its new ‘Digital & Media’ hub, Editor Samuel Stolton caught up with the Commission’s Vice President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, to discuss the wide range of issues currently impacting the European media landscape.

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    Pandemic year was a catalyst for growing importance of online communities in India: Study

    • 16.04.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    The Facebook & NYU's GovLab report brings insights about the power of online communities in creating meaningful connections, especially role they played during the pandemic.

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    M&E body writes to Uddhav Thackrey for financial package, vaccination centres for workers

    • 15.04.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    The letter also mentions allowing post-production work and the ongoing construction work of certain sets.

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    EU plans ban on AI for mass surveillance, social credit scores

    • 15.04.2021
    • ETTelecom

    As artificial intelligence (AI) technology gets all-pervasive, the European Union is considering a ban on the use of AI for mass surveillance and social credit scores, among other applications.

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    Rise of television continues in India

    • 15.04.2021
    • Economic Times

    As per the latest report, urban markets now have 9.1 crore TV households, up from 8.78 crore in 2018, while rural markets have 11.92 crore TV households, compared to 10.89 crore two years back.

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    From screening reruns of old movies to converting their properties, how single-screen theatres survived the pandemic

    • 15.04.2021
    • The Hindu

    As single screen theatres in the South struggle to survive the pandemic, they rely on old favourites — from Kamal Haasan’s ‘Kalaignan’ to Vijayakanth’s ‘Karimedu Karuvayan’ — that still draw crowds.

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    Amazon Spent $11 Billion on Prime Video and Music Content in 2020, Up 41%

    • 15.04.2021
    • Variety

    Amazon spent a cool $11 billion on TV series, movies and music for its Prime services last year, an increase of 41% from $7.8 billion in 2019, the ecommerce giant disclosed in its annual report Thursday.

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    From ‘Star Wars’ to ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’: How Big IP Is Driving the Streaming Wars

    • 15.04.2021
    • Variety

    As legacy media companies like Disney, WarnerMedia, ViacomCBS and Comcast have launched their own direct-to- consumer divisions, the demand for preexisting storylines that offer recognizable titles, characters, stars and settings has turned into a frenzy.

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    Tricolor joins anti-piracy body

    • 15.04.2021
    • Broadband TV News

    Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor has stepped up its fight against piracy by joining the Internet Video Association.

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