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    Anna’s Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight

    • 17.04.2026
    • Torrent Freak

    Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive.

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    Warner Bros. Files Criminal Complaint Against Chilean IPTV Operator Over “Alarming” Piracy Growth

    • 17.04.2026
    • Torrent Freak

    Hollywood giant Warner Bros. Entertainment is concerned about the "alarming" growth of IPTV piracy in Chile. After securing a dynamic site blocking order in February, targeting brands like MagisTV and FlujoTV, the studio is now raising the stakes with a criminal complaint targeting Streaming Chile SpA, an operation that claims to serve over 35,000 customers worldwide.

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    India among top AI users globally, but adoption remains concentrated in major cities: OpenAI

    • 16.04.2026
    • Storyboard18

    OpenAI report says India is a leading AI market in coding and reasoning but usage is highly concentrated in top cities, with big gaps in access and advanced applications

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    Centre to introduce Telecommunications (Broadcasting Services) Rules 2026 soon

    • 16.04.2026
    • Storyboard18

    Broadcast rules for teleports and DTH may be taken up soon, as a broader regulatory reset of the sector is underway.

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    Indian Institute of Creative Technologies Partners with Visual Effects Society to Boost India’s VFX Ecosystem

    • 16.04.2026
    • DigitalLearning

    The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Visual Effects Society (India Section), marking a strategic step toward advancing India’s Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) sector through stronger industry-academia collaboration.

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    Behind the screens, behind the cuts

    • 15.04.2026
    • Storyboard18

    The global entertainment industry is undergoing widespread layoffs as major companies like Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix, and Sony restructure operations. Driven by streaming disruption, declining traditional revenues, and cost pressures, thousands of jobs have been cut across studios, TV networks, gaming, and digital media divisions.

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    Free TV or Free Ride? TRAI’s FAST framework faces high-stakes test

    • 15.04.2026
    • Exchange4media

    FAST ecosystem players including smart TV manufacturers, OS providers, and content aggregators argue that excessive regulation could stifle innovation in a nascent but consumer-friendly segment

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    NHRC member defends notice to MeitY, says child safety concerns override pending DPDP enforcement

    • 15.04.2026
    • Economic Times

    The NHRC in its March 24 notice to the ministry had raised alleged non-compliance of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act by digital platforms. Digital services industry grouping Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), in a letter to the NHRC, argued that its intervention was premature, since several provisions of the DPDP Act would come into force only next year.

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    JioHotstar brings HBO Max to India under expanded Warner Bros Discovery partnership

    • 15.04.2026
    • BestMediaInfo

    Priced from Rs 49 a month, the add-on pack gives JioHotstar subscribers access to the HBO Max hub and the platform’s full international catalogue

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    On repeat: Why audiences are coming back to big cinema hits on OTT

    • 15.04.2026
    • Mint

    According to media consulting firm Ormax, 65% of Dhurandhar’s audience on OTT had already watched the
    film in a theatre.

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