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    Film AlUla Using Tax Rebates and a Focus on Talent Development to Attract New Productions to Saudi

    • 07.09.2024
    • Variety

    In the four years since first being established in early 2020 by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), Film AlUla has quickly positioned itself as one of the fastest-rising film destinations in the Middle East.

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    Africa in TIFF Focus as Producers Discuss Impact of Amazon’s Original Content Withdrawal, M&A

    • 07.09.2024
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    How Amazon’s pullback from investing in African original content and M&A have affected entertainment industry players on the continent was one of the topics of a panel at the industry conference section of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Saturday.

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    How the Rhode Island Film Festival Is “Writing a New Narrative”

    • 06.09.2024
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Executive director Shawn M. Quirk sees his role in "building this global community, as well as helping our local filmmakers who need that access."

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    Bollywood sees flight to safety as moviegoers raise the bar

    • 05.09.2024
    • LiveMint

    Over the past few years, films were put together with the assurance that streaming platforms would buy anything that featured a big star.

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    YouTube strengthens community guidelines to protect teenagers from body image and negative fitness regime videos

    • 05.09.2024
    • LiveMint

    Google's own video streaming giant YouTube has introduced enhanced safety measures aimed at improving the experience for young users, particularly minors.

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    ‘India will increase pace and scale of infrastructure…’: Glimpses of PM Modi’s Singapore visit

    • 05.09.2024
    • LiveMint

    “Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Lawrence Wong held productive talks today. They deliberated on ways to further deepen India-Singapore partnership across key sectors including technology, healthcare, trade, skilling, and more.”

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    5G, 6G rollout will spur growth to achieve developed nation status: DoT Secretary

    • 05.09.2024
    • Telecom.com\EconomicTimes

    After 5G, India is now gearing up for 6G rollout which will spur the growth that is required to achieve the developed nation status, Telecom Secretary Neeraj Mittal said on Wednesday.

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    AIDCF urges MIB to prevent Prasar Bharati from onboarding linear TV channels for its OTT platform

    • 05.09.2024
    • Telecom.com\EconomicTimes

    The notice issued by Prasar Bharati on August 5 invited TV broadcasters to place their channels on the public broadcaster’s upcoming over-the-top (OTT) platform.

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    Music streaming up 3,923 mins, OTT growth hits 16.7%: Tonic Worldwide GIPSI report

    • 05.09.2024
    • exchange4media

    The report notes that with notifications welcomed and intrusions tolerated by customers on apps, festive season is the best time to collect first party data.

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    South Korea to build a Hollywood to woo global tourists, K-Pop and K-Drama fans

    • 05.09.2024
    • Hindustan Times

    For all the global cache of BTS, Squid Game and Blackpink, South Korea doesn’t have an entertainment mecca that can rival the fame of Hollywood. The country’s government wants to change that.

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