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    Rerelease of Venice Cult Horror Film ‘Tumbbad’ Scares Up Repeat Business at India Box Office, as Sequel Is Confirmed (EXCLUSIVE)

    • 19.09.2024
    • Variety

    Arty 2018 Indian folklore horror film “Tumbbad” has belatedly found new life at the box office. Its 2024 rerelease in India has grossed $1.5 million and counting.

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    Zee tells Bombay High Court Emergency movie’s release being delayed so that BJP doesn’t lose Sikh votes

    • 19.09.2024
    • Bar and Bench

    The argument did not find favour with the Bench of Justices BP Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla though the Bench took strong exception to the delay by the CBFC in taking a decision on the release of the movie.

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    Regulation.ai@India: Striking a balance between innovation and safety

    • 19.09.2024
    • Business Standard

    The European Union led the way in data protection by introducing the General Data Protection Regulation in 2018.

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    Amazon Prime Video and MGM Studios Join Motion Picture Association

    • 19.09.2024
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Amazon joins Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. Discovery, and Netflix in the entertainment policy group.

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    Local content, sports drove premium VOD revenue to $1b in H1 2024: Media Partners Asia

    • 19.09.2024
    • exchange4media

    A report by Media Partners Asia said that sports content attracted the highest number of unique viewers, with 9 of the top 15 titles belonging to the sports genre - 6 of which were BCCI events.

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    Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic+ Injunction to Warner Bros, other major studios

    • 19.09.2024
    • MEDIANAMA

    Following a petition against 64 pirating websites, the Delhi High Court has granted a dynamic+ injunction order to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Netflix US, LLC, SBS Co. Ltd., SLL Joongang Co. Ltd. and CJ ENM Co. Ltd to protect their copyrighted works.

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    Bollywood loves southern film remakes but that’s not true the other way around. Why?

    • 19.09.2024
    • LiveMint

    Recent box-office failures indicate a disconnect between content and audience expectations, though some suggest potential for success if remakes are targeted and marketed well.

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    Sports, local content drive video-on-demand revenues to $1.04 billion in first half of 2024

    • 19.09.2024
    • LiveMint

    That's up 38% from $760 million in the same period last year, according to an analysis by Ampd, the digital measurement platform of Media Partners Asia.

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    DPDP likely to offer consent framework instead of exact rules

    • 19.09.2024
    • Telecom.com\EconomicTimes

    The executive rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act are likely to prescribe a set of larger umbrella guidelines and guiding frameworks for companies on consent management instead of issuing exact rules.

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    IITs, IIMs like institute for Animation to be set up in Mumbai

    • 19.09.2024
    • BestMediaInfo

    The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to set up the National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) on lines of the IITs and IIMs to anchor the animation ecosystem in the country.

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