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    High ticket prices, lower footfalls: The story of recent box office hits

    • 08.10.2024
    • LiveMint

    Recent blockbusters have impressive box-office collections but lower footfalls compared to past hits. Rising ticket prices and fewer available screens are the key factors.

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    70th National Film Awards: Mithun Chakraborty honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award; AR Rahman, others felicitated

    • 08.10.2024
    • LiveMint

    During the 70th National Film Awards, President Droupadi Murmu acknowledged the impact of films and social media. Notable winners included AR Rahman and Nithya Menen, with Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan I clinching the Best Film honour.

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    India’s data protection law may not be enough to secure people’s privacy

    • 08.10.2024
    • LiveMint

    Data protection laws which assume people know what they’re doing when they offer consent for the use of their data have a fatal flaw.

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    ‘Appeals Centre’ to referee EU social media disputes

    • 08.10.2024
    • Telecom.com\EconomicTimes

    The act polices illegal content like hate speech and disinformation on the biggest online platforms, and allows for outside entities to establish mechanisms to resolve disputes.

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    Cracking down on Indian TV & streaming piracy, Italian style

    • 08.10.2024
    • Indiantelevision

    Piracy has been the bane of both broadcasters and streamers for some time now. Yes, both have ani-piracy crews who spend crores of rupees behind sophisticated tools which crawl the world wide web round the clock to track illegal streams and bring down the rogue sites with the help of ISPs.

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    Sony Pictures Networks celebrates 29th anniversary

    • 08.10.2024
    • Indiantelevision

    It’s celebration time at Sony Pictures Networks. The company is celebrating its twenty-ninth anniversary. The leading entertainment and sports network which turned up a healthy profit in the year ended March 2024 is pulling out all the stops to make it a memorable occasion for its employees.

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    Karnataka’s 2% cess on OTT subscriptions: Do states have the power to impose such a tax?

    • 08.10.2024
    • exchange4media

    As per legal experts, since OTT services are pan-India there will be issues in the implementation of such a tax at the state level & new cess will conflict with GST principles.

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    Indian Blockbuster ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Sets Japan Release, Sequel Timeline as Producers Eye World Expansion (EXCLUSIVE)

    • 08.10.2024
    • Variety

    Nag Ashwin’s Indian sci-fi blockbuster “Kalki 2898 AD” is charting a course for international waters, with Russia and Japan next on its releasing itinerary.

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    Can PayTV survive the rise of free streaming?

    • 07.10.2024
    • LiveMint

    Broadcasters’ shift to free AVoD content raises concerns about devaluing PayTV and driving viewers to cut subscriptions.

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    Amazon merges MX Player with miniTV to expand ad-supported streaming

    • 07.10.2024
    • LiveMint

    The integration of MX Player is expected to boost Amazon’s advertiser video-on-demand business.

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