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    Ratings report card: A mixed bag for GECs as TV crosses path with digital

    • 01.10.2024
    • exchange4media

    While the ratings show a shift in viewership trends, industry experts dived deep into the challenges faced by GECs, such as changing audience preferences and the growing dominance of digital platforms.

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    Stalwarts to discuss making India next gaming superpower

    • 01.10.2024
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) will be hosting the second edition of India’s premier annual gaming conference, the Indian Gaming Convention (IGC) on October 14 and 15 in New Delhi.

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    Did Govt Ignore Niti Aayog’s Red Flag On Data Protection Law? RTI Docs Make Big Reveal

    • 30.09.2024
    • Times Now

    On January 16, 2023, the Niti Aayog wrote to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) urging it to not pass the proposed law in its current form as it could weaken the RTI Act.

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    Delhi HC shuts down 45 rogue streaming sites backing Warner Bros, Netflix

    • 30.09.2024
    • Business Standard

    The Court granted a dynamic+ injunction, allowing for not just the blocking of current infringing websites, but also any future mirror or alphanumeric variations of 45 rogue streaming sites

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    ‘Strictly Business’ Live on Streaming’s Changing Economics, the Future of Moviegoing, M&A on Ice and More

    • 30.09.2024
    • Variety

    Analysts Laura Martin and Hernan Lopez join Cynthia Littleton and Andrew Wallenstein for a live podcast episode; plus AMC Theatres' Adam Aron, WBTV's Channing Dungey, D.C. Studios' Peter Safran, Whitney Cummings, Lamorne Morris and Iliza Schlesinger from Variety's Entertainment and Technology Summit

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    Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Sweeping AI Safety Bill

    • 30.09.2024
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    California's governor has signed other AI bills, but argued that SB 1047 is "not the best approach" to tackling AI safety.

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    DirecTV to Acquire Dish and Sling TV, Creating Largest U.S. TV Provider

    • 30.09.2024
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The merger of EchoStar's video businesses and DirecTV will also coincide with TPG agreeing to buy out the 70 percent of DirecTV that it does not own from AT&T.

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    PM exhorts creators to unleash creativity via WAVES’ challenges

    • 30.09.2024
    • IBW

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday in the 114th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ exhorted Indian creators to participate in the 25 ‘Create in India’ challenges, which is part of media conference WAVES and aimed at promoting talent and creativity.

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    Madras HC notice to federal govt on OTT rules plea

    • 30.09.2024
    • IBW

    The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Central Government on a plea directing the Government to immediately intervene and take appropriate steps to regulate and publish movies, web series, serials, and other programs broadcasted on the OTT website as per the current censorship system and regulate OTT platforms.

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    Homebrew Transparency Portal Reveals Needlessly Blocked ‘Pirate’ Sites

    • 30.09.2024
    • Torrent Freak

    As the wave of pirate site blocking spreads globally, some European countries show weakness in their execution. In Germany, for instance, the local blocklist included domains that no longer linked to pirated content, violating the blocking agreement. Tellingly, this only came to the forefront after a 17-year-old developer put together an unofficial transparency portal.

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