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    ‘RRR’ Wins Big at India’s National Film Awards; Allu Arjun, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon Get Acting Honors; Madhavan’s ‘Rocketry’ Named Best Film

    • 28.08.2023
    • Variety

    S.S. Rajamouli’s “RRR” was the big winner at India’s annual National Film Awards with six honors, while actor R. Madhavan’s directorial debut “Rocketry” won best film. Nikhil Mahajan won best director for “Godavari.”

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    “Responsible AI”? Some Hollywood VFX Pros See the Upside

    • 28.08.2023
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    From advancing de-aging to making digitally created hands more realistic, some computer graphics pros are embracing the rapidly accelerating tech as we enter “the iPhone moment of AI.”

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    Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group to Receive IBC’s Highest Honor

    • 28.08.2023
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The International Honor for Excellence will be presented as the studio celebrates its centennial year.

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    NHL Piracy Streaming Lawsuit Fizzles Out After Blocking Measures End

    • 28.08.2023
    • exchange4media

    Canada's Federal Court has granted several piracy-blocking injunctions as part of lawsuits against actual infringers, such as IPTV services. However, these underlying cases seem to go nowhere. A few days ago, rightsholders including Bell and Rogers quietly discontinued their claims against pirate streaming services after a temporary blocking injunction expired. Is this a mere coincidence, or a pragmatic legal strategy?

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    Many nations will look to India’s leadership on AI regulation: Microsoft president Brad Smith

    • 25.08.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Smith, who is on a visit to India and scheduled to participate in the B20 Summit India starting Friday, penned a blog titled 'India's AI Opportunity' where he outlined five key recommendations in the Indian context One of the recommendations is the need to "implement and build upon new government-led AI safety frameworks".

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    Fmovies Gets Huge Visitor Boost, Users Spooked By Surge in Malware Warnings

    • 25.08.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    Fmovies is one of the most popular pirate sites on the internet yet over the last three months the site has still managed to grow at an extraordinary rate. In May, Fmovies serviced around 98 million visitors but in July, in excess of 122 million called in for the latest movies and TV shows. How many users are affected isn't clear but over the past 48 hours a sudden flurry of malware alerts have had some site users spooked.

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    Amazon Sues Online Stores Selling Pirated DVDs

    • 24.08.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    Online piracy is a massive threat to Amazon but physical pirated DVDs remain a problem too. This week, the company filed a lawsuit against a group of online stores that sell pirated DVDs of key titles such as 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' and 'The Peripheral'. While these DVDs may look real they are definitely pirated, as these series are only available on Amazon Prime.

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    ‘Sports rights is very cyclical in nature’

    • 24.08.2023
    • exchange4media

    Siddharth Sharma, Viacom18’s Sports Head of Content, spoke to e4m on JioCinema’s plans for the Cricket World Cup, sports coverage in general and more

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    Netflix signups remain high, fueled by password-sharing crackdown

    • 24.08.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    "Love is sharing a password," Netflix had posted on X - then known as Twitter - in 2017, but its global crackdown on password-sharing hinted at its strategy to open new revenue streams in a saturating, competitive market.

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    Raw level data very useful in checking manipulation: I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra

    • 24.08.2023
    • BestMediaInfo

    Despite the deep rot in the system, Chandra has been making efforts to ensure the television rating body regains the stakeholders’ confidence

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