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    A+E Networks Boosts Co-Pro Offering With Double UK Hire; Callan McAuliffe Flick ‘About Him & Her’ Gets UK/U.S. Bow (Exclusive); Prime Video/Paramount India Deal; MIA Market 2023 Dates – Global Briefs

    • 11.04.2023
    • Deadline

    A+E Networks has boosted its international co-production team with the hire of British TV vets Ninder Billing and Alexandra Finlay. The pair take up the roles of Vice President Unscripted Co-Productions International and Vice President Scripted Co-Productions International respectively.

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    Reddit Banned 5,853 Users for Excessive Copyright Infringement Last Year

    • 11.04.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    The number of DMCA takedown notices Reddit receives has skyrocketed over the last few years. The same is true for the number of users and subreddits that are banned for infringement, which now reach thousands each year. Reddit's latest transparency report shows that piracy-linked user suspensions have more than doubled in a year.

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    Back Multliplex demand worries Punjabi moviemakers

    • 10.04.2023
    • LiveMint

    Multiplex operators in Punjab have been demanding an eight-week window between the theatrical and digital premiere of films, the norm prior to the pandemic, even as the regional film industry struggles with low footfalls and limited run in cinemas.

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    Back Marvel to release new ‘Spider-Man’ film in 10 languages

    • 10.04.2023
    • LiveMint

    Marvel’s new animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will release in 10 languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali, on 2 June. It is a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson.

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    Not all OTT originals since pandemic breached buzz barrier: Ormax

    • 10.04.2023
    • IBW News

    Since the onset of the pandemic, 565 Hindi originals launched on major OTT platforms in India, but only 12 percent of them managed a peak Buzz of 15 percent or more on Ormax Stream Track, a weekly track of new OTT launches in India

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    Premier League IPTV Investigations Gather Personal Data on Pirates

    • 10.04.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    The Premier League and anti-piracy companies working on their behalf have the ability to conduct invasive online and physical investigations into those believed to be pirating. So, how far can they go, and are there any limits on information obtained in pursuit of potential pirates? In reality, there are limits. For practical purposes, none really matter.

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    Instant videos may be next big step in Artificial Intelligence

    • 10.04.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The new video-generation systems could speed the work of moviemakers and other digital artists, while becoming a new and quick way to create hard- to-detect online misinformation, making it even harder to tell what's real on the internet.

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    India among top three markets for AI-powered Bing preview: Microsoft official

    • 07.04.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    "So, of all the countries in the world, India's the top. With some of these visual capabilities, one of the things we also announced this last week is knowledge cards. So that you can now get richer views of the searches. We are seeing a Bollywood actor Kiara Advani as the top search in knowledge cards with other actors rounding out in the Indian market. So, seeing great engagement there (in India)," he said.

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    Warner Bros. at 100: Studio Was Early Entrant Into TV Production

    • 07.04.2023
    • Variety

    Warner Bros. was among the first to dive into TV production, when ABC approached the studio about acquiring a theatrical film package. But instead of just running films on TV, the result was “Warner Bros. Presents,” an umbrella series that debuted in 1955 and comprised programs based on existing intellectual property including “Casablanca” and “Cheyenne.”

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    Warner Bros. at 100: Characters of Steel Propel DC Into Future

    • 07.04.2023
    • Variety

    The modern superhero movie would not exist without the version of Superman limned by Christopher Reeve in Warner Bros.’ 1978 smash “Superman.”

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