Singapore is boosting its support for international film and TV projects that highlight the city-state as a travel destination. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) on Wednesday unveiled a new joint $7.5 million fund ($10 million Singapore dollars) that will be accessible to international media and entertainment companies that produce global content that shines a spotlight on Singapore.
Cloudflare's latest appeal against a DNS-blocking injunction has been rejected. The Court of Milan found that since Cloudflare already blocks other content, restricting access to three torrent sites should be possible too. The internet infrastructure company hasn't commented on the order but now faces the prospect of additional site-blocking requests in Italy.
The studio will be an anchor tenant and partner again with Robert Halmi's Great Point Studios after developments in New York City and Newark, New Jersey.
Just when big-budget movies were starting to look like a risky proposition at the box office, a pair of new pics renewed Hollywood’s faith over the past few weekends. After two underperforming sequels made once seemingly invincible superhero mega-franchises look mortal, two non-superhero titles delivered strong results. Paramount’s new “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” scored the No. 1 spot over the weekend on a $150 million budget. The week prior, Lionsgate’s fourth “John Wick” film yielded a record opening for the R-rated action franchise.
The deals are a positive outcome for Disney Star, which is seeking to maximise audience reach for the Indian Premier League (IPL) on TV amidst stiff competition from rival Viacom18, which is streaming the IPL for free on the Jio Cinema app.
It (rollout) is growing at a very rapid pace. The fact that within a period of six months, telecom service providers (TSPs) have been able to cover over 570 districts with 140,000 5G base stations is heartening. This is despite challenges such as chip shortages. We believe that by early next year, we will have a pervasive rollout across the country, said Telecom secretary K Rajaraman.
Copyright holders have sent hundreds of DMCA notices flagging alleged copyright infringements on Europa.eu, the official website of the European Commission. The EU seems unable to deal with a recurring piracy spam problem on its own portal, up to the point that Google has begun removing Europa.eu search results.
MicroG is a free-as-in-freedom alternative to proprietary Google services, including the Play Store. Vanced, a popular app that provided an ad-free YouTube experience, relied on microG to operate, something also true for successor ReVanced. In a scheme to damage microG and Vanced-style apps, imposters masquerading as microG have targeted almost two dozen sites with DMCA notices.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has relaxed the minimum net worth requirement for broadcasters seeking permissions for the uplinking and downlinking of TV channels. The move comes after broadcasters complained to the ministry that they were facing difficulties in meeting the minimum net worth requirement as per the revised guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking Satellite Television Guidelines in India.
The last quarter of the financial year remained muted for the Hindi film industry, with box office collections estimated at around ₹850 crore, and footfalls down by 30-40% compared to pre-covid days.