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    Tech use will help India become developed nation by 2047: PM Modi

    • 01.03.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Addressing a post-Budget webinar on 'Unleashing the Potential: Ease of Living Using Technology', Modi said the government wants to reduce the cost of compliance of small businesses, and asked the industry to formulate a list of unnecessary compliances that can be pruned.

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    Oscar-Nominated Song “Naatu Naatu” From ‘RRR’ to Be Performed at Academy Awards

    • 01.03.2023
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Rihanna; Sofia Carson and Diane Warren; and David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu and Son Lux were previously announced to perform their Oscar-nominated songs as well.

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    Subscription video-on-demand may grow faster than ad-led platforms: Report

    • 28.02.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Jehil Thakkar, partner, media and entertainment sector leader, Deloitte India, said, "The hybrid model offers a balancing act, providing access to a high- monetisation user base and a wider audience that may eventually convert into monetisation user base and a wider audience that may eventually convert into monetisable users." The report expects the Indian sports market to ouch $100 billion by 2027 from $27 billion in 2020, a CAGR of over 20%.

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    Agatha Christie’s ‘The Sittaford Mystery’ to Get Indian Adaptation by Vishal Bhardwaj for SonyLIV

    • 28.02.2023
    • Variety

    Agatha Christie’s “The Sittaford Mystery” will be adapted as “Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley” for streamer SonyLIV by renowned Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.

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    ‘Everybody’s Always Up For Sale’: How International TV Distributors Are Navigating a ‘Cautious’ Market

    • 28.02.2023
    • Variety

    Television exports to China may be slowing but that’s not true for exports to Asia as a whole. Co-production deals are back in vogue. And when it comes to the potential for further consolidation among top European production banners, well, one industry veteran declared, “Everybody’s always up for sale.”

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    India will achieve 100% 5G coverage by December 2024: Vaishnaw

    • 28.02.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    India will achieve 100% coverage for 5G services by the end of December 2024, even as today, 5G services have been launched in
    387 districts by telecom players across the country, said Union Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw Tuesday.

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    Telecom Diary: OTT vs telcos: The debate intensifies!

    • 27.02.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    This has prompted telecom companies to suggest a revenue sharing model between OTT and telecom operators. The premise of the whole argument is based on ‘same service same rules’. Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) had suggested levying a "usage charge" for actual traffic carried by OTT on telecom networks. The usage charge will be decided mutually between telcos and OTT players who must contribute towards creating and developing digital telecom infrastructure in India in exchange for using the services.

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    Back Smoking scene in movie? CBFC will need to be convinced first

    • 27.02.2023
    • LiveMint

    Filmmakers will have to get scenes showing smoking cleared by the censors as part of sweeping new rules sparked by the failure of general anti-tobacco warnings at movie screenings.

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    Trai extends date for comments and counter-comments on “Regulating converged digital technologies and services’ consultation paper

    • 27.02.2023
    • IndianTelevision

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended deadline for receiving written comments on a consultation paper "Regulating Converged Digital Technologies and Services - Enabling Convergence of Carriage of Broadcasting and Telecommunication Services" issued on 30 January , 2023. The deadline for receiving written comments from stakeholders on the issues.

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    Hollywood Flashback: ‘Pinocchio’ Music Carved a Place in Oscar Musical History

    • 27.02.2023
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The 1940 Disney feature was the first animated feature to win Academy Awards for best original score and song.

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