The CreativeFuture coalition, which represents companies and individuals in the film, TV, music, and publishing industries, wants pirate site blocking put back on the political agenda. CEO Ruth Vitale finds it incomprehensible that an anti-piracy measure commonplace in other Western democracies is unavailable in the United States.

In its FY22 annual report, ZEEL had stated that the domestic digital subscription revenues grew at a healthy pace on account of the increased reach of ZEE5, offsetting pressure on TV subscription revenue.

The herculean effort to make James Cameron’s groundbreaking Avatar: The Way of Water and deliver the movie to theaters around the world for its Dec. 16 day-and-date release was the subject of a day-long series of panels and presentations, Tuesday at the HPA (Hollywood Professional Association) Tech Retreat.

The European Union warns that pirate sites can lead users to malware and other unwanted content. Unfortunately, the EU also has its own piracy problem; its official website continues to be exploited by bad actors to advertise piracy-related scams. Meanwhile, male enhancement gummies, Onlyfans hacks, gift card generators, and other scams are promoted too.

Dealmakers gathering at the European Film Market see contradictions abound as streamers look for more generic, action-thriller fare, while theatrical distributors eye standout original ideas.

A condition of watching streaming service Pluto TV is that users must use approved methods such as official apps. This is the reason that Pluto TV is free, since revenue is generated through advertising. Unofficial Pluto TV .m3u playlists are easy to access and do away with advertising and user behavior tracking mechanisms. A copyright complaint sent by the MPA this week pulls no punches; these playlists facilitate piracy on a massive scale.

When “Everything Everywhere All At Once’s” visual effects artist Evan Halleck was working on the rock universe scene, he brought in cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools from Runway — such as the green screen tool that removes the background from images. “It was cutting things out better than my human eye was, and it gave me a clean mat that I could use for other things.”

While market leader Jio has done away with call centres and now addresses all customer queries through its AI-enabled chatbot, Airtel has deployed a speech recognition software that helps detect emotion and reactions on a call ussing speech patterns, tone, modulation, etc.

Data localisation and data explosion are paving the way for a DC revolution in India, it said. To cater to increasing demand, both domestic and foreign companies have started investing heavily in DCs in India, said ICRA.