Brazil's Ministry of Justice says that an operation to protect Japanese anime content has shut down two of the largest anime piracy sites in the country. The names of the sites appear to be a secret, so inevitably that makes them much more interesting. What we found may be bigger than naming two sites. More sites are also offline - big ones too.
It also suggested that the Model Building Bye-Laws (MBBL) and National Building Code of India (NBC) should be amended to incorporate necessary provisions to ensure digital connectivity infrastructure can be included in buildings.
With two new funding programs that could cover as much as 60% of costs for international feature film productions and the new state-of-the-art HQ7 Studios set to open in Vienna next year, Austria is stepping up its game in the film and TV sector in a major way.
In the past few years, due to an increase in copyright infringement on the internet and lack of accountability of online services, authorities across the globe have recognised the need to tighten existing safe harbours
Growth of premium video services in Southeast Asia accelerated in the second half of 2022, to reach 48.4 million paid subscriptions, according to a new report. But the same analysis sees growth slowing and costs accelerating.
Speaking at India Digital Summit 2023, organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), Vikram Sahay, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, pointed out that it is important for an oversight mechanism to be in place because the citizens want the government to be there for taking responsibility
GitHub's transparency reports shine much-needed light on matters related to user privacy, access to information, and third-party content removal demands. DMCA notices caused GitHub to permanently disable 31% more repositories in 2022 than it did in the previous year. While that's a significant increase, 99.98% of all Github repos were completely unaffected.
This comes after the broadcasters had issued notices to cable operators to sign the Reference Interconnect Offer (RIO) for New Tariff Order (NTO) 3.0, issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). With this order, the television channel prices in the bouquet rose by about 10-15 per cent and came into effect from February 1.
Middle East And North Africa OTT TV episodes and movies will generate $5.69 billion in revenue by 2028. This will double from $2.83 billion in 2022. Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia together will account for 55 per cent of the region’s revenues by 2028. The 13 Arabic-speaking countries will generate $2.47 billion in 2028; up from $1.28 billion in 2022.
New and boosted tax breaks, plus state-of-the-art facilities and a lean, skilled crew base are drawing a growing number of productions to Scandinavia, a region whose content continues to be in high demand both locally and globally.