The government released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, for public consultation last week. The Bill, which seeks to govern and safeguard the use of personal data, sets out the rights and duties of users, and the obligations on businesses. Mint explains:
The FIFA World Cup is in full swing, and rightsholders are working around the clock to keep live-streaming pirates at bay. Anti-piracy coalition ACE did its part by shutting down two popular sites after signing a confidential settlement with their Moroccan operator. Overall, however, defeating sports piracy is much easier said than done.
Columbia, Paramount, Disney, Warner, Universal and Amazon, have been awarded $51.6m in copyright damages against the operators of the defunct pirate IPTV service, Nitro TV. A California court awarded damages for willful infringement of 2,216 movies and TV shows. Six defendants, including YouTuber 'Touchtone', are also liable for almost $2m in post-judgment interest.
COAI director general SP Kochhar told reporters Tuesday that the government should clearly define communication services to remove any ambiguity on the concept.
Under latest amendments to its New Tariff Order (NTO) released on Tuesday, the Trai also said a broadcaster can offer a maximum discount of 45% while pricing its channel bouquet over the sum of MRPs of all pay channels in that bouquet
Paid video subscriptions and viewership grew in Southeast Asia in the third quarter of the year, according to a new report. Activity was juiced by Amazon Prime Video’s push into the region, live sports from Vidio and strong content supply from leaders Netflix, Disney+ and Viu.
The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 leaves much scope for the government to expand its powers through the executive rule-making process, legal and policy experts have said.
Notably, the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022, which started on November 20 and ends on December 18, is also being live-streamed on the JioCinemaapp
Among those users who expect to add a new streaming service, 60% intend to add an ad-supported option. On the other hand, 43% of streamers reported cancelling a subscription in the past 12 months
Film Bazaar host nation India and Spain are seeking to improve ties in the film and TV industries.
Delegations from both countries last week signed a three-way memorandum intended to boost production and assist filmmakers. The deal was signed by the Producers Guild of India, the Spain Film Commission and Casa de la India.