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    Govt to hold separate consultation next month on PIB fact check: MoS IT

    • 24.01.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    "We will hold separate consultation (on PIB fact check) sometime early next month," Rajeev Chandrasekhar said when asked about clarification on the proposed amendment to the IT rules 2021.

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    CTV in India – A scale not proportionate to the hype

    • 24.01.2023
    • BestMediaInfo

    Infrastructural challenges like massively low penetration of high-speed internet connections and miniscule cord cutting limits the scale of CTV in India to 0.5 million homes, 5% of India’s TV universe

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    Indian Multiplex Chain Inox Reveals Expansion Plans Ahead of PVR Merger

    • 23.01.2023
    • Variety

    PVR currently operates 900 screens across 181 properties in 78 cities and Inox 722 screens across 170 multiplexes in 74 cities. Post merger, which was approved earlier this month by India’s National Company Law Tribunal, the combined entity will be known as PVR-INOX and will be India’s leading multiplex group by some distance and will be available in 109 cities.

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    Major Labels Obtain Stream-Ripping Site Blocking Order in India

    • 23.01.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    Worldwide music industry group IFPI has obtained an interim order from the High Court in Delhi that requires local ISPs to block subscriber access to 18 YouTube-ripping sites. The action, coordinated by IFPI on behalf of Sony, Universal, and Warner, will attempt to encourage almost three-quarters of India's music pirates to use legal sources exclusively.

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    Report Urges Cloudflare to Terminate Accounts of Pirate Sites

    • 23.01.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    A new whitepaper released by brand protection company Corsearch shows that half of all the pirate sites it flagged use Cloudflare's services. The Internet infrastructure company clearly stands out and should do more to address the issue, the report suggests. Banning domains that are removed or demoted by Google could be a good start, Corsearch notes.

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    Hollywood’s Relentless Pursuit of Piracy Giant Cuevana3 Has No Obvious Effect

    • 23.01.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    Cuevana is not only South America's most popular pirate streaming site, it's one of the most visited in the entire world. In 2022, the MPA said that a recent iteration of 'Cuevana3' enjoyed more than 130 million visits in a single month. To date, Hollywood hasn't been able to take the site down but could it be damaged by relentless DMCA notices and domain changes?

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    Netflix’s password sharing will end, confirms new CEO

    • 23.01.2023
    • LiveMint

    Netflix, a video streaming platform, confirmed to end password sharing this year and plans to introduce an advertising supported tier for the company. Recently, the new Co-Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos have provided more details on the end of password sharing in an interview with Bloomberg.

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    BSNL partners City Online Media to launch IPTV services for broadband customers: Report

    • 23.01.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    BSNL customers in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) circle will start receiving access to over 1,000 TV channels along with their broadband connection, as per the eport. BSNL Board Director Vivek Banzal launched the service in Vijaywada on Friday, it added.

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    Netflix to Crack Down on Account Sharing “More Broadly” in the First Quarter

    • 20.01.2023
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The change would limit a Netflix account to users within one household, rather than shared with multiple external users. Account holders who want to share with users outside the home can pay an extra fee to keep those profiles (though exact pricing has not yet been released). All members will still be able to use their account while traveling and view shows on both TVs and mobile devices.

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    TV broadcasters divided over implementation of new tariff order 3.0

    • 20.01.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The TV broadcasting industry is divided on implementing New Tariff Order (NTO) 3.0 from February 1. Many distribution platform operators (DPOs) have failed to file the fresh Distribution Retail Price (DRP) while some have already come out with new packages for consumers.

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