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    5 Reasons to Keep ‘RRR’ on Your Radar, From Viral Choreography to Oscar Chances

    • 10.01.2023
    • Variety

    Clocking in at just over three hours, director S.S. Rajamouli’s “RRR” is a genre-bending epic filled with exhilarating action sequences, show-stopping musical numbers and a slew of wild animals. Set in the 1920s and spoken in the Telugu language, the film follows the unlikely friendship of Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.), two Indian freedom fighters who come together to revolt against the British Raj.

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    Paid subscriptions plateau for OTTs after the covid-led spike in viewership

    • 10.01.2023
    • LiveMint

    Paid subscription growth has plateaued for over- the-top streaming platforms since the covid-19 lockdown-led spike in user base, said industry executives.

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    How Disney Made It to Its 100th Year

    • 09.01.2023
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    A look at the playbook created by Walt Disney and refined over a century of theme-park rides becoming movies, movies becoming Broadway shows, and merch coming out of it all, from such indelible IP as 'Snow White,' Marvel and 'The Lion King': "There’s a psychological response to Disney that other studios don’t have."

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    Disney, Amazon connect via Alexa for content, much more

    • 09.01.2023
    • IBW News

    In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, Amazon will bring the best of Disney, Pixar, and ‘Star Wars’characters to people’s homes and Disney Resort hotel rooms with the help of Alexa.

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    Spammers Exploit IMDb to Promote Fishy Movie Piracy Sites

    • 09.01.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is littered with scammy advertisements for pirate streaming sites. Whether it's the latest Avatar movie or an episode of "Loki", you can easily 'find' it on the site. IMDb appears to be the ideal target for this type of spam, as these pages are more likely to rank well in search results.

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    Govt to focus on micro credit facility for street vendors in 2023: Vaishnaw

    • 09.01.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    "In 2023 there will be a big focus on providing credit facilities to street vendors in a simplified manner to meet small credit requirements of Rs 3,000-5,0000," Vaishnaw said.

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    Prasar Bharati planning to launch OTT platform?

    • 09.01.2023
    • exchange4media

    The talks of a possibility of OTT platform launch comes days after the government approving a scheme worth more than Rs 2,500 crore for modernization, upgrade and expansion of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD), Prasar Bharati is ready with plans to achieve the objectives.

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    DD, AIR get Rs 2,500 crore for upgradation of infrastructure

    • 05.01.2023
    • BestMediaInfo

    Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced the Central Sector ‘Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND)’ scheme with an outlay of Rs 2,539.61 crore up to 2025-26, which was approved by the CCEA

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    BSNL to start 5G services in 2024

    • 05.01.2023
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    State-owned BSNL will start 5G services in 2024, Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. BSNL has shortlisted a TCS and C- DOT led consortium for rolling out 4G network, which will be upgraded to 5G in about a year of placing the order under the contract.

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    Twitter Hit With $228.9m Copyright Infringement / Repeat Infringer Lawsuit

    • 05.01.2023
    • TorrentFreak

    Celebrity photo agency Backgrid has filed a $228.9m copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter after thousands of its photographs were uploaded by users of the social media site. Ordinarily, Twitter would enjoy 'safe harbor' protection but according to Backgrid, Twitter failed to take action in response to DMCA takedown notices, and failed to terminate 'repeat infringers'

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