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    Parliamentary panel grills big tech cos; looks to prepare framework for fair competition in digital markets

    • 24.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    As all big tech majors in the meeting suggested no further regulation is required in the Indian digital market, a member replied that if the big tech majors are going to be so "non-cooperative" then they should "leave it to the limited wisdom of lawmakers to regulate in the manner as they deemed fit", sources said.

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    Multinationals reach out to their tech and legal experts to analyse impact of Digital India Act

    • 24.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Top technology multinationals have roped in legal and technology experts to figure out potential impact on their operations due to the upcoming Digital India Act, a law that hopes to address convergence in technologies, services, and devices in the digital ecosystem.

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    Southern stars see brand value soar as films reach wider audiences

    • 24.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    With south Indian films gaining broad national appeal, top stars in the Telugu and Tamil industries are being chased for endorsements with their fee equalling popular Bollywood stars.

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    Netflix Leads Rivals in Collecting $37M in California Tax Credits

    • 23.08.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Netflix led the way in the latest round of tax credits granted to productions by the state’s film office.

    The streamer was awarded $37.1 million in incentives to shoot in California, besting MGM ($19.6 million) and Warner Bros. Pictures ($12.6 million), the California Film Commission said Monday. HBO led the way in the previous allotment of credits and Netflix twice before that.

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    GOT Prequel “House of the Dragon” Premiered Early on Pirate Sites

    • 23.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The long-awaited premiere of "House of the Dragon" finally arrived on Sunday. The Game of Thrones prequel immediately proved to be a hit on pirate sites, where the first episode was widely available nearly a day before the official release. As a result, hundreds of thousands of pirates saw the show before paying customers

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    Google tracks highest private data among Big Tech firms

    • 23.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    According to the report, out of the five major digital firms, Google harvests the most data on its users by tracking 39 types of private data for each user.

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    Movie theaters brace for a rough intermission

    • 23.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    An expected chapter 11 bankruptcy filing from Cineworld is a reminder that movie theaters face a gap in big releases following a strong summer

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    Festive bonanza to fire up live events to pre-covid peak

    • 23.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    The organized activations and live events sector, which was one of the worst hit during the pandemic, has been gradually recovering since August 2021, and is expected to bounce back to 2019 levels this festive season on the back of both international and local events.

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    Why Foreign Film Shoots Are Flocking to Southeast Europe

    • 22.08.2022
    • Variety

    On a recent visit to Serbia, actor John Malkovich announced plans to team up with fellow leading men D.W. Moffett and Matt Dillon to build a state-of-the-art film, music and media production facility in neighboring North Macedonia, a small, mountainous country of just two million inhabitants.

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    Non-profit group approaches CCI against proposed PVR-INOX Leisure merger

    • 22.08.2022
    • IBW News

    Non-profit group CUTS has filed a complaint against the proposed merger agreement between multiplex operators PVR and INOX Leisure, alleging that the deal will have anti-competitive effects on the film exhibition industry.

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