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    Behind Netflix’s advertising play

    • 03.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    With ad-supported, cheaper plans, Netflix is looking to expand its pool of potential subscribers, who would be more discerning about price, and tap the big and growing online ad market.

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    Box office disasters add to pressure on Hindi film industry

    • 03.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    The box office failure of many Bollywood films in quick succession is raising pressure on the Hindi film industry, after movies such as HIT: The First Case, Shamshera, Nikamma, Samrat Prithviraj and Shabaash Mithu failed to draw viewers

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    Local OTT platforms battle rising costs of production

    • 02.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    The streaming business is getting expensive for homegrown over-the-top (OTT) video platforms competing for eyeballs with well-funded global companies such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+Hotstar.

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    Israel Reveals 30% Filming Incentive for International Productions

    • 02.08.2022
    • Variety

    Israel’s ministries of culture and sports, economy and industry, foreign affairs, finance and tourism have revealed incentives to encourage foreign productions in the country.

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    A New Threat to California Film, Television and Streaming Jobs

    • 02.08.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Enjoying the Golden Age of film and TV franchises? Legislation rapidly moving in Sacramento could bring it all to a crashing halt.

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    VeePN Agrees to Block Torrent Traffic and Pirate Sites on U.S. Servers

    • 02.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    VPN provider "VeePN" has reached a settlement with a group of filmmakers to resolve a piracy lawsuit. Most of the agreed details remain confidential but the VPN provider will block BitTorrent traffic on US servers going forward. A statement from VeePN's owner further clarifies that the service is not required to store IP address logs.

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    5G auction ends; Jio tops table with Rs 88,078 crore bids

    • 02.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    After 40 rounds over seven straight days, market leader Jio acquired 24,740 MHz of 5G airwaves — which can offer mobile internet speeds 10 times faster than 4G — worth a whopping Rs 88,078 crore, contributing nearly 59% to the central kitty.

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    Govt expects 5G rollout in early October, to be fastest among many geographies: Vaishnaw

    • 01.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The government expects the rollout of 5G services to start from early October in the country, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday.

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    Amazon Prime Video Launches Local Services, Content Slates in Southeast Asia

    • 01.08.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Amazon launched localized versions of its Prime Video service on Monday in key Southeast Asian markets — Indonesia, Thailand and The Philippines. The tech giant boosted its subscriber push in the three markets by simultaneously unveiling slates of localized originals for each territory, as well as discounted introductory Amazon Prime membership offerings.

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    “You Wouldn’t Steal…” Research Shows Why Many Anti-Piracy Messages Fail

    • 01.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    You wouldn't steal a car, right? So why are you pirating? With this 2004 message, the movie industry hoped to turn illegal downloaders into paying customers. This campaign eventually turned into a meme and it's not the only anti-piracy advert to miss the mark. A new research paper identifies several behavioral insights that explain common mistakes made in these campaigns.

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