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    India had 97 HD, 248 SD TV channels as of Mar ’22: TRAI

    • 28.07.2022
    • IBW News

    A total of approximately 898 private satellite TV channels were permitted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to operate in and from India as of March 2022, sector regulator TRAI said Tuesday.

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    Can Netflix bring back its subscribers?

    • 28.07.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    While the loss of a million subscribers may seem daunting, it has come as a sigh of relief for the company as the numbers who deserted the platform were only half of what the industry estimated. This has probably given Netflix the breathing room to make things better.

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    Sony Pictures Entertainment announces new leadership team for movie business

    • 28.07.2022
    • LiveMint

    In addition to its Hollywood line-up, Sony Pictures is further committing to investment in Indian theatrical projects, and has expanded its footprint in regional cinema including Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam projects

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    WHY ‘NOPE’ OFFERS A RAY OF HOPE FOR THE MOVIE BUSINESS

    • 27.07.2022
    • Variety

    With tentpoles setting new opening records in the pandemic, it’s hard not to initially see the more modest opening of Universal Pictures’ “Nope” over the weekend as a lackluster sign for auteur-driven films.

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    Amazon Raises Price of Prime Subscriptions in Europe by Up to 43 Percent

    • 27.07.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    On Tuesday, Prime Video subscribers received an email from Amazon indicating that new pricing would come into effect on Sept. 15, and will vary market to market. U.K. subscribers were told the price hike for new memberships and renewals was due to the new products, including the number of new film and TV originals, added since the last price hike in 2014.

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    ‘Telugu Producer Guild’s proposals to have neutral impact on multiplexes’

    • 27.07.2022
    • exchange4media

    Structural changes have been proposed in south cinema. The impact for multiplexes will be neutral for now, says a report by Elara Securities' Karan Taurani.
    What are these proposals made by Telugu Producer Guild?

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    YouTube Ad Revenue Hits $7.34B in Slight Miss

    • 27.07.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    YouTube brought in $7.34 billion in advertising revenue during the second quarter, parent company Alphabet reported in its quarterly earnings on Tuesday. The Q2 revenue was up only 4 percent on the video platform’s second quarter revenue of just over $7 billion in the same period of 2021. The Google parent increasingly looks to YouTube to be a global destination for entertainment, lifestyle and education content.

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    PVR expecting full recovery over the next couple of quarters: Chairman and MD Ajay Bijli

    • 27.07.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Mumbai: At the investor conference call post the announcement of its first quarter results, multiplex chain PVR's chairman and managing director Ajay Bijli, said that the company is expecting a full recovery over the next couple of quarters. "Given the excellent performance of the movies in the last few months and a very promising lineup of content that is up for release.

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    Self regulatory body being mooted by global interntet giants: Sources

    • 27.07.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The proactive move by the social media giants comes in the wake of the Centre proposing a Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) in its draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021, triggering sustained resistance from the intermediaries.

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    5G spectrum: Fifth round of bidding underway, auctions may conclude today

    • 27.07.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the response on the first day exceeded all expectations and will surpass the record of 2015, when revenue collection from auction stood at Rs 1.09 lakh crore.

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