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    Piracy Domains Seized By US Because Verisign & GoDaddy Are American

    • 29.06.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have just announced the seizure of six music piracy domains. The seizures were straightforward due to Verisign and GoDaddy being American companies. However, additional facts regarding these seizures, including on whose behalf they were supposedly carried out, raise key issues that don't make much sense.

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    MRP cap should be extended to linear channels on OTT platforms: MSOs tell TRAI

    • 29.06.2022
    • exchange4media

    The All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) has urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to extend the MRP cap to linear channels that are available on over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The federation has sought a Rs 12 cap on all pay channels irrespective of genre.

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    CNBCTV18.com launches OTT platform ‘CNBCTV18 Binge’

    • 29.06.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Digital business news platform CNBCTV18.com has launched an exclusive, video-only OTT platform for its millennial audience - CNBCTV18 Binge. Launched in June, the service is available for users on CNBCTV18.com and the CNBCTV18 app

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    Box Office Comeback: Why Movie Theaters Are Finally Feeling Optimistic

    • 28.06.2022
    • Variety

    Look no further than domestic charts, where not one, not two, but four movies — a mix of new releases in Baz Luhrmann’s musical biopic “Elvis” and Blumhouse’s creepy thriller “The Black Phone,” as well as leftovers with “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World Dominion” — are pulling in healthy ticket sales.

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    Exploring public-private patnership to prepare students for upcoming M&E technology fields: Anurag Thakur

    • 28.06.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Union minister for information and broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday announced that the Government of India is exploring partnerships with the private sector to ensure Indian students are in tune with upcoming technology trends in the media and entertainment sector.

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    Indian gaming companies plan to leverage web 3.0, p2e themes

    • 28.06.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    In these games, players can own digital characters and virtual digital assets like the land, fire and wood in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or game-based tokens, industry executives and experts said. They can buy or sell these tokens inside the game’s universe using in-game cryptocurrency, which can be exchanged for cash later in the secondary market.

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    Developers in India key to metaverse: Meta India MD

    • 28.06.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Ajit Mohan, VP & MD for India at Meta said Meta is not building the metaverse, but is rather focussing on building toolkits for other companies and developers to build the metaverse.

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    Supreme Court: File-Sharing Platform Must Block Search Terms to Stop Piracy

    • 28.06.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Czech file-sharing and hosting platform Ulož.to must block searches and downloads related to six movies, the Supreme Court has confirmed. The Court rejected a request from rightsholders for more far-reaching anti-piracy filters but confirmed that online services can also be required to use technical restrictions for other content.

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    DoT issues spectrum leasing guidelines for telcos for private captive networks

    • 28.06.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The guidelines issued by DoT allows private companies to obtain IMT spectrum from one or more telecom service providers (TSPs) with access service license on mutually agreed terms and conditions.

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    Thailand to Remove Tax on Foreign Talent, Seeks to Increase Filming Attraction

    • 27.06.2022
    • Variety

    The Thai government last week approved in principle a move to dispense with taxes laid on foreign acting talent. The move is intended to further increase the attractiveness of the country for film and TV productions.

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