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    Digital India boosting connectivity, numbers of digital entrepreneurs: PM Modi

    • 29.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    "We have seen the collective might of the country. Such a big country, so many diversities but when it came to hoisting the tricolour, everyone seemed to flow in the same spirit," he said, adding his office hardly received any letter which had no mention of the national flag or freedom movement.

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    Netflix won’t lose its place on the dial

    • 29.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    Streaming pioneer’s long head start gives it durability, while its market-value collapse provides opportunity

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    No, the age of the Bollywood superstar is not over

    • 29.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    A superstar is compensation for the fact that few know how to sell products as complex as films

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    Saregama strikes global licensing deal with YouTube for Shorts

    • 29.08.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    This partnership will allow users to create Shorts on YouTube using Saregama’s catalogue of songs

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    Egypt Continues Sports Piracy Crackdown, But The Main Target Remains

    • 29.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Following an anti-piracy crackdown in early June, Egyptian authorities have shut down nine additional sports streaming portals. Local police received support from anti-piracy coalition ACE and broadcaster beIN. While the results are significant, the largest Egyptian sports piracy portal remains online.

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    Meta’s Chatbot Says it Pirates TV Shows and Leaked Movies

    • 29.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Meta released a demo of its conversational AI this week. The BlenderBot can engage in some clever discussions but also has a more devious side to it. As it turns out, the bot uses torrent sites to download content when it's not made available legally, and it also admits to streaming leaked movies.

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    South films regain 80% of pre-covid biz

    • 29.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    Telugu producers have agreed on an 8-week window for premieres on OTT, and asked multiplexes to cut ticket prices

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    California’s $330M Annual Film & TV Tax Credits Bill Placed On Hold

    • 26.08.2022
    • Deadline

    A California Senate bill extending the $330 million annual film and TV tax credit until 2030 was placed in the inactive file for this legislative session Thursday at the request of its lead author, state Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank).

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    ‘Pirate’ App Developer Uses DMCA to Remove ‘Stolen’ Copy from GitHub

    • 26.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    "Movies and Series Scraper" is a nifty tool that allows people to watch and download films and TV series without much hassle. The developer shares the code for free, but when he noticed that someone had "stolen" his work, he asked GitHub to remove the infringing copy from the platform.

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    Asian Film Studios and Location Incentives Growing Hand in Hand

    • 26.08.2022
    • Variety

    “Incentives are fundamental, they are an expectation [of production managers] and having one is no longer a USP,” said Rashid Karim, CEO of Iskandar Malaysia Studios. He was speaking at the Content Asia summit conference in Bangkok on Thursday.

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