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    National Cinema Day Brought 8.1 Million Moviegoers to Theaters, Setting Attendance Record in 2022

    • 05.09.2022
    • Variety

    In an effort to populate multiplexes during the dog days of summer, more than 3,000 theaters across the country, including major chains like AMC and Regal, were charging just $3 for admission to any movie in any format — far less expensive than the country’s average ticket price.

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    Google Received DMCA Takedown Notices For 4 Million Unique Domains

    • 05.09.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Google has reached a new milestone. Over the past several years, copyright holders have asked the search engine to remove URLs from four million unique domains. These include some egregious pirate sites but The White House, the FBI, and the Vatican have also been flagged as infringers.

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    Japan Launches Free Legal Service to Help Fight Overseas Pirate Sites

    • 05.09.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Companies seeking to protect their copyrights online can often rely on professional advice, either from in-house experts or external anti-piracy companies. The big issue facing rightsholders in Japan is that overseas pirate sites complicate opportunities for enforcement. A brand new portal offering free legal consultations hopes to level the playing field.

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    News genre is the best frequency builder for advertisers: Joy Chakraborthy

    • 05.09.2022
    • exchange4media

    Zee Media’s Joy Chakraborthy has said that news channels with their wide reach across the country are the best frequency builders for advertisers. The Chief Business Officer recently joined Zee Media at a time when the news genre has been facing a number of challenges.

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    Regional films aid recovery for cinemas

    • 05.09.2022
    • LiveMint

    Smaller regional film industries such as Marathi, Punjabi and Gujarati are showing signs of recovery post-covid with small-budget movies hitting it off with the audiences.

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    100 Years Ago: How Hollywood’s Early Self-Censorship Battles Shaped the MPA

    • 05.09.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Pressures from social reformers during an "era of scandal" led the industry to self-regulate by creating the organization in 1922 and paving the way for a Production Code that impacted film content and satisfied many anti-Hollywood activists for nearly two decades.

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    Streaming’s Battle of the Bundles Era Begins

    • 02.09.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Paramount+’s team-up with Walmart accelerates the race for platforms to seek out partners to make the most compelling pitch to consumers with a limited budget. Disney could make the next big move.

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    Netflix Ad Tier Launch Moved Up to November to Get Ahead of Disney+, Streamer Tells Ad Buyers

    • 02.09.2022
    • Variety

    Netflix is moving up the timeline for the debut of its cheaper, ad-supported plan to November — in order to get out before the Dec. 8 launch of the Disney+ tier with advertising.

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    Telcos demand single act to regulate OTT, DTH services

    • 02.09.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The submission by telecom operators was part of the consultation process by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on the need for a new legal framework governing telecommunication in India.

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    Sony-Zee $10 bln media play may face changes, delays in India antitrust review

    • 02.09.2022
    • LiveMint

    CCI review has flagged concerns on Sony and Zee entertainment merger highlighting the impact on competition due to the 'strong' market position the merged entity would have over advertising and channel pricing

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