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    Aggregators queue up as OTT viewership surges

    • 01.09.2022
    • LiveMint

    Vivek Gupta, co-founder, Vial Content Tech, which has formed a joint venture to bring UK’s streaming service aggregator ScreenHits to India, is pretty busy formulating the business plans and testing the app for this market.

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    Music Publishers, Streaming Services Avoid Another Battle Royale by Setting Royalty Rates for Next Four Years

    • 01.09.2022
    • Variety

    After a grueling, hard-fought and ultimately victorious legal battle over streaming rates for the years 2018-22, the National Music Publishers’ Association, the Nashville Songwriters Association International, and the Digital Media Association today have announced a settlement with streaming services for certain mechanical streaming rates in the U.S. for the years 2023-2027: 15.35%.

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    Fake ‘YouTube’ DMCA Notices Exploit Suspension Fears to Install Malware

    • 01.09.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    To make their victims more compliant, online scammers often imply that something of value is under threat if immediate action isn't taken. Bank accounts are often mentioned but nothing is off limits. A scam currently doing the rounds warns of copyright strikes on genuine YouTube accounts, but after targeting a security researcher, the scam's secrets are now public

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    Court Orders Telegram to Disclose Personal Details of Pirating Users

    • 01.09.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The High Court in Delhi ordered Telegram to share the personal details of copyright-infringing users with rightsholders. The messaging app refused to do so, citing privacy concerns and freedom of speech, but the court waved away these defenses, ordering the company to comply with Indian law.

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    Did Disney-Star make the right decision by paying an exorbitant price to buy broadcasting rights for ICC tournaments?

    • 01.09.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    The year 2022 has been action-packed for cricket lovers. It was a busy year with several interesting things happening throughout that appealed to fans. The renewal of rights, e-auctions, tender process and so on were some of the important events that occurred recently.

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    Voot strengthens its content slate to drive IPL viewership

    • 01.09.2022
    • LiveMint

    Voot, the video streaming platform owned by Viacom18, is strengthening its film slate and entertainment shows, as the Reliance Industries Ltd controlled company prepares to launch a super aggregator app to stream Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket and sports content in the coming months.

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    Top stars’ movies find direct release in OTT

    • 01.09.2022
    • LiveMint

    Video streaming platforms are increasingly betting on popular stars for direct digital debuts in a marked shift from buying movies based on box office performance.

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    Netflix India Content Chief Unwraps Strategy as Streamer Reveals Production Partnerships, Celebrates Films Day

    • 30.08.2022
    • Variety

    Netflix has expanded existing partnerships in India and forged new ones with several of the country’s leading production houses.

    They include T-Series, Red Chillies Entertainment, Pooja Entertainment, Viacom 18 Studios, Luv Films, Reliance Entertainment, RSVP Movies, Benaras Media Works, Maddock Films, Junglee Pictures, Balaji Telefilms and Matchbox Shots.

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    Govt intervention necessary for digital news players to get fair ad revenue share from Google, say experts

    • 30.08.2022
    • exchange4media

    With CCI probing into Google for a fair share of ad revenues with digital news publishers, no significant change can happen without government intervention, as per experts

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    Netfllix and Disney Continue to Expand Australian Pirate Site Blocklist

    • 30.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Various Hollywood studios and Netflix are continue their crusade against pirate sites Down Under. The companies have asked Australia's Federal Court for a new court order requiring local Internet providers to block dozens of websites. In addition, several of the blocking orders already in play were extended recently.

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