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    OTTplay becomes aggregator with new premium platform

    • 10.06.2022
    • LiveMint

    OTTplay, the recommendation and content discovery platform for streaming services, launched last year by HT Labs, has now turned into streaming service featuring content from a range of OTT platforms.

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    Arjun Nohwar named General Manager India of Warner Bros. Discovery, Megha Tata to move out

    • 09.06.2022
    • exchange4media

    Warner Bros. Discovery has announced leadership changes for Korea and India. Arjun Nohwar will be General Manager India. Previously responsible for the launch of HBO Max in India, he brings a digital experience that will help prepare the company for our next phase of growth.

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    TRAI’s fresh consultation on NTO attracts opposing views from broadcasters & cable operators

    • 09.06.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    Broadcasters and distribution platforms appear to be in complete contradiction in their replies to the consultation paper floated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on NTO 2.0

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    ‘Make VPN Detection Tools Mandatory to Fight Geo-Piracy’

    • 09.06.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The US Copyright Office's inquiry on the option to add mandatory copyright protection measures in the DMCA has led to some interesting responses. They include a suggestion to add "VPN detection" tools to prevent people from engaging in "geo-piracy". This request, unsurprisingly, comes from a company that offers a VPN detection service.

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    ASCI issues guidelines on harmful gender stereotypes

    • 09.06.2022
    • exchange4media

    The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has followed up the launch of its GenderNext report in October 2021, a study by ASCI and Futurebrands, with the release of guidelines that guard against harmful gender stereotypes. The guidelines were released at an event held at India Habitat Centre and presided over by Union Minister for Women and Child Development Shrimati Smriti Irani

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    Analyst: Roku/Netflix Deal is “Absurd” & “Hard to Understand”

    • 09.06.2022
    • tvtech

    Rumors that Netflix might be interested in buying Roku as part of its push into advertising boosted Roku’s stock on June 8 but produced mixed reactions from analysts.

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    Shrinking box office opportunities spur direct-to-digital releases

    • 09.06.2022
    • LiveMint

    Producers recognise that only large-scale entertainers are setting the cash registers ringing, underscored by the poor performance of recent titles like Anek, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Runway 34, among others, that could not draw audiences to cinemas

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    A New Golden Age Emerges for O.G. Film Stars

    • 08.06.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Yes, IP matters a ton. But studios are listening to fandoms and realizing that, without the actors who embodied those original characters, they’re holding on to diminished properties

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    ‘Copyright Troll’ Has Already Filed Over 1,000 Piracy Lawsuits This Year

    • 08.06.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Strike 3 Holdings has already filed over a thousand lawsuits against alleged BitTorrent pirates in U.S. courts this year. The adult entertainment company used to be part of a larger group of prolific litigants but it is now the only one left. It is responsible for the vast majority of all piracy lawsuits filed in the US this year.

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    Netflix Meets 30% European Content Quota in Almost All Markets on Continent

    • 08.06.2022
    • Variety

    Netflix has either reached or surpassed the required 30% local content quotas in major markets in Europe, ranking ahead of its global streaming rivals, according to a new study by Ampere Analysis. The programming quota applies to all streamers operating in Europe and is part of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive of the European Commission.

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