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    Ranbir Kapoor, Ayan Mukerji on ‘Brahmastra’: ‘We Had The Opportunity To Create Our Own Marvel’

    • 06.06.2022
    • Variety

    Ayan Mukerji’s magnum opus ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva,’ is now galloping towards the finishing line after years in the making.
    The film, from Disney’s Star Studios, Dharma Productions, Prime Focus and Starlight Pictures, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Nagarjuna Akkineni and Mouni Roy.

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    Court Orders For All US ISPs to Block Pirate Sites Have Been Suspended

    • 06.06.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Last month we broke some rather unusual news. Successful judgments against three pirate streaming sites required every ISP in the United States to implement blocking measures, so that no subscriber could access them. However, after winning the Holy Grail of anti-piracy measures, the plaintiffs have now asked the court to suspend enforcement against ISPs.

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    Dozens of Pirate IPTV & Streaming Sites Face Potential ACE/MPA Disruption

    • 06.06.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Dozens of pirate IPTV suppliers and illegal streaming sites may be facing anti-piracy disruption in the weeks and months ahead. A fresh wave of documents filed in a US court shows that the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is already investigating various platforms, including one that appears to pull videos from Warner Media's official CDN, using Google as a proxy.

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    Shut down the news ratings again

    • 06.06.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    While the use of landing pages has been much discussed, there is no proof that set up box tampering isn’t happening anymore

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    TRAI extends tariff regime implementation to Dec. 1

    • 06.06.2022
    • IBW News

    Broadcast regulator TRAI has once again extended the effective implementation date of the new tariff regime for all stakeholders. The new deadline is December 2022. Reason: ongoing consultation process relating to the issue.

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    UPI apps may get more time to adhere to 30% cap on market share

    • 06.06.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which enables the country’s digital payment and settlement systems, may extend the deadline for its contentious mandate requiring payment apps to hold no more than 30% market share, people aware of the development told ET. The current deadline is January 2023.

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    Tech policy groups push back against India’s new cybersecurity rules

    • 06.06.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The directive of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) on reporting a cybersecurity incident within six hours from being aware of it and the lack of clarity on what constitutes a severe or a large-scale incident among other things could potentially “undermine incident investigation and response, including the deployment of defensive measures”, software policy group BSA has said

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    Free streaming movies and TV: Good, but not too good to be true

    • 06.06.2022
    • LiveMint

    Ad-supported services such as Peacock, Roku Channel and Tubi are budget-minded alternatives to Netflix and Hulu; if you can’t stand commercials, grab your library card

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    Online platforms bank on ‘sachet culture’ to sell digital content

    • 06.06.2022
    • LiveMint

    Buying less more often may be key to ring in the next phase of growth for digital content platforms. The sector seems to be mimicking the ‘sachet sales model’, which helps fast-moving consumer goods firms increase revenues during a demand slump.

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    India Stack: Can ‘Digital India’ be exported?

    • 03.06.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The need to be tech-savvy has always been a talking point in India and the world This became clearer during the Covid outbreak when the world came to a standstill and everyone turned to their phones for everything from vaccine information to ordering medicines and groceries online.

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