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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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    YouTube’s Speed Freaks: Users Overall Save Average of 900 Years per Day Watching Videos at Faster Playback Speeds

    • 26.08.2022
    • Variety

    YouTube is reminding everyone that it offers variable playback speeds — which can add up to a ton of time savings if you’re able to keep pace with life in the fast lane.

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    TRAI OHD on new regulations for b’cast, cable on Sept 8

    • 26.08.2022
    • IBW News

    An Open House Discussion (OHD) on the Consultation Paper on “Issues related to New Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services”, which was scheduled to be held in July 2022 has now been scheduled on September 8.

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    The economics of landing page, and what’s driving up the cost

    • 26.08.2022
    • exchange4media

    Landing page, the first channel that gets displayed when a viewer switches on the TV, has divided the TV news industry. While some call it an unethical practice, others term it a legitimate distribution tactic to attract more audiences.

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