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    Court Orders PayPal & Alipay to Freeze VPN Company’s Funds in Piracy Lawsuit

    • 21.07.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    A federal court in Virginia has granted a temporary restraining order that requires PayPal and Alipay to freeze the assets of VPN provider "VeePN". The order was requested by several filmmakers, who accuse the VPN of promoting the piracy app Porcom Time, and advertising on notorious torrent site YTS.mx.

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    After MPA Chopped Off PrimeWire’s Head, HydraWire.tv Grew Back

    • 21.07.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    After filing a copyright lawsuit in 2021, this April several Hollywood studios and Netflix won a broad injunction to shut down illegal streaming site PrimeWire. It will come as no surprise to learn that is more easily said than done. The MPA says that after the head of PrimeWire was chopped off by an injunction, a new site called HydraWire emerged to mock both Hollywood and the court

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    TRAI proposes 10-year renewal period for MSO registration

    • 21.07.2022
    • exchange4media

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued a consultation paper on 'Renewal of Multi-System Operators (MSOs) Registration' following a reference from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).

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    Netflix Acquires Animation Studio Animal Logic

    • 20.07.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Netflix has acquired the Australian animation and visual effects studio Animal Logic, the companies said Tuesday.
    Based in Sydney and with a satellite office in Vancouver, Canada, Animal Logic has been involved in The Lego Movie franchise, Happy Feet, Peter Rabbit and other productions, including the upcoming The Magician’s Elephant, for Netflix

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    Telcos may initially price 5G higher vs 4G: Analysts

    • 20.07.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Mobile broadband services on 5G offered on the C-band (3.3-3.67 Ghz) airwaves are set to offer more than 10 times faster data speeds than 4G and likely to be targeted initially at high-value customers in urban markets who can afford pricey 5G handsets in the Rs 15,000-Rs 20,000 price range or more.

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    Netflix’s subscriber base continues to shrink, lost nearly 1 million members last quarter

    • 20.07.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Netflix's subscriber base continues to fall. The company released its second-quarter earnings statement (Q2 2022) on Tuesday, and it also conducted an earnings interview where it highlighted subscriber losses for two consecutive quarters - the first time in its history. It lost nearly 970,000 paid subscribers in the June quarter, which is still better than the two million figure it'd expected to lose. In the March quarter (Q1 2022), the streaming giant lost nearly 200,000 paid subscribers.

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    Hindi dominates OTT viewership despite regional push

    • 20.07.2022
    • LiveMint

    Hindi has been the dominant language of content consumption and remains so. As the market expands, a lot of category development will happen in regional languages but the volume will be led by what is the dominant language simply because of the size of the market it caters to

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    Disney+ Ad Tier, Live Sports Help Drive Disney’s $9B Upfront

    • 19.07.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The Walt Disney Co. says that it closed its best upfront in the company’s history, with streaming and live events like sports helping to lead the way.
    The company says that it received commitments totaling $9 billion, 40 percent of which was earmarked for digital and streaming. Disney’s upcoming Disney+ ad tier, joined by Hulu and ESPN+, led the streaming ad results.

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    How Netflix plans to find its inner ‘Star Wars’

    • 19.07.2022
    • Reuters

    Netflix (NFLX.O) broke Hollywood's rules to create a $82 billion global streaming colossus that the rest of the entertainment industry rushed to copy. But as growth slows, it is looking backwards for a way forward, borrowing a page from Walt Disney's (DIS.N) playbook.

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    Netflix to Launch New Password-Sharing Payment Plan in 5 Countries

    • 19.07.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Netflix is trying a new way to get paid by password-borrowing freeloaders.

    The company is rolling out an option in five Latin American countries under which customers can enable access from an additional home legitimately, for an extra monthly fee.

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