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    Higher GST on gaming: Is the sector up for the challenge?

    • 23.05.2022
    • exchange4media

    The impact of the proposed 28% GST will be borne by game developers and advertisers but the marketing budgets are likely to stay unaffected, industry heads tell e4m

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    Shemaroo to invest Rs 50 cr in new biz initiatives in FY23

    • 23.05.2022
    • exchange4media

    More than 50% of the investment will go into the broadcast business & a significant sum will be invested in the ShemarooMe app, said company CEO Hiren Gada during the Q4 FY22 earnings call

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    Why India needs strong cyber security norms to curb misuse of VPNs

    • 23.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    After concerns were raised over the new cyber-security directives by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), industry experts said on Sunday that if the new guidelines are strictly enforced, corporate and enterprise virtual private networks (VPNs) will have to compulsory report several serious offences that will over help end users.

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    Amazon Web Services expects demand for its cloud services to remain high in India

    • 23.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Amazon Web Services expects demand for its cloud services to remain high in India, as the world is unlikely to go back to the pre-pandemic ways of working

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    Section 63 Copyright Act – Copyright Infringement Is A Cognizable & Non Bailable Offence: Supreme Court

    • 23.05.2022
    • LiveLaw

    The Supreme Court held that the offence of copyright infringement under Section 63 of the Copyright Act is a cognizable and non ­bailable offence. If the offence is punishable with imprisonment for three years and onwards but not more than seven years the offence is a cognizable offence, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed.

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    Govt policies to help media & entertainment ecosystem to generate $53 billion annually by 2025: Anurag Thakur

    • 20.05.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    In the next five years, India will be among the leading quality content producing nations across the globe. The government policies to help the media and entertainment ecosystem to generate $53 billion annually by 2025. There is an old rush amongst broadcasters as well as telcos to set up their own OTT platforms for India.

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    Supreme Court refuses to stay streaming of ‘Jhund’ on Zee5

    • 20.05.2022
    • IBW News

    The Supreme Court Thursday refused to stop streaming of the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Hindi movie ‘Jhund’ on the Over the Top (OTT) platform Zee5.

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    Court: Foreign Torrent Site Operator Can Be Sued in the US

    • 20.05.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The Pakistani operator of popular torrent site MKVCage can be held personally liable for contributory copyright infringement in the US. The case in question was filed by the makers of the film Hellboy. US District Court Judge Seabright concludes that the use of US-based services invokes jurisdiction, even though a magistrate judge concluded otherwise.

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    MIB directs DPOs to install bandpass filters & LNBs to avoid interference due to 5G trials

    • 20.05.2022
    • exchange4media

    The broadcasting industry has been arguing that the allocation of frequencies in the 3300-3670 band to 5G services will lead to severe disruption of the satellite services for media & broadcast

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    Opportunities in 5G to help startups become ‘unicorn’ in India: C-DoT

    • 20.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    A significant number of startups can potentially become unicorns by launching their fifth-generation or 5G-based applications once the next-generation technology is rolled out in India, according to a top official of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-Dot)

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