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    Mass-market films are simultaneous hits on box office and OTT

    • 05.07.2022
    • LiveMint

    The trend highlights the fact that audiences in tier-two and tier-three towns may still not be as accustomed to streaming devices as the metro viewers

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    Copyright Royalty Board Confirms Streaming Royalty Raise for Publishers and Songwriters

    • 04.07.2022
    • Variety

    In a big win for the publishing and songwriting community, the Copyright Royalty Board reaffirmed the 15.1% headline rate increase in royalties paid by streaming services to publishers for the 2018-22 period.

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    Delhi HC restrains pirates from streaming India-Eng cricket series

    • 04.07.2022
    • IBW News

    The Delhi High Court has restrained 39 rogue websites from hosting or streaming the upcoming India-England international cricket series in violation of the broadcasting rights held by SONY TEN Network channels.

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    ‘Bungie Wants PayPal’s Help to Expose Cheaters’

    • 04.07.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Game developer Bungie is determined to win its legal battle with cheat seller AimJunkies.com. The company subpoenaed PayPal to obtain documents related to key figures and cheat-related transactions but AimJunkies say the request is too broad. The cheat seller believes that Bungie is trying to uncover the identities of cheat-buying customers.

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    Media ownership: existing rules adequate, USIBC tells TRAI

    • 04.07.2022
    • IBW News

    The US-India Business Council (USIBC), an influential trade body, has said that broadcast regulator TRAI’s attempts to explore fresh regulations on media integration restrictions should follow after a market study has been conducted.

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    TV, print & radio companies oppose cross-media restrictions by government

    • 04.07.2022
    • exchange4media

    The Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA), Indian Newspaper Society (INS), and Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) have unequivocally stated that there is no need for monitoring cross-media ownership and control as there is enough competition in the Indian media & entertainment (M&E) sector.

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    SPN obtains Delhi HC injunction order to protect copyright of India-England cricket series

    • 04.07.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) has obtained a Dynamic John Doe injunction order from the Delhi high court to prevent copyright infringement for the India-England international cricket series in July. This will protect SPN against unauthorised and illegal IP disclosure on the internet and other social media platforms

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    5G: Data boom looms across verticals

    • 04.07.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Given that telecom operators typically roll out consumer services first, the initial focus is expected to be on individuals, through fiscal 2024. Thereafter, however, the focus will shift to enterprise solutions, which is a more lucrative segment

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    Netflix disrupted entertainment with binge viewing. Now can it avoid disruption itself?

    • 04.07.2022
    • LiveMint

    There’s a massive experiment playing out right now in front of hundreds of millions of people, with billions of dollars at stake and the future of entertainment on the line. It’s better known as the latest season of “Stranger Things."

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    MTV India & Fully Faltoo announce a strategic partnership with Snap Inc

    • 03.07.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Viacom18’s Youth, Music and English entertainment (YME) cluster announced a strategic content partnership with Snap Inc. The cluster aims to provide its clutter-breaking content and innovations from Fully Faltoo and MTV India to Snapchat’s widespread user-community.

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