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    MIB widens scope of Sports Act

    • 11.05.2022
    • exchange4media

    The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has widened the scope of the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007, by notifying a fresh list of sporting events of national importance that have to be shared by private sports broadcasters with the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.

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    India shifts stance, berates social media for censorship

    • 11.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The Indian government reversed its stance, calling out Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. for suspending accounts that violate the social media giants’ community guidelines.

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    India defends move to seeking VPN user info

    • 11.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    ET had reported Tuesday that VPN providers such as Surfshark and NordVPN are unlikely to be able to adhere to a new security directive from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

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    The untapped potential of the billions still offline

    • 11.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    As digital services strive to grab even more users, their ambitions are held back by so many still being offline. According to recent estimates from the World Bank and United Nations, more than four of 10 people in the world, roughly more than three billion people, do not use the internet at home or on their phones.

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    Netflix likely to roll out ad-supported subscription plans by the end of this year

    • 11.05.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Netflix's declining revenue has pushed the company to take up different measures to restore it. The company had previously discussed plans to crackdown on password sharing and introduce ad-supported subscription plans that are expected to be cheaper than the other plans.

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    Measuring landing page impact – a self-destruction tool for the industry and BARC India

    • 11.05.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    BARC India’s handling of TRP generated through the landing pages has once again created mayhem in the small-but-highly-competitive news genre. The new system or algorithm meant to tackle the outliers has upset the pecking order of both Hindi and English news genres ever since the news ratings resumed on March 17.

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    Govt plans law to dilute ‘safe harbour’ for social media

    • 11.05.2022
    • LiveMint

    The new legislation would replace the existing Information Technology Act and include aspects of the draft data privacy bill while focusing on accountability of social media platforms as globally countries were moving away from granting safe harbour provisions in their data protection regulations

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    Saregama to widen content slate in regional languages

    • 11.05.2022
    • LiveMint

    The country’s oldest music label Saregama India Ltd is sharpening its focus on regional music and films, with the smartphone boom and cheap data plans in smaller towns boosting media consumption far beyond Bollywood.

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    Paramount’s Marc Weinstock on Selling a Film in Tricky Times

    • 10.05.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The veteran runs global marketing and distribution for the studio, which is on a winning streak with 'Scream,' 'Lost City,' 'Sonic 2' and (fingers crossed) 'Top Gun: Maverick.'

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    SC stays all HC proceedings related to IT, Cable TV Rules

    • 10.05.2022
    • IBW News

    The Supreme Court on Monday stayed further proceedings before the high courts in matters involving challenges to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 or the Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules 2021.

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