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    RIAA & Homeland Security’s IPR Center Team Up to Fight Online Piracy

    • 26.04.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The RIAA and the US Government's National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate public and private sector efforts to disrupt online piracy. Criminal prosecutions for music piracy are relatively rare, so the partnership may signal changes ahead.

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    India, Singapore discuss digital regulations

    • 26.04.2022
    • IBW News

    India’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur and Dr. Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Minister in the PMO Singapore and Second Minister for Education & Foreign Affairs, Singapore on Monday discussed various bilateral issues, including digital regulations, in New Delhi.

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    In-depth: With back-to-back hits in the first quarter, are advertisers ready to roll the dice on in-cinema advertising?

    • 26.04.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    Movies from the Southern parts of the country have attracted more audiences this year than the mainstream Bollywood movies, increasing the advertiser’s interest in regional movies

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    EU Reaches Agreement on Digital Services Act, Including New Takedown Rules

    • 26.04.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The EU has reached an agreement on the final text of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The new legislation sets clear guidelines for how online platforms and services must prevent abuse and the spread of illegal and harmful content. The DSA will help to keep "big tech" accountable and also comes with some new rules and requirements for takedown notices

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    How contextual advertising is making a comeback in cookie-less times

    • 26.04.2022
    • exchange4media

    The deprecation of third-party cookies by major web browsers has marked a major turning point for advertisers. Brands are now increasingly concerned about the digital environment in which their brands are projected.

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    Eros completes sale of STX Entertainment, rechristened as Eros Media World

    • 26.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Eros STX Global, the Indian entertainment company, has completed the sale of its subsidiary STX Entertainment to Najafi Companies for $173 million.

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    How Netflix’s awful week mars its 20,000% climb in four charts

    • 26.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The collapse in Netflix Inc. shares last week sent the company to the bottom of the S&P 500 Index and left investors on edge about other large technology and internet companies reporting quarterly earnings in the coming days.

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    What will Elon Musk do with Twitter? Blue ticks for all, open source algorithms and purging of bots

    • 26.04.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Twitter on Monday night confirmed that it is going to sell itself to Elon Musk in a deal worth $44 billion. While it will take some time for the deal to close, Elon Musk is already talking about his plans for the social media site. These plans are the reiteration of what we have heard from Musk, who also happens to be the world's richest person, in the last 10-odd days since he made his offer to buy Twitter.

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    IPL threat dwindles for rival broadcasters, cinemas, OTTs

    • 26.04.2022
    • LiveMint

    While sports continues to be a major customer acquisition tool, media experts say all OTT platforms are rapidly investing in long-form, particularly regional content to woo viewers while broadcasters continue with show launches and long, special episodes

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    Indian content script could go awry as Netflix cuts costs

    • 25.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Netflix's decision to cut costs may impact the Indian movie and soap industry, which had started paying top dollars to talent on a surge in demand from OTT platforms, and the global streaming giant's quality of content, industry insider said.

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