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    Nice uptick in user engagement in India, says Netflix

    • 21.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Content streaming platform Netflix, which reduced its subscription prices in India late last year, is witnessing an uptick in user engagement in the country, as it doubles down on creating more localised content.

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    Instagram to tweak ranking system to boost original content

    • 21.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Meta-owned Instagram is going to tweak its algorithm to improve its ranking system and better highlight original content from creators, its head Adam Mosseri has announced.

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    MPA Signs New Anti-Piracy Deal Committing to “Rolling Site-Blocking Regime”

    • 20.04.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The Motion Picture Association and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines have committed to developing a piracy monitoring system and "rolling site-blocking regime" to disrupt access to pirate sites. The promise is to provide a transparent system but according to the US government, a lack of transparency in the Philippines is a barrier to trade.

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    Karnataka’s new data centre policy aims Rs 10,000 crore investments in 5 years

    • 20.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Karnataka has unveiled what it calls a futuristic data centre policy along with a slew of attractive incentives and concessions for investments in these units as the government aims to attract about Rs 10,000 Rs 10,000 crore in the emerging sector over the next five years.

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    Private networks plan becomes a sore point as telcos gear up for 5G

    • 20.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    A proposal by the telecom regulator to allow companies to set up 5G captive private networks has irked India’s telecom carriers who warn that such a move would destroy the business case for them after after spending billions of dollars on spectrum and network rollouts.

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    UK Streaming Subscriptions Shrink As Households Look To Cut Costs – Report

    • 20.04.2022
    • Deadline

    The number of UK households that subscribe to at least one streaming service shrank in the first quarter of 2022, says research firm Kantar in a new study. A total 1.51 million subscriptions to SVOD services were cancelled in the period — up from 1.04 million in the previous quarter and from 1.2 million a year ago. More than half a million cancellations were attributed to money saving.

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    Netflix Preps Bigger Password-Sharing Crackdown

    • 20.04.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Netflix is preparing to crack down on password sharing around the world, with the company telling shareholders Tuesday that it is a “big opportunity” for the streaming giant to help turn around its fortunes.

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    Indian govt. agencies hold meeting on gaming regulator

    • 20.04.2022
    • IBW News

    The Indian government is contemplating a law to regulate the gaming industry — which has been under the scanner of various policymakers— which envisages a regulator.

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    DuckDuckGo ‘Restores’ Pirate Sites and Points to Bing as Culprit

    • 20.04.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Last week we noticed that several high-profile "pirate" sites were unfindable in DuckDuckGo's search results. It wasn't clear why these domains had been 'removed' but after some back and forth, Bing is now mentioned as the culprit. DuckDuckGo is working hard to mitigate the problem, which is more widespread than we initially reported.

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    Netflix may introduce lower-priced ad-supported plans, marking big shift

    • 20.04.2022
    • LiveMint

    Netflix Inc. plans to create a lower-priced version of its service that has advertising, a big change for the company after years of only offering its movies and TV shows commercial free.

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