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    Facebook, Messenger and also Instagram get new 3D avatars in India

    • 25.05.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Meta on Tuesday launched updated 3D avatars for Facebook and Messenger in India. For the very first time, the company introduced avatars for Instagram. The tech giant said that the new avatars are "more expressive, more customizable and more diverse".

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    Box office share of Hindi cinema shrinks in last five months

    • 25.05.2022
    • LiveMint

    The dismal performance of films like Jersey, Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Bachchhan Paandey, Attack, Runway 34 and Heropanti 2, among others, has led to this decline in revenue from Hindi films.

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    Indian data centers to see 5-fold capacity growth with up to Rs 1.20 lakh crore investment

    • 24.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The Indian data centers industry’s capacity is expected to witness a five-fold increase as it is expected to add overall 3,900-4,100 MW of capacity involving investments of Rs 1.05-1.20 lakh crore in the next five years, said ratings agency agency ICRA.

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    Netflix goes to ‘Tollywood’ and beyond for long-sought India growth

    • 24.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    In southern India, devoted fans worship film and TV stars like gods, erecting huge statues of actors which are bathed in milk as part of prayer rituals for a movie's success.

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    Indian language movies now getting global attention: Minister

    • 24.05.2022
    • IBW News

    India’s junior Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr L. Murugan on Monday at Cannes outlined the government initiatives undertaken to ease content shooting in India, while inviting global delegates to ‘come and shoot in India’.

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    Spanish Police & LaLiga Carry Out Nationwide Pirate IPTV Crackdown

    • 24.05.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    In response to a complaint filed by the leading Spanish football league LaLiga, the country's National Police has carried out a large-scale operation against a supplier and end-users of pirated live sports broadcasts. Coordinated inspections targeted 166 commercial premises in 13 regions, leading to the dismantling of a piracy distribution network and the identification of its operators.

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    OTT ad barrage: Are advertisers & platforms taking note?

    • 24.05.2022
    • exchange4media

    The industry admits there is lack of awareness about impact of higher or lower frequency capping on the campaign output & says OTT players need to know how to pace the campaign for being output-driven

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    Online news subscription business: The new way forward?

    • 24.05.2022
    • exchange4media

    The two years of pandemic have accelerated digital growth immensely, forcing companies to reconsider their digital business strategies. As a result, majority of print companies have begun to build their digital division with a focus on websites, apps, and e-papers.

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    Facebook, Instagram to reveal more on how ads target users

    • 24.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information about how campaigns, special interest groups and politicians use the platform to target small pockets people with polarizing, divisive or misleading messages.

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    TikTok lets creators charge monthly subscriptions

    • 24.05.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    TikTok on Monday said it will start letting some popular accounts at the video-snippet streaming star charge subscriptions for live streams.

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