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    Disney’s Next Streaming Deal Brings National Geographic and Disney+ Closer Together (Exclusive)

    • 14.04.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    There aren’t many subscription offerings that combine a 134-year-old print magazine brand with a 3-year-old streaming video service, but National Geographic and The Walt Disney Co. are giving it a try.

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    Meta may launch first AR glasses in 2024

    • 14.04.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Meta, the name Facebook took to signify its efforts towards the metaverse, may launch its first augmented reality glasses in 2024. Meta's first AR glasses are reportedly a part of the company's Project Nazare and will likely emerge as a marquee product as CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants them to represent an "iPhone moment" for Meta.

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    David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook, Kelly Reichardt Set for Cannes Competition

    • 14.04.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    'Z' from 'The Artist' director Michel Hazanavicius will open the 75th Cannes Film Festival, with new films from James Gray, George Miller and Hirokazu Kore-eda also in the lineup.

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    We must stop using broadcast techniques for OTT: Divya Dixit of AltBalaji

    • 14.04.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    Despite the stronghold that platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have on pop culture, homegrown OTT platforms are also rising slowly and winning. ALTBalaji, an Indian OTT platform, that was launched almost five years ago had recently launched a reality show, ‘Lock Upp’ in partnership with MXPlayer.

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    Manga Pirates Warned That Kadokawa Seeks Their Identities From YouTube

    • 14.04.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa is known for aggressively responding to copyright infringers. The company is currently engaged in a massive lawsuit against Cloudflare and court documents filed in the United States show that Kadokawa is also prepared to go after smaller players, in this case seven people who uploaded manga to YouTube.

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    Shemaroo Entertainment launches Hindi GEC ‘Shemaroo Umang’

    • 14.04.2022
    • exchange4media

    Shemaroo Entertainment announced the launch of a new Free-To-Air Hindi GEC, ‘Shemaroo Umang’. The new channel expands Shemaroo’s presence in the broadcast business adding to its existing portfolio of FTA channels, Shemaroo TV and Shemaroo MarathiBana. Shemaroo Umang is currently available on DD Free Dish, various MSO and will be available on all major DTH and cable networks.

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    Over 136 million Indians consume sports content on TV or OTT platform: Report

    • 14.04.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    India has a sports fan base of 136.3 million, according to the latest report by Ormax Media. The report highlights that Chennai Super Kings is the most popular sports franchise.

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    Explained: What is 5G Advanced and how it may be used

    • 14.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    5G is believed to be the next-generational connectivity source that will help in the evolution of Extended Reality(XR). It is a combination of representative terms like -- Augmented Reality(AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR)

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    WhatsApp wins approval to expand Indian payments service to 100 mln users -sources

    • 14.04.2022
    • Reuters

    Meta Platforms Inc's (FB.O) WhatsApp has won regulatory approval to more than double the number of users of its payments service in India to 100 million, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

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    View: 5G spectrum price, try again, TRAI

    • 13.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has slashed the reserve price for auction of 5G spectrum by over a third from four years ago Yet, this is far higher than what telecom companies have sought. This raises the prospect of a recurrence of delayed rollout of the latest generation of cellular services.

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