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    Dutch Pirate Site Blocklist Expands with RARBG, YTS, EZTV and Others

    • 01.04.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has obtained a new blocking order in the Netherlands targeting 1337x, LimeTorrents, YTS, RARBG, Kickasstorrents and EZTV. The order was issued against the local ISP Delta but, as a result of a blocking agreement, other ISPs will follow suit. The same order will likely trigger Google to take action as well.

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    Google cuts by 30% racy and sexual searches

    • 01.04.2022
    • IBW News

    When U.S. actress Natalie Morales carried out a Google search for “Latina teen” in 2019, she described in a tweet that all she encountered was pornography.

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    Will AI drive programmatic advertising in cookie-less world?

    • 01.04.2022
    • exchange4media

    Gillian Brockell, Video Editor with The Washington Post, wrote in a piece three years ago: “Dear tech companies, I don't want to see pregnancy ads after having a stillbirth”. The piece highlighted how algorithms drive “targeted advertising” on social media and other apps, thanks to third-party cookies.

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    Social media interoperability project Bluesky names first employees

    • 01.04.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Bluesky, a company funded by Twitter Inc to develop a new operating standard for social media, on Thursday will name its first three employees, more than two years after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey first announced the initiative, according to a blog post seen by Reuters

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    Lengthy films, fewer shows may impact theatre revenue

    • 01.04.2022
    • LiveMint

    Movie theatres, since the reopening after the easing of the third wave of the pandemic, have been with lengthy films which have been cutting into the number of shows possible, in turn, affecting revenue.

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    TV9 Network launches OTT offering ‘News9 Plus’

    • 01.04.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    TV9 Bharatvarsh, which recently became the most watched Hindi news channel in India, also celebrated its third anniversary on Wednesday

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    In-depth: What is fuelling the growth of Korean & Turkish content in India

    • 01.04.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    With the emergence of OTT platforms and an open gate for foreign content, Indian audiences are being drawn to fiction and historical shows from afar. There is a big fan following and audience for non-English content, like Korean and Turkish dramas in the country today.

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    Govt does not intend to make social media users’ verification mandatory: Minister

    • 31.03.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The government does not intend to make social media users' verification mandatory in the view of privacy issue, Minister of State for Electronic and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

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    Sony extends NTO 1.0 distribution agreements till May-end

    • 31.03.2022
    • IBW News

    Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), an Indian unit of Japan’s Sony Corp, has sent an advisory to distributors of TV channels that the Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) that was issued under TRAI’s NTO1 regime has been extended till May 31, 2022 as the new tariff regime would come into effect in June.

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    Subscription fatigue drives 103% growth in FAST viewing hours in 2021: Amagi Report

    • 31.03.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Mumbai: In 2021, the total Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) viewership hours grew by 103 per cent, while the average session duration increased by eight per cent. Ad impressions grew by a robust 134 per cent, reminiscent of the $50 billion in ad opportunities up for grabs for content owners each year across FAST platforms, as per the latest edition of the FAST industry report by Amagi

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