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    Indian M&E sector to grow 17% to reach Rs 1.89 trillion in 2022: EY FICCI M&E report 2022

    • 22.03.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    The Indian Media & Entertainment sector is expected to grow 17% in 2022 to reach Rs 1.89 trillion ($ 25.2 billion) and recover its 2019 levels, then grow at a CAGR of 13% to reach Rs 2.32 trillion ($ 30.9 billion) by 2024, according to EY FICCI M&E report 2022.

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    Has BARC India minimised the impact of landing pages on viewership?

    • 22.03.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    The return of ratings for news channels has raised a pertinent question - has BARC India been able to reduce the impact of landing pages on viewership?

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    AAFCA Announces 2022 Special Achievement Honorees

    • 21.03.2022
    • Variety

    The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) announced the recipients of their special achievement honors — “Attica” filmmakers Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry; producer and Hidden Empire Film Group co-founder Roxanne Avent-Taylor; Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard; John Gibson, the Motion Picture Association’s VP of external and multicultural affairs; and Sony Motion Picture Group.

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    California’s Film & TV Incentives Program Generated $21.9B in Economic Output, Report Says; 110,000 Jobs & $7.7B In Wages Over 5 Years

    • 21.03.2022
    • Deadline

    California’s Film & Television Tax Credit 2.0 Program generated nearly $21.9 billion in economic output in the state over five years at a projected cost to taxpayers of little more than $1.5 billion, according to a new study commissioned by the Motion Picture Association, using data from the California Film Commission.

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    Sony Fattens Up Crunchyroll’s Menu: Why Anime Is Its Biggest Streaming Bet

    • 21.03.2022
    • Variety

    Sony has taken a different tack. Its primary direct-to-consumer streaming video business is Crunchyroll, geared to the Japanese art forms of anime and manga. Instead of pouring tens of billions into content to vie against the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus, it is flooding the zone for a distinct and passionate fan subculture.

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    YouTube Rippers Ask Google to Remove ‘Copycats’ From Search Results

    • 21.03.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The operator of MP3Juices and YTMP3, two of the best-known YouTube downloaders, is taking action to protect these valuable brands. The sites have many copycats and competitors that use the brands' keywords to attract search traffic. The operator wants this to stop and has asked Google to remove the 'infringing' sites from its search results.

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    Amazon closes acquisition deal with movie studio MGM

    • 21.03.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Amazon has completed its $8.45 billion acquisition of movie studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) recently. MGM is the studio behind franchises such as ‘James Bond’ and ‘Rocky’

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    Universal Music label acquires ape NFT to lead virtual music group

    • 21.03.2022
    • Reuters

    Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) is capitalizing on the popularity of non-fungible tokens by acquiring one of the cartoon apes that have taken the world of digital collectibles by storm to lead an entirely virtual music group.

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    Australia to make Big Tech hand over misinformation data

    • 21.03.2022
    • Reuters

    Australia's media regulator will be able to force internet companies to share data about how they have handled misinformation and disinformation under new laws that will bolster government efforts to rein in Big Tech.

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    Netflix will be sticking to its script

    • 21.03.2022
    • LiveMint

    As Netflix prepares to launch the next season of one of its biggest shows ever, investors shouldn’t be expecting the streaming leader to start cribbing pages from its rivals’ scripts.

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