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    Google, Apple pull down Chinese apps banned in India from app stores

    • 15.02.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    After the Indian government banned Tencent's Xriver, Garena's Free Fire, NetEase's Onmyyogi along with 50 other chinese apps in a fresh strike, Google on Monday said it has temporarily blocked the access of notified apps on the playstore.

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    Pirate IPTV: New Arrests, Blocks & Seizures Hit Services From All Angles

    • 15.02.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Over the last few days there has been a new flurry of anti-piracy activity as rightsholders from all over the world attempt to tackle the rising threat of pirate IPTV services. With arrests, blockades, domain seizures and targeted DMCA takedowns, the gloves are certainly coming off in 2022 but the size of the mission ahead isn't easily understated.

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    BMI Exclusive: Once broadcasters withdraw cases, will reinitiate consultation for NTO 2.0, says TRAI Chairman PD Vaghela

    • 15.02.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    The TRAI Chairman told BestMediaInfo that he is hoping to finally reach an agreement on the matter of New Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0

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    Karnataka HC will pave way for progressive policy on online gaming: Industry

    • 15.02.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    The Karnataka high court on Monday struck down the amendments to the Karnataka Police Amendment Act in 2021 that prohibited certain online gaming activities in the state

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    Ficci appoints Viacom18’s Jyoti Deshpande as co-chair of media and entertainment board

    • 15.02.2022
    • LiveMint

    Ficci (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) has announced the appointment of Jyoti Deshpande, chief executive officer, Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. as co-chair of the Ficci media and entertainment board. This is the first time that a female executive of the media industry has been appointed as one of the office bearers of the vertical

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    More states lift restrictions on cinemas

    • 15.02.2022
    • LiveMint

    Bihar and Rajasthan are the latest states to have allowed cinemas to operate at 100% capacity, starting this week. They join markets like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu that have also eased restrictions.

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    Amazon Prime Video Sets Indian Language Versions of Series ‘Modern Love’

    • 14.02.2022
    • Varitey

    The Indian versions, titled “Modern Love: Mumbai” in Hindi, “Modern Love: Chennai” in Tamil, and “Modern Love: Hyderabad” in Telugu, will feature local adaptations of The New York Times column stories. Though Amazon has not disclosed the talent behind the series’ yet, Variety understands that several of the directors are A-listers.

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    ‘Friends’ Is Being Censored In China And Fans Aren’t Happy

    • 14.02.2022
    • Deadline

    Chinese fans of the hit comedy series Friends are calling out the censorship of multiple episodes, specifically ones featuring LGBTQ content.
    Reuters reports multiple streamers including Tencent, Youku, and Bilibili, among others, began streaming episodes from Season 1 on Friday when fans noticed moments from the American version had been edited out.

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    What are NFTs? 7 things to know before you buy

    • 14.02.2022
    • LiveMint

    The popularity of NFTs has witnessed an explosion in the last year with some NFTs being sold or auctioned for millions of dollars. From cartoon tapes to video clips, sales of NFTs climbed $25 billion in 2021 as the crypto asset exploded in popularity, a market tracker data revealed.

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    Moj-TakaTak merger: ‘Next few billion users can come from new local players’

    • 14.02.2022
    • exchange4media

    Roughly two years ago, the exit of TikTok from India signalled the arrival of a host of homegrown short-form video platforms like Moj, Josh and TakaTak. And now, two of the biggest such platforms in India - ShareChat's Moj and MX Media's TakaTak - have joined hands to create the largest short-video platform for Indians.

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