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    PLI scheme for 5G equipment manufacturing soon: Finance Minister

    • 01.02.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The government will soon announce details of a production linked incentive scheme (PLI) for design led manufacturing in the 5G space, and hold 5G auctions in the current year, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while announcing the 2022-23 budget.

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    Budget 2022: Government to set up task force to promote animation, video gaming industry

    • 01.02.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    The government has proposed to set up a specialised task force for the promotion of the animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) industry. The announcement was made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the annual budget 2022 on Tuesday. "Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) sector offers immense potential to employ youth.

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    UK Audiences Spent Triple The Time Watching BBC Than Netflix Last Year, Report Says

    • 01.02.2022
    • Deadline

    UK viewers spent triple the time watching the BBC compared to Netflix last year, according to a report from leading media analyst Enders Analysis that marks the streamer’s 10th anniversary in the nation.

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    Virtual Production Is Driving a Post-COVID Boom in Canada

    • 01.02.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    As proof, look no further than the fact that American streaming giants and broadcasters are not only returning to Canada for location shoots — they’re setting up shop for good with new builds of production stages, soundstages and studios.

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    Major Manga Publishers Prepare to Sue Cloudflare Over Pirate Sites

    • 01.02.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Four major manga publishers are preparing to sue US-based CDN company Cloudflare for allowing pirate sites to use its services. Rather than file a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa will file their complaint in Japan, demanding millions in damages and an end to the distribution of pirated content.

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    ETTV Gone? The Iconic Pirate Group Has Quietly Disappeared

    • 01.02.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Popular TV-torrent distribution group ETTV has vanished. The official site has been offline for more than a week and many bots already stopped uploading content to third-party sites weeks ago. ETTV has recovered from internal troubles in the past but, without a word from the admin, a comeback is not expected anytime soon

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    One in three Fire TV customers said farewell to cable/DTH in 2021: Amazon

    • 01.02.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Mumbai: One in three Fire TV customers said farewell to a cable or DTH connection in 2021, while one out of every four added or upgraded to a newer, faster version of Fire TV devices to enhance their TV watching experience, according to findings from Amazon’s ‘Fire TV Streaming Trends for 2021’ released on Monday.

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    Removed 76,967 content pieces in Sept in India: Google compliance report

    • 01.02.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Goggle had received 35,191 complaints from users and removed 93,550 pieces of content in August 6,51,933 pieces of content were removed as a result of automated detection

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    Sony to buy ‘Destiny’ videogame developer Bungie in $3.6 bln deal

    • 01.02.2022
    • Reuters

    Sony Interactive Entertainment (6758.T) will acquire Bungie Inc, the original creator of the "Halo" videogame and developer of "Destiny", in a deal valued at $3.6 billion, making it the latest in a wave of consolidations sweeping the gaming sector.

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    Has Sundance Become a Film Festival for Streaming Services?

    • 01.02.2022
    • Varitey

    The reality that Sundance has become a playground for streamers, many of whom have content libraries to fill and cash to burn, isn’t exactly new. But the trend has become increasingly noticeable during the pandemic, which shook up the movie theater business and perhaps permanently shifted audience’s already changing tastes

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