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    RIAA Discards EFF’s YouTube-DL Letter, Notes That it ‘Regularly Sides With Infringers’

    • 25.01.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    YouTube rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com are contesting Magistrate Judge Buchanan's recommendation to award $82 million in piracy damages to the RIAA. The YouTube-rippers cited a letter where the EFF defends the non-infringing nature of the youtube-dl software.

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    Movie Companies Use DMCA ‘Shortcut’ To Expose Alleged CenturyLink Pirates

    • 25.01.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Personal data and other records held by ISPs on their customers are highly sensitive and as such, can only be handed over to third parties when the law requires it. In movie piracy cases, judges often order this type of disclosure after consideration but in a new case involving CenturyLink customers, customer details could already be in the hands of some extremely litigious copyright holders.

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    NTO 2.0: MSOs, DTH operators submit their wish list to TRAI

    • 25.01.2022
    • exchange4media

    The All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) and the DTH Association have sent their wish list to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on the implementation of the New Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0. AIDCF is the apex body of multi-system operators (MSOs) while the DTH Association represents the four pay DTH operators.

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    Acting well within the scope of powers: TRAI says in its affidavit over OTT matter

    • 25.01.2022
    • exchange4media

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has filed a short reply affidavit in response to the petitions filed by broadcasters in the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) challenging the regulator's powers to seek information about the mode of transmission of linear TV channels on over the top (OTT) platforms.

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    Star Pravah has 9 out of top 10 shows in Maharashtra: Kevin Vaz

    • 25.01.2022
    • exchange4media

    In the Week 38, ‘20 (mid-September 2020), the Marathi GEC genre saw a change in its pecking order with Star Pravah taking the top spot. Since then, for the last 69 weeks, Star Pravah has maintained its leadership position as the most watched channel among the Marathi speaking populace.

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    TRAI directs DPOs to comply with provisions of interconnection regulations

    • 25.01.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has directed all distribution platform operators (DPOs) to ensure compliance with the provisions of the interconnection regulations pertaining to the listing and display of TV channels on the electronic programme guide (EPG). The telecom regulator has also asked DPOs to furnish a compliance report within fifteen days.

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    Facebook parent Meta’s new AI supercomputer to be the world’s fastest

    • 25.01.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Meta said in a blog post that its new AI Research SuperCluster would help the company build better AI models that can learn from trillions of examples, work across hundreds of languages, and analyze text, images and video together to determine if content was harmful.

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    Streaming services splurge on promoting South Indian titles

    • 25.01.2022
    • LiveMint

    Platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar and SonyLIV have gone all out for titles like Jai Bhim, Sarpatta Parambarai, Thaen and others, advertising and promoting them in print, on television and outdoor besides digital media

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    Over 2 lakh crore investment required to develop digital infrastructure in 3-5 years: DIPA-EY report

    • 24.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    With 5G on anvil, the industry needs an investment of over Rs 2 lakh crore in the country, according to report

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    Public Wi-Fi hotspots can potentially create 2-3 crore jobs this year: K Rajaram

    • 24.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Establishing 1 crore public Wi-Fi hotspots as envisaged under the National Digitial Communication Policy (NDCP) has the potential to create 2-3 crore jobs this year in the small medium sectors, a top government official said.

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