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    Hollywood: PrimeWire Pirate Streaming Site is Defying Court Injunction

    • 23.02.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    A coalition of major Hollywood studios and Netflix is demanding urgent action from the court after streaming site PrimeWire defied a court order to stop distributing their movies and TV shows.

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    Elon Musk Suggests That Piracy is Appealing Once Again

    • 23.02.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    The richest man on the planet tweeted a Pirate Bay-themed meme a few hours ago. Tesla CEO Elon Musk used the distracted boyfriend meme to suggest that paid streaming services have become a nightmare and that people are eying pirate alternatives instead.

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    AI cannot copyright its art, US Copyright Office says human authorship necessary for patent

    • 23.02.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Rejecting a review appeal for a patent on an AI's work, the US Copyright Office has reiterated that a non-human entity cannot benefit from the copyright laws and that human authorship is necessary for the same.

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    News Flash: ASCI releases advertising guidelines for virtual digital assets and services

    • 23.02.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    Guidelines issued after extensive consultation with all stakeholders, including the government are applicable to all virtual digital asset-related ads released on or after April 1, 2022. Advertisers and media owners must also ensure that all earlier advertisements must not appear in the public domain unless they comply with the guidelines, post-April 15, 2022

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    OTT market to reach $13-15bn in 10 years; SVOD and AVOD to grow more than 2X by 2026

    • 23.02.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    The share of regional language consumption on OTT platforms is expected to cross 50% by 2025 from 30% held in 2019, easing past Hindi at 45%, predicts Deloitte

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    Airtel rolls out RPD with India TV as its first client; channel claims No. 1 position

    • 23.02.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    India’s second-largest pay DTH player Airtel has started the commercial roll-out of viewership data using Return Path Data (RPD) coming through its 8-10 lakh Xstream set-top boxes.

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    China Has Turned Its Back on Hollywood. What Does That Mean for ‘Uncharted’ and Other New Movies?

    • 23.02.2022
    • Varitey

    Sony executives breathed a sigh of relief when “Uncharted,” a big-budget adaptation of the popular video game, secured a release date in China.

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    MeitY’s draft data policy looks to unlock govt data for all

    • 22.02.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    All central and state government bodies will have to compulsorily share data with each other to create a common "searchable database" according to a draft policy document.

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    India to have 1 billion smartphone users by 2026: Deloitte

    • 22.02.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    "The smartphone market is expected to reach 1 billion smartphone users by 2026" according to Deloittes's 2022 global TMT predictions

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    Netflix to Invest $45 Million Annually in French, European Movies

    • 22.02.2022
    • Varitey

    Netflix has signed a three-year agreement with French film guilds to invest a minimum of €40 million ($45 million) in the financing of French and European movies which will be released in French theaters.

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