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    Violation of rule or shift of subscribers: What’s behind TRAI-broadcasters fight over OTT?

    • 18.01.2022
    • exchange4media

    TRAI has asked broadcasters to come clean on the issue of providing linear channels to their in-house and third-party OTT platforms, saying it violates clause 5.6 of the downlinking guidelines

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    DoT amends telecom licences to enable machine-to-machine communications

    • 18.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The DoT in the licence amendment has incorporated M2M with pan-India permit, limited to circle level and district level, according to a circular.

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    Are you ready for the Data Protection Bill?

    • 18.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    India’s Data Protection bill looks to provide the legal framework for the right to privacy to Indian citizens. But with suggested fines of Rs 15 crore or as much as 4% of your annual revenues, lack of compliance could be a costly affair.

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    Beleaguered film industry seeks relief from government

    • 18.01.2022
    • LiveMint

    Theatre owners said they need easy renewal of licences, besides capital support and tax incentives to bring back old screens or restart new ones since India is an under-screened market

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    New Jersey Bolsters Tax Credits For Digital Media, Follows Incentives For Film And Television

    • 14.01.2022
    • Deadline

    This latest law gives the same treatment to digital media, which it didn’t define but can include a range of content from entertainment websites and digital publishing to video games. Leading digital businesses in the state include the NBC Universal Digital Media Campus in Englewood Cliffs (where CNBC is headquartered) and Audible, owned by Amazon, which is based in Newark.

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    Disney, ‘Predator’ Screenwriters Settle Copyright Dispute

    • 14.01.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The screenwriters behind the original 1987 movie and Disney's 20th Century Studios have agreed to drop dueling copyright lawsuits over the rights to the script in a confidential settlement.

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    Top actors increase their fees by at least 20% amid covid disruption

    • 14.01.2022
    • LiveMint

    The covid-19 pandemic may have thrown the Indian film industry off gear, with both producers and exhibitors staring at steep losses, but trade experts said actors will emerge unscathed.

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    Voot partners with Ullu to stream 100+ shows

    • 14.01.2022
    • LiveMint

    Viacom18 Media-owned video streaming platform Voot has partnered with Ullu – an OTT service primarily known for adult content that is now also foraying into family shows

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    Scammer use YouTube Shorts for posting stolen videos from TikTok: Report

    • 14.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    A new study has revealed that scammers are stealing existing short-form videos from Tik-Tok and repositng them to YouTube Shorts, racking up millions of views and gaining tens of thousands of subscribers.

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    Facebook faces $3.2 billion UK class action over market dominance

    • 14.01.2022
    • creative

    Social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a £2.3 billion plus class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of 44 million users.

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