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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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    Jio Platforms & SES form joint venture – Jio Space Technology Ltd

    • 14.02.2022
    • exchange4media

    Jio Platforms and SES has announced the formation of a joint venture – Jio Space Technology Limited – to deliver scalable and affordable broadband services in India leveraging satellite technology. JPL and SES will own 51% and 49% equity stake in the joint venture respectively.

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    TRAI to seek DoT’s response over broadcaster’s concerns in 5G spectrum allocation

    • 14.02.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    The I&B Ministry too is said to have written to DoT as the broadcasters claim that the allocation of spectrum in mid-band without proper safeguard will hurt the sector

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    TRAI floats consultation paper on promoting made-in-India telecom equipment

    • 14.02.2022
    • IBW News

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper on “Promoting Networking and Telecom Equipment Manufacturing (NATEM) in India”.

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    5G auctions likely in May

    • 14.02.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    5G spectrum auction in India is expected to be held in May this year subject to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) submitting its final recommendations on various aspects of the sale process by March, said a senior official of the telecom department

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    Netflix, Google fined over unfair paid subscription biz

    • 14.02.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Five over-the-top (OTT) media service providers -- Google, Netflix, KT, LG Uplus and Content Wavve -- hampered, paid subscription moves to end their membership, according to the FTC

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