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    Trai floats paper to plug gaps in PLI policy to boost local manufacturing of net

    • 12.02.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The sector regulator on Friday floated a consultation paper seeking to plug shortcomings in the telecom equipment production linked incentive (PLI)to promote network gear manufacturing in the company

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    COVID on Screen: Are Movies and TV Avoiding the Pandemic?

    • 12.02.2022
    • Variety

    In the early days of what we used to call “coronavirus” in March 2020, before we all became budding epidemiologists, people flocked to Steven Soderbergh’s eerily prophetic 2011 drama “Contagion” on streaming services.

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    Google to shut down Currents in 2023

    • 12.02.2022
    • exchange4media

    Come 2023, tech giant Google will be shutting down Currents, formerly known as Google+ for G Suite. Developed for internal enterprise communication, Google Currents is one of the many products that constitute the Google Workspace line of products.

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    Peter Bart: With A Massive 86 Movies On Its Slate, How Many Keepers Can Netflix Make?

    • 12.02.2022
    • Deadline

    Even as it celebrates its 27 Oscar nominations this week, Netflix unveiled its mega-slate of 86 titles for 2022. That’s far more than any traditional studio this year.

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    We want more and more people in India to get exposed to NFT: Anshul Ailawadi, Viacom18

    • 12.02.2022
    • exchange4media

    Viacom18 became the first media house in India to launch its own line of digital collectibles, popularly known as Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs). Fully Faltoo, Viacom18’s marketplace, is set to offer ‘fully valuable’ digital art conceptualised and created by the team that brings to life iconic brands like MTV, Vh1 and Comedy Central in India. The marketplace is all set to go live on 14th February 2022.

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    Cineplex CEO: Specialty Box Office Will Rebound Post-Omicron

    • 12.02.2022
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Ellis Jacob says that exclusive runs in theaters will lift all boats, including arthouse movies beyond tentpoles.

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    New Music Industry Takedown Service Targets NFT and ‘Metaverse’ Piracy

    • 12.02.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Italian anti-piracy group Digital Content Protection has launched a new service that helps rightsholders to police NFT platforms, Web 3.0 projects, and metaverse precursors. The company, which works with major music industry partners including Sony, Universal and Warner, stresses that there are large financial interests at stake.

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    Pirate IPTV Operator Ordered to Pay $231,000 in Damages

    • 12.02.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    A man from Sweden has been convicted for selling subscriptions to pirate IPTV service MacIPTV. The 21-year-old served around 3,000 customers and came to the attention of local anti-piracy group Rights Alliance in 2019, which prompted a police investigation and criminal prosecution.

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    Govt. oversight body under digital rules has met twice: IT Minister

    • 12.02.2022
    • IBW News

    The Inter-Departmental Committee or the government oversight body, envisaged in India’s digital regulations or IT Rules, implemented May 2021, has been constituted and met twice.

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    TRAI asks sparring Telecos, satcom players to provide submission on 5G auction by 15 Feb

    • 12.02.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which is expected to submit its final recommendations on various aspects of 5G spectrum auctions in March, has asked telecom companies and stakeholders to provide their additional submissions before 15 February, especially with details around methods for valuation of the spectrum.

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