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    UK & Australia Strike Fresh Co-Production Agreement For Film, TV

    • 21.12.2021
    • Deadline

    The UK and Australia have signed an updated audiovisual co-production agreement in a bid to enhance collaboration between the countries’ film and TV industries.

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    How the Supreme Court Could Shake Up Disney’s Spider-Man Plans

    • 21.12.2021
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Just three months ago, Disney’s Marvel unit filed a series of lawsuits aimed at retaining full ownership rights to characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Dr. Strange and the Mighty Thor. Given that the wheels of justice often turn slowly, one might not expect a resolution to these cases for years.

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    RipRequests Dead After RIAA ‘Hand Delivers’ Piracy Cease-and-Desist

    • 21.12.2021
    • TorrentFreak

    Last month, RipRequests, a popular Discord server specializing in music piracy, went down after receiving a complaint relating to an early leak of Adele's album '30'. Its operator now says that the RIAA turned up at his home this weekend to hand-deliver a cease-and-desist notice.

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    Judge Recommends $83 Million ‘Piracy’ Damages Award Against YouTube Rippers

    • 21.12.2021
    • TorrentFreak

    n a detailed report and recommendation, Virginia Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan concludes that the RIAA is entitled to more than $82 million in piracy damages from YouTube rippers FLVTO and 2Conv. The sites and their Russian operator are liable for willful and repeated copyright infringement, which resulted in significant losses for the music industry.

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    Excitel partners PlayboxTV to launch OTT entertainment plan at Rs 799

    • 21.12.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Broadband internet service provider (ISP) Excitel Monday said it has partnered with PlayboxTV platform, an OTT aggregator application, and launched the OTT entertainment plan 2.0 priced at 799.

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    TV+digital deals: How news broadcasters are betting on the trend to maximise ad revenue

    • 21.12.2021
    • exchange4media

    News broadcasters across the board are gearing up to monetise their digital ad inventory by selling it together with broadcast FCT (free commercial time) as part of integrated advertising deals. However, market experts say though the news broadcasters have been doing TV+digital ad deals, they are yet to realise the full potential of their digital inventory

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    SVOD Players Boost Global 2021 Content Spend to $220B

    • 21.12.2021
    • tvtech

    Spending on content around the world jumped by 14% in 2021 to more than $220 billion according to a new forecasts and data from Ampere Analysis. They also predict that the trend will continue into 2022 when the global content spent will top $230 billion.

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    How Instagram ‘became’ more like TikTok in 2021

    • 21.12.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    It was in August 2020 when Instagram first went all out to take on TikTok with the Reels feature. If 2020 was about laying the ground phase for Reels to take on TikTok, then 2021 was all about Instagram becoming more and more about becoming like the popular app owned by ByteDance

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    Disney+ Hotstar giving monthly subscription at Rs 49 to select users, check details

    • 21.12.2021
    • IndiaToday

    Streaming giant Disney+ Hotstar is seemingly testing a new monthly mobile plan for select Android users. The mobile plan is available for users for as low as Rs 49 per month on select payment methods.

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    Still on the covid track, music industry faces stagnant revenues

    • 21.12.2021
    • LiveMint

    The recorded music industry continues to lose between Rs2,016 crore and Rs. 2,791 crore annually due to obsolete laws, making it difficult to get adequate compensation from mediums like radio, television and short video apps as well as public performances

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