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    YouTube Shuts Down Original Content Group

    • 19.01.2022
    • Varitey

    YouTube is getting out of the business of originals: The Google-owned video giant said it is winding down its original productions team after more than six years.

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    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Budget Extends State Film/TV Production Tax Credits By Three Years To 2029

    • 19.01.2022
    • Deadline

    Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed extending New York State’s film and television production tax credit by three years — through 2029 – in a budget she presented today.

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    Netflix to Release 25 Korean Originals in 2022

    • 19.01.2022
    • Hollywood Reporter

    Following the smash success of 'Squid Game,' the company is expected to easily surpass the half a billion dollars it spent on Korean content in 2021.

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    Adblocking Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement, Court Rules

    • 19.01.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Axel Springer has lost its copyright infringement lawsuit against Eyeo GmbH, the company behind Adblock Plus. The German publishing house, which owns the Bild and Die Welt brands, among others, claimed that adblockers interfere with the presentation of websites in browsers, thus breaching copyright. In a victory for Eyeo, the Hamburg District Court has dismissed the case

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    ‘Criminal’ VPN Shut Down By Europol and International Law Enforcement

    • 19.01.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Joint action by Europol and law enforcement authorities in ten countries has shut down VPNLab, a VPN service said to have been used to commit cybercrimes including malware distribution and ransomware campaigns. The service's domain now displays a seizure banner claiming the service's involvement in major international cyber attacks.

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    News genre sees 12% growth in ad spends in 2021 over 2020

    • 19.01.2022
    • exchange4media

    The news genre in the year 2021 witnessed a growth of 12% in total ad spending as compared to 2020, TAM AdEx data has revealed. According to the report, this has been the highest growth in ad volumes since 2017.

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    MIB seeks comments from ZEEL following complaint against Zee Tamil’s reality show

    • 19.01.2022
    • exchange4media

    The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued a notice to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) on a complaint filed against its Tamil GEC Zee Tamil for alleged obnoxious comments made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a reality show on the channel

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    Crypto exhange OKEx rebrands as OKX

    • 19.01.2022
    • indiantelevision

    Cryptocurrency exchange OKX on Tuesday announced a company-wide rebrand that reflects the dynamism and accelerating adoption of cryptocurrency. This shift, as highlighted by the company’s name change from OKEx to OKX, reflects the platform’s growing number of wealth creation opportunities beyond the exchange, which investors use to trade hundreds of digital assets on.

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    Why airlines fear 5G will upend travel this week

    • 19.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    AT&T and Verizon will postpone new wireless service near some airports planned for this week after the nation's largest airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology and cause massive flight disruptions

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    At WEF, industry veterans talk on Internet accessibility for poorer nations

    • 19.01.2022
    • BusinessToday

    As the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are leading to transformative advances in numerous domains, on the first day of the World Economic Forum Davos Agenda was a panel discussion on ‘Technology Cooperation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution,' led by veterans like Sunil Mittal among others.

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