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Chinese streaming site accused of plagiarizing Korean show Squid Game
Youku, a Chinese streaming giant has been accused by Netflix's hit series Squid Game of plagiarizing the promotional material for their new show called Squid's Victory.
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- Youku accused of plagiarizing popular Korean show Squid Gam...
Squid Game surpasses the 100-million mark in the initial four weeks on Netflix
Squid Game, a South Korean thriller series has become famous globally. The series is created by South Korean filmmaker Hwang Dong-hyuk is now one of Netflix's biggest original series.
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- Squid game was released worldwide on September ...
US NURSE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING 7 VETERAN WITH UNPRESCRIBED INSULIN
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• Mays, who has a history of mental health issues, had pleaded guilty last year in federal courts to seven counts of second-degree murder for injecting the men with unprescribed insulin
• According to Kleeh, Mays conducted internet searches on female and a...
SEQUELS OF ‘KNIVES OUT' WILL GET RELEASED ON NETFLIX
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• While Daniel Craig will be seen reprising his role as detective, the director Benoit Blanc Johnson will once again help the project and is also producing with Ram Bergman under their T-Street banner
• Knives Out had an ensemble cast in the form of A-list...
S. KOREAN VIDEO STREAMING COMPANY WAVVE TO INVEST $882.7 BILLION IN CONTENT
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- S. Korean video streaming company Wavve to invest $882.7 billion in content.
- Wavve will enter in a JV with SK Telecom, KBS, MBC, and SBS to produce original content.
- SK Telecom will invest in the JV by issuing 100 billion...
S. KOREAN’S ESTIMATED TO HAVE SPENT $62.4 MILLION ON NETFLIX IN FEBRUARY
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- S. Korean’s estimated to have spent $62.4 million on Netflix in February.
- Local credit and debit card payments 72.5 billion won in February.
- The data was published by industry tacker WiseApp.
- Over the ye...
INDIA FRAMES TOUGHER RULES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO COMBAT FAKE NEWS
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- In India, the use of social media is increasing for sharing fake news.
- Indian Government has framed tougher rules to prevent the use of social media for sharing fake news.
The new rules are going to be tough challenges for...
SANDRA BULLOCK JOINS CAST OF ‘BULLET TRAIN' STARRING BRAD PITT
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• This film will be helmed by Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw maker David Leitch. Leitch is also supervising the rewrite of the script by Zak Olkewicz
• The Oscar-winning actress has been casted alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, ...
‘WAFFLES + MOCHI': MICHELLE OBAMA’S NEW SHOW ON NETFLIX
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• The 10-episode cooking show is part of a multiyear producing deal that the former US First Lady and her husband, have with the streaming service
• Waffles + Mochi features Michelle Obama alongside few kids as they discover, cook and munch on the food fro...
NETFLIX INC. IN JAPAN RAISED ITS SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR TWO PLANS
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- Netflix Inc. in Japan raised its subscription fees for two plans.
- The streaming company increased the fees by about 13%.
- In the summer of 2020, Netflix reported 5 million subscribers in Japan alone.
- The new sub...
S. KOREA ASKS FOREIGN AND LOCAL ONLINE COMPANIES TO PROVIDE STABLE SERVICES
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- S. Korea asks foreign and local online companies to provide stable services.
- Google, Facebook, Netflix, Naver, Kakao, and Wavve asked to comply with the country’s new law.
- The country will now hold service providers...
U.S. CLAIM ABOUT DISCRIMINATORY DIGITAL SERVICES TAX IS FALSE: INDIA
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• India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said it will be examining the decision notified by the U.S. and then take appropriate action
• The USTR had commenced probe in the month of June 2020 against Equalisation Levy (EL), on the ground of Section...
NETFLIX INCREASES ITS SUBSCRIPTION CHARGES FOR ITS SUBSCRIBERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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- Netflix has increased the prices for its subscription for the subscribers in the United Kingdom
- The Netflix has increased the prices by one and two pounds of its both standard and premium subscription
- Netflix has come with this ...
NETFLIX GIVES GREEN SIGNAL TO KOREAN VERSION OF MONEY HEIST
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• Netflix on Tuesday said that it has greenlit a 12-episode first season of an all-new Korean version of Money Heist, which is likely to go on floors in 2021
• This Korean Money Heist will be helmed by K-drama veteran Kim Hong-sun, while the story will be ...
NETFLIX TO START DECLARING 1-BILLION PLUS POUNDS REVENUE OF UK TO TAX AUTHORITIES
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- Netflix is going to start declaring the 1 billion plus pound revenues to the tax authorities of the United Kingdom
- The change is mostly going to increase the amount of the pays of Netflix in the corporation tax of the United Kingdom ...
COALITION PLANS TO IMPOSE STRINGENT LAWS OF CONTENT QUOTAS IN OTTs LIKE NETFLIX, ABC OPPOSES THE MOVE
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- The ABC says forcing programming shares could sabotage its freedom as the public authority proposes major developments to media laws that would constrain Netflix to make more Australian substance
In the interim, the financier, Josh F...
MARK RUFFALO, CATHERINE KEENER TO STAR ALONGSIDE RYAN REYNOLDS IN ‘THE ADAM PROJECT'
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• This sci-fi adventure feature film from Skydance and Netflix also stars Zoe Saldana and Jennifer Garner along with newcomer Walker Scobell and Alex Mallari
• While Ruffalo will be seen playing the father of Reynolds, a physicist, Keener will enact the ro...
KOREAN SCI-FI FLICK SPACE SWEEPERS TO BE SHOWCASED ON NETFLIX TO THEATER-GOERS VEXATION
- The first Korean sci-fi blockbuster set in space, “Space Sweeper,” will be showcased exclusively on Netflix.
- The film was all set for a Sept. 23 release in theatres but the release got postponed due to COVID-19, and there are now no immediate plans to show the film ...
DENZEL WASHINGTON’S LA MANSION CAUGHT FIRE, ACTOR & HIS FAMILY SAFE
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• Immediately after the reports of smoke, a team of firefighters was called to the premises located in Los Angeles
• As per TV stations, the smoke wasn’t visible from the air, though the investigation looked at a furnace in Washington's mansion t...
6G NOT A DISTANT REALITY WITH CHINA SENDING FIRST 6G SATELLITE INTO ORBIT
- The world may still be in the early stages of 5G rollout, but China has already charged the world's first 6G satellite into orbit.
- The technology intensive project lifted off from a spaceport in the Shanxi province last week and will be employed to test the next generation ...