{"id":29089,"date":"2025-04-17T12:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29089"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:00:06","slug":"world-audio-visual-entertainment-summit-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-audio-visual-entertainment-summit-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"WAVES 2025 &#8211; Anti-Piracy Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WAVES 2025 &#8211; Anti-Piracy Challenge Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A Key Initiative Under \u201cCreate in India\u201d to Promote Indigenous Innovation in Digital Content Security<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Anti-Piracy Challenge<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<strong>flagship initiative under the Create in India Challenge<\/strong>, part of\u00a0<strong>WAVES (World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit) 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Organised by the\u00a0<strong>Ministry of Information and Broadcasting<\/strong>, Government of India, WAVES 2025 will be held from\u00a0<strong>May 1\u20134, 2025<\/strong>, in\u00a0<strong>Mumbai, Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The challenge aims to\u00a0<strong>advance technologies like fingerprinting and watermarking<\/strong>\u00a0to combat the rising threat of\u00a0<strong>digital piracy<\/strong>\u00a0in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About WAVES 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WAVES (World Audio Visual &amp; Entertainment Summit)<\/strong>\u00a0is a global event organized by the\u00a0<strong>Government of India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It aims to position India as a\u00a0<strong>hub for media innovation, IP creation<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>content development<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Sectors covered include:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Broadcasting, Films, TV, Radio, Animation, Gaming, Comics, Advertising<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n<li>Emerging tech like\u00a0<strong>Generative AI, Augmented\/Virtual\/Extended Reality (AR\/VR\/XR)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Digital Media Platforms<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Supports the\u00a0<strong>Creative Economy<\/strong>, which is valued at\u00a0<strong>$30 billion<\/strong>\u00a0and employs\u00a0<strong>nearly 8%<\/strong>\u00a0of India\u2019s workforce.<\/li>\n<li>Contributes to the growth of India\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Media and Entertainment (M&amp;E) sector<\/strong>, projected to reach\u00a0<strong>$44.2 billion by 2028<\/strong>, currently the\u00a0<strong>5th largest globally<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WAVES 2025 &#8211; Anti-Piracy Challenge FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong>\u00a0What is WAVES 2025?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0WAVES 2025 stands for World Audio Visual &amp; Entertainment Summit, an international platform aimed at discussing innovation, regulation, and growth in the global media and entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong>\u00a0Where was WAVES 2025 held?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0WAVES 2025 was hosted in Mumbai, India, showcasing India\u2019s growing influence in the global film, OTT, gaming, and media technology sectors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.<\/strong>\u00a0What is the significance of WAVES for India\u2019s soft power?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0WAVES enhances India\u2019s soft power by promoting its cultural exports, creative economy, and international collaborations in film, digital media, and entertainment technologies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2122186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES) would be the first-ever global summit covering the entire gamut of Media and Entertainment industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":48385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,23,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-29089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","10":"tag-waves-2025-anti-piracy-challenge","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}