WhatsApp has won regulatory approval to double the number of users on its payments service in India to 40 million. The company had requested that there should be no cap on users of its payment services in India.

Spotify is in the process of testing a TikTok-style video feed that shows video clips of songs that are being played in a full-screen format. According to reports this feature was first spotted by Chris Messina who tweeted about it and shared a video of the Spotify feed with the new format. Messina described the feature as a “pared-down” version of a TikTok-style music feed. Currently, Spotify is testing the feature on beta in its iOS app.

The extremes of income disparity shape many of the small screen’s fall offerings — but, THR’s television critics say, not all explorations of class are created equal.

Walt Disney Animation’s musical adventure Encanto kicked off the extended Thanksgiving box office parade with a first day gross of $7.5 million.

The family movie, along with MGM and United Artists’ adult-skewing drama House of Gucci, opened nationwide Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving, as did Sony’s action-horror reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

A new study from Finland finds that an increasing number of people are indeed turning to legitimate options. While overall piracy levels are generally static, tech-savvy young people are again bucking the trend.

As part of an ongoing lawsuit, a group of independent movie companies wants Colorado-based Internet provider WOW! to disclose the personal details of thousands of persistent pirates. The filmmakers also request the option to file separate lawsuits against these alleged pirates, but that clearly goes a step too far for the Internet provider.

Telecom Watchdog, a nonprofit, Thursday sought intervention from sector regulator to prevent Vodafone Idea (Vi) from moving SMS to a higher tariff bracket of Rs 179 which it said would discourage subscribers to port out to other service providers.

The central government is considering separate legislation for social media companies in order to develop safe and open cyberspace, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.

The production of local originals in India is heating up and giving a boost to the creative economy. Online video platforms are expected to invest heavily into local original content to ensure robust paid subscriber growth.