ZEEL-owned video streaming platform ZEE5 expects the next wave of viewership growth to come from Tier 2 and 3 cities due to its strategy of investing in regional content in languages like Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Bengali. It had recently forayed into the Punjabi market.

The Fifth Generation or 5G telecom services are set to be rolled out in selected cities in 2022. The cities include, Gurugram, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jamnagar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Pune, and Gandhinagar.

Regional video streaming platforms that specialise in content in specific languages such as Bengali, Punjabi and Marathi, among others, said the year 2022 will see them raise their game with large-budget shows that target family audiences now watching web content on large-screen TVs.

Strike 3 Holdings is continuing its quest against alleged BitTorrent pirates in U.S. courts. The adult entertainment company is the only prolific 'copyright troll' still left in the country and over the past months has filed over 1,900 lawsuits. Most cases have already been closed, with many being settled outside of court.

Ever since the covid-19 pandemic began, fears of uncertainty have clouded sentiments for shares of multiplex companies PVR Ltd and Inox Leisure Ltd. Investors worry about the likely imposition of restrictions and the resultant impact on footfall. The latest source of distress is the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

The year “The Matrix” came out — 1999 — already had a very sci-fi sound to it. It was the year Prince had imagined as the run-up to the apocalypse, a premonition that would be echoed in the Y2K jitters. And 1999 is just such a cool number; it’s like the other side of the coin from 2001.

In 2020, Amazon teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including Lee Child and John Grisham to sue several pirate eBook sites operating out of Ukraine. After a tortuous legal process, a Washington court has awarded the maximum available statutory damages of $7.8 million

India's fledgling over the industry (OTT) industry continued its upward growth trajectory in 2021 thanks to increased investments in original content, entry of new streaming players, and experiment with new pricing models. The OTT industry also witnessed an upsurge in advertising and subscription income with Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, ZEE5, and SonyLIV leading from the front.

The Delhi High Court has adjourned the 12-minute ad cap case to 25th May, 2022. The matter was listed for hearing on 23rd December. The News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) has filed its rejoinder to the Union of India (UOI).