Direct to home (DTH) company Dish TV has denied media reports that its promoters are in talks with telecom major Bharti Airtel for stake sale. A business daily has reported that Bharti Airtel is in early talks with Dish TV promoters to buy their 5.93% stake at Rs 20 a share.

Netflix may see fixed-term contracts for entertainment executives as a form of involuntary servitude, but on Thursday, the streamer experienced a tough legal loss when a California appeals court refused to accept that perspective and overturn an injunction that prevented Netflix from poaching executives at Disney’s Fox unit.

The young operator of a small YouTube channel that showed the Jake Paul vs Ben Askren fight to less than 300 viewers has lost his case against Triller after failing to show up. Triller is celebrating the default judgment as a big win but the case shows that even when defendants fail to appear, a judge is still able to cut through excessive claims for damages.

Several Hollywood studios and Netflix have teamed up in a new copyright infringement lawsuit against PrimeWire, a long-standing pirate streaming portal with millions of visitors per month. After forcing blocking measures in numerous countries around the world, the MPA is now seeking to bring the portal to its knees, demanding hefty monetary damages and a broad injunction.

A man accused of downloading adult movies via BitTorrent has hit back at 'copyright troll' Strike 3 Holdings. In a filing at the federal court of Maryland, the defendant denies any wrongdoing. Instead, he accuses Strike 3 of contempt of court, as a process server allegedly pressured him into a settlement negotiation, violating a court order.

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the government is aware of the growing risks of dominance of various big tech platforms and is deploying tools and capabilities to deal with the same.

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal has said that the ministry has no information about the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) setting up a task force to monitor and regulate advertising on over-the-top (OTT) platforms.

The tech giants will need to balance subscriber acquisition with retaining existing customers to avoid losing subs. While most streaming services are still trying to scale up, a fresh challenge is emerging for companies hoping to be viable players in the market: large-scale churn.

The Walt Disney Company’s board of directors has named Susan Arnold, a 14-year member of the board, as its new chairman to succeed outgoing chair Bob Iger.
Arnold will begin as chairman of the board Dec. 31, after Iger leaves Disney at the end of the year.