According to App Annie’s latest report, 2021 was a record-breaking year that witnessed the total consumer spend on iOS and Android going up by 25 per cent YoY to hit $135 billion. App downloads also hit a new milestone this year, growing 8 per cent to touch 140 billion.
The Central government has issued an order to disconnect the phone connections of people with more than nine SIM cards. The DoT has asked telecom operators to remove all the flagged mobile connections from the database that are not in use.
Fans of Tamil and Telugu films dominated entertainment conversations on Twitter this year, as they have over the last two years, the microblogging site said.
ViacomCBS had its best month of subscriber growth ever for its Paramount+ and Showtime streaming services in November, president and CEO Bob Bakish told Wall Street on Tuesday, also touting its growing total streaming revenue and film slate for 2022.
The omicron variant emergence has yet to spook moviegoers, judging by strong pre-sales for Spider-Man and The Matrix franchise pics, Imax CEO Richard Gelfond told an investors conference on Tuesday.
YouTube has released its first-ever copyright transparency report. The streaming platform reveals that the vast majority of all claimed infringements, more than 722 million over the past six months, are reported through the Content ID system. The report also sheds some light on abuse but also leaves questions unanswered.
The central government has spent Rs 1698.98 crore on advertisements in print and electronic media in the last three years, Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Anurag Thakur has informed the Lok Sabha. "The amount committed for advertisements by the Government through print and electronic media during the period 2018-19 to 2020-21 is Rs. 1698.98 Crore," Thakur said while responding to a question in the lower house.
The central government doesn't have any proposal to harmonise the regulatory powers of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) with the existing intellectual property laws including the Copyright Act, Information and Broadcasting (I&B) minister Anurag Thakur said in the Rajya Sabha in response to a question by MP Dr Amar Patnaik.
“It came, it saw, it conquered...” the statement perfectly describes the meteoric rise of ByteDance-owned short video app TikTok in India. Such was the momentum created by it that by December 2020 – that just six months after TikTok was banned - the market was flooded by its Indian counterparts with Dailyhunt’s Josh leading the pack.
Day two of the five-day TV Brand Fest summit being organised by IndianTelevision.com saw brands discuss their experience, with regards to increasing the market share while using Television as a communication tool.