Karnataka High Court directed Netflix to block the streaming of the first episode of Crime Stories: India Detectives. The episode titled, A Murdered Mother, exposes the identity of the petitioner.

The recent success of the Korean hit show ‘The Squid Game’ on Netflix has once again put the spotlight on the K-wave –or ‘Hallyu’ which has swept over the online audiences globally, including India.

The only downfall for OTT in India at the moment is lack of connectivity in every part of the country. While satellite TV can be an option for rural India, OTT platforms need strong and fast Internet connectivity to make a difference.

A report by India’s telecom regulator provides the emerging macro trends in internet supply to all corners of the country.

The factors for the growth of the OTT industry and what more we can expect from the segment.

Historically, economies that encouraged innovation by allowing the freedom to test new ideas and promote competition and cooperation through a market, flourished.

The US Copyright Office has published a list of new exemptions to the DMCA's anti-circumvention rules. Several new freedoms were granted this round, including broader right to repair permissions. The right to jailbreak also expanded to include streaming TV devices such as Roku and Apple TV boxes, despite Hollywood fears that this will boost piracy.

Bollywood ace filmmaker and CEO of Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Shibasish Sarkar, who has helmed ‘Udta Punjab’, ‘Naam Shabana’, and TV shows like ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ is in talks with Anil Ambani to buy a private film studio and content distribution company owned by the industrialist and his family as a management buyout (MBO).

Recently, Telugu films such as Seetimaarr, Love Story and Jathi Ratnalu have featured actors who are complete newcomers, or those whose pre-covid releases had performed below par.