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    India’s average broadband download speeds increase in June to reach 17.84 mbps: Ookla

    • 19.07.2021
    • ET Telecom

    According to the report, India has moved up the global ranking index for the third time in the row for mobile internet speeds and has shown consistent improvements in overall mobile download speeds over the last two months.

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    How to make Digital Services Act future-proof?

    • 19.07.2021
    • Euractiv

    It’s time to set a clear, fair and universal base law for the internet, writes Dita Charanzová. Balance is key, or we risk harming our economy. Fixing an issue for one sector in the DSA may tilt the playing field for everyone else. We need a horizontal framework, she argues.

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    Smaller cities, language content to fuel India video OTT growth: Report

    • 19.07.2021
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    The report noted that the next wave of growth in the OTT landscape would come from tier II, III and IV cities and the Indian language speaking population, PTI reported from New Delhi.

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    BVOD now FTA’s ‘growth engine’, SVOD offsets subscription TV decline, finds PwC

    • 19.07.2021
    • Mumbrella

    Growth in ad spend across Broadcast Video on Demand (BVOD) went some way to offsetting the 9.8% decline of the Free-To-Air (FTA) advertising market in 2020, according to PwC’s latest Australian Entertainment and Media Outlook.

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    Movie Theater Owners Blame Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Box Office ‘Collapse’ on Disney Plus Launch

    • 18.07.2021
    • Variety

    Movie theater operators did not mince words in asserting that Disney left money on the table by putting Marvel’s “Black Widow” on Disney Plus on the same day as its theatrical debut.

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    How these wonder women are changing the world of VFX, animation

    • 18.07.2021
    • Mint Lounge

    Like filmmaking and technology, which it draws from, the world of VFX tends to be an old boys’ club. Meet the women changing it.

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    TRAI Order on DTH Has Evolved to Rain Heavily on Subscribers’ Pockets

    • 18.07.2021
    • Telecom Talk

    The first thing to note about the National Tariff Order from TRAI is that it makes a split between the cable operator and broadcaster, wherein the DTH operators are paid for carrying the channels and providing the bandwidth for the same using their satellites and set-ups.

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    NFT conversations growing in India: Twitter

    • 18.07.2021
    • ET Telecom

    India has generated over 600,000 tweets on NFTs over the past year, the US-based social media company said.

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    Warner Media expands originals team in Asia assign new unscripted lead

    • 18.07.2021
    • Avia

    WarnerMedia has boosted its HBO Asia Originals team, appointing industry veteran May-Yi Lee as the lead of Development & Production – Unscripted, while Garon De Silva has been named the new lead of Development & Production – Scripted.

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    Maybank IB upgrades Astro’s earnings forecasts, sees upside should anti-piracy efforts succeed

    • 18.07.2021
    • The Edge Markets

    The Kuala Lumpur Intellectual Property High Court’s May 24 ruling that the sale of TV boxes with pirated content is illegal, is a potentially positive turning point for Astro, opined Maybank Investment Bank (Maybank IB) Research.

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