Andrea Iervolino is debuting SPACE 11, which aims to produce movie, TV and web content, as well as live concerts and sports, all filmed in outer space.

Most of the commentary on India's new Internet policy has focused on the rules' effect in eroding the space for independent news media, OTT platforms, etc. These are important, but there is another aspect of this regulatory revolution, which is much more easily ignored and of equal importance, and that is encryption.

Baijayant Jay Panda, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s spokesperson and National Vice-President, on Wednesday said that large internet platforms have the power to make users, including heads of state, irrelevant because of their dominance.

A RedSeer report from September last year stated that more than 340 million songs were streamed daily, and podcasts have witnessed a similar trajectory.

Across Asia and indeed APAC more generally, there is a growing body of law and regulation in the area of cross-border personal data transfers.

DoT explained that the harmonisation exercise facilitates more efficient utilisation of spectrum held by operators, leading to improved quality of service for consumers.

With content proliferating, streaming platforms — even Netflix — are experimenting with different release models for their programming.

Nandan Nilekani wants technology companies to be more accountable. In the absence of altruism or benevolence on their part, they have to be made more accountable by the external environment, he said during panel discussion held as part of the Raisina Dialogue 2021, organised by the Observer Research Foundation.

On the occasion of EURACTIV’s launch of its new ‘Digital & Media’ hub, Editor Samuel Stolton caught up with the Commission’s Vice President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, to discuss the wide range of issues currently impacting the European media landscape.