As per the latest report, urban markets now have 9.1 crore TV households, up from 8.78 crore in 2018, while rural markets have 11.92 crore TV households, compared to 10.89 crore two years back.
As single screen theatres in the South struggle to survive the pandemic, they rely on old favourites — from Kamal Haasan’s ‘Kalaignan’ to Vijayakanth’s ‘Karimedu Karuvayan’ — that still draw crowds.
Amazon spent a cool $11 billion on TV series, movies and music for its Prime services last year, an increase of 41% from $7.8 billion in 2019, the ecommerce giant disclosed in its annual report Thursday.
As legacy media companies like Disney, WarnerMedia, ViacomCBS and Comcast have launched their own direct-to- consumer divisions, the demand for preexisting storylines that offer recognizable titles, characters, stars and settings has turned into a frenzy.
Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor has stepped up its fight against piracy by joining the Internet Video Association.
This is not a body known for its intellectual rigour or adherence to basic free speech principles.
In India, as the government seeks to promote the use and adoption of technology across sectors, it must first adopt a whole-of-government approach.
Amazon Prime, the ecommerce giant’s membership program that includes access to Prime Video, now counts more than 200 million subscribers globally, founder Jeff Bezos wrote in his final annual letter to shareholders as CEO.
The global streaming wars are driving unprecedented investment in TV production, with new outlets like Disney+ betting big on international content, but one executive says: "It's make hay while the sun shines."
The change in US-China ties is one of the most key geopolitical developments of this decade, said Brad Smith.