Oddly, India’s proposed law to clamp private digital currencies has not deterred a surge of sign-ups and activity at Indian crypto exchanges. Reckless? Or are investors onto something?
The small but growing Paoli-based online privacy company is perfectly positioned to take on the Googles and Facebooks of the world — if it can survive its own success.
Master collected over Rs 200 crore worldwide within 20 days; this could well be amongst the last of the single-screen star extravaganzas.
It fails to recognize that people are not chessboard pieces and could opt to respond in ways that defeat grand policy objectives.
But just how do these algorithms work and are they really as culturally damaging as Scorsese suggests?
It’s been proved in the past couple of months that once there is good content to consume, people come for it. So the need of the hour is that more studios and producers should come up with their upcoming film slates.
With regional platforms, original shows, better subtitles, and an audience base that’s spilling outside metros and across borders, streaming is growing up in the country.
Theatrical release of around 17 Bollywood films has been announced so far, including big ventures like Ranveer Singh's 83 and Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Akshay Kumar's Bell Bottom, Ranbir Kapoor's Shamshera, and Ajay Devgn's Maidaan.
Govt is under pressure to bring OTT on a par with films, so all content is pre-certified.
"Smaller-scale services like Starz and AMC Networks' might be better off folded into larger platforms," writes Wells Fargo's Steven Cahall.