Linear TV broadcasters in India have been looking at the freedom streaming services have — for now — and their reaction is clear: we want that too. “For someone like us who come from a linear TV background [as opposed to on-demand online streaming], we don’t want new technologies like streaming or OTT to be regulated to the extent that we are,” said Vynsley Fernandes, CEO of IndusInd Media & Communications, a cable TV operator.
Unsurprisingly, overall production declined 97.8 percent last quarter compared to last year, according to FilmLA.
This decision was arrived at unanimously, a representative from the Tamil Film Producers’ Council said.
Using everything from video calls to making actors set up their own shots, here’s how creativity kept the ball rolling.
Reels, which is being seen as an alternative for TikTok users and content creators, goes live on Instagram at 7:30 PM IST.
Speaking at the inaugural of FICCI FRAMES 2020, Shankar, who is also president of The Walt Disney Asia Pacific, said that while the growth of the film business, theatrical exhibition, and even television content and newspaper is all great and those are all very impressive achievements, for a country of this size, “we should be doing a lot better”.
According to the Ficci-EY media and entertainment industry report 2019, overall consumption continued to increase on video OTT platforms in 2018, with regional consumers driving growth.
Simplification of the taxation framework, adoption of a light-touch regulatory approach is relevant to the growth of the industry.
I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar says govt will soon announce incentives for films & TV hit by Covid, and will also come out with SOP for film and TV shoots.