The Indian government yesterday said that public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s primarily subscription-free streaming platform, WAVES OTT, is gaining popularity and is presently also focusing on expanding globally apart from strategizing to up its revenues from overseas markets.

The Academy has signed a multi-year global partnership with YouTube, granting it exclusive worldwide streaming rights to the Oscars from 2029 to 2033, with live, free access and year-round programming

The Centre clarified in the Lok Sabha that OTT content remains outside CBFC’s purview and is regulated under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

The information was submitted by the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan in the Lok Sabha

Many of these, commissioned by the families themselves, help build brand equity and make for a valuable
marketing exercise in a cluttered digital content environment.

India’s DTH operators are pinning their hopes on IPTV-led bundling to arrest revenue decline, betting that
higher ARPUs from integrated broadband and OTT packs can offset pressure on the core TV business. But even
as these strategies promise short-term relief, a bigger question looms: can ARPU gains compensate for a steadily
eroding subscriber base?

The Indian government is unlikely to introduce a new, standalone law to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) at this stage and will instead use existing legal frameworks such as the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and intellectual property laws, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary S Krishnan said on Tuesday, according to a report by The Week.

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) argued in its submission to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) committee that training artificial intelligence models on copyrighted material should not require permission or licensing.

Global tech giant Meta is adopting a new age-checking system that aims to help social media companies comply with a growing number of child protection laws around the globe, as per a Financial Times report.