The Middle Eastern money in the mega-merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is to be the subject of scrutiny in the European Union. In a filing this week, the European Commission said that Paramount’s takeover of WBD would be examined under Foreign ⁠Subsidies Regulations.

Broadcasters, DTH operators, cable companies, telecom firms, FAST platform operators and internet industry bodies presented sharply different views on the future of television distribution

Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison — a self-professed gamer — has finally hit the restart button on Paramount’s gaming ambitions: His company unveiled Paramount Games Studio and splashy AAA title “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin” as its first project on June 5 during Summer Game Fest in L.A.

Guest Column: Arpit Srivastava, Associate Director with Xiaomi Technology India, writes on how AI content and AI-driven web traffic are reshaping the internet into a machine-to-machine ecosystem

Around 86% of media planners would move more linear budgets to CTV if show-level targeting and reporting were available

The industry finally has politicians promising to rebuild it. Easier said than done.

India’s film streaming market has become more competitive with multiple platforms chasing rights, but while producers gain leverage, mid-budget films still struggle to attract meaningful deals.

Bollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan will appear in conversation at BFI Southbank on July 16 as the closing gala of the London Indian Film Festival‘s 17th edition, which runs July 9–19 across London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Bradford.

A seven-month Europol operation, coordinated by Bulgaria with support from Europol, has dismantled nine criminal networks running pirate streaming services. The operation, dubbed KRATOS 2, resulted in 29 arrests and the removal of more than 27,000 URLs. While the press release includes many data points, the announcement does not mention the name of a single targeted platform that was taken offline.