The aim of the proposed bill is to grapple with anticompetitive practices by Big Tech firms by introducing ex-ante regulations.
Industry pros sweat the possibility that many digital files will eventually become unusable — an archival tragedy reminiscent of the celluloid era.
After a decade of chasing scale for scale’s sake (think Warners’ $43 billion spinoff to Discovery), media dealmaking is slowing under the watchful eye of government regulators.
Reliance currently owns 57.48% stake in Viacom18, through the latter’s parent company TV18 Broadcast Ltd. This will increase to 70.49% after the deal with Paramount is completed.
Meta held its inaugural Gaming Summit in India today to mark the rising importance of the sector. The company also unveiled key consumer findings from a Meta-commissioned study by GWI focused on Gaming.
To ease the testing of telecom products and enhance ease of doing business, union telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently unveiled a policy for spectrum regulatory sandbox.
Music labels like Saregama, the biggest content supplier for audio OTTs, are helping these platforms pivot to a subscription after relying on the ad-supported model for years.
Warner Bros. Discovery is hoping to convert college hoops excitement into a bumper crop of new Max subscribers this spring.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting today launched PB-SHABD, a news sharing service from Prasar Bharati and websites of DD News and Akashvani News as well as updated News on Air mobile app at an event in National Media Centre, New Delhi.
The new law, the panel says, would apply only to "systemically significant digital enterprises" (SSDE) that have "significant presence" in India, leaving small firms out of its ambit to not stifle innovation.