Video streaming platforms in India are losing 25-30% of overall revenues to piracy, as addressable audiences continue to get access to content without credentials, said companies and media industry experts.
The Department of Telecommunications had written to Trai in October 2021 seeking recommendations on amending the license regime to enable convergence of telecom and broadcasting services, and establishing a unified policy and spectrum management framework for the same.
Both the linear Showtime channel and the premium version of Paramount+ will be rebranded as CEO Bob Bakish acknowledges "uncertainty" for staff, and company seeks to focus on shows with "franchise" potential.
The ministry of information and broadcasting has directed private broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting for 30 minutes every day. The ministry has clarified through the advisory that the relevant content embedded in the programmes being telecast can be accounted for public service broadcasting. It is also clarified that the content does not have to be accounted for public service broadcasting.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday condemned the ‘boycott culture’ targeting films and said such incidents vitiated the atmosphere of the country at a time when India was keen on enhancing its soft power. He also asserted that there should be no restrictions on creativity.
There are production houses and more today, Locomotive Global Media is entering the Indian market with its original series Rana Naidu which is an official adaption of the American crime drama, Ray Donovan. It is slotted to premiere on Netflix soon. The company is partnering with Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Films and Applause Entertainment to co-produce an international.
Under the new amendments, or NTO 3.0, broadcasters were allowed by the sector regulator to increase the price of channels, which are part of a bouquet, to ₹19 from ₹12 earlier.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) says that it is behind the surprise shutdown of USTVGO. The popular streaming service, which was ostensibly operated from Vietnam, suddenly closed its doors last week. ACE says that it is in the process of taking control of the site's associated domain names
While the likes of Sumukhi Suresh, Bhuvan Bam and Zakir Khan cashed in on the opportunities to launch their shows on over-the-top video streaming platforms, Amit Tandon, Vir Das or Abhishek Upmanyu are hosting their own stand-up shows on the world stage
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be unveiling the Union Budget for FY 2023 – 24 in the coming week, and everybody has their eyes fixed and hopes pinned on the same. Indiantelevision.com spoke to ad industry troupers who spilled the beans about what’s on their minds with regard to their expectations from this year’s union budget.