The change would limit a Netflix account to users within one household, rather than shared with multiple external users. Account holders who want to share with users outside the home can pay an extra fee to keep those profiles (though exact pricing has not yet been released). All members will still be able to use their account while traveling and view shows on both TVs and mobile devices.
The TV broadcasting industry is divided on implementing New Tariff Order (NTO) 3.0 from February 1. Many distribution platform operators (DPOs) have failed to file the fresh Distribution Retail Price (DRP) while some have already come out with new packages for consumers.
French national anti-piracy agency Arcom has announced that sports organizations and Internet providers have signed a new anti-piracy agreement. Blocking measures are already cemented in law, but the new agreement establishes 'good practices' while also addressing costs. The ISPs, meanwhile, call on search engines and hosting companies to follow suit.
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, is not aimed at making data centres happy or unhappy, he said in an exclusive interaction, and the Bill does not talk about the viability of data centres or its investments.
Reed Hastings, co-founder of Netflix, gave the company's leadership to co-CEO Ted Sarandos and COO Greg Peters as he stepped down as the co-CEO. He will now serve as an executive chairman. Meanwhile, in view of the company reporting that it had more subscribers than anticipated at the end of 2022, shares of Netflix increased 6.1% to $335.05 in after-hours trading.
India’s government will not permit social media platforms to host any information that it identifies as false, according to a draft proposal of the country’s IT Rules released this week. This is the latest in a slew of measures by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that are being seen as efforts to rein in big tech firms.
Video streaming platforms are likely to offer 50-60% of the budgets to southern language content, with these programmes seeing much traction, accounting for 30% of OTT viewership, said industry experts.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros., and the studio plans to celebrate the occasion in a number of different ways, the first of which in print with the May 30 release of “Warner Bros.: 100 Years of Storytelling.” Written by Mark A. Vieira and his research advisors Alexa L. Foreman and Sloan De Forest, the tome charts the history of Warners across 180 pages filled with production details culled straight from studio archives, and complemented by an incredible array of photographs and images that have been carefully preserved (or in some cases restored).
The company is increasingly bullish on the Japanese market, as Hollywood blockbusters are taking an ever larger share of box office in the Imax format and Japanese anime continues to gain strength globally.
The Georgia film and TV tax credit grew to a record $1.3 billion last year, as the state continues to be the nationwide leader in filming incentives.