The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have settled on March 20 to begin negotiations on a new master TV and film contract. The clock is already ticking and strike fears are growing. The WGA’s current contract expires May 1.
Australian pay-TV Foxtel Group has held on to its top HBO programming hits, “House of the Dragon,” “The Last of Us,” “Succession” and “The White Lotus” with the Wednesday announcement of a renewed content supply deal. Foxtel will remain the Australian home of HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros. and Discovery content.
Paramount Global CFO Naveen Chopra signaled during an investor conference on Feb. 28 that the entertainment giant could spend less on streaming content in 2024 than previously forecast due to the integration of Paramount+ and Showtime. He also touted the opportunity to “reinvigorate the Showtime content slate” and the Paramount studio’s “killer movie slate” this year.
Television networks are concerned about declining ratings due to the new public service broadcasting (PSB) rules mandated by the information and broadcasting ministry.
"That will lead to a major series of reforms, in terms of spectrum, licenses and regulation. There will be a significant reform because of the Telecom Bill," the minister said.
"These are some of the best (countries) in the world (that are looking to adopt the stack)," Vaishnaw told reporters. "This is a 4G/5G stack which is upgradable. What we have installed, that same device will be doing 5G also. Technology has to be tested, ruggedised, then only we will move to the next. That's why we are doing 4G first (with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.) and then 5G."
Addressing a post-Budget webinar on 'Unleashing the Potential: Ease of Living Using Technology', Modi said the government wants to reduce the cost of compliance of small businesses, and asked the industry to formulate a list of unnecessary compliances that can be pruned.
Rihanna; Sofia Carson and Diane Warren; and David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu and Son Lux were previously announced to perform their Oscar-nominated songs as well.
Jehil Thakkar, partner, media and entertainment sector leader, Deloitte India, said, "The hybrid model offers a balancing act, providing access to a high- monetisation user base and a wider audience that may eventually convert into monetisation user base and a wider audience that may eventually convert into monetisable users." The report expects the Indian sports market to ouch $100 billion by 2027 from $27 billion in 2020, a CAGR of over 20%.
Agatha Christie’s “The Sittaford Mystery” will be adapted as “Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley” for streamer SonyLIV by renowned Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.