After an eventful 2022, when the South Indian film industry garnered over 50% of overall box-office collections in the country, it is staring at a dull summer as big-budget movies starring Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Mahesh Babu or Vijay are mostly slated for release later this year.
Under new amendments to the tariff order, NTO 3.0, broadcasters were allowed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to hike the price of channels that are part of a bouquet to ₹19 from ₹12 earlier.
The face-off between television broadcasters and cable operators over the new pricing regime continues with major industry players switching off signals to cable operators who refuse to roll out channel price hikes.
Meta has introduced new broadcast channels on Instagram which is a one- to-many messaging tool that will allow creators to engage directly with their followers scale.
Even as the Delhi high court has directed Yash Raj Films to add subtitles and audio descriptions for the visually impaired for the OTT release of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan, executives at many streaming platforms say they have already been working on enabling such features in order to make the viewing experience more inclusive, at least for some titles.
Paramount Global will raise the monthly subscription price for its rebranded streaming service Paramount+ with Showtime in the third quarter of 2023, executives said on an earnings conference call on Thursday after reporting fourth-quarter results that saw Paramount+ post strong subscriber gains in the fourth quarter thanks to such hit content as Top Gun: Maverick.
Chandra said the government has made an allocation of Rs 2,500 crore over four-year period for the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme to widen the reach of Prasar Bharati, including in the Left wing extremism, border and strategic areas.
The government is also planning to roll out an OTT platform and conduct trials of direct-to-mobile television broadcast this year, said I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra
Egyptian law enforcement authorities have shut down MyCima, one of the largest pirate sites in the Middle East. The operation, which was purportedly operated from Alexandria, had over 50 million monthly visits and offered 12,000 movies and 26,000 TV series. Anti-piracy coalition ACE cooperated with the authorities to take down the piracy ring
The European Film Market kicking off this week in Berlin could mark a return to a familiar, old-fashioned balance of power between buyers and sellers. And as the impact of the pandemic retreats, there is cautious optimism that activity levels may now be more sustainable and fairer.