As per a recent analysis report from data research and analytics firm Ampere, the Indian media and entertainment industry lost $2.3 billion in the last one year due to piracy of movie and TV (including web series) content and $886 million in sports piracy.
Several producers who have worked primarily in Hindi cinema for years are gradually expanding into regional movies, lured by their cost effectiveness and greater chances of recovering investments.
he government will set up one or more centrally appointed Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) within three months of the notification of amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Rules of 2021 under the IT Act, as per the final draft of the amended rules reviewed by ET.
Recently, the shareholders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) gave their approval for the proposed merger with Sony. RD&X Network co-founder & chairman Ashish Bhasin feels that this is the first step of consolidation in the TV industry. "I think that in the coming three to five years you will see more major players being born through consolidation with deeper.
Addressing the India Space Congress here, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said on Friday that of the 898 television channels broadcast in the country, 532 use foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking of their services.
Japanese producer Wada Arihiro and multihyphenate Ito Taichi have unveiled CinemaAirLane, an international distribution platform that will deliver international films directly to U.S. theatres.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has shut down a pirate site ring that attracted millions of visitors by mimicking popular piracy brands. An impressive haul of 48 domains that generated 270 million visits will soon be under ACE ownership, handed over by one man who operated them all. Is that really feasible? Absolutely.
“We have the best creative teams, the best brands and franchises in the world,” said Chapek, speaking at the WSJ Tech Live 2022 conference Wednesday. “We’re quite happy to have the output level across our channels without having to be a buyer in the open marketplace.”
The OTT industry is constantly evolving. The cord-cutting trend continues with more and more viewers completely shifting to OTTs as their preferred mode of entertainment. In 2022, people have a vast variety of options to choose from.
Pirate streaming site WishFlix is trying to stand on its own two feet after yet another DMCA notice chased it off GitHub. The French streaming portal has relocated to a dedicated domain, hoping to make best use of its clever social media promotions on platforms including TikTok. Unfortunately for Wishflix, these efforts are being frustrated as well.