If the definition of trusted geographies changes too quickly – depending on geopolitics – significant investments in data storage units may be adversely impacted, tech companies are believed to have told the government.

Six months ago MPA-Canada, ACE, and Rogers Media teamed up to shut down IPTV provider SmoothStreams in Canada. The lawsuit already lists 224 records but no trial is expected anytime soon, even if it gets that far. In the meantime, photos of the service's servers and new details of the shutdown operation have appeared in a Federal Court order.

In FY15, the government ad spending on print media was Rs 424.84 crore and Rs 473.67 crore on electronic medium. It sharply declined to Rs 91.96 crore on print and Rs 76.84 crore on electronic media, until December 7, 2022

Prime users can sign up for the ad-free version of Discovery+ at C$6.99 ($5.16) per month plus applicable taxes, the media company said

Viacom18, the entertainment network jointly owned by Reliance Industries and Viacom, is exploring bringing various digital streaming platforms under one super app, people familiar with the matter said. This includes existing platforms like JioCinema, VOOT, VOOT Select and VOOT Kids.

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) has asked private TV channels to submit details of ‘public service’ programmes aired in ‘national interest’ in the month of November as proof of their claims that news channels telecast enough public service content throughout the year.

Illegal streaming site PrimeWire avoided, dodged, or simply ignored Hollywood's attempts to bring it down for at least a decade. A copyright lawsuit filed by the studios in 2021 was a clear sign that patience had finally run out and a year later, it's all over. A California court has just awarded the plaintiffs $20.7m in damages plus $417,600 to cover attorneys' fees.

In an interaction with ET, Ricky Corker, Chief Customer Experience Officer at Nokia said that the momentum has started building up in India around private 5G networks. “This is an opportunity for us and our preference is to work through the operators since we have a great relationship with them. They have a spectrum and have a trusted relationship with many of these enterprises.

“We have to coexist; we don’t have an option, neither them nor us.” This was what the chief commercial and marketing officer of VOD at the MBC Group Natasha Matos-Hemingway told industry peers at a panel on the challenges and the future of streaming in the Arab region, hosted by Red Sea 360°, the industry talks arm of the Red Sea Film Festival.