Ficci Frames Fast Track 2022, a pre-cursor to the Ficci Frames which makes a comeback after the pandemic, is slated to be held on 27 & 28 September in Mumbai.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the proposed merger of Jio Cinema OTT and Viacom18 Media on Monday.

5G can boost the national GDP by $500 billion in the 2025. However, to unlock this potential, the network must be reimagined, considering that India is expected to have 612 million 5G connections by 2030, according to KPMG. I see the most scope for reinvention in three areas – preparedness, prediction, and privacy.

Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video compete for second position behind Netflix in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region’s most developed streaming market. But, increasingly, all premium SVOD suppliers are focusing on profitability rather than simple growth.

Three almost identical copyright infringement lawsuits filed against AT&T, Verizon and Comcast this month accused the ISPs of allowing subscribers to pirate movies online, despite being aware of their infringing activities. If successful, the lawsuits could've had serious financial consequences for the companies. But as quickly as they arrived, all three lawsuits have now been dismissed.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to come out with amended broadcast tariff guidelines between October 15 and 25, a senior official told exchange4media. The amended tariff framework will put an end to the long-drawn tussle between broadcasters, distribution platform operators (DPOs) on one side and the TRAI on the other side.

Speaking at the CII 'International Technology Summit 2022,' Dr Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), noted that the government has put in place a proactive approach to deal with emerging technologies and subsequent threat levels.

The bill's passage comes after a series of data leaks and probes into alleged breaches at government firms and institutions in Indonesia, from a state insurer, telecoms company and public utility to a contact-tracing COVID-19 app that revealed President Joko Widodo's vaccine records.

New research shared by the entertainment industry-backed Digital Citizens Alliance finds that 12% of all ads on pirate streaming sites are linked to malware. The problem is so bad that the researchers fell prey to multiple ransomware attacks. Intriguingly, the findings also suggest that pirate sites are 'safer' than before, although that greatly depends on which studies you look at.