Communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently said the draft telecom bill was nearly ready and would be put up for public consultation soon. The telecom bill, which has been in the works for many months, also talks of issues around quality of service, right of way and penalty structures, among others.
As ratings continue their precipitous decline, legacy broadcasters are now primarily first stops for shows that end up on sister streaming services
India’s broadcast regulator TRAI on Friday issued a consultation paper to address issues related to digital rights management (DRM) and piracy impacting the broadcast and cable distribution sector.
India could see a relatively rapid uptake of 5G services as compared to other markets, once 5G is commercially launched, according to Opensignal.
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has said that OTT apps should be brought under the licensing regime, primarily universal licence, as they offer same set of services.
Quentin Tarantino and Miramax have settled their copyright infringement lawsuit over the "Pulp Fiction" NFT project. The film studio accused the director of using copyrighted materials, including the screenplay, without owning all the rights. The settlement details are not public but both parties say that they might collaborate to release more NFTs in the future.
This April, a coalition of entertainment companies convinced a judge to sign a pirate site blocking injunction that affected every ISP in the United States. This document was later found to be unenforceable but it was public access to court records that first pushed it into the public eye. As the case enters a new phase to block more domains, a level of secrecy had been requested by the plaintiffs.
One of the film industry’s biggest growth sectors, the international location shoot scene, looks set to impact Toronto on Saturday at a Spain Film Commission breakfast. Among attractions tabled at the meet with Canadian producers will be Spain’s extraordinary landscapes and heritage sites and a new shoot incentive which ranks among the highest in the world.
The industry, which made submissions to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the proposed new telecom regulatory framework, said the law should be forward looking and should address the needs of convergence of various digital services, including telecommunication connectivity, carriage of broadcasting content and OTT communication services.
OTTs by virtue of restricting the content to some platforms are controlling the accessibility of the content to only some consumers. This discrimination is violative of the principle of ‘Must Provide – Must Carry’