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.

Russia has sent a record number of takedown requests to Google in the first half of this year. In the past, copyright infringement was the most cited reason for action but that has been replaced by 'national security', currently a top priority for Russia. Google, however, is wary of overbroad censorship and hasn't complied with most requests.

Paramount+, the global streaming service from Paramount launches in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria with thousands of hours of entertainment. Following the launch of the service in France on December 1, and establishing a year of global expansion as the service is now live in 45 markets.

Speaking at the India Internet Governance Forum 2022 (IIGF2022), the minister said that 5G and the largest rural broadband connectivity network project at BharatNet will have 1.2 billion Indian users constituting the single largest presence of the global internet.

While Indian government has set the growth target for media and entertainment (M&E) sector of over USD 100 billion by the year 2030, tech giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeing Indian M&E industry as a major market for investment.

Disney+ Basic will cost $7.99 per month, with the ad-free tier rising to $10.99 per month. There will also be new streaming bundles with Hulu and ESPN+, starting at $9.99 per month.

The Indian government on Thursday reiterated in parliament that as per a new advisory all government entities, whether federal or at State level, will have to extract themselves from any activity related to the business of broadcasting.