The High Court in Delhi ordered Telegram to share the personal details of copyright-infringing users with rightsholders. The messaging app refused to do so, citing privacy concerns and freedom of speech, but the court waved away these defenses, ordering the company to comply with Indian law.
The year 2022 has been action-packed for cricket lovers. It was a busy year with several interesting things happening throughout that appealed to fans. The renewal of rights, e-auctions, tender process and so on were some of the important events that occurred recently.
Voot, the video streaming platform owned by Viacom18, is strengthening its film slate and entertainment shows, as the Reliance Industries Ltd controlled company prepares to launch a super aggregator app to stream Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket and sports content in the coming months.
Video streaming platforms are increasingly betting on popular stars for direct digital debuts in a marked shift from buying movies based on box office performance.
Netflix has expanded existing partnerships in India and forged new ones with several of the country’s leading production houses.
They include T-Series, Red Chillies Entertainment, Pooja Entertainment, Viacom 18 Studios, Luv Films, Reliance Entertainment, RSVP Movies, Benaras Media Works, Maddock Films, Junglee Pictures, Balaji Telefilms and Matchbox Shots.
With CCI probing into Google for a fair share of ad revenues with digital news publishers, no significant change can happen without government intervention, as per experts
Various Hollywood studios and Netflix are continue their crusade against pirate sites Down Under. The companies have asked Australia's Federal Court for a new court order requiring local Internet providers to block dozens of websites. In addition, several of the blocking orders already in play were extended recently.
While the rights for IPL, ICC, Cricket Australia, and ECB have been sold, BCCI and ACC media rights are expected to come up for bidding in the next few months
As the market for subscription video services (SVOD, aka Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+. etc.) continues to adjust to slower growth with the merger of HBO Max and Discovery+ and Netflix’s launch of an ad-supported subscription tier, one research firm thinks the trend will continue, resulting in “flat” revenue growth over the next five years.
Western Europe will generate annual revenues of $1.9 billion for Netflix from advertising by 2027, more than the US and almost as much as North America ($2.1 billion when Canada is included), according to a new report by Ampere Analysis.