The closed-door meetings, likely to be chaired by Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, is aimed at getting initial feedback from experts since the draft of the revised bill was released for public consultation on November 18, they said.
Despite the increasing popularity of non-film and international music in India, audio streaming services said film music makes up nearly 60% of the top trending songs on their platforms. Music of films such as Brahmastra, Vikram and Beast found wide acceptance in the past few months, while independent singles of artistes such as Armaan Malik and Jubin Nautiyal have done well too.
Viewership of international content on over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platforms in India has nearly doubled in 2022 as audiences took to original and dubbed versions of English, Turkish, Spanish and Korean shows and films.
Union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said presenting authentic information is the prime responsibility of media and facts should be properly checked before they are put in the public domain.
The Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Monday said India’s aim is to build an enriching filming ecosystem in India and a future-ready industry where digital innovations would further help local talent and stories to be pitch-forked into the international arena
Attuned to the festival’s objective of promoting and nurturing of content and creators from across the world, Prime Video participated in specially-curated initiatives at the event
P2P release group EVO has built quite a reputation for being the first to release pirated copies of screeners and popular movies online. The group is well-known for its steady and prolific release schedule, but last Friday things went quiet. EVO's mysterious absence fuels rumors of a potential bust, but nothing is confirmed thus far.
Analysts believe that FWA service is not just going to help drive broadband penetration in the country, but will also help telcos to increase their revenues from the home and small medium business market. They said that FWA is going to be complementary to telcos’ fiber roll out in the country.
Leading lights of the Indian entertainment industry discussed the impact of streaming platforms in the period after COVID-19 at a panel on the concluding day of the Film Bazaar market in Goa.
Currently, the Indian federal government reimburses up to 30% of qualifying production expenditure to a maximum of INR20 million ($244,000). An additional 5% to a maximum of INR5 million ($61,100) is granted to productions employing 15% or more manpower in India. The minimum qualifying production expenditure spending threshold is INR25 million ($305,500).