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    India needs stronger copyright and IP laws

    • 12.08.2022
    • Hindustan Times

    Innovation is fundamental to charting a country's economic growth and development. Complemented by effective intellectual property and patent-protection laws, it can enable innovators and researchers in countries like ours to climb up the global ladder as well.

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    Indian Government Approves Film Co-Production Agreement With Australia

    • 12.08.2022
    • Variety

    The Indian government has approved an audiovisual co-production treaty with Australia, designed to promote joint production of films between the two countries.

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    House of the Dragon Leaks: HBO Wields DMCA in Hunt For Mystery Reddit User

    • 12.08.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    HBO hopes that its upcoming Games of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon will be as successful as its predecessor but in the short term, the company has a major problem

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    TRAI extends deadline to submit comments on ‘Renewal of MSOs Registration’ Consultation Paper to August 28

    • 12.08.2022
    • BestMediaInfo

    Earlier, the last date of receiving comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper from the stakeholders was fixed as August 10, 2022, and counter-comments as August 17, 2022

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    India@75: The journey of M&E industry

    • 12.08.2022
    • exchange4media

    The way forward: According to I&B Ministry, the industry will become a 100-billion dollar (7.5 lakh crore) sector by 2030

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    The price we pay for being less social

    • 12.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    People are choosing to be less connected with each other, and focus more on their inner lives. They may not realize the consequences.

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    Disney+ subscribers surge as Netflix stumbles

    • 11.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The number of people subscribing to Disney+ topped 152 million, up some 31 percent from the same period a year earlier, the entertainment giant said in an earnings report.

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    Walt Disney revises Hotstar subs guidance

    • 11.08.2022
    • exchange4media

    Walt Disney has done a downward revision of paid subscriber base target from its Indian streaming service Disney+ Hotstar in the wake of the loss of Indian Premier League (IPL) digital rights and lack of colour on the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) media rights renewal.

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    Disney+Hotstar adds 8.3 mn subscribers in the quarter ended 2 July to reach 58.4 mn

    • 11.08.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Mumbai: The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday revealed that Disney+ Hotstar added 8.3 million members during the quarter ended 2 July to reach 58.4 million paid subscribers. The company announced its financial results for the third quarter fiscal 2022.   Overall Disney+ subscribers have reached 152.1 million as compared to 138 million in the previous quarter, an addition of 14.4 million members.

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    Google opposes Facebook-backed proposal for self-regulatory body in India -sources

    • 11.08.2022
    • Reuters

    Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter (TWTR.N), sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.

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