Last Friday, the season finale of HBO's "House of the Dragon" leaked online, days before the official premiere. One might've expected this to lead to an explosion in piracy traffic, but that's not the case. While there was still plenty of interest, most pirates waited for the 'official' release.
A new study reveals how purchasing a Kodi-powered streaming box changed the Internet and media consumption habits of US households. The researchers use these boxes as a piracy proxy, as they were often loaded with third-party piracy apps. Interestingly, their data show that the use of these boxes led to increased legal consumption through on-demand services such as Netflix and YouTube.
"Modiji wants India to emerge as a global leader in telecom technology. For that we need modern, globally benchmarked regulations. In three-four years, we will see India emerge as a major designer and manufacturer of telecom gear. Our 5G tech stack would compete with the best in the world," said Vaishnaw.
As per a recent analysis report from data research and analytics firm Ampere, the Indian media and entertainment industry lost $2.3 billion in the last one year due to piracy of movie and TV (including web series) content and $886 million in sports piracy.
Several producers who have worked primarily in Hindi cinema for years are gradually expanding into regional movies, lured by their cost effectiveness and greater chances of recovering investments.
he government will set up one or more centrally appointed Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) within three months of the notification of amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Rules of 2021 under the IT Act, as per the final draft of the amended rules reviewed by ET.
Recently, the shareholders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) gave their approval for the proposed merger with Sony. RD&X Network co-founder & chairman Ashish Bhasin feels that this is the first step of consolidation in the TV industry. "I think that in the coming three to five years you will see more major players being born through consolidation with deeper.
Addressing the India Space Congress here, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said on Friday that of the 898 television channels broadcast in the country, 532 use foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking of their services.
Japanese producer Wada Arihiro and multihyphenate Ito Taichi have unveiled CinemaAirLane, an international distribution platform that will deliver international films directly to U.S. theatres.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has shut down a pirate site ring that attracted millions of visitors by mimicking popular piracy brands. An impressive haul of 48 domains that generated 270 million visits will soon be under ACE ownership, handed over by one man who operated them all. Is that really feasible? Absolutely.