The US-India Business Council (USIBC), an influential trade body, has said that broadcast regulator TRAI’s attempts to explore fresh regulations on media integration restrictions should follow after a market study has been conducted.

The Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA), Indian Newspaper Society (INS), and Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) have unequivocally stated that there is no need for monitoring cross-media ownership and control as there is enough competition in the Indian media & entertainment (M&E) sector.

Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) has obtained a Dynamic John Doe injunction order from the Delhi high court to prevent copyright infringement for the India-England international cricket series in July. This will protect SPN against unauthorised and illegal IP disclosure on the internet and other social media platforms

Given that telecom operators typically roll out consumer services first, the initial focus is expected to be on individuals, through fiscal 2024. Thereafter, however, the focus will shift to enterprise solutions, which is a more lucrative segment

There’s a massive experiment playing out right now in front of hundreds of millions of people, with billions of dollars at stake and the future of entertainment on the line. It’s better known as the latest season of “Stranger Things."

Viacom18’s Youth, Music and English entertainment (YME) cluster announced a strategic content partnership with Snap Inc. The cluster aims to provide its clutter-breaking content and innovations from Fully Faltoo and MTV India to Snapchat’s widespread user-community.

To reduce piracy on the Switch console, last week Nintendo used a DMCA notice to target a popular 'sigpatch' repository on Github. While the coding platform ultimately took the repo down, it appears there was a difference of opinion over what type of infringement they represent. So what are 'sigpatches', why do they even need to exist, and why might they breach copyright law?

The Indian broadcasters and content distribution platforms (represented through AIDCF) seem to have positioned themselves on opposite sides of the media ownership spectrum with the latter suggesting formation of another advisory body to coordinate with the antitrust body CCI, amongst other things. The TV channels have argued against any regulations as adequate checks and balances already exist.

After obtaining the broadest injunction ever seen in a US streaming piracy lawsuit, several media companies argued that Cloudflare should be held in contempt of court for non-compliance. Negotiations are now underway to end this dispute but it appears that can only be achieved if the court agrees to modify the injunction, which was previously described as a "power grab".