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    California to Add Diversity Rules to State Film and TV Credit

    • 19.08.2022
    • Variety

    California is poised to add a diversity requirement to its $330 million tax incentive for film and TV production, as lawmakers seek to use their leverage to make the industry better reflect the state’s demographics.

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    HBO Max, Amid Content Purge, Launches 30% Discount Offer

    • 19.08.2022
    • Variety

    Warner Bros. Discovery is eager to lock in HBO Max customers on annual plans — even as the streamer is culling dozens of titles in a cost-cutting effort.

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    Confusion over ICC media rights process continues

    • 19.08.2022
    • exchange4media

    While the ICC has insisted that broadcasters will participate in the bid submission process, media reports suggest the Big 4 broadcasters have given the mock auctions a miss

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    Kannada cinema makes inroads into Hindi market

    • 19.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    Though KGF: Chapter 2 is among the highest grossers of all time, two other relatively smaller films—777 Charlie and Vikrant Rona -- have also managed impressive numbers in Hindi recently.

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    App Bundling: Is this the only way forward in the OTT space?

    • 18.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The 2022 EY M&E report estimates that 322 million subscribers consumed bundled content in the past year. What does this say about the emerging trend of app bundling in the OTT space? Platforms and media analysts weigh in.

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    Viacom18 takes criminal action against ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ piracy

    • 18.08.2022
    • LiveMint

    Such websites cause huge losses to the producers, content owners and creators by virtue of their illegal acts, Viacom18 said in a statement.

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    Why Fox Is Investing Millions in NFTs and Blockchain Technology

    • 18.08.2022
    • Variety

    Fox Corp. operates the only one of the four major U.S. broadcast networks that isn’t tied to a major direct-to-consumer subscription streaming play. The company also is the only one among its peers that has launched a dedicated Web3 and NFT division.

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    BigTech, OTT platforms stare at uncertainty as Centre plans to push through Digital India Act this winter session

    • 18.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    As digital awakening sets in, India gets ready for a course correction to challenge the new tech-backed world order.

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    Netflix Cheaper Ad-Supported Plan Reportedly Won’t Allow Downloads for Offline Viewing

    • 18.08.2022
    • Variety

    Netflix may not let subscribers on its forthcoming ad-supported streaming plan download TV shows or movies to mobile devices, a feature that’s proven to be popular among the streamer’s regular customer base.

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    DoT allocated 5G spectrum, now get ready to launch services: Vaishnaw to telcos

    • 17.08.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    “Spectrum assignment letter issued. Requesting TSPs to prepare for 5G launch,” Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a post on local-microblogging site Koo.

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