IT industry players have appreciated the government's move to withdraw the personal data protection bill and sought participation in the consultation process of the fresh draft. The industry was critical of the data protection bill tabled in Parliament by the Joint Committee on Personal Data Bill.
The draft of a new data protection Bill is almost ready, and the government will release it for public consultation soon, Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, had to be withdrawn as there were 81 suggestions for amendments, Vaishnaw told ET's Aashish Aryan in an interview.
The report deduces that Indian consumers have high expectations from their TV subscriptions and bundles and there is room for consumer welfare to grow if the next wave of regulatory reforms can narrow focus on how to enable effective consumer choice...
Internet provider Bright House has resolved its legal dispute with several RIAA-backed record labels. The ISP stood accused of turning a blind eye to pirating subscribers and faced millions of dollars in potential damages. The parties reached an agreement at the last minute as the trial was scheduled to start tomorrow.
Sources say the rationale behind exiting DD Free Dish earlier this year was to arrest the decline in pay DTH base, but the gamble doesn't seem to have paid off
Reliance Jio has purchased the largest amount of 5G spectrum at Rs 88,078 crore. Jio's stake in the total spectrum auction is more than 50 per cent. After the completion of the auction process, Jio said that the company will soon provide a 5G network, which will be a fully made in India 5G network.
With ad-supported, cheaper plans, Netflix is looking to expand its pool of potential subscribers, who would be more discerning about price, and tap the big and growing online ad market.
The box office failure of many Bollywood films in quick succession is raising pressure on the Hindi film industry, after movies such as HIT: The First Case, Shamshera, Nikamma, Samrat Prithviraj and Shabaash Mithu failed to draw viewers
The streaming business is getting expensive for homegrown over-the-top (OTT) video platforms competing for eyeballs with well-funded global companies such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+Hotstar.
Israel’s ministries of culture and sports, economy and industry, foreign affairs, finance and tourism have revealed incentives to encourage foreign productions in the country.