"India needs a new law which is clear, precise, and attuned to the realities of the sector for realizing the potential of telecommunication," the DoT said in a consultation paper on the 'Need for a new legal framework governing telecommunication in India.' The paper was released on the DoT website on Saturday.

India is following global practices in this space by allowing enterprises to acquire spectrum in a nominal fee for setting up their own captive 5G networks. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has already allowed this and a process and pricing guidelines will be put in place soon.

The Russo brothers and Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s Indian production house Excel Entertainment (“Gully Boy,” “Made in Heaven”) are exploring a partnership.

With the U.S. and Europe fast maturing and China inaccessible, APAC’s large markets – India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Thailand – will be increasingly important to global platforms, said consultancy and research firm Media Partners Asia in its report “Asia Pacific Online Video & Broadband Distribution 2022.”

India’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur had advised the media needs to introspect its role if wrong perceptions were being created.

In June, streaming captured 33.7 per cent of total television consumption in the US, according to The Gauge, which is Nielsen's monthly total TV and streaming snapshot. This is streaming's largest share of TV usage to be measured by The Gauge since its inception in May 2021. Conversely, while viewership for broadcast and cable is traditionally lower during the summer.

Disney+Hotstar’s Ajay Devgn starrer Rudra: The Edge of Darkness is ranked number one show across platforms, followed by the third season of Aashram on MX Player and the second season of Panchayat on Amazon Prime Video

The latest edition of YouTube's copyright transparency report reveals that the streaming platform processed almost 1.5 billion Content ID claims last year. This figure represents roughly 98% of all copyright claims received by YouTube. Most of these complaints are handled without human intervention, but a small error rate still triggers millions of disputes.

India’s first 5G spectrum auction — the telecom sector’s most awaited event — starts on July 26. Top carriers — Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea — will bid for 5G airwaves to roll out next-gen mobile broadband networks capable of 10 times faster data speeds than 4G and a host of industrial/enterprise applications across industry verticals.