Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Anna Eshoo are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take action against abusive and deceptive practices in the VPN industry. They note that many Americans benefit from the increased privacy and security that VPNs offer, but some VPN providers can overpromise or be dishonest with their subscribers.
After India, the US lawmakers have now asked the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address abusive and deceptive data practices by hundreds of companies providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for individuals.
Surging viewership of streaming platforms during the two years of the pandemic helped double the income of actors playing big roles in web shows and take up the wage bills to 50% of production costs at streaming services from less than 10% pre-pandemic, industry experts said.
On offer is a slate of 11 HBO Max Original series and 10 HBO Max original features exclusively on the service for Prime members in India, as it expands its catalogue of English entertainment.
Motion picture studio Viacom18 Studios has collaborated with HeyHey!, an online platform powering experiential engagement between celebs, influencers, creators and brands globally via new-age tech - to venture into the Web3 space. In line with this, the film studio has launched its first-ever NFT project called the “Shabaash Mithu.” This is an NFT collection.
Last month anti-piracy initiative 'Operation 404' reportedly took down 226 websites and 461 piracy apps, a huge amount by any standard. With the dust settling this week, anti-piracy company Nagra provided more information on its role in the operation. That was timely because it leads to somewhat of a conundrum: how many apps have to be taken down before pirates simply run out?
Already saddled with slower subscription revenue growth and sluggishness in the ad market, the TV broadcasting sector is facing another major challenge. Media experts say the overall TV viewership has been on a decline due to a combination of factors, including distribution-related issues and the changes in the media landscape.
Netflix Inc.is trying a new approach in marketing its next big film: telling people it’s coming out. The streaming service is orchestrating one of its biggest promotional pushes ever ahead of the July 22 streaming debut of ‘’The Gray Man’, a spy thriller starring Ryan Gosling. The campaign includes billboards in several cities, as well as TV advertising spots during major sporting events.
Soon big tech companies like Google and Facebook will have to pay a price to the news publishers for using their original content. The government has hinted that it is mulling making big tech firms that are in the content business, such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple Twitter and Amazon pay the Indian newspapers as well as the digital news publishers a share of revenue for using their original content. The process has already been adopted by countries including Australia, Canada, France and Spain.
Between “Black Widow,” “Shang-Chi,” “Eternals,” “Doctor Strange 2” and now the fourth “Thor” film, Disney has had an enviable comeback at the box office thanks to its Marvel projects.