Reliance Industries Ltd and Viacom18 have entered into a partnership with Bodhi Tree Systems, an investment platform run by James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Uday Shankar, with an eye on bidding for the lucrative broadcast rights for the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.

Netflix, in the first quarter of 2022, lost customers for the first time in more than a decade. It could shed 2 million more in Q2. The streaming giant is scrambling to find new sources of revenue growth, with execs hoping to monetize password-sharing freeloaders and — previously unthinkable at the Big Red N — planning to introduce advertising-supported plans.

Twitter is now in Elon Musk’s hands. What his successful maneuver to buy the company means for its 200 million-plus users — or for media and entertainment companies that use the platform to reach global audiences — is anything but clear.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed Poland's request to annul Article 17 of the Copyright Directive. The Court finds that the legislation, which could boost the use of 'upload filters,' does not violate freedom of expression, as long as they can sufficiently distinguish between illegal and legal content. This effectively puts an end to years of opposition.

Zone-Telechargement and Tirexo, two of the most popular pirate sites in French-speaking regions, have announced they will shut down. The original Zone-Telechargement was shut down by French police in 2016, but in common with many 'branded' pirate platforms, later returned to regain millions of monthly visitors

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday, while lauding the streaming platforms’ contribution in bringing stories from India to the world, urged Netflix to increase local productions that will help India become a major content and post-production hub.

Despite massive demand coming from tier 2 cities, Mumbai continues to attract majority of datacenter invests as the city benefits from the availability of reliable power, cable landing stations, BFSI demand, telecom hub, and the absence of any major natural threats.

Internet major Google on Tuesday asked app developers to explain the purpose of collecting users' data and also clarify whether the data is shared with any third party or not. The company said in a latest blog post that users will start seeing the data safety section in Google Play app store from April 27 onwards, and developers are required to complete the section for their apps by July 20.

The March quarter earnings of American streaming service Netflix may have set the stage for a debate on its investment-heavy strategies, but Bela Bajaria, head of global TV at the Reed Hastings-owned platform, said the company would continue to focus on creating local, authentic stories that can travel the world.