OTT player OHO Gujarati once had a user whose account was used to log in from 79 unique devices, says Co-Founder Abhishek Jain. Indian OTT players are no strangers to the problem plaguing Netflix – the California-headquartered streaming giant has blamed 100 million households sharing passwords as one of the reasons for its slowing revenue growth.
Subscription-based global OTT giant Netflix, for the first time, will be rolling an ad-supported cheaper subscription plan worldwide in the next two years. This announcement took the global M&E industry by storm.
Several Hollywood studios and Netflix have prevailed in their battle to shut down pirate streaming site PrimeWire. Despite PrimeWire recently removing all links to pirated movies and TV shows and losing more than 60% of its traffic in a month, a US court found the streaming site liable for copyright infringement. PrimeWire's domains will now be seized.
Just days after the telecom regulator came out with its recommendations on spectrum pricing and auction modalities, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that things are moving "as per schedule" on 5G
The accelerated roll out of BharatNet into remote regions, the advent of 5G services, adoption of cloud services and a central push toward an inclusive Internet would erase disparities in the Indian digital ecosystem and enable a standard service quality for consumers, Union Minister of state for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
Cinema is India’s soft power, which has many benefits, and has helped in creation of an identity of the country abroad, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said Thursday.
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has launched sustainability guidelines for content production, with a goal in mind to lead the way for the industry by adopting green practices.
Several of these films did not find takers on OTT platforms, which are now playing safe, and want to gauge purchase potential based on box office response, trade experts said
With a huge Indian diaspora in the US, the UK, UAE and multiple language affinities, there is a strong surge during new movie releases in these markets including for Bengali, Telugu, Punjabi, and Tamil titles
Telecom service operator Airtel on Thursday urged the government not to charge high fees for allotting 5G spectrum, saying a faster roll out of the next-generation telecommunication network can have more benefits than collecting revenue in upfront cost.