Warner Bros Discovery's decision to split its streaming and studio business from its traditional TV networks may give a fresh push to its digital plans in India—but growing in the country's crowded and price-sensitive OTT market won't be easy.
There is the question of what is ethical, and then there is the question of what is legal. Sometimes they are the same, often not. The legality of using copyrighted content without authorization for commercial purposes, such as in training AI models—as META and a number of other companies have done—is being decided in court.
In 1964, Queens, a woman named Catherine Genovese was attacked and murdered outside her New York apartment. Even after screaming for help, none of the neighboring witnesses called the police. The case became infamous for what is known as the bystander effect, which suggests that the more people present in a social situation, the less likely anyone is to step in and assist.
Telecoms and audiovisual regulator Arcom has revealed that the number of pirate 'services' blocked in France has more than doubled each year since 2022.
Texas is beefing up its incentive for film production, as the state seeks to compete with regional rivals like New Mexico and Georgia.
Network18 has announced the launch of Creator18, a cutting-edge platform built to support and scale the efforts of creators across a wide spectrum of categories and geographies.
With add-on subscriptions, part of Amazon’s video entertainment marketplace, customers get friction-free and convenient access to a wide range of premium content available at a single destination—Prime Video.
Telecom department mandates top-level domains and precise clock alignment with government servers as India tightens digital infrastructure standards among licensed ISPs.
The Digital News Publishers Association said it "firmly believes that utilising the content of digital news publishers, without consent, for AI training and subsequent generative AI applications, such as search assistance and information purposes, constitutes an infringement of copyright."
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) says it has been "engaging with Sky for some time" over the use of personal data to crackdown on streaming piracy, including IPTV services accessed via set-top boxes.