The Confederation of All India Traders lauded the release of guidelines related to the prevention of false and misleading advertisements and making endorsements by the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry
Uday Varma, former Secretary at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, whose tenure had seen some major push towards digitisation, has advocated that regulator TRAI ought to take a more pragmatic view of the Indian broadcast and cable sectors and lay down a ‘broad tariff structure’ that will benefit all stakeholders, including the consumers.
The buyout would reportedly cost around $13 billion (based on its current valuation) and will give Netflix a foothold in the hardware market.
The News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) has urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to initiate a separate consultation process in order to address the concerns of news broadcasters with respect to the new regulatory framework.
Despite forecasts of an economic downturn, media executives are signaling they’ll try to stay the course strategically — but for how long?
New research published by the EU Intellectual Property Office shows that piracy remains prevalent among EU youth. The lack of affordable content is most often cited as motivation. Interestingly, piracy rates among university-educated respondents are almost double that of those who enjoyed little to no schooling
The consultation is likely to be chaired by Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. It has been planned by the IT ministry in response to a joint letter sent by tech policy groups such as The Dialogue, AccessNow, Internet Freedom Foundation, SFLC.in, BSA India and others
When NTO was first introduced and allowed consumers to choose a la carte channels the cost of entertainment went up, forcing Trai to amend its order. NTO 2.0 was announced in January 2020 which capped bouquet channel price at ₹12 instead of ₹19
OTTplay, the recommendation and content discovery platform for streaming services, launched last year by HT Labs, has now turned into streaming service featuring content from a range of OTT platforms.
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced leadership changes for Korea and India. Arjun Nohwar will be General Manager India. Previously responsible for the launch of HBO Max in India, he brings a digital experience that will help prepare the company for our next phase of growth.