With the view to bring telecom and broadcasting policy makers together to discuss India’s way forward on the road to convergence of broadcast and 5G broadband, a conclave is been organised today by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) along with Prasar Bharati and Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India.
Bollywood studios are back to spending huge amounts on marketing big-ticket movies but are yet to touch pre-covid levels of ₹20-25 crore on promotional activities.
Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is working closely with the Maharashtra Cyber Crime Cell, Mumbai, In its continuous fight against digital piracy and infringing usage of content. The Cyber Crime Cell has arrested Subhanjan Kayet for his involvement in the pirated websites/platform named Thop TV.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has directed cable operators to install monitoring devices on their headends in order to allow Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) officials to monitor their output feed. The advisory has been issued under the provision of Sub-Section 4 of Section 10A of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.
Disney+ Hotstar reached the landmark 5 million subscriber total in Indonesia, which is emerging as one of the largest and most competitive streaming markets in Southeast Asia.
Amazon Prime Video on Monday announced a worldwide-exclusive, multi-film licensing collaboration with Sajid Nadiadwala’s Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment (NGE). This collaboration will bring the biggest and best of Bollywood movies to audiences across the length and breadth of the country and to fans in over 240+ countries and territories.
Ten years ago Google launched its DMCA takedown transparency report. The piracy ecosystem has changed dramatically since then but it appears that not everyone received that memo. Even today, some companies are still requesting the removal of "infringing" links to sites that have long since gone.
The U.S. Government wants to know what challenges and barriers exist in the mobile app ecosystem. While piracy is not at the center of this inquiry, the Copyright Alliance suggests that screening apps and developers will be helpful. Apple, meanwhile, stresses that "piracy" is one of the reasons why sideloading isn't allowed; a notion that's disputed by Cydia creator "saurik".
India is home to over 500 million (50.3 crores) OTT consumers, although the number of paid subscriptions could be 5 crores, an EY report recently said. As per market estimates, these platforms are also fetching more than Rs 5,000 crore annually. This explains why brands are exploring new avenues to engage with consumers, particularly through branded content production on video subscription platforms.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to extend the last date for submission of comments and counter-comments on its Consultation Paper on issues related to new regulatory framework for broadcasting and cable services to 6th June 2022 and 13th June 2022, respectively.