Adult entertainment company Malibu Media was once feared as a prolific copyright litigant that targeted thousands of alleged pirates. After a defendant pushed back, the tables have now turned. The court has ordered Malibu to pay over $100,000 to a former defendant but, according to the company's boss, the defense is guilty of "extortion" and "unjust enrichment."
The 27th edition of Kolakata International Film Festival will be held form 25 April to 1 May, according to an official notification of Information and Cultural Affairs Department. The film festival was earlier scheduled to take place in January, but it was postponed due to sudden rise in Covid-19 cases.
OTT streaming service hayu was launched in 2016 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia targeting major English-speaking markets to advance the unscripted reality genre. The content on the service was provided by NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading unscripted production companies.
Distributors and theatre owners who paid upwards of ₹400 crore to acquire the rights of S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR may not be able to recoup their investments as trade experts said the film hasn’t been able to achieve the box office collections it could have if it had been released before the pandemic.
The income of India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati has increased over the last two years versus expenditures, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has said.
The Indian government is preparing grounds to publish a national data governance policy to streamline data collection and its sharing, especially those related to individuals’ personal data even though a separate legislation is proposed through the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019.
The Indian government has ruled out any review of the country’s digital regulations through fresh consultations, dispelling rumours, as well as any changes in the rule that exempts social media intermediaries from liabilities for third-party content on their platforms.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) is all set to launch the online facilitation portal ‘Broadcast Seva Portal’ on April 4, 2022.
Indian streamer ALTBalaji is extending its subscription-video model with a new ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) component.
That Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s FreeDish is a growing competition to pay TV platforms got reiterated when after some fierce bidding, 63 channels managed to find slots for a year on the free DTH platform.