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    Filmmakers split digital streaming rights to maximise revenue

    • 07.03.2022
    • LiveMint

    Film trade experts said the new trend has emerged to de-risk high-scale projects and enable better recovery for films with high investments especially since any one platform is unlikely to be able to afford prices high enough to make it viable for the producers

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    Sony Pictures Television to adapt international formats in India

    • 07.03.2022
    • LiveMint

    Media and entertainment company Sony Pictures Television is looking to introduce some international show formats, both unscripted and scripted, in India, building on the success of its recent business reality show Shark Tank India.

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    Bengali OTT platform Mukti Prime to launch on 8 March

    • 07.03.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    Mukti Production LLP is set to launch a new Bengali OTT platform Mukti Prime on 8 March. Interdisciplinary artist Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee will oversee the content on the app, which has been created by Partha Chatterjee

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    S. Korea aims to commercialise 6G mobile services by 2028

    • 07.03.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Science and ICT Minister Lim Hye-sook made the remarks during her speech at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022, a mobile technology trade fair underway in Bar celona, reports Yonhap News Agency.

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    Disney Plus to introduce cheaper ad-supported subscription plan this year

    • 07.03.2022
    • BusinessToday

    Disney+ has not revealed the price of the new plan, but it will be offered at a cheaper price than the ad-free version. The ad-free version is currently offered at $7.99 (Rs 610 roughly) per month.

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    B’cast hardware local manufacturing should be of global standards: Ficci

    • 04.03.2022
    • IBW News

    An Indian chamber of commerce, Ficci, has said that while there is hardly “any market for local manufacturing” of the broadcasting equipment, it should be a focus area that should keep evolving as technology marches globally.

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    ‘The Batman’ Wings In With $5.3M From Early Overseas Play; Sets Warner Bros Pandemic Records

    • 04.03.2022
    • Deadline

    Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman is just beginning to spread its wings overseas, and has a running international box office total of $5.3M across two days and from only eight markets. The Matt Reeves-directed Robert Pattinson-starrer is adding 47 markets today and a further 19 on Friday.

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    WHY THE FTC FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE IN CHALLENGING AMAZON-MGM DEAL

    • 04.03.2022
    • Variety

    The Federal Trade Commission’s scrutiny of Amazon’s alleged anticompetitive practices may soon crank up a notch.

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    Verizon to Launch ‘Plus Play’ Streaming Aggregation Hub, Adds Netflix and More as Partners

    • 04.03.2022
    • Variety

    Verizon, having exited the original content business, is escalating its play as an aggregator of streaming services — including forming a new partnership with Netflix.

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    FBI Gains Access to Sci-Hub Founder’s Google Account Data

    • 04.03.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan says that following a legal process, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has gained access to data in her Google account. Google itself informed her of the data release this week noting that due to a court order, the company wasn't allowed to inform her sooner.

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