Movie industry startup White Rabbit allows people to pay for the films they watch on pirate sites. The service compensates filmmakers directly while sharing revenue pirate sites in the process. Add in a blockchain distribution model and it's clear that the service is up with the times. Or is there such as thing as too much innovation?
India's largest newspaper publishing group has filed a complaint at the Delhi High Court against dozens of defendants said to have illegally offered its copyrighted publications via WhatsApp.
The addition of new users to the digital video entertainment universe has pushed over the top (OTT) platforms to widen their original content offerings by experimenting with newer genres.
Just when the theatrical business was limping back to normal, a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases has once again put a halt to the recovery plans, with fresh restrictions across several states. On Tuesday, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) announced the closure of cinema halls and multiplexes across the national capital with immediate effect.
StudioNEXT, the content creation arm of Sony Pictures Networks, said it was scaling up its production for television and digital platforms to deliver six web shows and an equal number of reality TV shows over the next 12 months
South Korea’s television industry is experiencing a post-“Squid Game" bump as the country becomes a content battleground for the global streaming wars. Now it has to keep delivering.
The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) issued a statement on the Delhi government’s shut down on cinemas amid the spike in Covid-19 cases following the emergence of the Omicron variant.
Triller's legal campaign against sites that allegedly streamed the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren boxing match last April has suffered another setback. Alleged pirate streaming site Online2LiveStream has been sued twice by the promotor but in common with the first dismissal, a court has thrown the second case out after Triller failed to comply with the court's orders.
A GitHub user who goes by the name "Widevinedump" has published several repositories that allow people to download HD video from popular streaming platforms, including Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix.
According to the IAMAI-Kantar ICUBE 2020 report, the number of active Internet users in India is expected to increase by 45% in the next five years and touch 900 million by 2025 from around 622 million in 2020. This increase will be driven by higher adoption in rural India, which has clocked a 13% growth to 299 million internet users, or 31% of India’s rural population, over the past year, the report said.