The United Arab Emirates announced on Sunday that it will no longer censor films released in cinemas, the country's latest effort to boost its brand as a liberal hub attractive to foreigners.
Industry representatives have raised concerns on certain recommendations of the parliamentary committee on data protection bill, including those around inclusion of non-personal data and expanded data localisation mandates, and said these will harm people's rights and impact businesses.
The app-based streaming service Sling TV has announced plans to continue expanding its South Asian offering with the addition of video streaming platform - Eros Now. Following the launch, Sling’s international subscribers will have access to Eros Now’s over 1,500 titles - including top web originals and films. The Eros Now library on Sling will continue to grow over.
There were 1,923 original series in 2021 released on broadcast TV, cable and streaming services, a new record high driven by the continued launch of streaming platforms like Discovery+ and expansions including Paramount+.
According to union organizers and observers, the pandemic, streaming and corporate consolidation collided in 2021 to supercharge the activist playbook — and this is only the beginning.
YouTube TV has lost ABC, ESPN and multiple other Disney-owned channels after the two companies failed to reach a contract on Friday evening.
As a result, YouTube will be decreasing the monthly price of its TV streaming platform from $64.99 to $49.99 due to the loss of 25 channels, which include the FX networks, Freeform, the Disney channels, the National Geographic channels and eight local ABC stations.
Streaming copyright protected content on UGC platforms without permission can be a recipe for disaster. Certainly, popular music and movies present a serious risk of copyright strikes but thanks to a new tool called Tenami, it is now possible for Twitch users to 'stream' Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max content and more, without incurring the wrath of the DMCA gods.
Truecaller has launched its fifth edition of the annual Global Spam Report - a detailed, global study on how spam and scam affects all of us. The report, like the previous years, lists the Top 20 Countries Affected by Spam Calls in 2021 and is available for everyone to read on the Truecaller official blog.
Total TV viewing on broadcast, cable and streaming rose by 5% in November, thanks to time away from daily routines and the Thanksgiving holiday, which inspired consumers more time with TV, according to Nielsen's The Gauge monthly snapshot of total TV viewing.
The Biden administration on Friday recommended Alphabet's Google and Facebook parent Meta get permission to use an undersea cable system to handle growing internet traffic with Asia.