Video streaming platform Netflix on Tuesday reduced its monthly subscription rates by up to 60% in India. The streaming giant wants to woo Indian viewers amid growing competition in the OTT(over-the-top) space in the country.
Aloke Devichand joined Netflix in 2018 to build out the streamer’s first full slate of documentary originals from the vast and culturally diverse Asia-Pacific region.
Brought up in the U.K. by Indian parents, Devichand has been involved in factual TV across Asia for a decade and a half, putting in stints at broadcasters including Al Jazeera, CNN and the BCC, in cities including Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
The Television Academy has launched a review of its Interactive Media Peer Group, “to ensure both the peer group and the Academy are reflecting and representing the future evolution of the television industry.”
HBO won Television/Streaming Network of the Year, Warner Bros Pictures won Studio of the Year and Microsoft Studios/Xbox won Game Publisher of the Year on Tuesday at the Clio Entertainment awards.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) Joint Secretary Vikram Sahay has said that the digital entertainment sector has witnessed phenomenal growth and has been a source of direct and indirect employment, however, it is now the responsibility of everyone in the industry to ensure self-classification happens in right spirit under the Digital Media Ethics Code.
Twitter, the microblogging platform has introduced new video subtitles for its tweets that play automatically on a muted smartphone device and can be toggled to stay on even if the volume is turned up. This feature is now rolling out for both the Android and iOS platforms, and there are no special considerations or first OS to receive the part.
US-based OTT platform Netflix today announced that it will reduce the prices of various plans available to the user in India in an attempt to gain more subscribers.
Disney expressed confidence it will be able to renew its distribution deal with Google, in order to keep ABC stations, ESPN and a number of other networks on YouTube TV.
The 2019 Indian coming-of-age comedic drama “Chhichhore” is set to hit Chinese screens nationwide on Jan. 7, 2022. It will be the first Indian film to release in the world’s largest film market in two years following a bitter border dispute.
Here’s another TV distribution fight that is escalating — and could result in a blackout: Google is telling YouTube TV subscribers that its current contract for Disney’s suite of networks is due to expire this week and that they could be removed from the service.