Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply (starred question) in the Rajya Sabha, also stated the ministry has taken note of reports based on a whistleblower's statements about Facebook and its alleged role in circulation of hate speech, fake news and misinformation.
The popularity of online curated content (OCC) services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar and others has been growing in India with 148 million Indians having subscribed to these platforms in 2020.
New research published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office shows that, despite the pandemic, piracy site visits continue to fall. This trend is visible for movies, TV shows, and music, with the latter showing the sharpest drop. Income level and inequality appear to be major piracy drivers, but there's a major caveat as well.
The Centre is implementing an ambitious program for mobile privacy and security which would alert citizens to the vulnerabilities present in their mobile phones and applications installed on it, National Cyber security Coordinator, Lt. General (Retd) Rajesh Pant.
The Madras High Court has directed the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) not to take coercive action against Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF) and its members for non-implementation of Part III of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 and Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021.
No shocker here: For Twitter users, it was a green light for “Squid Game,” the massive global hit that became Netflix’s biggest TV show in its initial release. The Korean drama was the No. 1 most-tweeted about television show of the year.
It’s another case of the streaming wars making strange bedfellows: Comcast announced that starting today, Google’s YouTube TV is now available on Xfinity Flex, the cable giant’s video platform for broadband-only customers.
Pirated copies of Japan's Oscar contender “Drive my Car" appeared online over the past few hours. The critically acclaimed film may very well be the first Oscar screener to leak after physical copies were banned by the Academy. At the same time, the pirate release group "OSCAR" comes with an interesting angle too.
Manga fans are responding with anger and disbelief after Toei Animation filed 150+ copyright takedowns against Totally Not Mark, decimating his YouTube channel and putting the popular reviewer's livelihood in jeopardy. As cries of 'fair use' echo around the internet, it's worth highlighting how YouTubers sit on a knife-edge when it comes to Content ID.
NBCUniversal recently launched DreamWorks and E! in India through a multi-year partnership with telecom giant Reliance Jio. Christine Fellowes, Managing Director, NBCUniversal International Networks& DTC, Asia Pacific, spoke to exchange4media about the company's expansion strategy for the Indian market.