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    How Big Tech is faring against US lawsuits and probes

    • 08.12.2021
    • Reuters

    Big Tech platforms have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the US federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing their power...

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    Quality of services to remain government’s focus area: K Rajaraman

    • 08.12.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    "Financial and digital inclusion are the core commitments of the government therefore rural connectivity and quality of services in rural and urban areas will continue to be a key focus area of the government," Department of Telecommunications (DoT) secretary K Rajaraman Wednesday said

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    India to provide affordable, sustainable technology enabled solutions to the world: PM Modi

    • 08.12.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    “From 5G technology to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cloud, internet of things and robotics, the world looks towards India with optimism to provide technology enabled solutions that are affordable and sustainable" PM said in his message which was read by Additional secretary Telecom Anita Praveen during the virtual event.

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    Amazon cloud outage hits Netflix, Robinhood other major websites, apps

    • 08.12.2021
    • Reuters

    A major outage disrupted Amazon's cloud services on Tuesday, temporarily knocking out streaming platforms Netflix and Disney+, a wide range of apps and Amazon.com

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    IN10 Media to premiere new shows on its broadcast, digital platforms

    • 08.12.2021
    • LiveMint

    Launching soon on TV are shows like Lakshya 1971 - Vayusena Ke Veer Yoddha, which deals with the contribution of the Air Force to the 1971 war and a four-part docu-series on the Indian Postal service titled India Post – Dhaage Jo Desh Jode

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    TV advertising globally forecasted to grow by 11.7% in 2021, as per the end-of-year report

    • 07.12.2021
    • indiantelevision.com

    GroupM has released its ‘This Year, Next Year’ global end-of-year forecast that shows a much faster expansion in the advertising industry than previously anticipated (driven primarily by growth in the US, UK, and China)

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    M&A: From Sony-Zee to WarnerMedia-Discovery, the big unions of media industry in 2021

    • 07.12.2021
    • exchange4media

    2021 was a quiet year for the media & entertainment (M&E) sector from a mergers & acquisitions (M&A) point of view until the Zee-Sony merger deal was announced on 22nd September. The impending merger between the two companies will create a media behemoth which will have combined revenues of $2 billion and over 25% market share in the broadcast space.

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    Viacom18 Studios plans return to big-ticket films

    • 07.12.2021
    • LiveMint

    Viacom18 Studios is looking to scale up investments in content along with its sister company Jio Studios with the aim to make 50 projects per year between the two, comprising feature films as well as content for streaming services

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    Pocket FM raises $22.4 million in Series B funding round

    • 07.12.2021
    • LiveMint

    The company will use the fresh capital to scale up its operations, further bolster its community of content creators, while increasing its presence across geographies. The company will also use the proceeds from the fundraise to invest in technology and improve recommendations for users.

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    View: Personal Data Protection Bill can seed uncertainty for businesses, reduce competitiveness

    • 07.12.2021
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Scattered with open-ended definitions over critical data and data localisation requirements, provisions under the current PDP Bill elevate uncertainty in companies business operations and reduce the competitiveness of Indian business

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