Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal has said that the ministry has no information about the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) setting up a task force to monitor and regulate advertising on over-the-top (OTT) platforms.
The tech giants will need to balance subscriber acquisition with retaining existing customers to avoid losing subs. While most streaming services are still trying to scale up, a fresh challenge is emerging for companies hoping to be viable players in the market: large-scale churn.
The Walt Disney Company’s board of directors has named Susan Arnold, a 14-year member of the board, as its new chairman to succeed outgoing chair Bob Iger.
Arnold will begin as chairman of the board Dec. 31, after Iger leaves Disney at the end of the year.
Consumer data intelligence company Axis My India’s latest findings for the India Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) revealed that 27 per cent of people in the country watch OTT, with the majority of viewers being in the age group of 18-35. Hotstar is the preferred choice, followed by Amazon Prime, Netflix, Jio TV, and MX Player.
Information and Broadcasting (I&B) minister Anurag Thakur has said that public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has decided to phase out obsolete Analog Terrestrial TV (ATT) transmitters since DD Free Dish is offering a plethora of content without any cost to people across the country barring Andaman & Nicobar Island
NBCUniversal has launched its all-reality TV ad-free subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service in India called hayu. It has launched the direct-to-consumer (DTC) service on a full array of devices: mobile, tablet, laptop, connected TVs, and selected consoles
Meta, the newly-formed parent company of Facebook and its family of apps, on Wednesday said that it has removed over 18.8 million pieces of content in October on Facebook and Instagram in India, as it faces intense scrutiny over user data privacy.
The Indian government has confirmed that it has no plans yet to make tech giants Facebook and Google pay local publishers for news content. The response from the Indian government comes after the matter was brought up during the ongoing winter session of the Parliament.
Broadcasters had challenged the Bombay HC order in the apex court.
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