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From Netflix to Amazon, OTT players finalise regulation rulebook

Code highlights two-stage grievance redress model

Netflix-ication of print media? Publishers rediscover the reader

Monetising online readership, a deeper focus on content and getting revenue from the reader are ways to make the business future-proof, they say

Golden Globes 2021: 'The Crown', 'Schitt's Creek' lead TV contenders' list

It was a big day for streamer Netflix as it amassed 20 nominations across the TV categories with nods for the fourth season of "The Crown" and smash-hit series "The Queen's Gambit"

Wall Street closes at record highs as Netflix jumps, Biden inaugurated

Dow up 0.83%, S&P 500 up 1.39%, Nasdaq up 1.97%; FAANGs jump after Netflix results beat estimates

The push for pay - now or never

It is time to break the hegemony of advertising over news media; it is time to push for subscription revenues

End of Netflix's cash bonfires in sight as it nears turning profitable

Netflix stunned investors Tuesday by announcing that it's "very close" to becoming a true cash-flow-generating company and that it no longer needs to borrow to finance its day-to-day operations

Nasdaq hits record high at open as Netflix soars; Biden takes office

The Nasdaq Composite rose 145.4 points, or 1.10%, to an all-time high of 13342.548 at the opening bell

Netflix forecasts an end to borrowing for financing projects, shares surge

Netflix said it will explore returning excess cash to shareholders via share buybacks. It plans to maintain $10 billion to $15 billion in gross debt

Investors should rebalance exposure to US-focused funds; don't exit

Profits booked in these funds should be deployed in a diversified EM fund

'The Office' leads Nielsen streaming chart ahead of departure from Netflix

Famous sitcom 'The Office' got in hefty viewing on Netflix weeks before being shifted to its rival streamer Peacock

2020, the year that was: A gloomy picture for the entertainment industry

Decimation of film business, redrawing of the video map, and possible break-up of big tech firms could be dominant trends in 2021

Owning databases that we help build: Can it end capitalism as we know it?

Sacrificing some more of our freedom to eternal state surveillance could become a deal with a devil we're growing to know only too well

Bollywood, reeling from coronavirus pandemic, shifts to streaming

India's film industry, which relied on theatrical releases, is experimenting with going straight to streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix and Disney's Hotstar.

Netflix's Reed Hastings collects $225 million in stock sale

Hastings has collected enough cash in 2020 to produce all four seasons of "The Crown"

Being part of Amazon is Prime Video's biggest strength, and challenge

From convincing filmmakers to do shows for online, to having a slate with some of the best films and shows, Amazon Prime Video has come a long way since it came to India four years ago

Big Tech's big worries: Why are govts everywhere out to de-fang FAANG?

So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, writes T N Ninan

#MeToo trailer: Room 2806 reprises a scandal before the movement went global

The recently released Netflix docu-series reminds us of a scandal that anticipated, 6 years before #MeToo, many uncomfortable questions about powerful men and institutional biases against women

Fact or fiction? The Crown is both

The Crown must not become the definitive account of the Royals' lives: It can be used to question and criticise them, but definitely not judge them

Regulation of digital content: Propaganda or real news - what will be hit?

The video on making rotis? Or the sites offering false narratives of Indian history. Or will it be the ones that report real news, not propaganda? As the first building blocks of a regulatory architecture around digital news fall in place, a guessing game on what will be hit has begun. The final part of the series looks at online news, as a regulatory regime for online content is being put in place.

Star to play a pivotal role in helping Disney outshine Netflix in streaming

The array of product offerings is a bit messy, as is par for the course in streaming land