Page 16 - Ott Platforms

Coffee with BS: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra on storytelling, India's OTT scene

With his latest him, Toofan, launched on OTT, Mehra says that the platform has given filmmakers and audiences a diverse range of viewing options but some movies are simply made for the big screen

CCI to launch study into film distribution, examine OTT impact on releases

CCI acknowledges that if two blockbusters are released together, they might not get a lot of business

IIHB OTT Survey: Pankaj Tripathi grabs top spot, Nawazuddin Siddiqui second

All the leading male actors on OTT were rated on more than 33 attributes, including confidence, unconventionality and versatility

Odia to Malayalam: Name a major Indian language and there's an OTT for it

As the market for watching drama and series online booms, all of India's diversity is getting play with more than 60 OTTs jostling for space

TCS enters strategic partnership with OTT streaming platform SonyLIV

TCS will enhance its core OTT platform to leverage AI and ML to provide personalised experiences to users. It will also help SonyLIV use data and insights to monetise content

New OTT audience tracking tools take centre stage in video streaming space

With billions of dollars spent every year on original programming--and movies now being launched via OTTs with theatres remaining shut--the need for audience measurement is stronger than ever

Steven Spielberg's production unit, Netflix ink blockbuster deal

Famed director, once seen as a critic of streaming service, signs multi-year deal to provide films for the platform

The rise of YouTube: Uploading many a dream to world's largest OTT

Google's YouTube has created an ecosystem that transcends entertainment, information or education

Indian Newspaper Society wants to be excluded from new IT rules

INS has said that news websites of traditional papers follow the same stringent guidelines for publication as followed by newspapers, and should be exempt from the new IT Rules

Centre gives digital media, OTTs 15 days to furnish details on compliance

The new digital media rules have asked for a three-tier grievance redressal for addressing problems of citizens

The collapse of Indian cinema

More than two-third of Indian cinema's revenues were wiped out last year

Scrapping of FCAT: Film industry gets another blow amid Covid-19 pandemic

The five-member statutory body set up in 1983 has for 37 years been the voice of reason that read badly worded CBFC orders and tried to create a middle ground where filmmakers and babus could meet

Auto-debit payments: RBI extends timeline for implementation of new rules

The new norms were supposed to kick in from April 1 but neither banks nor the other stakeholders in the ecosystem had readied their system

Leading private banks to cancel auto-debit payments from April 1

RBI to fine Rs 5 lakh per instance of lapse. Given that millions of bank customers use the auto-debit facility, banks were staring at hundreds of crores in fines

Localising of internet: A peek into state-wise consumption of online media

The report is an illustration of the axiom that media is the most local of all products

New rules on OTTs similar to strictures in Australia, Singapore, EU: Centre

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has submitted before the Supreme Court that the new IT regulations will keep a strong check on the content on OTT platforms

SC stays proceedings pending in HCs on pleas to regulate OTT platforms

The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed proceedings pending before several high courts across the country on pleas related to regulation of over-the-top (OTT) platforms

A regulatory trap for storytellers

Since streaming video had no constraints, it offered storytellers phenomenal creative freedom. That is what got in the viewers, got them to subscribe and kept them there

Streaming platform Netflix may soon crack down on password sharing

Netflix is rolling out alerts asking users to verify they are authorised to watch on the account to be able to keep watching

'Kamathipura' delayed as Disney+ Hotstar to adhere to new OTT guidelines

Disney+ Hotstar's upcoming series "Kamathipura" has been delayed as the streamer has decided to adhere to the new OTT guidelines