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War between OTT and telecom companies drives COAI to track data use

Confirming the move, S P Kochar, director general of COAI, said that the aim is to put the information in public domain for all stakeholders and also for the government

Netflix announces price hike on subscription plans in some markets: Details

The streaming platform may raise prices in other countries, including India, after hiking prices for basic and premium plans in US, UK, and France

OTTs vs telcos: Who will steal a march in 'Walled Garden' season 2?

As telecom companies and OTTs tussle over revenue-sharing for data usage, the jury is still out on who will prevail

How streaming platforms brought back women who ruled Bollywood in the 1990s

In their new innings, the queens of the 1990s are playing meatier roles far removed from their earlier screen image. And they are earning plaudits for their performance, not just looks or dance moves

Bhuvan Bam turns commentator for 'Takeshi's Castle' Indian reboot

Bhuvan Bam announced that he will be in a new role as a commentator in the Hindi-dubbed version of the famous Japanese game show, Takeshi's Castle. The show was earlier dubbed by Jaaved Jaffrey

COAI DG makes case for profit-sharing, says OTT using 5G without paying

Cellular Operators Association of India Director General S P Kochhar on Thursday made a case for sharing profit between OTT players and telecom companies for using 5G networks. "While telcos carry their traffic of voice and data, majority of the use of these networks is done by OTT players who load these networks with massive amounts of data which they carry to the end users. "They get it from content providers, put it on their platform and deliver it to the end users without paying anything to the network providers who have created the network for them to roll on," Kochhar said. OTT players, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5, SonyLIV have significant user base in India. He said over-the-top platforms benefit from the roll-out of advanced technologies like 5G. "It is like building a house and staying in one floor and other floors are given out on rent which are used by the tenant for commercial purposes but he doesn't pay the rent. "This is very silly. If I have built somethi

Bigg Boss OTT 2 Finale: Live streaming, predicted winner, votes and prize

Bigg Boss OTT 2 finale: Elvish Yadav who has received 800,99,975 votes is getting close competition from Abhishek Malhan, who got 600,98,365 votes. Watch the finale on the Jio Cinema app today at 9 pm

The Little Mermaid is set to release on OTT, check when and where to watch

The Little Mermaid was released on May 26 in theatres and garnered mixed reviews from the audience. The movie is set to release on OTT, check where and when you can watch the movie

Farzi, Citadel top OTT charts in first half of 2023: Ormax Media report

Netflix fares well with direct-to-OTT Hindi films, says Ormax Media report

Indian-origin Anjali Sud named CEO of Fox-owned Tubi streaming service

Indian-origin businesswoman Anjali Sud will be the new CEO of Tubi --Fox Corporation's free ad-supported TV streaming service-- succeeding its Founder and CEO, Farhad Massoudi. Sud's appointment, effective from September 1, was announced on Monday by the Fox-owned company, which recently became the most watched free ad-supported TV streaming service in the US. Sud, the outgoing CEO of video hosting, sharing, and services platform provider Vimeo, succeeds Massoudi, Tubi's Founder and CEO, a press release by the company said. Anjali is a highly accomplished executive in the technology and media industry with a passion and track record for strategic disruption and authentic leadership, said Paul Cheesbrough, CEO of Tubi Media Group. As Tubi continues to scale and solidify its momentum as the most watched free TV and movie streaming service in the US, she is the perfect candidate to lead Tubi into a new era of creativity, growth and market leadership, he said. Announcing her appointm

TRAI agreed to fresh talks on regulating OTTs after big DoT push: officials

The telecom authority regulator had earlier ruled out regulations for OTTs, now feels the need to bring together stakeholders, officials say

Film exhibitors to shut cinema for 2 days as movies release early on OTT

The Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK) on Tuesday announced they will close down cinema halls across the state on June 7 and 8 protesting against the early release of movies on OTT platforms. FEUOK's decision came after the producers of the movies, '2018' (2023) and 'Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum' (2023) which were running successfully in theatres, agreed to premiere the films on OTT platforms. "The movies, '2018', 'Pachuvum Adbhudha Vilkakkum', were running successfully in theatres. We have decided to mark our protest, against the early release of such movies on OTT platforms, by closing the cinema halls on June 7 and 8... "We have been repeatedly requesting the government to grant permission for OTT release of movies only after a stipulated period of time after its theatrical release," FEUOK president, K Vijayakumar said at a press meet here. He said the early release of movies will make it difficult for the theatre owners to run cinema halls. "We cannot run the

Amazon to distribute its original movies, TV shows on other sites

Amazon's move follows the company's $8.5 billion acquisition last year of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. film studio, home of James Bond and other franchises

Race for scale: HBO finds a home in India after deal with JioCinema

Does its deal with HBO mean that JioCinema is planning to go pay?

Unexpected rise of DD Freedish reflects linear TV is alive and growing

To get around the problem the agency checks the channel list every quarter to figure out the free channels' clients, such as ITC or J&J, that need small-town reach, could be advertising on

Netflix may report nearly 2 mn new subscribers owing to price cuts: Details

Netflix is expected to add 3.43 million subscribers in the April-June quarter, compared with 970,000 subscriber losses in the year-ago quarter

Delhi HC grants MeitY time to frame rules for content on OTT platforms

The Delhi high court listed the matter for the next hearing on April 25

JioCinema to start subscription model after IPL 2023; check details here

JioCinema drew more than 1.47 billion video views during the opening weekend of the IPL in April, and had 22 million viewers for a match on Wednesday

Will take action to stop vulgarity on OTT in the name of creativity: Thakur

Taking a tough stand on complaints against content on OTT platforms, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday said vulgarity and abusive language was not acceptable in the name of creativity. Addressing a press conference here, Thakur said the government had taken a serious view on complaints of vulgarity and abusive language in content on OTT platforms and will not hesitate to take tough action to stop this trend. "These platforms were given freedom for creativity and not for obscenity and when one crosses the limit, then hurling abuses in the name of creativity cannot be accepted at all," Thakur said. "If there is a need to change the rules, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will not hesitate. It will take tough action to stop vulgarity and abusive language," the minister said. In January, Thakur had batted for creative autonomy and said adequate safeguards were in place to monitor content on OTT platforms. "Creativity should not be reined in, it

Post-Disney+Hotstar exit, a quest for finding HBO's new home from March 31

The five-year Disney-HBO deal was up for renewal in March this year