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Explained: How the monitoring tool works to identify online pirated content

Intelligent tools are being deployed to detect content pirated from streaming platforms

Amazon India launches new free video streaming service miniTV

Currently available for Android, miniTV will be extended to iOS app and mobile web over the coming months.

After pandemic-boom, Netflix logs worst 1st quarter in eight years

Adds 1 million new customers, against projections of 4.44 million by analysts

Best of BS Opinion: The right policy cart, bond standoff, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Free for viewers, streaming service Jungo+ launches for select Indian users

Unlike other services, it isn't targeting mass audience, will cater to those with interests in areas it calls passion and ethnocentric like K-Pop, health and wellness, e-sports and mixed martial arts

Tandav FIRs: Supreme Court says freedom of speech not absolute

The SC was hearing pleas seeking stay on FIRs against actors and producers of Tandav web series on Amazon Prime

SC to hear pleas of 'Tandav' Director, others seeking quashing of FIRs

The Supreme Court is set to hear the pleas on Wednesday

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

Tandav row: FIR filed against director, Amazon's India head of content

BSP President Mayawati, meanwhile, called for removing the objectionable content from the web series

Most Indian respondents ready to pay more for entertainment content: Study

As per the survey, 96 per cent Indians say they plan to upgrade their entertainment equipment in the next six months

Streaming platforms, digital news to be monitored by I&B Ministry

Content guidelines could be framed next, media experts say

I&B ministry proposes to bring content on OTT platforms under its purview

As movie halls are also closed due to lockdown, several production houses have released their movie directly on OTT, bypassing theatrical releases

BookMyShow checks in to India's crowded streaming party with live events

Sunburn Home Festival, the virtual edition of the electronic dance music festival, is among the first events BookMyShow Online will stream live.

Mi Box 4K: This affordable device adds smart experience to boring screens

How does the Mi Box 4K fare in comparison to other streaming devices, and which one is the best pick? Let's find out

Squabble for the silver screen

The skirmish between studios and theatre owners over releasing films online is an aberration. Theatres are not going anywhere

Amazon Prime Video to premiere 7 Indian films; theatre owners miffed

The movies will premiere exclusively on Prime Video over the next three months and will be available in 200 countries and territories worldwide

Online streaming traffic sees 55% overall surge amid lockdown, says report

There was an overall traffic increase of 73 per cent on weekdays and 65 per cent on weekends, said the 'State of Internet Traffic Trend' report by ACT Fibernet

Covid-19: Netflix to reduce traffic on networks to mitigate congestion

Companies like Amazon Prime Video are also temporarily lowering bit rates - a measure of how much data is being transferred - to ease pressure on telecom network infrastructure

Hotstar's Disney Plus roll-out in India on hold amid coronavirus scare

Some of the Disney Plus content that became available to Hotstar users ahead of the streaming service's launch in India on March 29, are no longer available on the app

Disney+ now available on Hotstar; no changes in subscription plans

Most of the Disney titles are available in English and a few Indian languages like Hindu, Tamil, Telugu, etc