DELHI: At 1 AM, 23-year-old Priya Sharma is glued to her phone, bingeing a revenge thriller in 90-second episodes. She is far from alone. Over 80...
DELHI: India’s subscription economy is learning to move at thumb speed. As UPI cements itself as the country’s default way to pay, ChanaJor OTT is leaning...
MUMBAI: It is no secret that family is one of the strongest factors driving consumer decision making in India. The modern Indian household is no longer...
India’s television industry has moved beyond the survival debate into a leadership phase defined by convergence. Written by Zee Entertainment Enterprises chief revenue officer Laxmi Shetty, it explores the rise...
CHENNAI: The lights dimmed 1,460 times across India in 2025, and audiences showed up in force. Indian cinema did not just survive the year, it thrived,...
MUMBAI: 2025 will be remembered as the year India’s OTT industry stopped chasing scale for its own sake and began reckoning with how audiences actually consume...
MUMBAI: India’s media and entertainment industry has emerged from disruption into a phase of reinvention in 2025, as storytelling adapts across screens and technology redraws how...
INDIA: The Centre has strengthened its rules to make online spaces safer for children, especially on OTT platforms. In the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for...
HYDERABAD: Yupp Video Services (YVS), YuppTV’s B2B technology arm and a global leader in white-label OTT platforms and streaming solutions, is proud to announce its strategic...
CHENNAI: JioHotstar threw open the chequebook and rolled out the red carpet on 9th December, pledging Rs 4,000 crore over five years to supercharge southern India’s...
MUMBAI: India’s sports and media ecosystem is having a blockbuster year, but behind the flashy scoreboards lie silent battles for talent, revenue stability and technological readiness....
DELHI: India’s big broadcast rulebook reboot has crossed a crucial milestone. The government has completed stakeholder consultations on the Draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023, paving...
BENGALURU: ACT Fibernet has overhauled its broadband plans across all 30+ cities, aiming to put speed, streaming and smarter connectivity firmly in the hands of users....
MUMBAI: While the world’s entertainment industry trudges along at a modest pace, India’s is positively sprinting. The country’s entertainment and media (E&M) sector is projected to...
PARIS: Xilam Animation is taking on the streaming giants—or at least carving out its own small corner of the kids’ entertainment universe. The Oscar-nominated French animation...
GOA: Prime Video clinched a major win at the 56th International Film Festival of India in Goa, with Bandish Bandits season two bagging the Best Web...
MUMBAI: Moviemaking may once have begun with a camera, but at IFFI this week, the consensus seemed clear: in the age of artificial intelligence, all you...
MUMBAI: Every evening, millions of living rooms around the globe glow with the familiar light of a television screen. For decades, this box—once bulky and wooden,...
MUMBAI: At Ficci Frames’ silver jubilee edition, a candid panel discussion between Applause Entertainment managing director Sameer Nair and India Today senior editor and anchor Akshita...
NEW DELHI: India’s streaming platforms face a shake-up. The ministry of information and broadcasting has issued draft guidelines forcing OTT services to make their content accessible...
India has long been among the world’s biggest film markets in terms of ticket sales, number of films produced, and theatre infrastructure. Over the past decade,...
MUMBAI: Atrangii and Hari Om OTT have recruited Vidyuth Bhandary as executive vice-president for content and studios, as the streaming platforms gear up for an aggressive...
MUMBAI: The daughter of a streaming aggregator boss has just delivered a performance to remember. Vanshi Mudaliar, the 12-year-old daughter of Avinash Mudaliar, co-founder and chief...
MUMBAI: The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has cheered the ministry of information and broadcasting’s (MIB’s) decision to set up a dedicated task force...
MUMBAI: Ormax Media has unveiled Ormax Sports Track, a syndicated research tool that measures how well sports tournaments perform among India’s digital audience. The Mumbai-based media...
MUMBAI: The Indian government has turned up the heat on shady OTT platforms. In a sweeping regulatory crackdown, the ministry of information & broadcasting (MIB) has...
MUMBAI: Jump scares, script flips and streaming hits, if there’s one thing Indian content creators agree on, it’s that the lines between genres are getting as...
NEW DELHI: India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the Handball Association of India (HAI) to produce and beam all...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms is flipping its script. In a year marked by a strategic overhaul, the Ekta Kapoor-backed entertainment house has declared a decisive pivot from...
BENGALURU: Bharath C.S.., a seasoned creative director with over two decades of experience in content creation and digital production, has been appointed as the new content...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has received the green light from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, for its Composite Scheme of Arrangement that merges its wholly...
MUMBAI — Azim Lalani, the digital maverick who’s seen it all from India Today to Fanory, (a career of more than a score years) has now...
NEW DELHI: India’s cable TV industry is on the ropes, reeling from a perfect storm of digital disruption, regulatory overkill, and changing viewer habits. A blistering...
MUMBAI: India TV, the erstwhile broadcasting juggernaut, has curtailed its dependence on conventional linearity, launching its brand-spanking-new India TV OTT App. This isn’t just another streaming...
MUMBAI: It’s official, Criminal Justice: A Family Matter has taken the law into its own hands… and the top spot on India’s OTT charts. According to...
MUMBAI: Stuck in scroll purgatory again? RunnTV says it’s time to run from decision fatigue and straight into effortless binge mode. In a world where OTT...
MUMBAI: While the Motion Pictures Association (MPA) loves pointing fingers at India for its piracy woes, they may want to swivel their gaze towards Europe. New...
Hackensack, NJ: LiveU, the global leader in live IP-video contribution, production and distribution solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Actus Digital’s business and technology,...
MUMBAI: The supreme court on Monday fired a warning shot across the bows of the government, streaming giants, and social media platforms, flagging the unchecked spread...
MUMBAI: JioStar is scripting a blockbuster success story, delivering a knockout performance since its merger launch on 14 November 2024. The entertainment juggernaut reported gross revenues...
MUMBAI: Lights, camera, transformation! The entertainment industry is in the midst of a plot twist as digital platforms rewrite the rules of audience engagement. At FICCI...
MUMBAI: Ever felt like finding the right show to watch is harder than choosing what to eat for dinner? Media Distillery has heard the struggle and...
MUMBAI: Tamil Nadu’s media and entertainment industry took centre stage as deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and cinematic legend Kamal Haasan inaugurated the FICCI MEBC South...
MUMBAI: Sun TV Network, once the prime-time champion of regional television, is now facing more reruns than fresh hits. The third quarter of FY25 has been...
MUMBAI: In a major move within the OTT industry, Archita Jasani has been appointed as vice president – strategic growth & partnerships at Jojo App, a...
A dependable and fast internet connection is a necessity nowadays. As smart devices increasingly dominate our lives and high-speed internet fuels activities from gaming to streaming,...
MUMBAI: Was Hungama fashionably late to the OTT party, or are they about to crash it in style? With competitors already miles ahead, it’s time to...
MUMBAI: Not too long ago, TV lovers had two choices—pay up for endless subscriptions or rely on old-school cable. But just when you thought you were...
MUMBAI: FanCode has officially made history. Crowned India’s most-downloaded sports app and ranked ninth globally, it continues to redefine how fans experience sports, as per the...
MUMBAI: Tata Sons, the promoter of The Tata group, is seeking to own a larger slice of its distribution platform operator Tata Play. It has sought...