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What is a media company?

The media company, as we know it, however is dead

Has Covid-induced OTT boom been helpful for Indian cinema?

in their quest for capturing the untapped Indian audience, global OTT players have been acquiring content without paying much heed to the quality. How long can this last?

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

Prime members to get access to Amazon's game streaming service Luna

American multinational technology company Amazon will be opening up access to Luna, its game streaming service, for all Amazon Prime members on June 21 and 22 (Amazon Prime Day).According to The Verge, previously, for a test out of Luna, users had to request access or sign up from supported Fire TV devices. But now, for a limited time, mainland US Prime subscribers will be able to start a seven-day trial of Luna right away.Luna is currently available on Windows PC, Mac, Fire TV, and via the web on iPhone, iPad, and select Android phones. Its regular pricing is USD 5.99 a month for access to games including 'Control', 'GRID', and 'Metro Exodus'.Once a user has access to a Luna account, they can pay USD 14.99 a month for the Ubisoft Plus beta channel. As per The Verge, this grants access to a big range of Ubisoft games, including the latest titles from the 'Assassin's Creed', 'FarCry', and 'Watch Dogs' franchises.

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

Passing on your password? Online streaming services are past it

Many of us were taught to share as kids. Now streaming services ranging from Netflix to Amazon to Disney+ want us to stop.

Amazon Prime hits 200 million users globally, says CEO Jeff Bezos

Amazon Prime has reached a user base of 200 million, according to the outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos, which is an increase of over 50 million during the pandemic only

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

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

Amazon Prime Video to produce its first Bollywood movie in India

Prime Video will co-produce the film

Lucknow cops again summon Amazon Prime content head in Tandav series probe

The nine-episode web series had premiered on Amazon Prime on January 15

SC favours OTT regulations; asks Centre to place norms before it by Friday

The top court stressed that there should be some screening of shows and web series being telecast on such platforms

SC to hear anticipatory bail plea of Amazon Prime Video India head on Thurs

The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the plea of Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit

Amazon issues rare apology after complaints that series hurt Hindu beliefs

Amazon's Prime Video streaming service issued a rare apology to its Indian viewers for some scenes in its original political drama series "Tandav", which allegedly offended Hindu religious beliefs

Amazon issues rare apology in India over 'Tandav' portrayal of religion

In a statement titled "Amazon Prime Video Apologizes", the company on Tuesday said it deeply regrets viewers considered certain scenes to be objectionable

SC to hear Amazon Prime head's anticipatory bail plea over 'Tandav' row

Supreme Court will hear on March 3 an appeal filed by Amazon Prime's Commercial Head, Aparna Purohit against the Allahabad High Court order that denied her anticipatory bail

The self-regulation toolkit: OCC operators struggle for a fine balance

Arguments over a voluntary code for self-regulation intensify even as the prospect of government intervention looms

From Netflix to Amazon, OTT players finalise regulation rulebook

Code highlights two-stage grievance redress model

Tandav: Allahabad HC stays arrest of Amazon Prime Video's Aparna Purohit

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ordered no coercive action against Amazon Prime Video's India Originals head Aparna Purohit

SC declines protection from arrest to makers of web series Tandav, others

The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to grant interim protection from any coercive action to Ali Abbas Zafar, Director of web series ''Tandav'', and others seeking quashing of FIRs against them