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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

OTT: A case for a govt-industry joint governance model in India

Considering the quantum of content emerging and the number of players, it isn't possible for even the government to micro-regulate content

Video streaming giants, Bollywood worried about backlash in India

Amazon has decided to delay streaming a new season of a popular Hindi spy thriller, The Family Man, which was to release last month

Top headlines: PM Modi praises PLI scheme; Mamata to contest from Nandigram

Business Standard brings you top news of the evening

'There should be some screening of programmes,' says SC on OTT platforms

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that few over-the-top (OTT) platforms show some kind of pornographic content at times, and there should be a mechanism to screen such programmes. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to place before it the recent guidelines of the government to regulate social media platforms on Friday, when it would hear the plea of Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit challenging the Allahabad High Court order rejecting her anticipatory bail in connection with FIRs lodged against her over web series 'Tandav'. A balance has to be struck as some OTT platforms are also showing pornographic materials on their platforms, the bench, also comprising Justice R S Reddy, said. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Purohit, termed the case against her as shocking saying this woman is an employee of Amazon and she is neither a producer nor an actor but still she has been made an accused in around 10 cases relating to t

Govt won't appoint any member in self-regulating body: Javadekar to OTTs

Stressing on the need for self-regulation, Javadekar said that the government has done several rounds of consultation with the OTT players in the past.

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

Power to administer new digital media rules not with states, UTs: Centre

The Centre has told all states and union territories that the power to administer the new rules on digital media publications has not been delegated to them

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

Netflix India slate: Madhuri Dixit-starrer show, 'Delhi Crime' season two

Streaming platform Netflix on Wednesday unveiled a line-up of 15 original series

HC asks Amazon to take down film over actor's defamation case

The Bombay High Court has directed OTT platform Amazon to take down a Telugu movie