Kristen Finney to lead Disney’s global content curation div

Kristen Finney to lead Disney’s global content curation div

Walt Disney Co. has said Kristen Finney will lead content curation for the media giant's international division that is pushing to make more regional content for streaming.

As executive vice president, Finney will work on building a team to track and evaluate "content needs and appro...


Apple to raise App Store prices in some markets; spares India

Apple to introduce `Lockdown Mode’ against hacking

Apple Inc. has said it plans to release a new feature called "Lockdown Mode" this fall that aims to add a new layer of protection for human rights advocates, political dissidents and other targets of sophisticated hacking attacks. The move comes after at least two Israeli firms have exploited flaws in Apple's software to remotely break into i...


Aaj Tak tops Hindi news channels with 16% GRP over 24 hours

Aaj Tak tops Hindi news channels with 16% GRP over 24 hours

Aaj Tak, the Hindi news channel from the India Today Group, has emerged as the top channel with 16.2 GRP and share percentage of  12.6 in the BARC Week26 of 2022.

Aaj Tak is closely followed by India TV, News18 India and Republic Bharat with 16 per cent, 14.5 percent and 14.3 percent...


Twitter engineer fired for helping colleagues

Twitter tests new customised timelines

Microblogging site Twitter is testing a new method to customise timelines that will display content curated by it or third-party sources. The test is currently only available on the web to a small number of users in the US and Canada. Twitter's Lists feature currently provides alternative timelines that allow t...


Google

Google announces startup school in India

Google has announced a startup school India aimed at enabling 10,000 startups in tier 2 and tier 3 cities to understand the dynamics of entrepreneurship The nine-week program delivered virtually, will feature fireside chats between Google leaders and trailblazing collaborators from across the startup ecosystem spanning fintech, D2C, B2B, and ...


MIB warns FM radio ops on carriage of public service messages

MIB warns FM radio ops on carriage of public service messages

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has warned private FM radio operators that failure to air public service information, issued by the government, is a breach of agreement terms and would attract penalties.

Pointing out that the agreement with MIB stipoulates FM opera...