Instagram testing full-screen version of feeds

Instagram testing full-screen version of feeds

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform, Instagram has begun testing a new full-screen version of the feed that is similar to TikTok. Meta's growing insistence on being more like TikTok has led to it borrowing a lot of features from the popular Chinese content hosting service, owned by ByteDance. The feed has been in...


Pitaara TV now available in USA on Dish and Sling TV

Pitaara TV now available in US on Dish, Sling TV

The world’s largest 24/7 Punjabi movies channel, Pitaara TV, has expanded its global network with a launch on Dish and Sling, the largest TV and online platforms in the United States.

For this launch, Pitaara TV has partnered with FYI Media Group, one of the leading South Asian conte...


Snap buys Netherland-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd

Snap testing new subscription service Snapchat+

Snap Inc, the parent company of photo messaging app Snapchat, is testing a new subscription service called Snapchat+ that would give subscribers access to exclusive and pre-release features, a Snap spokesperson has confirmed.

The subscription feature, which Snap said is being tested ...


Airtel launches Xstream Fiber in Ladakh, Andaman, and Nicobar Islands

Airtel launches Xstream fiber in Ladakh, Port Blair

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service, Airtel Xstream fiber, in Ladakh and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands. The company has become the first private internet service provider to roll out FTTH broadband services in these remote geographies, the company said in a st...


Viacom18 let go of IPL TV rights in favour of digital

Viacom18 let go of IPL TV rights in favour of digital

Mukesh Ambani’s group ultimately dropped the pursuit of television broadcast rights to India’s top cricket league that Walt Disney Co. secured for $3 billion as the Indian conglomerate saw limited opportunity for long-term profit from the legacy platform.

Viacom18, the joint venture ...


Pitaara TV strengthens its global footprint; launches on DistroTV in UK

Pitaara widens global footprint; launches on UK’s DistroTV

Chandigarh-based Pitaara TV, the world’s first 24/7 Punjabi movies channel, has expanded its footprints in the United Kingdom with a launch on DistroTV, the world’s largest, independent free ad-supported streaming television platform. With a significant presence across the diaspora markets of Canada and the UK, Pi...