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Have you ever noticed that the people we meet unexpectedly are the ones who end up becoming such an important part of our lives? The lockdown put the brakes on social meetings but even in these tough times, we’ve managed to stay more connected than ever before, and streaming platform MX Player

Is Amazon shopping for Inox stake? Cinema chain denies reports

Amazon.com Inc.'s India arm is in talks with several domestic players in film and media distribution, including cinema chain Inox Leisure Ltd, for a potential stake, the Indian Express newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

Indian diversity catalyst for rich, dynamic stories: Prime Video’s Gaurav Gandhi

Indian language content not only has diversified viewership within India, but globally such content is also watched in 170 countries with international viewers accounting for 15-20 percent of total eyeballs, a top executive of Amazon Prime Video India has said.

Netflix anthology ‘Navarasa’ trailer out

The highly-anticipated trailer of Netflix’s Tamil anthology drama Navarasa has been released its trailer. The trailer is filled with emotions as the title itself, which doesn’t reveal much in terms of plot. The trailer opens with love, where Suriya delivers a classic

Netflix might be developing a live-action Pokemon series

A new ‘Pokemon’ series is said to be currently in early development at Netflix from ‘Lucifer’ creator Joe Henderson. According to ANI, as the project is still in its early days, no details are available about the plot. However, the sour...

HBO Max slated to release 10 Warner Bros films straight-to-streaming

Streaming service from AT& T’s WarnerMedia, HBO Max has finally deciding to release its full slate of 2021 Warner Bros. films on HBO Max under a hybrid streaming and theatrical model, as it seems WarnerMedia is prepared to continue using its

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Context as heard today has far-fetching implication for 'Indian media progression', as the two sides have finally one interest to deliver "better content generated by one side of Channel entities", while at the other end, the respected Regulator feels "obliged to keep the Price-line for Customer protection"; its the epic battle of perception - where the risk-factor is clear, that optimal pricing pattern may force inferior content to be delivered and that may lead to lower customer satisfaction to reject in the long run. Multiple expression from TRAI read regularly about hem keenly pushing the larger factor of customer interest as obligation by Parliamentary charter in most competitive market-place, as its emerging now, looks to many including me as somewhat like paradox; it may easily prove couner-productive and the enthusiasm from Content-trade may get watered down and the business economics may fail, without getting into the details of actual contesting outlook or the valued opinion expressed in the said session as they are the final authority for balancing these sensitive factors, without taking either side but effectively catalysing the dynamics, during such verdict, which would be further contested in near future, at superior forum of appeal...

Amit Dev, Media Advisor

“India lives in several centuries at the same time, Content is king…distribution is god…that play of god and king will continue but differentiation of content will play a critical part in decision making.”

Megha Tata, South Asia MD, Discovery Communications

“Backed by our network’s longstanding legacy of journalistic independence, credibility, and high standards of ethical journalism, we were always confident that ABP Nadu would be successful in connecting meaningfully with the Tamilars. But the fact that it has started garnering these numbers in justtwo weeks since its launch - is a moment of immense pride for all of us. Our entire team has worked dedicatedly towards ensuring that the viewers’ get the most-accurate predictions and the most credible election coverage on all platforms of ABP. I’m happy to see that Tamil viewers, too, have so much faith in ourcontent.”

Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network said

“GTPL Hathway consistently delivered on key KPIs, despite lockdown and restrictions in FY21. The highlight of FY21 was the growth in subscription revenues for both CATV and broadband business, strong profitability, net-debt free status, geographical expansion, healthy balance sheet and improved return ratios.”