Viacom18’s leading kids’ entertainment franchise, Nickelodeon, continues to raise the bar while engaging with its young and discerning viewers. Elevating excitement levels for families across India, Nickelodeon, joins forces with Viacom18 Studios and Aamir Khan’s family entertainer Laal Singh Chaddha that releases on August 11th. The film is the endearing story of the determined Laal […]
India’s State Research Organisation (ISRO) earned a record $279 million (€273.7m) in valuable foreign exchange as a result of its rocket and space activity. Minister Jitendra Singh told parliament that ISRO had successfully launched 345 foreign satellites from 34 countries. ISRO works though a commercial division, New Space India, which looks after cash-generating activity for […]
House of Gaming, a next-generation technology firm aimed at developing esports in India through its three verticals, Indian Gaming League, Hefty Games, and GameGods, has partnered with Bluewheel Capital and Wharf Street Studios to bring Blockchain Gaming to the mainstream. The association’s goal is to build a reputation for the House of Gaming enterprise’s recent venture […]
Voot, the Viacom18-owned VoD platform in India says it has consistently worked towards amping up its efforts to entice its viewers across demographics. With its recent Kannada content slate announcement, comprising of shows and movies like ‘Humble Politician Nograj’, ‘Badava Rascal’, ‘Honeymoon’, ‘Dear Vikram’ etc., the platform has successfully amplified its regional content repertoire to […]
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) has taken action in 163 cases of private TV channels for violations of the country’s Programming Code over the past 3 years. The MIB says its actions have included advisories notices, warnings, apology scroll orders, and – in extreme cases – ruling that channels be taken off-air. The […]
Devas Multimedia won a $1.2 billion (€1.17bn) arbitration award in 2015, confirmed by a US Federal Court back in October 2020. The award was compensation for alleged illegal activity at India’s Antrix which was the commercial arm of India’s State Research Organisation (ISRO). The US District Court in Washington, on July 13th, insisted that the […]
The cost of a Crunchyroll Premium membership is decreasing in India as the subscription tiers shift to ₹79/month (€1) for its Fan subscription tier and ₹99/month for its Mega Fan tier subscription. The change also means that anime fans will now be charged in local currency. Crunchyroll says the price decrease will create consistency across […]
BT has revealed plans to grow its in-house Digital talent resource to 6,300 people, from 3,500 at the start of the financial year (April 1st 2022). The majority will be brought on board by April 2024. “Digital was founded to accelerate BT’s transformation, innovation and return to growth. To succeed, we need to bring in […]
The SVoD service revenue in India is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.5 per cent from $1.3 billion (€1.3bn) in 2021 to $2.7 billion in 2026, driven by solid growth in SVoD subscriptions and an increase in unique SVoD household penetration, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. […]
OneWeb says that an upcoming launch of batches of its satellites on Indian rockets will help speed the deployment of its broadband-by-satellite service in India. OneWeb, backed in part by Bharti Group and the UK government, admitted that its launch schedule had been impacted by the Russia-Ukraine war but hoped to recover some of the […]