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India ramps up rocket launch capability

India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is identifying its programme of tasks to be carried out in 2022 and what steps can be taken to increase the number of satellite launches and its manufacturing. According to Sreedhara Somanath, Chairman of ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, new rockets coming on stream during this year include three […]

March 16, 2022By Chris Forrester

ViewLift announces new sales director and entertainment customer

ViewLift, a global player in end-to-end streaming and OTT solutions, has announced the addition of Manish Manwani as sales director to oversee strategic outreach in India. Additionally, the company announced its new customer, Oho Gujarati, the first VoD entertainment platform dedicated to Gujarati content. The platform selected ViewLift to modernise and scale its existing platform […]

March 16, 2022

Report: India sees highest growth in mobile data

Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) report 2022 reveals that with the Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 53 per cent over the last five years, India has one of the highest data usage in the world. The growing number of data users and consumption per user is helping the country advance towards realising the […]

March 15, 2022

Probellum signs Discovery deal

Probellum, the newly formed boxing promotion, has announced a multi-fight agreement with Discovery Sports. The partnership starts with back-to-back events on March 18th and 19th with Discovery Sports set to broadcast the two Probellum Evolution shows through Eurosport’s linear channels, discovery+ and Eurosport App to homes across 62 markets and territories in Europe and the […]

March 14, 2022

Viacom18’s Youth, Music and English Entertainment announces plans

Catering to India’s dynamic young audience, Viacom18’s Youth, Music and English Entertainment (YME) cluster comprising MTV, MTV Beats, Comedy Central, Colors Infinity and Vh1 has been on a steady growth path. Entertaining its audience with engaging programming and exciting innovations throughout the year, Viacom18’s Youth Music and English Entertainment cluster, unveils its content plans for […]

March 10, 2022

BAFTA unveils Breakthrough India participants for 2022

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has unveiled ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, games and television industries that will participate in the ‘BAFTA Breakthrough India’ initiative supported by Netflix. The ten names were selected by an eminent jury consisting of industry experts including AR Rahman, Apurva Asrani, Anupam Kher, […]

March 9, 2022

Indian Super League chooses Tellyo

The Hero Indian Super League, India’s top tier football league, has turned to Tellyo and the Tellyo Pro solution to help optimise their social media content strategy. “We needed a robust, efficient and cost effective media solution that would allow us to facilitate the dissemination of our match content across different social media platforms quickly,” […]

March 8, 2022

Disney+ confirms ad-supported option

Following strong speculation that such a move was imminent, streaming service Disney+ will expand its offerings for consumers by introducing an ad-supported subscription in addition to its option without ads, beginning in the US in late 2022, with plans to expand internationally in 2023. “Expanding access to Disney+ to a broader audience at a lower […]

March 4, 2022

Filmzie adds curated slate of LGBTQ+ content

Filmzie, the free film streaming and social platform, has added a curated catalogue of feature length and short films around LGBTQ+ stories and directors. The slate includes Gwenn Joyaux’s multi award winning film Tomorrow Island, an atmospheric love story set in the arctic circle at the dawn of the Cold War. The film follows a […]

March 1, 2022

Dell, Voot partner to present Dell XPS Youniverse Creators

Dell Technologies and Voot, the subscription video on demand and OTT streaming service owned by Viacom 18 are coming together to launch Dell XPS Youniverse Creators. The show will focus on creators, who excel in various art forms, coming together in a Creative Residency to collaborate and create masterpieces using the Dell XPS. The aim […]

February 28, 2022