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Planetcast opens content production facility in Mumbai  

Planetcast media services, a global player in digital media technology has launched a content production facility in Mumbai to offer content services to the film industry, production houses and the all the media content-intensive industries. Planetcast aims to offer services across the media value chain through its Mumbai facility to India, Middle East, and Southeast […]

July 19, 2021

Voot orders Poker Mantra docu-series

Indian AVoD platform, Voot, has partnered with Poker Sports League to launch an exclusive poker docu-series in India – Poker Mantra presented by Pocket52. Sidharth Mishra, Co-Founder and CMO of Minds Sports League, commented: “The five-part docu-reality series, Poker Mantra directed by Sreetama Ray will take the viewers through the story of Poker in India, […]

July 15, 2021

Starlink to use India for antenna production

Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband by satellite service is planning to use Indian manufacturers to build its customer antenna and user modems and terminal devices. Starlink is expected to launch in India in 2022. “SpaceX is excited to find ways to work together with the Indian industry for manufacturing products for its Starlink devices,” said Matt […]

July 14, 2021By Chris Forrester

YuppTV launches SonyLIV in international markets

YuppTV, the OTT platform for South Asian content, has launched SonyLIV in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Middle East and Europe. SonyLIV offers an assortment of VoD content including SonyLIV premium Originals, TV shows and movies in multiple languages, including Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali along with Hindi dubbed South Indian content. Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of YuppTV, […]

July 12, 2021

Viacom18 to launch Bigg Boss first on VOOT

India’s Viacom18 has announced it will launch its marquee entertainment property, Bigg Boss, first on VOOT for 6 weeks. Christened Bigg Boss OTT will premiere in August 2021 with unprecedented access, engagement, and interactivity empowering viewers to immerse themselves in the journey of contestants in the Bigg Boss house.  In addition to the 1-hour episode […]

July 9, 2021

OneWeb seeks to halve terminal costs

Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises and now a major investor in mega-constellation OneWeb, said the satellite operator was in talks with Sasken Technologies, as well as a division of India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in order to reduce the costs of the antenna terminal. OneWeb is building out its satellites and plans to launch […]

July 6, 2021

India upholds TRAI tariffs

India’s High Court says the government’s changes to TV ‘a la carte’ channel tariffs are fair, although it has ruled against some of the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) proposals. The TRAI proposals were mooted in January last year but faced numerous objections. The Bombay High Court ruled that the TRAI, in its new levy, could […]

July 6, 2021By Chris Forrester

Viacom18 brings La Liga to India

Viacom18 Media, the Indian media conglomerate, has announced a deal with La Liga to bring the Spanish Football League exclusively to the Indian sub-continent for the next 3 years. Enabled and supported by Rise Worldwide, La Liga will air exclusively on MTV in India, along with select national and regional network channels and live-streamed on […]

July 5, 2021

MTG acquires PlaySimple

Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced the acquisition of 100 per cent of PlaySimple, a mobile word games developer from India. PlaySimple is a rapidly growing, profitable business and one of the global leaders in the attractive mobile word games genre. The up-front consideration amounts to approximately SEK 3,090 million(€304m) on a cash and debt […]

July 2, 2021

India: MediaMath, Airtel ad tech partnership

MediaMath, the independent advertising technology company for brands and agencies, has announced a collaboration for ad tech with Airtel, an Indian communications solutions provider. MediaMath says the partnership demonstrates its commitment to its expanded footprint in India through partnerships with best-in-class providers, following recently announced collaborations with Disney Hotstar and Flipkart. “With Airtel Ads, we […]

June 30, 2021