Amazon acquires movie giant MGM for $8.45B

Amazon on Wednesday announced to acquire movie giant MGM for $8.45 billion, at a time when the world's largest telecommunication company AT&T has announced to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery to create a new media giant that will compete with leading str

Senior journalist and anchor Jayanti Waghdhare to head Planet Marathi's social media

Planet Marathi has been the prime focus of attention in the Marathi entertainment space. Ever since the launch of Planet Marathi OTT - the world's first-ever exclusively Marathi OTT platform -- Marathi film and entertainment bigwigs have flocked to their

Telugu anchor, actor TNR passes away due to Covid

Well-known YouTube anchor, journalist and actor Thummala Narsimha Reddy on Monday passed away due to Covid-19.

Scarlett Johansson admits being wrong in hitting back at her critics

Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has admitted she was wrong in hitting back at critics of some of her past opinions, such has her defence of the role she essayed in"Ghost In A Shell".Â

BookMyShow rolls out streaming platform in India

Homegrown movie and events ticketing platform BookMyShow on Friday rolled out a transaction video-on-demand (TVOD) streaming platform in India that offers users the option to rent a movie for a finite duration or buy it for unlimited access.

Experts divided over regulation of OTT content in India

As calls for regulating content showed on the over-the-top (OTT) platforms grow stronger and with the government also reportedly examining regulations in foreign countries, experts have cautioned that pros and cons of such measures need to be evaluated pr

India to host Global Film Summit in 2021: Javadekar

India will host a Global Media and Film Summit next year and it will also set up a special pavilion at Cannes in 2022 on the occasion of Cannes Film Festival's 75 years celebrations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on We

Now, likes of Netflix & Amazon Prime under govt regulation

Now content providers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime are under the ambit of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, through an order. Online news portals have too been brought under it.

Suggest ways to improve reporting: Delhi HC tells news channels (Ld)

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued summonses to various media channels, including Times Now and Republic TV, on a petition filed by four Bollywood associations and 34 producers, and asked these outlets to come up with a "reasonable solution" for improv

Baba ka Dhaba video: People question Gaurav Wasan's 'edited' bank statement

YouTube blogger Gaurav Wasan, who had posted the Baba ka Dhaba video of an elderly couple running a dhaba in Malviya Nagar, Delhi, shared his bank statement after people accused him of online scam. However, netizens are yet to trust him.Â

BARC to pause ratings of news channels

Amid the ongoing TRP (Television Rating Point) scandal, Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) board is all set to review its current standards of measuring, and pause the rating of news channels with immediate effect.Â

AajTak to pay Rs 1L fine, air apology for broadcasting fake tweets about SSR

The News Broadcasting Standard Authority (NBSA) has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on AajTak and sought a public apology from the channel for telecasting fake tweets relating to late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

I'm non-smoker, teetotaller: Rakul Preet to Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting among others to file a status report by October 15 on steps taken to restrain media following actor Rakul Preet Singh's plea indicating harassment based on conjecture as

'Apologise with folded hands on TV': Shiv Sena to Arnab Goswami

Taking umbrage at "insults and humiliations" meted out during its debates on the issue of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, a Shiv Sena leader on Friday demanded that Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami should apologise with folded hands on TV or face c

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