Global to local seems to be the key strategy of Netflix to spread its wings in India. 'Netflix and Chill' is the popular term across the OTT ecosystem but the number of Indian consumers chilling with Netflix's high-quality content dwarfs in comparison to users in other markets. However, it is adapting to Indian tastes and modifying its pure international content line-up. continue
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After Beauty and the Beast Broadway-style musicals in 2015 and 2016, Disney has rolled up its sleeves for another musical in Aladdin for an India production. BookMyShow (BMS) has exclusive rights for distributing this Disney hit and is also producing the show. continue reading...
The big-name mergers are getting bigger in value with Comcast dropping a bomb that it is ready to pay $31 billion to takeover Sky. Its offer was 16 per cent higher than that of rival 21st Century Fox that had wanted to acquire 61 per cent in Sky. continue reading...
Discovery Communications (Discovery) can finally heave a sigh of relief as the United States Department of Justice has closed its investigation into the company's proposed acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive (Scripps Networks). Back in 2017, the American mass media company agreed to purchase Scripps Networks in a deal valued at $14.6 billion. continue
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"Sattar minute, sattar minute hai tumhare paas ... shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas sattar minute ... (Seventy minutes, seventy minutes is what you have ... may be the most important seventy minutes of your life..)".
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Even though no Indian feature film has been selected for the 70th Festival de Cannes this year, an award-winning historic film biopic on the poignant life story of the last King of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh.
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