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'The Office' leads Nielsen streaming chart ahead of departure from Netflix

Famous sitcom 'The Office' got in hefty viewing on Netflix weeks before being shifted to its rival streamer Peacock

2020, the year that was: A gloomy picture for the entertainment industry

Decimation of film business, redrawing of the video map, and possible break-up of big tech firms could be dominant trends in 2021

Owning databases that we help build: Can it end capitalism as we know it?

Sacrificing some more of our freedom to eternal state surveillance could become a deal with a devil we're growing to know only too well

Bollywood, reeling from coronavirus pandemic, shifts to streaming

India's film industry, which relied on theatrical releases, is experimenting with going straight to streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix and Disney's Hotstar.

Netflix's Reed Hastings collects $225 million in stock sale

Hastings has collected enough cash in 2020 to produce all four seasons of "The Crown"

Being part of Amazon is Prime Video's biggest strength, and challenge

From convincing filmmakers to do shows for online, to having a slate with some of the best films and shows, Amazon Prime Video has come a long way since it came to India four years ago

Big Tech's big worries: Why are govts everywhere out to de-fang FAANG?

So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, writes T N Ninan

#MeToo trailer: Room 2806 reprises a scandal before the movement went global

The recently released Netflix docu-series reminds us of a scandal that anticipated, 6 years before #MeToo, many uncomfortable questions about powerful men and institutional biases against women

Fact or fiction? The Crown is both

The Crown must not become the definitive account of the Royals' lives: It can be used to question and criticise them, but definitely not judge them

Regulation of digital content: Propaganda or real news - what will be hit?

Star to play a pivotal role in helping Disney outshine Netflix in streaming

The array of product offerings is a bit messy, as is par for the course in streaming land

Code red, primal fear & outsider: 3 regulatory challenges for OTT platforms

IAF objects to Anil Kapoor-starrer Netflix film scenes, asks for withdrawal

The film, a mockumentary featuring Anil Kapoor playing an actor depicting an officer and director Anurag Kashyap, is scheduled to be released on Netflix later this month

Top 10 Indian Web Series of 2020: Perfect to binge watch this weekend?

The bogey of content regulation

On November 9, the Cabinet Secretariat issued a notification that brings digital and online media within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Characteristics of bubbles

There is no reason why the potential bubble in tech stocks will pop anytime soon

Counting every move

Technology has brought change to tennis, cricket, golf, pole vaulting, football, running, you name it. But the change has rarely been so complete, and so near-instantaneous as in chess

Netflix to host StreamFest in India; free viewing on December 5-6 weekend

US-based content streaming platform Netflix on Friday said it will host 'StreamFest' in India on December 5-6 that will allow non-subscribers to experience the service for free

Serial entertainers

Literary fandom in East Asia is certainly of a different, and usually more intense, quality than elsewhere

Apple to slash App Store developer fee by half to 15% from Jan 1, 2021

Apple has faced ongoing scrutiny from government regulators and criticism from developers about the percentage of revenue it takes for App Store purchases