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Topic: Netflix

Netflix shares tumble as benefits from password-sharing crackdown to take time

Netflix shares recorded their second-worst day this year, losing nearly $18 billion in value, on Thursday. So far in 2023, the stock has gained about 48%.

Netflix ends password sharing in India, limits access to household members

The streaming giant is sending out emails to customers found to be sharing their Netflix accounts with people outside their households in India.

Govt urges streamers to conduct content checks over obscenity concerns

The meeting was attended by Amazon, Disney, Netflix, Reliance’s broadcast unit, Viacom18, and Apple TV. Govt asked to ensure that streaming content aligns with code of ethics.

Social Currency shows OTT’s marriage with content creation. Influencers have finally arrived

Netflix’s Social Currency is a pastiche of reality shows like Roadies, Splitsvilla, and Bigg Boss with bits of Fear Factor thrown in. But one aspect sets it apart.

Unlike Netflix, ZEE5 Global plays down concerns over password sharing

ZEE5 tops the list of Indian streaming companies in the United States, Middle East, Europe, and Australia with about 826,600 active users as per data from research firm App Annie.

Netflix has growing worries about its effects on South Korean market

With 60% of global users watching at least one title last year, calls are growing for govt to support locally funded projects and secure the rights for content.

Black Mirror was right about dark tech & future. Crypto to AI, we are already living in it

Though there is a strain of disquiet in all five episodes of Black Mirror’s latest season, none jolt the viewer out of complacency.

Never Have I Ever finally breaks Indian-American trope. Girls chasing boys, not just Princeton

Mindy Kaling, who peaked as Kelly Kapoor in The Office, has made it her life’s goal to push for Indian characters who live for success.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos to visit South Korea

Sarandos' upcoming visit comes about two months after the US streaming service announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea.

Hansal Mehta’s Scoop is a nod to journalists. It doesn’t exaggerate

Hansal Mehta's Netflix show is based on a book by former crime reporter Jigna Vora, Behind the Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.