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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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Topic: Netflix

Respected judges & ministers, policing Netflix won’t make us sanskari

It is as if our courts and govt, having rid the society of all other evils, have taken up the onerous task of cleansing it.

The meeting at which Netflix is said to have agreed to self-regulate in India

Netflix is said to have committed to look at global best practices and come up with a solution to self-regulate after meeting Modi govt officials.

After Amazon, Netflix said to have agreed to censor its content in India

Netflix has riled some sections in India with explicit violence & sex. But the firm says it has not agreed to censor its content.

In movie-mad India, it is Jeff Bezos vs Rupert Murdoch vs Netflix

As smartphone adoption surges, Indians are watching digital video content for an average of over 8 hours each week, which is more than TV.

Netflix to target India’s English speakers, experiment with price cuts

In India, Netflix is targeting the 100 million people who speak some English & earn enough to afford a video service like Netflix.

Netflix announces nine new Indian shows, including a prequel to Baahubali

Some estimates say that India has emerged as Netflix’s biggest market in Asia,  leaving Japan, its first Asian foray, far behind. 

Itna ras bhara…ahista ahista kholna & other cuts censor board wants in Nihalani film

Former CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani has moved Bombay High Court against the cuts, says the censor board doesn’t have the power to ask for them.

In pre-Netflix world, CID and two pegs of Bournvita is how we grew up

CID going off air after 21 years is like hearing of an aunt’s death who you’d thought died 10 years ago.

Netflix denies promoting movies and TV shows based on viewers’ race

Users have complained that Netflix is trying to manipulate them into watching programs by touting thumbnails that are the same race as the viewer.

Netflix, Amazon crowd out latecomers in the video streaming industry

With US market near saturation, growth even for giants like Netflix is likely to come from overseas.

On Camera

Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.