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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Topic: Netflix

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.

Netflix plans to cut prices to cash in on boom in Indian viewers

Netflix is eyeing hundreds of millions of mobile phone subscribers in India as potential customers & plans shows in regional languages.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.