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Topic: Netflix

Netflix expands password sharing crackdown around the world

The streaming platform has been looking for new ways to make money as it faces signs of market saturation, with efforts including limits on password borrowing & a new ad-supported option.

JioCinema unveils premium pricing of Rs 999 to fight global rivals Netflix, Disney

The move comes weeks after Reliance's Viacom18 struck a content deal with Warner Bros.

IT department looking to tax Netflix’s India operations, reports ET

The move is the first time India will tax overseas digital companies providing electronic commerce services to consumers, the report said.

Eken Babu to Nenu Super Woman—Regional OTT universe is bigger, buzzier than Netflix, Amazon

The future is hyperlocal, and for Indian regional OTT apps such as Hoichoi, Aha and Koode are quickly catching up in terms of content and viewership.

Indian Matchmaking isn’t worth the hate-watch anymore. Sima Aunty is stuck on ‘compromise’

Netflix is milking India Matchmaking for all it’s worth but it’s no longer entertaining.

No more red envelopes: Netflix to end DVD-by-mail business

The company said its DVD rental business had been shrinking and it will not be able to continue to offer quality service. Netflix will ship the last discs on 29 Sept.

Netflix restructures film group to increase output ensuring quality content, reports Bloomberg

As part of restructuring, the video streaming service will combine small and midsize picture productions units, resulting in a few job cuts, the report said.

Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga is just short of being the most botched-up heist thriller ever made

What disappoints the most is how the Ajay Singh directorial wastes away actors Sharad Kelkar and Indraneil Sengupta in its hurried plot.

SpaceX, Netflix, Boeing to join ‘biggest-ever’ US business mission to Vietnam next week

The delegation is a sign of rising interest in the global manufacturing hub, which is benefiting from a shift away from China amid Sino-US trade friction.

You think Netflix’s Class gets caste right? No, it just caters to urban woke gaze

In Netflix’s Class, stereotypes are grossly sketched in the personalities of Dalit protagonists.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?