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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicOnline streaming

Topic: Online streaming

Indian gaming is a boys’ club. Women gamers are turning to Twitch & YouTube

Women gamers like Shagufta Iqbal, Saloni Pawar, and Payal Dhare are building a strong presence on streaming platforms. But women are still shut out of competitive gaming.

Competition watchdog flags concern over $8.5 bn Disney-Reliance merger citing cricket broadcast rights

The merged company, majority-owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, would control cricket broadcast rights, sparking concerns over pricing power and dominance in advertising.

YouTube favourite to OTT darling—TVF’s success has even Bollywood calling

TVF has cracked the code for what viewers want. It makes feel-good shows that speak to middle-class India’s dreams such as clearing the UPSC and owning a home.

Free cricket on smartphones: Disney’s new bid to revive streaming business in India

The India streaming operations, which were Disney's biggest last year globally by users, posted a loss of $41.5 million on revenue of $390 million for the year to March 2022.

Court order on Disney app fee in India is temporary, says Google

Disney in India has gone to court in what is the latest and most high-profile challenge to Google's policy of imposing a 'service fee' of 11-26% on in-app payments.

Amazon manipulated customers into buying Prime subscriptions, says US Trade Commission

The commission seeking civil penalties against Amazon, said it used 'manipulative' and 'dark patterns' to trick consumers to enroll automatically renewing Prime subscriptions.

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.

Disney+ Hotstar offers free streaming of cricket tournaments for mobile users

The decision to lift the paywall comes after Hotstar lost the streaming rights for IPL cricket tournament to Reliance Industries’ Jio Cinema earlier this year.

Ads are coming to Netflix. Streaming is changing

Streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+ are seeking ways to both reach new audiences and maximise their revenues from each user.

‘Asia a great proxy for other markets’ — Netflix on fixing its subscription crisis

Streaming platform to curb spending, while maintaining investments in Asian market, producing local films and creating partnerships with wireless operators to reach potential customers.

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Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.