Netflix is betting that a second season may help stymie this year’s 70% slump in shares after announcing in April that it had lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter.
The Netflix firings follow the unexpected loss of 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter and a forecast for the loss of another two million this period.
New offerings include several Bollywood productions, regional films & series. Move comes at a time when Amazon Prime's biggest competitor Netflix has lost 200,000 subscribers.
After pandemic high, Netflix suffered first drop in subscribers in 10 years. To turn fortunes around, it’s looking to ‘monetise’ password-sharing feature, among other measures.
It is becoming evident that in streaming, Netflix is more of a stronghold than some might have thought and its market share won’t be so easily pilfered — not even by the Magic Kingdom.
The plea filed by advocates Shashank Shekhar Jha and Apurva Arhatia sought a proper institution for the monitoring and management of content on OTT and digital media platforms.
Internet & Mobile Association of India's road map will help implement the self-regulation code signed by 17 streaming platforms, and address issues flagged by govt.
Until now, government's regulation of Indians' viewing habit and preferences applied to film and TV, with concerns focussed on national security. Digital streaming is uncharted territory.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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