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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicOTT platforms

Topic: OTT platforms

‘Same service, same rules’ — why telcos want regulation for OTT players like Whatsapp, Telegram

Telecom companies reason that OTT players are 'free riding' on their infra, OTTs say 'revenues earned by infra provider should be shared with entity using it in same proportion'.

Modi govt again extends feedback deadline for telecom bill, list of concerns grow

Industry bodies criticises 'overarching powers', 'unwanted oversight' which govt will have under 'garb of national security'. Data privacy & OTT regulations are other areas of concern.

Tripling Season 3 gives millennials a reality check on lives of parents who ‘get all the blame’

The Viral Fever’s show for Zee5 returns in a post-Covid world with its sibling-trio who have matured enough to cope with the loss of the ‘traditional’ concept of family.

Scriptwriting is drawing creative minds to OTT platforms. Here’s why

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Glitz, glamour, ‘first-world’ problems—Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives is a guilty pleasure

Maheep, Bhavana, Seema and Neelam are back with their lives in the second season of Netflix's show. It's the desi version of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

You thought OTT is king? Think again. Survey says 70% find ‘value for money’ in good old TV

Indian audiences prefer TV services' 'bouquet of channels', although there's room to enhance consumer welfare, says survey by think tank Broadband India Forum & NGO CUTS Internationals.

62% of Indian IELTS aspirants find it difficult to converse fluently in English, finds survey

The LeapScholar survey shows that 39% of IELTS language proficiency test aspirants use regional languages as fillers while conversing in English, 33% use Hollywood shows to improve.

5 new Telugu movies you can’t miss on OTT

All of these Telugu movies are definitely worth checking out, whether you're a fan of Indian cinema or not. You can find all of them streaming on Aha Video.

India’s media & entertainment industry to be worth Rs 4.3 lakh crore by 2026, says PwC report

PwC report predicts that India will overtake China as the 'biggest world market for print edition readership in 2025'.

‘Pirates’ robbing entertainment giants back in focus as Disney Star files FIR on leaked shows

Disney Star FIR, filed in Bengaluru last week, accuses 4 platforms — Tamilrockers, TamilMV, TamilBlasters & PikaShow — of illegally releasing its content.

On Camera

Saiyaara proves star kids don’t need hype, just a good film and a killer soundtrack

Ahaan and Aneet appeared refreshingly unknown, and made an impact as the characters they play—the ‘troubled’ rockstar and his demure, writer girlfriend.

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.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

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.