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Users in India, US spend 90 minutes a day on audio series: Redseer report

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Users in India and the US spent 1.3 hours a day listening to audio series in 2021, and by the end of 2022 dedicated as much as 1.5 hours a day to it, according to a survey by Red... Read More


Pocket FM to invest $40 mn to expand online reading library

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Audio series platform Pocket FM will invest $40 million in its newly launched online reading service Pocket Novel to enhance its presence in the literary landscape and develop in... Read More


Struggle in streaming throws up some surprise fighters

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Smaller regional language streaming platforms with limited budgets and little access to top talent are rushing to fill the void left by bigger entities, many of whom have slowed ... Read More


Zee and Sony split up. Now, streaming studios are sulking

New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Studios making shows for streaming platforms had hoped that the Zee-Sony merger would revive projects that had flagged for a while. However, the acrimonious end to the merger has... Read More


Indian movies charm global audiences amid tepid show back home

New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Recent Indian films may have received lukewarm response from domestic audiences but overseas box office collections have sprung a pleasant surprise. Movies across languages such... Read More


Zee plans to cut costs, reduce overlaps after merger with Sony collapses

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Media and entertainment company Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd is charting a three-pronged approach - cutting costs, reducing overlaps between businesses, and enhancing qualit... Read More


Bombay HC strikes right note for music industry, but grey areas remain

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The recent Bombay High Court judgement upholding the authority of Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) and Novex Communications Pvt Ltd to issue licences as copyright owners could ... Read More


Off-Key: Theatre owners concerned over lack of buzz around Bollywood tunes

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The once potent synergy between Hindi film music and box office success appears to be weakening, particularly among audiences in smaller towns. Traditionally, hit songs could boo... Read More


For news channels, a pre-election blessing in Ram temple consecration

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Ayodhya Ram temple consecration ceremony on 22 January brought substantial advertising and viewership gains for news channels, particularly those focused on the Hindi heartla... Read More


Disney+ Hotstar sees marginal increase in paid subscribers in Q1

New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Disney+ Hotstar, the video streaming service owned by the Walt Disney Co, reported an uptick in its paid subscriber count, the first ever since the platform experienced a setback ... Read More