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When the streams leak: Piracy's quiet drain on OTT revenues

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- Even as video streaming platforms invest in local content to expand in India's OTT (over-the-top) market, a quiet and damaging threat is steadily eroding their business-digital pi... Read More


AI-made Disney shorts are coming. What happens to Indian creators?

New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- The landmark licensing agreement between The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI, under which iconic TV and movie characters can be used to create short AI-generated videos and images,... Read More


Now streaming: micro-drama, but consolidation may play the villain

New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026-to help you know what to e... Read More


Making a comeback: Veteran directors return to filmmaking in 2026 as demand for mass-market storytelling rises

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Veteran filmmakers who had been missing from active moviemaking will attempt a comeback this year to meet the need for commercial, mass-market storytelling in the smaller towns an... Read More


As viewing habits change, youth brands move advertising budgets from TV to digital

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Though music television network MTV shut down five of its dedicated music channels globally this year, in India, it had already diversified away from pure music to youth-driven, ... Read More


Can films be made on an eight-hour workday? Inside Bollywood's scheduling rethink

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Earlier in 2025, Deepika Padukone sparked a debate after media reports claimed she had included an eight-hour workday clause in the contract for an upcoming film, among other dem... Read More


Saregama-Bhansali deal: How Bollywood is learning to separate art, ownership and risk

New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Music label and entertainment company Saregama India Ltd's investment in filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's production company marks a shift in how Indian cinema may be financed g... Read More


Star power on pause: Why Bollywood is holding back on new film projects in 2025

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Even as a handful of blockbusters and sleeper mid-budget films lit up the box office in 2025, major announcements from popular Hindi film actors have been conspicuously missing, ... Read More


Big star cinema to make a comeback next year but small surprises crucial

New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026-to help you know what to ... Read More


Why India's music labels are moving beyond songs to manage artists, fandoms and revenue streams

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Music labels such as Saregama and Universal Music Group are rapidly expanding beyond traditional rights ownership to manage and represent musicians-especially artists from India'... Read More