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Forecast: India’s pay-TV market to see sluggish growth

The total pay-TV services revenue in India is expected to grow at a lethargic compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent from $3.19 billion in 2020 to $3.30 billion in 2025 due to growing user substitution to OTT platforms, according to GlobalData. GlobalData’s India Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report reveals that though pay-TV […]

September 22, 2020

India’s TRAI wants light media regulation for Cloud

India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) stated on Sept 14 that it was recommending that Cloud operators and service providers be supervised by a newly established “light touch regulatory framework”. TRAI added that the new supervisor should require all cloud service providers (CSPs) be part of the new body. “This body would lay down broad principles […]

September 16, 2020By Chris Forrester

India to privatise some ISRO functions

India State Research Organsation (ISRO) said last week that it wasn’t going to be privatised. But that hasn’t stopped plans to bring the private sector into many of its current functions. India’s government is now creating a batch of changes and reforms which will result in greater participation of India’s creative public sector and industries […]

August 24, 2020By Chris Forrester

India: SonyLIV and NetRange partner

NetRange, a global provider of white-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems and SonyLIV, the premium VoD service in India, have announced a collaboration. Through this alliance, the Indian users of the NetRange Smart TV App Store will now be able to gain the SonyLIV app on their Smart TVs. This collaboration will enable NetRange […]

July 9, 2020

India close to Space Activity Bill

India is already extremely active in terms of space activity with its own rockets and related satellite activity. But now a dedicated Space Activities Bill is completing its final stages in parliament. In June the government announced its reform plans which would allow a much greater role by India’s private sector and this would embrace […]

July 7, 2020

India TikTok ban will benefit other social platforms

The recent ban on Chinese social media platform TikTok in Indi has sent shockwaves across the country’s TikTok community. The platform, which leverages viral, user-generated content, has more than 120 million users as recorded in June 2020, reports Bisbo India – a YouTube channel to dedicated to animated news videos. TikTok has emerged as a […]

July 3, 2020

Report: 1 in 3 Indians watches online videos, usually in Hindi

Who are the new Indian online video viewers? According to Google, they’re 15-34 year-olds (73 per cent) who Google videos whenever they wish to learn something. The search giant revealed these details in a report titled the Indian online video viewer based on viewership patterns and behaviour on its video-streaming platform, YouTube. The report highlights […]

June 4, 2020