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Jawan movie

Jawan's box office performance shows that more Indians and non-Indians are now watching our films on more screens than ever before

The growing market for Indian cinema

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Incidentally, all three channels belong to the Zee network

Sony, Zee

The Sony-Zee merger reflects the new dynamics of an era where content, competition, and distribution are increasingly dominated by big tech

Sony-Zee and the new media reality

Disney

Disney and Sony's journeys in India have been a study in contrast, where one thrives while the other, despite owning a large profitable business, is looking for an exit

Disney's struggle in India

Lockdown effect: Single screens push for more in a bid for survival

Movie hall

The evolution from theatres to television to streaming platforms has transformed content consumption and the reach and popularity of many filmmakers

A story for every screen

TRAI

Ficci-Frames

The first full-fledged Ficci-Frames, after the three-year pandemic hiatus, began on a great note. Ficci, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

The Ficci-Frames diary

TV advertising

With the rise of shared devices, smartphones are becoming the poor man's TV while smart TVs are becoming the rich man's smartphone in India

Smart changes in media

As online publishing goes the same way that newspapers, television, and radio did, hyperlocal news apps are attracting investors

The lure of local media

From about 10,000 over a decade back, India is now down to about 8,700 screens

Pathaan, fan clubs, and single screens

Fifty shades of stardom

The fall in internet growth has consequences for both advertisers and digital businesses. For one thing, life will remain uncertain for them till the numbers start rising

Internet blues for media

Cinema is the core of India's creative ecosystem feeding TV, OTT, advertising, music and several other businesses

Quibbles of a media reporter

The new policy for satellite television channels is a move in the right direction. But for a sector facing existential questions, it doesn't mean much

The uplink-downlink puzzle

Sony-Zee merger caps the massive round of consolidation in the media and entertainment space that is on the cusp of change

Redrawing the media map: Firms are discovering they are better together

TV's spot on the new video ecosystem building up is certain. What we will be calling it is not

The future of television

The price of IPL, points more strongly than ever, to the fact that content costs are skyrocketing while advertising and subscription revenues have simply not kept pace

IPL: An unsustainable media bubble

A mix of history, the pandemic and its cascading effects are among the reasons for this action

A merger wave in media

The rise of pan-Indian films is a good omen. It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues

The rise of the pan-Indian film

In the US, where pay TV bundles averaged $100 a month, Netflix retails much better programming for $10-20 a month

A gluttony of content

music

All the action notwithstanding, the Indian music business remains tiny

Music finds its beat

Journalism

It takes thousands of reporters on the ground, lots of time and money to get the quality of journalism that informs a healthy democracy

News publishers' digital dilemma

The decline in cable owes as much to a greedy ecosystem where no one invested in the technology as it does to a regulator that believes that price control is the only lever to use

The rise of video and decline of cable

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Budget

Indo-Canada row may have unintended costs

India Canada

Longer trading hours to help investors respond better to global events

SEBI

Google, a Search engine giant on September 27 celebrated its 25th birthday with a doodle 'a walk down memory lane' of various logos from more than two decades

Google Doodle

From price-to-specifications optics, the Motorola Edge 40 Neo seems to be an all-round smartphone. Is it? Let us find out

Motorola Edge 40 Neo - Caneel Bay

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Electoral Commission Chairperson of Seychelles Danny Lucas on 'Electoral Cooperation' in the capital of Seychelles. The MoU was signed to boost the exchange of best practices in election management and training officials. Taking to their social media 'X', the Election Commission of India stated, "#ECI Expands Electoral Collaboration. CEC @rajivkumarec  &  Mr. Danny Lucas, Chairperson, Electoral Commission #Seychelles sign MoU on 'Electoral Cooperation' at Victoria, Seychelles. MoU to strengthen the exchange of best practices in election mgt.  &  training of officials." Indo-Seychelles relations have been characterised by close friendship, understanding and cooperation. To facilitate cooperation further a number of bilateral agreements/MOUs have already been signed during the last few decades. Earlier this year, Rajiv Kumar held productive discussions with the Chief Election ...

Rajiv

Interim Budget projections for 2024-25 should conform to standard practices of transparency, pragmatism and caution

As governance regulations evolve, the task of building a board that truly serves a company's needs is going to become more challenging

board of director

Increasing foreign presence in the debt market will release the pressure on our banks and free up money for lending since demand for loans is far higher than deposit mobilisation

Bonds, Govt bond

Insolvency resolution should efficiently redeploy assets. Bankers must bring commercial acumen to negotiations, not bureaucratic rigidity

insolvency

Investors' 'fast mind' gets lured towards the F&O segment, enticed by the prospects of quick gains. A campaign targeting the 'slow mind' can induce prudence

mutual fund investors

The Nijjar murder is fast unfolding into treacherous scenarios that could have tragic consequences for both nations. No one stands to gain from the ongoing face-off

The leaders of both countries should encourage bilateral trade and people-to-people exchanges that can help build bridges