Nazir Hoosein, owner of Mumbai’s iconic Liberty cinema, dies at 78
Nazir Hoosein, owner of Mumbai’s iconic Liberty cinema, one of the few surviving Art Deco single-screen theatres in the city, has died aged 78. Hoosein [Read More]
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OTT platform Voot commissions over 30 originals
Voot, Viacom18’s OTT service in India, has commissioned more than 30 original shows across genres. The titles include legal drama Law and Honour, drama Naaz, [Read More]
DocuBay, streaming platform for documentaries, set for launch
DocuBay, a new, global, subscription-based streaming service and video-on-demand platform featuring international documentaries, will launch this summer and will include India in its first phase. [Read More]
Disney lets Uday Shankar lead the restructuring of Fox in Asia
Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox was one of the major power moves in Hollywood in recent times. The multimedia giant has now [Read More]
Endgame co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo
Avengers: Endgame (2019) co-director Joe Russo says Indian audiences played an important role in making of the highly-anticipated Marvel movie. How? With loud cheers and [Read More]
T-Series becomes No. 1 YouTube channel spot over PewDiePie
After a close battle with Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie’s channel, Indian film production house and music label T-Series has finally managed to become the worlds No [Read More]
Former MAMI director Srinivasan Narayanan joins Singapore South Asian Film Festival
Srinivasan Narayanan, former director of the MAMI (Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image) Mumbai Film Festival, has joined the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival [SgSAIFF] [Read More]
YouTube denies cancelling plan for dramas, comedies
YouTube has denied reports that it is exiting the space of original entertainment, especially of “high-end dramas and comedies” and had stopped pitching for “expensive” [Read More]
Netflix is testing a mobile only subscription plan at Rs250
OTT giant Netflix has started testing a cheaper subscription plan in India for Rs250 a month. But users opting for this plan will be able [Read More]
Case filed against PVR and BookMyShow for charging customers ‘internet handling fees’
Hyderabad-based NGO, Forum Against Corruption has moved the Hyderabad court against ticketing service providers PVR and BookMyShow, as well as the department of information and [Read More]