The fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) will be the fact check unit for the Central or the federal government, according to an official notification issued by Meity yesterday. The fact check unit has been notified under IT Rules of 2021, according to the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity).
The Taylor mania continues on on-screen, courtesy the Swift-ies, after setting various records during on-ground events. The three and a half hour concert film, ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)’, garnered 4.6 million views and 16.2 million hours on Disney+ in its opening weekend. The huge success in three days of its unveiling on the streaming platform
Star Sports, the official TV broadcaster of the TATA IPL 2024, has unveiled its much-anticipated promo film for the upcoming season, featuring Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff. The promo sets the stage for the season opener, pitting reigning champions Chennai Super Kings against the formidable Royal Challengers Bangalore.
At the recent iStream Congress ’24, Siddharth Roy Kapur, founder of Roy Kapur Films, emphasized the enduring relevance of linear television in India’s entertainment ecosystem. Despite the surge in streaming platforms, Kapur highlighted that television remains dominant, constituting a staggering 96 percent of last year’s 200,000 hours of content production.
Video technology company Haivision’s fifth annual Broadcast Transformation Report, unveiled recently, reveals that IP and cloud adoption, 5G and artificial intelligence are majorly influencing broadcast productions. Haivision, a leading global provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions...
Jake Gyllenhaal, who lost out the role of Batman to Christian Bale in Christopher Nolan‘s Dark Knight trilogy, says it would be an honour for him to play the popular DC Comics caped-crusader. The actor, currently promoting the Prime Video action movie ‘Road House’, was asked if he was still interested in playing Batman.
The Advertising Club (TAC) is gearing up for the much-anticipated event of the year as it prepares to host on March 22 the latest edition of the EMVIES, often regarded as the Oscars of the media world, celebrating and honouring trailblazing efforts of brand innovators and thought leaders in the realm of media and marketing strategies.
Global audio streaming platform Pocket FM on Wednesday said it has raised $103 million in its Series D funding led by Lightspeed with participation from StepStone Group. The new funding will strengthen the company’s push into the US market and also support global expansion as the company plans to expand into Europe and LATAM markets in 2024, IANS reported....
JioCinema elevates its entertainment offerings with the premiere of Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated biographical thriller, ‘Oppenheimer,’ on March 21. The film, which garnered widespread attention in 2023, will be available in both Hindi and English on the platform. Directed by Nolan and featuring a star-studded cast including Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
Meta, the parent company of social media giants Facebook and Instagram, has announced plans to combat the spread of misinformation ahead of the upcoming general elections. In a bid to tackle the proliferation of AI-generated and deepfake content, Meta will empower its fact-checkers to label such content as ‘altered’ on its platforms.