prasar bharati

Guest Column: Prasar Bharati’s OTT foray & regulatory breach

The Indian broadcasting industry has long been a cornerstone of the nation’s media landscape, evolving significantly from its humble beginnings with Doordarshan in 1959.

Over the decades, the sector witnessed seismic shifts—first, the liberalisation wave of the 1990s, which introduce...


GameSnacks

JioGames integrates Google GameSnacks into its services

JioGames, the gaming platform owned by Reliance Jio, has announced the integration of Google’s GameSnacks portfolio into its JioGames app and Jio set-top boxes. This move marks a significant expansion for JioGames, a hub that connects gamers, game publishers, spectators, and gaming communities. According to The Economic Times,


Guest Column: Will DD FreeDish go encrypted?

Guest Column: Will DD FreeDish go encrypted?

Despite a public broadcaster’s noble and laudable goals, maybe it’s not always feasible to give such a service free run; especially when it commercially competes with similar private sector services and still remains outside the stringent regulatory regimen laid out for others.

So, w...