Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has enabled Live creators to add moderators to their streams. The feature can weed out potentially unwanted interactions. According to Instagram, the moderators can report comments, remov...
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Discovery shareholders approve WarnerMedia acquisition
Discovery Inc. stockholders have approved various matters relating to the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T to create Warner Bros., Discovery Inc. --- a premier, global entertainment company. The transaction will bring together WarnerMedia’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s leadin...
Bridging urban-rural b’band gap needs multiple solutions: SIA India
A satcom industry body in India has urged the policymakers to acknowledge that no one solution can be the panacea to bridge the broadband connectivity gap in the country, adding that rural and urban solutions would require different approaches, including spectrum usage.
“It is of utm...
Berenberg Bank says Russia-Ukraine war to have limited impact on media
A report from investment analysts at Berenberg Bank, which studied sectoral impact, and, in particular, on media, stated that while there are some broadcasters that have business interests in Russia, their exposure (to specific losses) are modest.
The bank, according to a report by <...
YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally
American online video sharing and social media platform YouTube is immediately blocking access around the world to channels associated with Russian state-funded media, it said on Friday, citing a policy barring content that denies, minimizes, or trivializes well-documented violent events. The world's most used streaming video service, which i...
Twitter rolls out timeline switch feature
Micro-blogging site Twitter is rolling out the option to switch between two timelines ‘Home’ and ‘Latest’ to all users on iOS. “The Home and Latest timelines are now just a swipe away for everyone on iOS, and soon on Android and web,” Twitter wrote on its of...