77% streamed minutes globally were on big screens: Conviva

77% streamed minutes globally were on big screens: Conviva

Despite slower growth in the first quarter of 2022, global streaming grew 10 percent, led mostly by Africa, Oceania, South America, and Asia, according to Conviva’s State of Streaming Q1 2022 report. On the other hand, Europe and North America showed much slower growth.

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WhatsApp rolls out screen-sharing feature

WhatsApp to bring in more cloud-based services for businesses

WhatsApp is introducing free cloud-based API services in a push to get more businesses using the app, Meta PlatformsCEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the company's messaging event.

The messaging service, which has increasingly courted business users, is one of several platforms where ...


Twitter takedown requests by various govts. spiking

Twitter rolls out new Spaces feature

Micro-blogging site Twitter has rolled out the Super Follows-only Spaces feature in which creators who offer Super Follows subscriptions can now host Spaces exclusively for their subscribers. The social media giant said this new option will give creators a way to "offer an extra layer of conversation to their bigg...


Nawazuddin Siddiqui to star in American indie film

Nawazuddin Siddiqui to star in American indie film

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is set to play the lead role in 'Laxman Lopez', an American independent production.

According to PTI, the film is a Christmas-themed movie to be directed by Mexican filmmaker Roberto Girault, known for local hits 'La Leyenda Del Diamante' (...


Take guard against 5G signal interference: MIB tells DPOs

Take guard against 5G signal interference: MIB tells DPOs

As the countdown begins to the auctioning process of spectrums for 5G IMT services, which will include reallocation of certain bandwidths used by broadcasting services to telcos, India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has advised the TV distribution platforms to take measures to reduce interferences i...