Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

RSS's Panchjanya says Amazon is 'East India Company 2.0'

E-commerce major Amazon has been termed as "East India Company 2.0" by the RSS-linked weekly, Panchjanya, which has also alleged that the firm has paid crores of rupees in bribes for favourable......

SC refuses to bar Mirzapur S3, says pre-screening not possible

Observing that it always felt pre-censorship was impermissible, the Supreme Court on Thursday wondered how there can be a pre-screening committee for web series, films or other programmes which are......

Tandav row: Govt seeks Amazon Prime's reply

IMAGE: A scene from Tandav. Taking cognisance of complaints that Hindu gods and goddesses have allegedly been ridiculed in the Web series Tandav, the ministry of information and broadcasting on......

Netflix vs Amazon Video turf wars heat up

Netflix plans local studio in India push. Move comes as rival Amazon Prime Video lines up as many as 18 original shows for India.  IMAGE: Netflix and Amazon Video will have to do plenty to......

Disney-Star & RIL JV will see loss of $400 mn on $3.5 bn revenue next FY

Both sports and digital will drag down the healthy operating margins that entertainment television continues to make. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

End of a dream! Sony-Zee's $10 billion mega deal called off

Sony Group Corp on Monday said it is calling off a $10 billion merger of its India unit with Zee Entertainment, following a stalemate over who will lead the merged entity. Photograph: Dado......

Netflix cuts subscription rates in India

Content streaming platform Netflix on Tuesday said it is slashing its monthly subscription rates by up to 60 per cent in India, as it looks to woo viewers amid growing competition in the OTT space......

Kangana's Emergency Arrives on OTT

Raveena Tandon's daughter making her debut, Kangana Ranaut's controversial Indira Gandhi movie, Millie Bobby Brown's brand new sci-fi offering and more on Sukanya Verma's Holi weekend watch.  ......

Review: Dupahiya Is Lotsa Fun

Such a collection of amiable characters were last seen in Panchayat.There are greedy dowry seekers, criminals, misogynists and the like, but the collective goodness of the others keep violence and......

OTT Expands The Geography Of Storytelling

Writers and creators are telling more authentic stories based in states and cities that we may not have seen much of in mainstream media, such as Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Or......

Will Renuka Shahane Enter Politics?

'On the governmental level, we are saying all the right things, like beti bachao, beti padhao.''Just giving lip service is not enough, the general mindset has to change.' IMAGE: Renuka Shahane in......

Will IPL 2021 set a new record for Star Sports?

IPL 2020 was the first sports tournament to surpass 400 billion viewing minutes.Viveat Susan Pinto reports. IMAGE: Mumbai Indians Captain Rohit Sharma and Delhi Captails Captain Shreyas Iyer walk......

Why you should watch The Test

'If there were ever a PR exercise to fix the seemingly irreparable image of Australian cricket in the aftermath of the most notorious on-field scandal in recent memory, then this is it,' observes......