Subscribers leave Disney+ Hotstar; paid user base falls 6% in Dec quarter

Parent firm to fire 7,000 staffers globally to save $5.5 bn in costs, make streaming biz profitable. Viveat Susan Pinto reports. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Disney+ Hotstar reported its biggest......

Sports, New OTT Game In Town

Why will JioCinema live-stream the FIFA World Cup 2022 games for free? By March 2022, the total OTT market was at Rs 17,000 crore (Rs 170 billion) in revenues (pay plus advertising) and 122......

TRAI wants to pull the plug on ESPN

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is recommending the cancellation of sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports' downlinking licence for non-compliance with the DTH platform's pricing formula.......

ESPN Star's back with a cricket channel

Within four-months of bagging the $1.1 billion telecast rights for International Cricket Council (ICC) including the next two World Cups, sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports is launching Star......

'Any conditions, any format, this guy's a freak'

IMAGE: 'In regards to anyone who has played all three formats, I think he might be the best ever.' Photograph: ICC/X Former Australian captain Michael Clarke has termed the incomparable Jasprit......

'Rohit has earned right to walk away on his own terms'

'I think Rohit has earned the right and he's captain. When you are captain you get a little more leeway as well.' IMAGE: With only 31 runs in five innings, Rohit's position in the playing XI for......

Australian Open 2025: Must-Know Dates and Details

IMAGE: People pass a trophy poster ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament, at Melbourne Park. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters The Australian Open is a hard court Grand Slam tournament......

Champions Trophy in jeopardy, ICC cancels schedule launch

IMAGE: The 2025 Champions Trophy schedule have been thrown into disarray. Photograph: Champions Trophy/X The International Cricket Council's (ICC) plans for a high-profile event in Lahore......

'It could be their last': Kohli-Rohit under fire

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have come under criticism. Photograph: BCCI Former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke expressed that if star India batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli fail to......