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Counting every move

Technology has brought change to tennis, cricket, golf, pole vaulting, football, running, you name it. But the change has rarely been so complete, and so near-instantaneous as in chess

Netflix to host StreamFest in India; free viewing on December 5-6 weekend

US-based content streaming platform Netflix on Friday said it will host 'StreamFest' in India on December 5-6 that will allow non-subscribers to experience the service for free

Serial entertainers

Literary fandom in East Asia is certainly of a different, and usually more intense, quality than elsewhere

Apple to slash App Store developer fee by half to 15% from Jan 1, 2021

Apple has faced ongoing scrutiny from government regulators and criticism from developers about the percentage of revenue it takes for App Store purchases

Socialising social media

Online media platforms must be regulated to protect the public from lies that polarise society

For companies like Zoom and Netflix, a Covid-19 vaccine dampens prospects

Shares in video conferencing network Zoom fell 4% on Tuesday after plunging about 17% a day earlier

India's movie buffs are up, close and personal with Hollywood: Study

The study, "Hollywood Is For Everyone", covered a sample of 1,500-plus movie buffs across eight metros and non-metros, including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Indore

The House of Netflix

Book review of No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

The power of infamy

Book review of Nothing to Lose

Content over glamour: Why new-age OTT wave reminds of Doordarshan era

Actors from various backgrounds have been finding prominence thanks to OTT shows and films

Valuation gaps: Growth stock rally leaves more room for disappointment

Since 2002, the MSCI AC World Growth Index has about doubled the return of its value counterpart, yet its relative earnings expectations have failed to grow at a similar pace

Netflix tumbles 6% after results show tough streaming competition

The world's largest paid streaming service added just 2.2 million new subscribers in the third quarter

Netflix misses estimates for new subscribers as pandemic boost slows

The company added 2.2 million paid subscribers globally during the quarter that ended Sept. 30, missing Wall Street's target of 3.4 million and its own forecast

How the rise of Netflix and Prime has women rewriting rules of Bollywood

As incomes rise in the $2.9 trillion economy, per capita spending on media and entertainment is expected to almost double to $35 in India by 2021 from five years earlier, according to data from Statis

Netflix's docuseries 'Bad Boy Billionaires' tells stories all too familiar

The docuseries tells life stories of India's most notorious billionaires - Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy, Vijay Mallya and Ramalinga Raju

Top headlines: India launches gas price reforms, US restricts H-1B visas

Google is facing a new antitrust case in India in which the US tech giant is alleged to have abused its Android operating system's position in the smart television market.

Netflix India releases 3 episodes of Bad Boy Billionaires amid legal tussle

The "Bad Boy Billionaires: India" documentary series about liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, Subrata Roy of Sahara group, IT executive Ramalinga Raju and jeweller Nirav Modi was set for release last month

Activist investor Carl Icahn brings son back, lays out succession plan

Carl Icahn is currently the chairman and Keith Cozza is the president and chief executive officer

The truth about streaming video

In an overcrowded market or one with skewed regulation, ad-supported programming can quickly degenerate into poor quality, polarising or downright fake

OTTs offer content creation freedom to filmmakers, but it may not last long

The streaming video market in India began with YouTube in 2008, but truly took off in 2016 after data availability rose and prices crashed