After Bollywood, correction phase begins for Southern films as streamers slash film acquisition price by 50-60%Southern film industries are experiencing a significant correction in acquisition prices, with streaming platforms cutting rates for mid-bu...
08 Dec, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
Netflix strengthens focus on South Indian content as viewership expandsNetflix India's VP of Content, Monika Shergill, highlights the significant rise of South Indian storytelling as a key creative shift. The r...
01 Dec, 2025, 05.28 PM IST
The South is eating OTT’s lunch — Bollywood isn’t the main course anymoreIndia's streaming economy has shifted south, with southern states now driving growth and creative bets. Once Bollywood-centric, platforms a...
26 Nov, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
Cricket lifts Sun TV Network’s Q2 earnings as core advertising softens; Rs 3.75/share dividend declaredSun TV Network saw strong second-quarter results driven by its cricket ventures. Contributions from its expanded team portfolio helped coun...
14 Nov, 2025, 08.40 PM IST
Cabinet decides to give Karnataka Ratna Award to actors Vishnuvardhan, Saroja Devi posthumouslyThe Karnataka government has decided to award Karnataka Ratna to Vishnuvardhan and B Saroja Devi. The award will be given posthumously. The...
11 Sep, 2025, 06.47 PM IST
Times Music buys Indian regional record labels symphony, ARCTimes Music has acquired Symphony Recording Co and ARC Musicq, regional labels in Tamil and Kannada music genres, respectively. These acqui...
16 Mar, 2025, 11.36 PM IST
'Turbo' OTT release date confirmed: Check where and when to watch Mammootty's action-comedyMammootty's action-packed film 'Turbo' is set to premiere on SonyLIV on August 9, offering viewers an intense narrative across multiple lan...
11 Jul, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
India among fastest growing markets; will continue to invest in local content, expanding reach: Amazon Prime VideoAPV, which has recently partnered with Airtel to bring a mobile-only plan (a global first) for Indian users, competes with platforms like N...
17 Jan, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
We serve many Indias, many storytelling cultures: Amazon Prime Video executivesIn case of many of our regional films -- Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam -- 50 per cent of the viewing came from outside their home st...
10 Oct, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
BookMyShow acquires Hyderabad-based online ticketing platform MastiTicketsBookMyShow already has partnerships with 4000 screens across India, with 530 screens being prevalent in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ma...
25 Jan, 2017, 10.22 AM IST
Regal heritage: 100-year-old Diwan Madhav Rao's Patan Bhavan is now KCN BhavanThe house belonged to Vishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao, who succeeded Sir Mirza Ismail as Diwan of Mysore between 1906 and 1909.
03 Nov, 2016, 12.33 PM IST
NewsX promoter, Hyderabad investor Prasad V Potluri vie for TV9TV9 is majority-owned by iLabs Capital, which holds a 60 per cent stake, while Asia-focused private equity fund SAIF Partners has minority ...
15 Jul, 2014, 12.11 PM IST
- Hollywood studios Fox Star, Viacom18, Walt Disney keen to produce films in regional languages in India
Nearly 40-50% of Hollywood studios' local revenues come from global flicks dubbed in regional languages.
31 Aug, 2011, 07.35 AM IST
- Indiatimes establishes majority share in Kannada mobile music market
Indiatimes (58888), a division of Times Internet Limited (TIL) has acquired Aananda Audio Video Digital Music Rights, thereby increasing it...
19 May, 2010, 06.59 PM IST
- The age-old epicentre of Mumbai film distribution
The once powerful distributors who peopled the offices at Naaz, often financing films from start to finish in exchange for distribution rig...
14 Nov, 2009, 12.07 AM IST
- Chandrasekhar to produce films under 'Indigo'
It is ‘Lights, Camera, Action!’ for Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who in his second innings as an entrepreneur, is focusing on the consumer enterta...
01 Nov, 2006, 02.30 AM IST
- Flop-sided script
If financial year '02 is considered a disaster for the film industry, the current year is nothing short of a nightmare. The year was marked...
21 Feb, 2003, 05.15 AM IST