JioStar's content investments will touch $10 billion between 2024-26: Uday ShankarJioStar is set to invest $10 billion in Indian content over three years, according to Vice Chairman Uday Shankar. Speaking at the WAVES sum...
03 May, 2025, 06.16 PM IST
Social entertainment startup Eloelo raises $13.5 million from Play VenturesFounded in July 2020 by Saurabh Pandey, Eloelo offers live video and audio streaming combined with gamification and micropayments, allowing...
10 Apr, 2025, 02.18 PM IST
Canadian news media are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, but will they win?The lawsuits claim that OpenAI "scraped" large amounts of content from media sites without permission. They have also claimed that the AI c...
02 Dec, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
Influencers back to brand deals as their paywall push failsInfluencers on Instagram and Amazon are struggling to make money via subscriptions and virtual gifting, and are again relying heavily on br...
09 Jul, 2024, 09.37 AM IST
For creators, regional apps are the gift that keeps on givingMid-tier creators are leaving Instagram and YouTube for regional apps like Moj, ShareChat, Rooter, Stan, and Eloelo to earn through virtual...
15 Jun, 2024, 06.11 AM IST
New AI law will guard rights of content creators: expertsExperts hailed the proposed AI law as "timely" given the explosive growth of AI-generated content. This rapid development has the potential...
09 Apr, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Citing alleged abuses on OnlyFans, lawmakers call for stronger safeguardsLawmakers urge tighter online sexual exploitation safeguards. OnlyFans faces lawsuits over nonconsensual porn. Ofcom monitors enforcement o...
16 Mar, 2024, 10.19 AM IST
‘NYT vs OpenAI, Microsoft’ will set a precedent for copyright protection of creative work used for AIHow AI generates new content, and how that impacts copyright, are also at the heart of a lawsuit that The New York Times has filed against ...
28 Dec, 2023, 11.41 PM IST
ByteDance testing content paywall on TikTok's sister app DouyinThe Chinese internet giant has recently started to allow some content creators with more than 100,000 followers to put part of their videos...
16 Nov, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
ChatGPT can now search for data on internetOpenAI's generative AI platform, ChatGPT, can now gather real-time information from the internet, including direct links to sources. This i...
29 Sep, 2023, 01.26 AM IST
TikTok to allow creators to sell collections of long-format videosIts new offering "Series" will allow eligible creators to put collections of up to 80 videos, each about 20 minutes long behind a paywall. ...
08 Mar, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
NPCI CEO pitches UPI autopay to pay $8 fee for blue tick on TwitterNational Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) managing director and chief executive Dilip Asbe replied to a tweet by billionaire Musk, sayi...
02 Nov, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
Twitter-verified badge to cost $8 a month! Elon Musk lists features for subscribersMusk in a series of tweets shared the list of services for subscribers.
02 Nov, 2022, 12.06 PM IST
ConsCent raises $ 1.75 million in funding round led by Inflection Point VenturesThis is ConsCent's second funding round since it raised a seed capital of Rs 4 crore in August 2020
12 Jul, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
The New York Times acquires word game WordleThe purchase, announced by the Times on Monday, reflects the growing importance of games, like crosswords and Spelling Bee, in the company'...
01 Feb, 2022, 08.38 AM IST
Short-video app Lomotif is set to enter IndiaThe imminent entry comes at a time when the short-video space has gone through a big shift following the ban on leading Chinese players inc...
10 Mar, 2021, 07.13 PM IST
Organisers, artists seek clarity on licensing structures as concerts go onlineThe major issues up for discussion were licensing deals for digital, licensing of third-party rights and monetisation of the content on dig...
11 Jun, 2020, 01.32 PM IST