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The proposal from COAI also includes provisions to support smaller OTT players, ensuring that they are not burdened by usage charges, thus promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the sector. (File Photo)There is disparity between the…

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The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is asking the government to renotify the latest anti-tobacco rules impacting video streaming platforms, this time after consulting the industry. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning…

Industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has flagged “fundamental concerns” and “practical difficulties” in implementation of the new norms about anti-tobacco warnings on video streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon…

With three nominations in the Oscars in two years, including a historic win (“The Elephant Whisperers”), documentaries from India are beginning to find recognition on the global stage. Films such as “Against the Tide”, “Writing with Fire”…

This week the box office gets a jolt from the digital platform with Prime Video’s Jubilee doing a self-referential Bollywood flashback, which is bound for glory. More empty seats in movie theatres?From the silent era in the 1940s to the…

After announcing in February that it will reduce its workforce by 10%, Microsoft-owned code-sharing and publishing service GitHub laid off 45% of its India team on Tuesday. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter:■…

Mobile phone operators have opposed the argument that a usage charge levy by them on over-the-top (OTT) communication services providers, or communication apps, hampers net neutrality. They reiterated that since the OTT service providers…

Telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, have once again made a strong pitch for regulation of over-the-top (OTT) communication players in an informal discussion with TRAI chairman PD Vaghela.This and more…

Image for representation. New Delhi Telecom operators industry body COAI has written to the government to set-up a licensing and regulatory framework to charge a 'usage fee' from big internet-based calling and messaging apps like…