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TRAI announces consultation paper on regulatory issues for OTT players

Experts urge Nepal to take decisive steps to curb malpractices and ensure the fair payment of subscription fees to foreign broadcasters. (Representative Image: Piotr Cichosz via Unsplash)

The TRAI indicated that live content on OTT platforms may be brought under a similar rules and regulations structure as the broadcasting sector.

AI Threat: 80% DNPA members restrict use of crawlers on websites to train AI models

According to ‘Win with Conversations’, a report Meta launched with Bain & Company, 70 percent of surveyed large enterprises are already engaging with half of their customer base using conversational platforms. (Representative image by Andrea De Santis via Unsplash)

Digital news publishers the world over and in India are jumping into action to safeguard their content against powerful web-crawlers like OpenAI’s GPTBot, which collects data from websites to train its AI models.

Animation films are branded as funny cartoons in India because viewers aren’t exposed to other kinds of animated storytelling: Suresh Eriyat

From left: Suresh Eriyat, creative director and founder, Studio Eeksaurus; Adithi Krishnadas, director, Kandittund! (Images sourced via Forbes India)

Suresh Eriyat, the founder and director of Studio Eeksaurus, and Adithi Krishnadas, the director of National Award-winning animation film Kandittund! speak about the film, the studio’s previous award-winning work and the issues plaguing the animation industry.

India vs Pakistan: How brands reacted to the weather playing spoilsport

From Zomato, Swiggy, Dunzo, Uber, Amazon Prime and more. FInd out which brands had the cleverest moment marketing posts on social media during the India-Pakistan Asia Cup matches. (Image sourced via X - @BCCI).

Let’s take a look at some of the moment marketing posts by brands on social media during the India-Pakistan Asia Cup match.

SEBI and Finfluencers: “You can’t regulate lakhs of people. You can’t attack freedom of speech…”, says Radhika Gupta, Edelweiss AMC

Narayan said that its important for people to rely less on finfluencers who are giving them ‘get rich quick tomorrow’ kinds of philosophies and inducing them into the market, (Representative Image: Mark Duffel via Unsplash)

“The best thing is to take your registered intermediaries and say that you guys should have nothing to do with this,” said Radhika Gupta about SEBI’s crackdown on finfluencers.

Finfluencer scams back in action: Use fake messaging to lure consumers

The proposed overhaul of these laws comes amid a surge in applications from non-governmental organizations, trade bodies, and private firms seeking permission to use terms like “India,” “Commission,” “Corporation,” and “Bureau” in their names.

A few finfluencers have been under scrutiny for using fake screenshots of inflated and wrongly depicted profits to lure consumers into buying their finance courses and Telegram channel subscriptions.

Why Mukesh Ambani is betting on Reliance Retail to spearhead RIL’s future growth

As of FY23, the retail business contributed 12 percent to the group’s EBITDA, up from 7 percent in FY19. This growth has been gradual in case of retail compared to Jio (from 17 percent in FY19 to 34 percent in FY23). (Image sourced via Forbes India)

RIL is banking on India’s per capita growth to lead its retail business’ explosive growth. India’s per capita income will likely hit $10,000 by 2050, going by the trend in the last 10 years. Ambani expects its retail business to ride this growth.

What did Mukesh Ambani say about Moneycontrol, firstpost & News18 brands?

Mukesh Ambani mentioned that Network18’s home-grown digital news platforms Moneycontrol and Firstpost are striving to set benchmark globally every single day.

Mukesh Ambani spoke about Reliance’s media business Network18’s growth and performance. He said that similar to the other companies under the Reliance umbrella, Network18 too has made great progress to become the top news network in India.

JioCinema has now become India’s largest digital entertainment destination: Mukesh Ambani

Commenting on the results, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD, RIL said: “...All segments have posted a robust financial and operating performance. This has helped the Company achieve multiple milestones."

JioCinema will soon be launching more features like multi video, picture in picture and multilingual support for Indian languages.