2014-16 saw 33,531 cyber attacks in India

On 7 March, the Rajya Sabha was informed by the Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir that 33,531 cyber attacks were carried out in India in 2014-16. The Minister added that the Ministry of Home Affairs aims to train 27,500 police personnel across the country to deal with cyber crimes.

Govt policies have to change to work for new technologies: TRAI Chairman

Often it has been seen that government policies and regulation fail to keep in sync with emerging technologies. Speaking at Convergence India 2018, the telecom regulator TRAI Chairman RS Sharma echoed the same fact and said that regulatory policies will have to change to work for new technologies like IoT, OTT,  machine-to-machine communication and 5G.

Discovery completes acquisition of Scripps; pays $14.6 bn

The internationally popular infotainment, lifestyle and kids broadcaster Discovery has finally completed its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive. Moving forward, the combined company will be officially known as simply Discovery, Inc.

TV ad segment in Britain crash down 3.2% in 2017

While TV is still the most powerful viewing platform in India, it is dwindling in popularity in developed countries. Advertisers are shifting to new platforms like OTT to reach the people. According to full-year figures provided to Thinkbox by the UK commercial TV broadcasters, TV advertising revenue in the UK totaled £5.11 billion in 2017, down 3.2% on the record high set in 2016 of £5.28 billion,.

James Pitaro becomes ESPN president & Disney Media Networks co-chair

As ESPN readies the launch of its new direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service, ESPN+ which will offer a dynamic lineup of thousands of live sporting events, original content and an unmatched library of award-winning on-demand programming, it has appointed James Pitaro as president and Disney Media Networks co-chair.

YuppTV to enter wellness segment; partners with Brilliant Living TV

The leading over the top (OTT) platform YuppTV is planning to enter the wellness sector and has partnered with Brilliant Living TV, which country’s largest content provider in the Fitness and wellness genre.

Satellite operator SES launches a new product ‘OU Flex’

In its endeavour to boost Occasional Use services like events and news broadcasting, the satellite operator SES has launched a new product ‘OU Flex’.