US charges N Korean programmer with WannaCry, other cyberattacks

A computer programmer allegedly working for the North Korean government has been charged in the United States with a series of massive cyberattacks around the world, including the WannaCry......

Star India responsible for Game of Thrones leak?

The channel has begun forensic investigations into the leak of the next episode, which was posted on Reddit three days before the official release.Romita Majumdar and Urvi Malvania report. IMAGE:......

Is North Korea behind ransomware attack?

An Indian-origin techie has found similarities between code found within WannaCry and other tools believed to have been created by Lazarus Group, a group of North Korean hackers, in the past.......

Disney-Star & RIL JV will see loss of $400 mn on $3.5 bn revenue next FY

Both sports and digital will drag down the healthy operating margins that entertainment television continues to make. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

RIL's 'Paramount' dream to be a media giant

Paramount Global has agreed to sell its 13 per cent stake in its Indian TV business to Reliance Industries for Rs 4,286 crore, the Indian firm said on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo from the......

RIL-Disney 'game-changing' deal gets a thumbs-up from analysts

Analysts have given a thumbs up to the Reliance Industries (RIL) and Walt Disney Co (Disney) proposed a joint venture (JV). Photograph: Fred Prouser/Reuters The stock of the Mukesh......

Disney, Reliance sign deal to create Rs 70,000 cr behemoth

Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries on Wednesday announced signing of binding pacts to merge their media operations in India to create a Rs 70,000 crore behemoth. Photograph: Reuters Reliance......

Super Dancer 3 In Trouble For 'Sexually Explicit' Talk

IMAGE: Super Dancer judges Geeta Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Anurag Basu.   The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Tuesday wrote a letter to Shaeesta Naqvi, grievance......

Will Disney Exit India?

Disney Star India, bought at a valuation of $15 billion, could be on the block for roughly one-third that amount. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters For the first time since it entered India in 1993,......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

10 Legal Shows On OTT

The appreciative response to the courtroom drama, Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai, reiterated the popularity of legal shows on streaming platforms. In real life, cases may go round in tareekh pe tareekh......

Disney Star sub licenses ICC TV rights to Zee

'This is a first-of-its-kind partnership in the Indian media & entertainment landscape, and this association with Disney Star reflects our sharp, strategic vision for the sports business India.'......

WWE throws its weight behind India, its biggest global market

The WWE says that India is its biggest market globally in terms of television viewership -- around 350 million unique viewers annually -- social media engagement and YouTube consumption, even......

NBA is coming to India! Sacramento vs Indiana in Mumbai

The first-ever live National Basketball Association match between the Sacramento Giants and Indiana Pacers on October 5 at the NSCI Dome arena in Mumbai. Image: Toronto Raptors players kiss the......

Sony acquires Ten Sports from Zee for $385 million

Media Firm Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) sold its sports channel Ten Sports to Sony Pictures Networks for a US$ 385-million (about Rs 2,579 crore) in an all cash deal."The Board of the......