• European telecom firms urge EU to make tech, streaming giants pay

    Telecoms giants say that they need more money to maintain and update the infrastructure to meet Europe's voracious data needs, and that it would be fairer if firms like Netflix contributed towards the cost. But tech behemoths say telecoms companies already get money from customers, while digital rights activists fear...

  • Disney+ gains 12m subscribers as losses pile up

    Although its subscriber base has swelled by 12 million users, Disney+ has seen its operating losses touch $1.47 billion for the July to September period. The number of people subscribing to Disney+ reached 164.2 million people, more than 161 million estimated by Factset, a data company.

  • Egypt to set up framework to regulate streaming platform content

    Egypt is to establish a licensing framework for digital entertainment platforms like Netflix that will require them to conform to the majority-Muslim country's "social values," the regulatory body said. The announcement late Wednesday comes just days after Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbours asked Netflix to drop content that conflicted...

  • Indian Oscars return as Abu Dhabi hosts Bollywood bash

    Bollywood's brightest stars will gather in Abu Dhabi on Saturday as the Indian Oscars return for the first time since the pandemic shuttered cinemas and turned audiences on to streaming. Host Salman Khan and actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be among the A-listers at the International Indian Film Academy Awards...

  • Will Smith slaps Chris Rock, shadowing CODA triumph at Oscars

    Seeking to reassert its relevance, the Academy Awards gala was packed with big musical performances and three wisecracking female hosts — but will enter the history books for the shocking Will Smith-Chris Rock altercation, which changed the mood of the night before the final prizes were announced.

  • Apple hits $3trn valuation

    It has become the first US company to reach that valuation.

  • YouTube Music tops 50 million subscribers

    YouTube Music trails rivals Spotify, Amazon and Apple. The company said in June it has paid more than $4 billion to the music industry over the prior 12 months.

  • Twitch video gamers go offline to protest ‘hate raids’

    The protest organized using the social media hashtag #ADayOffTwitch was intended to get Twitch to do more to protect streamers from attacks

  • Netflix turning to games as streaming growth slows

    Analysts said the Netflix move is not aimed at disrupting the expanding gaming market but keeping its own viewers interested by offering new kinds of content