Month: February 2024

Anant Ambani: My vision is to build the world’s most advanced wildlife institute in Jamnagar

The Jamnagar facility also houses a huge elephant rescue centre, where more than 200 elephants have been rescued from all over India. The facility has more than 300 to 400 professionals caring for elephants that need healthcare support, Anant Ambani added. (Image source: News18)

In a conversation with Network18’s CNN-News18, Anant Ambani talked about the state-of-the-art medical centre for rescued animals in Jamnagar.

SpiceJet’s turbulent aviation journey: Explained

In February, SpiceJet announced its plan to cut down on its workforce. Around 1,400 employees, which constitutes 15 percent of the total workforce are likely to be given the pink slip. (Image sourced via CNBC-TV18)

Starting as a regional airline in 2005, SpiceJet faced various lows of financial turmoil and survival struggles. What was the cause for the airline’s fall from grace? Let’s find out.

Google’s $700 million settlement seems skeptical to US Judge

The court imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine on Google for providing inaccurate information and failing to disclose details about the European Patent Office's rejection of the patent application. (Representative Image: Lauren Edvalson via Unsplash)

At a hearing on Tuesday, US District Judge James Donato seemed skeptical of this settlement. He said that the accord seems to be giving short-shrift to consumers in its overall compensation as well as the broad release it gives the company through future lawsuits, Business Standard reported.

707 mn people in India enjoy OTT audio and video services: Reports

Regional OTT content volumes exceeded Hindi language content in 2023 for the first time. (Representative Image: Bastian Riccardi via Unsplash)

The rise of digital entertainment services is also bolstered by the rise of non-traditional devices (smart TV, smart speakers, Firesticks, Chromecasts, Blue-Ray etc) that has witnessed a growth of 58 percent between 2021-23 at all India level.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman: RBI should hold regular meetings with fintech companies

The six action points stressed on the simplification and digitization of KYC (Know Your Customer) processes across all fintech sectors. This also included facilitation of interactions between fintech firms and law enforcement agencies to address concerns or issues. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

The meeting, which was attended by RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar, SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara, and officials from the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), among others, saw Nirmala Sitharaman release six action points.

GroupM report: 117 percent growth in delivery of paid media to CTV devices from 2022-2023

CTV growth emerges from HSM markets, witnessing 4X growth in impressions from Maharashtra, Haryana, UP, MP, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh & Bihar over last 12 months. Karnataka leads growth in South with 7X growth. (Image source: Unsplash)

Addressable TV homes to surpass 45 million by end of 2024, covering 21 percent of Indian TV Homes; a growth of 32 percent over 2023.

20 percent of all the people watching video content in 2023 have been cord cutters: Kantar

Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam have high conversion ratios, Hindi and Kannada record mid conversion ratios, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali record low conversion ratios. (Representative Image: Nicolas J Leclercq via Unsplash)

Addressable TV is poised to extend its reach to over 45 million homes, constituting 21 percent of addressable TV households in 2024.