Google, one of the few American corporate giants still operating in Russia, is poised to lose one of its biggest footholds in the country.
Browsing: Broadcasting and Media
A push by US politicians to regulate digital app stores has pitted Apple and Google against Microsoft and others in a showdown of some of the world’s biggest technology companies.
Netflix is testing features including one that will allow accounts to be shared outside members’ households at an extra cost.
CNN is racing to secure distribution for its new streaming service with more partners ahead of its launch later this month.
MultiChoice Group shares jumped after it said it had reached a settlement agreement over a multibillion-rand tax dispute in Nigeria.
YouTube and the Google Play store are suspending all payment-based services in Russia, including subscriptions.
A senior Netflix executive said the company had no current plans to offer a streaming option that included advertising but declined to rule it out in the future.
Netflix has suspended its service in Russia, less than a week after it temporarily stopped all future projects and acquisitions in the country.
The Economic Freedom Fighters has slammed MultiChoice over what it has inaccurately claimed is the broadcaster’s “unilateral decision” to remove Russia’s RT from DStv.
RT, the Russian state-owned news channel formerly known as Russia Today, is no longer available on DStv, just one day after MultiChoice said it had no intention of canning it.