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Airtel Xstream Premium pack, that brings access to content from over-the-top (OTT) platforms including Eros Now, SonyLIV, and Epic On, among others, is now available at Rs. 149 per month or Rs. 1,499 on an annual basis. The bundle was previously offered at a monthly price of Rs. 49 or a yearly price of Rs. 499. Airtel claims to offer over 10,000 movies, TV shows, and originals in 13 Indian languages alongside English through the Xstream service.As initially spotted by TelecomTalk, the revised Premium pack in both monthly…

Airtel Xstream Premium over-the-top (OTT) streaming service has been launched in India. The Indian telecom provider claims that its new OTT service will aggregate content from 15 Indian and global OTT platforms including SonyLIV, Eros Now, Shorts TV, and more. This integration is said to bring access to more than 10,000 movies and TV shows in one platform. The new streaming service from Airtel was first spotted last week. Furthermore, Airtel said that it is opting for a single app, single subscription, and single sign-in…

India's Reliance Industries is investing $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,510 crore) in Glance, a lock screen content company backed by Alphabet and owned by ad-tech firm InMobi, to bring the service to new Jio smartphones this year, the companies said on Monday.The investment, made through Reliance's Jio Platforms unit, values Glance at $1.7 billion to $1.8 billion (roughly Rs. 12,800–13,600 crore) post-money, according to a source involved in the deal.The integration will allow Reliance's retail businesses to advertise…

China's internet watchdog on Friday started a two-month special campaign to clean up "chaos" in online livestreaming and short video businesses, part of a broader plan to promote what is deemed as appropriate and legal content.As the starting point, the focus will be to rectify content that is "pornographic, ugly, strange, fake, vulgar and (promotes) gambling," the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement.Last year, China launched "special ops" to remove more than 1 billion online accounts and thousands of…