Google’s YouTube has a TV service. It has several things Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and Netflix do not have. First among these is over 100 live channels. These include CNN, ESPN and local news channels. To assemble these, YouTube has spent hundreds of millions of dollars. The collection of channels costs YouTube more than it did a year ago. It […]

Life insurance companies  reported a 17 per cent year-on-year (YoY) drop in new business premium (NBP) in February as state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India’s premiums contracted 32 per cent during this period on account of a drop in its group single premium segment. According to data released by the Life Insurance Council, the industry earned an NBP of Rs […]

A Punjabi and Bollywood actor is recovering from multiple stab wounds today after a man wielding a hatchet and knife attacked him outside a gym about an hour southeast of Los Angeles. Aman Dhaliwal was assaulted at about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of a Planet Fitness by a man Corona police identified as Ronald Chand, 30, of […]

YouTube TV is raising its monthly base price to $72.99 from $64.99, its first price hike in three years but a sign of the times for the growing internet pay-TV bundle sector. The increase, which subscribers learned about in a letter Thursday, will take effect during the first billing cycle on or after April 18. “As content costs have risen and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm Talent Agency on Thursday announced its hiring of Varun Monga as a Literary Content Agent, along with the promotions of Sanam Sarani and Sheridan March to Agent. Sarani will serve as a Brand Partnerships Agent, cultivating brand opportunities for clients, in addition to booking conventions and serving clients in digital media. March, meanwhile, will focus on developing unique […]

Room, the stage adaptation of the bestselling novel and 2015 film, will not come to Broadway this spring as planned: Producers announced today that the show has been postponed indefinitely “due to a shortfall in capitalization” following the withdrawal of a Lead Producer. Described as a play with songs, Room was to have starred Tony winner Adrienne Warren and Tony […]

T-Mobile announced on Wednesday that it planned to acquire Ka’ena Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Mint Mobile, a cost-friendly, prepaid wireless brand that is partly owned by the actor Ryan Reynolds, in a deal for up to $1.35 billion. Ultra Mobile, a wireless service that offers international calling, and Plum, a wireless wholesaler, are also part of the deal. The […]

Cleaning up a Swiss mess Shares in Credit Suisse rose as much as 40 percent on Thursday, after the embattled lender said it would borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss National Bank to restore investor confidence. The move appeared to allay fears of widening banking contagion after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, at least for now. But […]

Credit Suisse Group AG said it would borrow up to 50 billion Swiss Francs or around $53.7 billion from the Swiss National Bank after the Swiss banking major lost much of its value in the wake of latest banking industry turmoil. The development comes as its largest investor Saudi National Bank said that it could not provide the Swiss bank […]