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Associate in the media and entertainment practice at the Mumbai office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Chandana has over 2 years of professional working experience Media and Entertainment Law industry. She has negotiated, reviewed and drafted a variety of contracts in this space and also conducted due diligences and script reviews for many prominent media clients-production houses, actors, writers, talent management agencies etc. She has also independently handled transactional work in this sector during her secondment at a prominent film production house. She can be reached at chandana.arval@cyrilshroff.com.

GOI Notification of 12th November on Digital Media - The Beginning of the Regulatory Journey for the Digital Space?

On November 09, 2020, the President of India issued a notification under Article 77(3) of the Constitution amending the Govt of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, according to which the Information & Broadcasting  Ministry (“I&B Ministry”) will now have the power to regulate and formulate policies, issue orders, instructions, notifications etc., pertaining to online news portals and content on Over the Top (“OTT”) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar and many more (“Notification”).
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