99-447: Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is an Indian content creator, aggregator and distributor, specifically in the media and entertainment industry. It was founded by Buddhichand Maroo in 1962 as a book-circulating library under the name Shemaroo. It set up India's first video rental business in 1979. The company went national after it began content distribution in 1987, became aggregators and bought rights to movies for home video . Currently,
198-455: A "community of like-minded individuals." One argument for video stores is the element of investment; if "you're taking time to walk into a physical place, grab something and take it home, you'll be at least a little bit invested." As well, there is the "allure of browsing" the physical copies on the shelves (an appeal likened to the resurgence of interest in vinyl records in the 2020s). Such video rental stores as Toronto's Bay St Video have
297-632: A 2,000 km undersea high-speed link to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. On 24 May 2012, Airtel announced an agreement to acquire a 40% stake in Wireless Business Services Private Limited (WBSPL) at an investment of ₹ 9.07 billion (US$ 110 million). WBSPL was a joint venture founded by Qualcomm and held BWA spectrum in the telecom circles of Delhi , Haryana, Kerala and Mumbai . Qualcomm had spent US$ 1 billion to acquire BWA spectrum in those 4 circles. The deal gave Airtel
396-452: A 4G presence in 18 circles. On 4 July 2013, Airtel announced that it had acquired an additional 5% equity share capital (making its stake 51%) in all the four BWA entities of Qualcomm, thereby making them its subsidiaries. On 18 October 2013, Airtel announced that it had acquired 100 percent equity shares of WBSPL for an undisclosed sum, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Airtel purchased Augere Wireless Broadband India Private Limited,
495-475: A Singaporean company, Singtel , replacing the old-fashioned, bulky rotary phones that were in use in the country then. Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) was incorporated and entered into a technical tie-up with Siemens AG of Germany for the manufacture of electronic push-button phones. By the early 1990s, Bharti was making fax machines, cordless phones and other telecom gear. He named his first push-button phone as 'Mitbrau'. In 1992, he successfully bid for one of
594-692: A caller ring back tone service ( Ringing Tone ), in July 2004 becoming the first operator in India to do so. The Airtel theme song, composed by A.R. Rahman, was the most popular tune in that year. In May 2008, it emerged that Airtel was exploring the possibility of buying the MTN Group , a South Africa-based telecommunications company with coverage in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East. Financial Times reported that Bharti
693-583: A company that owned 4G spectrum in the Chhattisgarh-Madhya Pradesh circle for an undisclosed sum in December 2015. The Economic Times estimated Augere's spectrum to be worth ₹ 1.5 billion (US$ 18 million). On 16 February 2017, Airtel announced that the merger of Augere Wireless into Bharti Airtel Limited had been completed. On 2 January 2017, The Economic Times reported that Airtel had entered into discussions with Telenor India to acquire
792-634: A complaint against Kaur and Shemaroo with the Mumbai Police for insulting the organisation and Hindus . In 2019, the company ventured into the pre-loaded audio speaker market and introduced Bluetooth speakers loaded with devotional content. The pricing for all three existing products in store (online & offline) – Bhagavad Gita, Bhajan Vaani and Quran Majeed And is available in the market currently with leading offline and online retailers. In 2019, Shemaroo launched 'Shemaroo Bhakti Shri Ganesha Bhajan Vaani' during Ganesh Chaturthi, and 'Shemaroo Amritbani' on
891-717: A constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . On 8 June 2010, Bharti Airtel completed the purchase of mobile operations in 15 African countries from Zain , a Kuwaiti operator. On 11 August 2010, Bharti Airtel announced that it would acquire Telecom Seychelles for US$ 62 million. On 15 August 2017, Bharti Airtel and Millicom's Tigo in Ghana merged to form new company AirtelTigo. On 27 October 2020, Airtel announced that it planned to exit its business in Ghana, and that it had entered into "advanced stages of discussions" for sale of shares in AirtelTigo to
990-404: A deal to buy films of Sony's Columbia Tristar. Shemaroo ventured into film production with movies like Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye , Omkara , Ishqiya , Dedh Ishqiya and Hunterrr . These were followed by several others in the subsequent years. The company forayed into digital animated films with Bal Ganesh and Ghatothkach as their initial features and became the only company to release
1089-584: A feature every year thereafter. In 2012, Shemaroo completed 50 years of operations. In 2018, the company unveiled a new logo and tagline ‘ India Khush Hua’ . In January 2020, Shemaroo Group launched its first TV channel named Shemaroo Marathibana. It is a 24-hour FTA Marathi movie channel with the tagline 'Assal Filmi' (translated as 'Made for Entertainment'). Swapnil Joshi is its Brand Ambassador. It airs Marathi movies like Aapla Manus , Thackeray , Bhai Vyakti Ki Valli , Judgement , Cycle , Ani Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar , etc. In 2020, Shemaroo Group also announced
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#17328699741431188-554: A film professor at the University of Michigan , video rental stores "helped cement a local ' movie culture ' and contribute to the social fabric of a community in small but meaningful ways", in that customers sought advice from staff on what film to rent or chatted with other customers about "what to watch and why." Film critic Collin Souter states that video stores gave "film lovers" a place "to congregate" and make "discoveries by browsing"
1287-462: A larger selection than a streaming platform's movie list. The owner of Bay St Video states that they "have movies that go back to the beginning of filmmaking, from the first silent films ever made to stuff that was just in theatres – and everything in between. We have the history of cinema .” He calls the store's selection of films " libraryesque – almost like an archive or a museum .” Benjamin Owens,
1386-456: A major channel for low-budget, feature-length indie movies when the large video store chains collapsed. Streaming services are less likely to produce this format, as they prefer binge-watching -oriented serials . Richard Brody argues that between 1985 and 1995, there was "a generation of filmmakers that included Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh , whose first films, Reservoir Dogs and Sex, Lies, and Videotape , respectively, were financed" by
1485-568: A majority 70.90% stake in the company to Bharti Airtel for US$ 300 million. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission approved the deal on 4 January 2010. Bharti Airtel Limited took management control of the company and its board, and rebranded the company's services under its own "airtel" brand from 20 December 2010. Warid Telecom sold its remaining 30% share to Bharti Airtel's Singapore-based concern Bharti Airtel Holdings Pte Limited in March 2013. On 16 November 2016, Airtel Bangladesh
1584-508: A message hidden in a VHS tape, in which Kevin Dillon plays the role of a video store clerk; Air Doll (2009) a Japanese film about a blow-up doll that comes to life and begins working in a video rental store; Bleeder (1999), a Nicolas Winding Refn film in which Mads Mikkelsen plays a lonely video store clerk; and Watching the Detectives (2007), a film in which Cillian Murphy plays
1683-547: A million retailers, Airtel Ads, Airtel IQ, Airtel Secure, and Airtel Cloud. Airtel is the second-largest mobile operator in the world by subscriber base and has a commercial presence in 17 countries and the Channel Islands . Its area of operations include: Airtel operates in the following countries: † Jersey and Guernsey are British Crown Dependencies. They are not independent countries. Therefore, Airtel's countries of operation are considered to be 17. Airtel Africa
1782-945: A new media technology team for mobile value-added services (MVAS), the Internet, DTH and a nationwide home entertainment distribution network. The company has partnered with Airtel , Vodafone , Idea , MTN , Ooredoo and Etisalat to distribute content like videos, music and live streaming via MVAS. They also have an online presence on YouTube, where their channels receive an estimated 2.2 billion monthly views on average. Their partners include major DTH platforms such as Airtel digital TV , Tata Sky and Dish TV , and TV Networks such as Sony Network , Star TV and Colors Network . The company's subsidiary Contentino Media provides in-flight entertainment for airlines like Emirates , Singapore Airlines , Qatar Airways , Air India , Vistara , Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic . The company's brand Yedaz
1881-508: A potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing. However, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment did also report that Redbox's sales increased last year, seeing a 66% increase in annual revenue to $ 112.7 million. On June 29, 2024, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing a week of paying its employees and failing to secure financing. On July 10, 2024, a bankruptcy judge ordered to convert Chicken Soup for
1980-418: A rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms agreed upon in a rental agreement or contract , which may be implied, explicit, or written. Many video rental stores also sell previously viewed movies and/or new, unopened movies. In the 1980s, video rental stores rented VHS and Betamax tapes of movies, although most stores dropped Betamax tapes when VHS won the format war late in
2079-423: A shop scheduled for demolition; Clerks (1994), which depicts a day in the life of two bored, annoyed clerks, one that works in a video store; Speaking Parts (1989), a film directed by Atom Egoyan about a video rental store customer whose obsession with a minor actor pushes her to rent every film he has a bit part in; Remote Control (1988), a science fiction film about alien brainwashing scheme that uses
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#17328699741432178-520: A subscription to be accessed. It was launched in the USA in April 2019. In July 2020, ShemarooMe announced the launch of its new on-demand movie platform called 'ShemarooMe Box Office.' ShemarooMe has also inked a strategic partnership with BookMyShow, India's leading entertainment destination, to ensure more cine-goers have access to the content. Shemaroo Marathibana is a Marathi language Entertainment channel that
2277-408: A vestige of the brief existence" of five video store owners who "cling to their dream of keeping the video rental industry alive." The impact of video rental stores on popular culture is attested to by filmmakers' use of video stores as a setting for a number of films from the 1980s to the 2000s. Examples include Be Kind Rewind (2008), in which Jack Black and Mos Def play rental store staff in
2376-469: A video store clerk who is a film buff who tries to get his customers interested in cinema. The decline of chain video stores was later addressed by the documentary film The Last Blockbuster (2020) and the TV sitcom Blockbuster (2022), a fictionalized version of the same premise. Renting books, optical discs, tapes, and movies is covered by copyright law . Copyright owners sometimes put warning notices on
2475-581: Is a blockchain -enabled MediaTech startup offering a new age middleware technology for the media marketplace and create a more collaborative digital marketing environment. In Aug 2024, Bharti Global agreed to purchase 24.5% Stake in UK telecom BT Group. Bharti Telecom (BTL) is a holding company of Bharti Airtel with Bharti Enterprises and Singtel owning 50.56 percent and 49.44 percent, respectively, in BTL, which in turn owns 35.80 percent of Bharti Airtel. Airtel Bharat
2574-561: Is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, which provides telecommunications and Mobile Payment services in 14 countries in Africa, primarily in East, Central, and West Africa. Airtel Nigeria is the most profitable unit of Airtel Africa, due to its cheap data plans in Nigeria. As of March 2019, Airtel had over 99 million subscribers on the continent. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is
2673-548: Is expanding fast to keep pace with Reliance Jio Infocomm. Airtel will also add about 13 million of Tata Tele's mobile subscribers as of April 2019 to its nearly 322 million users. But most of Tata Tele's mobile users are inactive, as per the regulator. In February 2022, Bharti Airtel announced in Airtel Marq 2.0 and 3.0, Airtel Mall, Airtel Clinic that it has acquired a strategic stake in a blockchain startup Aqilliz via its "Airtel Startup Accelerator Program". Singapore-based Aqilliz
2772-502: Is its official Bollywood licensing and merchandising rights holder that sells Bollywood-themed products like T-shirts and mugs. They've also established the Shemaroo Institute of Film and Technology (SIFT). In February 2019, Shemaroo Entertainment launched its own video-on-demand service app called ShemarooMe, which is available for Android and iOS . It is also available on the web for viewers. The Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff
2871-522: Is not permitted by Indian law. In June 2010, Bharti struck a deal to buy Zain 's mobile operations in 15 African countries, in India's second-biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's $ 13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed its $ 10.7 billion acquisition of African operations from the Kuwaiti firm on 8 June 2010, making Airtel the world's fifth largest wireless carrier by subscriber base. Airtel has reported that its revenues for
2970-631: Is provided and maintained by Ericsson , Huawei , and Nokia Networks whereas IT support is provided by Amdocs . The transmission towers are maintained by subsidiaries and joint venture companies of Bharti including Bharti Infratel (merged with Indus Towers) and Indus Towers in India. Ericsson agreed for the first time to be paid by the minute for installation and maintenance of their equipment rather than being paid upfront, which allowed Airtel to provide low call rates of ₹ 1 (1.2¢ US)/minute. In 1984, Sunil Mittal started assembling push-button phones in India, which he earlier used to import from
3069-629: Is the second largest provider of mobile telephony after Jio and the second largest provider of fixed telephony in India and is also a provider of Broadband and subscription television services. It offers its telecom services under the Airtel brand, and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal. Airtel provides broadband internet access through fiber, DSL, internet leased lines and MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) solutions , as well as IPTV and fixed line telephone services. Until 18 September 2004, Bharti provided fixed line telephony and broadband services under
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3168-638: The Copyright Modernization Act . Teachers can show "copyrighted commercially available movies for educational purposes", so long as it is part of a "classroom curriculum related context." In the United States, Title 17 of the United States Code indicates that it is "illegal to reproduce a copyrighted work" such as a rented VHS tape or DVD movie. In some cases, consumer rights in Europe and
3267-436: The Channel Islands . Currently, Airtel provides 5G , 4G and LTE Advanced services throughout India. Currently offered services include fixed-line broadband, and voice services depending upon the country of operation. Airtel had also rolled out its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology across all Indian telecom circles. It is the second largest mobile network operator in India and the third largest mobile network operator in
3366-478: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in mid-November 2017. On 29 August 2018, Bharti Airtel got its shareholders' approval for the merger proposal with Tata Teleservices. On 17 January 2019, NCLT Delhi gave final approval for merger between Tata Docomo and Airtel. On 1 July 2019, the consumer mobile business of Tata Teleservices has become part of telecom operator Bharti Airtel. Airtel will absorb
3465-589: The Government of Ghana . On 13 January 2016, France-based Orange SA and Bharti Airtel inked a deal to sell Airtel's operations in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone to Orange. On 19 July 2016, Airtel completed the deal. Airtel Bangladesh Ltd. was a GSM -based cellular operator in Bangladesh. Airtel was the sixth mobile phone carrier to enter the Bangladesh market, and originally launched commercial operations under
3564-520: The Tata Sons -owned telco's consumer mobile operations in 19 circles across India—17 under Tata Teleservices and two under Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd. As part of the proposed agreement, Airtel will also take over a small portion of the unpaid spectrum liability of Tata Teleservices. Bharti Airtel will get an additional 178.5 MHz of spectrum in three bands—1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 850 MHz—that are widely used for 4G, an area where Airtel
3663-536: The high definition optical disc format war ended in the late 2000s. Some firms rented DVDs from automatic kiosk machines such as Redbox . Customers selected a movie from a list using buttons, paid by credit card, and the movie popped out of a slot. While traditional brick and mortar video rental stores were closing at a high rate, Redbox moved into existing retail locations such as supermarkets, and placed kiosks within them or outside of them to gain access to that consumer base. As well, with Redbox, consumers could rent
3762-496: The videotape format war of the 1970s and 1980s, some stores initially stocked both VHS and Betamax cassettes, while others specialized in one format or the other. During the 1980s, most stores eventually phased out their Betamax section and became all-VHS, contributing to the eventual demise of Beta as a home video format (nevertheless, the Beta form factor remained in use as a professional video format in broadcasting as Betacam ). In
3861-523: The 1800 MHz band from the Telenor acquisition. Business Standard reported that it was a no-cash deal, but would cost Airtel ₹ 1,600 crore over a 10-year period due to spectrum license payments. On 23 March 2017, The Economic Times reported that Airtel had acquired Tikona Infinet Limited 's 4G spectrum for approximately ₹ 1,600 crores. The deal also includes Tikona's 350 cellular sites in 5 circles. Tikona had purchased 20 MHz of 4G spectrum in
3960-537: The 2,300 MHz band in the 2010 auctions in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh , Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West) and Rajasthan for ₹ 1,058 crores. Prior to the deal, Airtel did not hold any spectrum in the 2300 MHz band in UP (East), UP (West) and Rajasthan, and held 10 MHz each in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Tikona's co-founder Rajesh Tiwari sent a legal notice to both companies for not providing details regarding
4059-516: The 2010s sharply reduced the revenues of most major rental chains, leading to the closure of most locations. Due to the precipitous drop in demand, few rental shops have survived into the present day. As of 2022, the small number of remaining stores tend to cater to film buffs seeking classic and historic films, art films , independent films , foreign language films, and cult films that are less available on streaming platforms. The world's oldest business renting out copies of movies for private use
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4158-401: The 550th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Shemaroo's content library includes over 3,700 film and non-film titles. They also provide religious content with devotional videos, live streaming of shrines, temples, and more in categories such as Bhakti, Ibaadat and Gurbani via their apps Ibaadat and Hari Om. Their distribution network includes an in-house television syndication team,
4257-564: The African business of Zain Telecom for $ 10.7 billion, making it the largest ever acquisition by an Indian telecom firm. In 2012, Bharti tied up with Walmart , the US retail giant, to start a number of retail stores across India. In 2014, Bharti planned to acquire Loop Mobile for ₹ 7 billion (US$ 84 million), but the deal was called off later. On 18 November 2010, Airtel rebranded itself in India in
4356-518: The Airtel brand. The company has over 57% share of the mobile market of Seychelles. Airtel announced plans to invest US$ 10 million in its fixed and mobile telecoms network in Seychelles over three years, whilst also participating in the Seychelles East Africa submarine cable (SEAS) project. The US$ 34 million SEAS project is aimed at improving Seychelles' global connectivity by building
4455-554: The B2B arm of Bharti Airtel, has rolled out a first of its kind dedicated digital platform to serve the growing connectivity, communication and collaboration requirements of emerging businesses, including SMEs and startups. The digital platform will offer solutions to emerging enterprises to enable ease of business and faster time to market Airtel Digital Ltd, is a subsidiary of Airtel, that manages its digital assets such as Wynk Music, Airtel Xstream, Airtel Thanks, Mitra Payments platform used by
4554-410: The Soul Entertainment's Chapter 11 bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation after accusing the company's previous CEO of misusing the business and failing to pay employees or support healthcare. Over 1,000 employees were laid off and over 26,000 Redbox kiosks will shut down permanently, marking the end of major physical video rental services in the United States. According to Daniel Herbert,
4653-488: The Sundance Kid , M*A*S*H , Hello, Dolly! , Patton , The French Connection , The King and I and The Sound of Music , Atkinson bought all the titles in both VHS and Beta formats, and offered them for rent. Such stores led to the creation of video rental chains such as West Coast Video , Blockbuster Video , and Rogers Video in the 1980s. Sony released its first commercially available video recorders in
4752-527: The Supreme Court overruled the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after Justice Sandra Day O'Connor changed her mind, leading to a 5-to-4 ruling. Video games started being rented in video shops from 1982 . Some of the earliest game cartridges available for rental included Donkey Kong , Frogger and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial . However, not many stores made them available for rental at
4851-905: The Telemedia business was merged with Mobile and DTH businesses. The Digital Television business provides Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV services across India under the brand name Airtel digital TV . It started services on 9 October 2008 and had about 16.027 million customers at the end of June 2019. Airtel Payments Bank was launched in January 2017. Airtel Business consists largely of six products: cloud and managed services, digital signage, NLD/ILD connectivity (VSAT / MPLS / IPLC and Ethernet products), Wi-Fi dongles, voice solutions (like toll-free numbers, TracMate, and automated media reading) and conferencing solutions ( VoIP , audio, video, and web conferencing), serving industry verticals like BFSI, IT/ITeS, manufacturing, hospitality and government. Airtel Business,
4950-538: The Touchtel brand. Bharti now provides all telecom services including fixed line services under the common brand Airtel. As of June 2019, Airtel provides Telemedia services; in 99 cities. As on 30 June 2019, Airtel had 2.342 million broadband subscribers. Airtel Broadband provides broadband and IPTV services. Airtel provides both capped as well as unlimited download plans. However, Airtel's unlimited plans are subject to free usage policy (FUP), which reduces speed after
5049-502: The US are significantly broader than those described in copyright warning labels. In the U.S., with narrow exceptions for religious and educational purpsoses, a person who shows a rental video outside of a home must pay for an exhibition license. Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited is an Indian multinational telecommunications company based in New Delhi . It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa , as well as
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#17328699741435148-476: The US, Canada , and the United Kingdom . In 1987, home video market revenues for the year surpassed box office revenues. In the 1980s, it was common for shops to rent equipment—typically VHS recorders—as well as tapes. Some video shops also had adults-only sections containing X-rated videos. Some video stores exclusively sold X-rated suggestive films, often along with related sex shop items. To cope with
5247-543: The United States on June 7, 1975, and the following year, on October 25, 1976, Universal and Disney filed a lawsuit against Sony in the case known as Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. The two studios tried to ban the sales of VCRs, and later the rental of movies, which would have destroyed the video rental business in the US. Justice Harry Blackmun sided with the studios, while Justice John Paul Stevens ruled in Sony's favor. Eventually, on January 17, 1984,
5346-607: The VCR "and the viewing habits it has engendered — the Saturday night trip down to the tape rental store to pick out for a couple of bucks the movie you want to see when you want to see it". Video rental stores had customers of all ages and were part of a fast-growing business. By 1987, for example, Pennsylvania had 537 stores that primarily rented videotapes, with annual spending per resident of $ 10.50. By 1989, six years after its founding, Philadelphia's West Coast Video operated over 700 stores in
5445-501: The brand has a collection of over 3700 movie titles in multiple Indian languages and offers services to customers in over 30 countries including the US , the UK , Singapore , UAE and Australia . The company's partners for content distribution include Amazon Prime Video , Netflix , YouTube , iTunes , Reliance Jio , Vodafone , Tata Play , DD Free Dish and DishTV . Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd.
5544-413: The brand name " Warid Telecom " on 10 May 2007. Warid Telecom International LLC , an Abu Dhabi –based consortium , sold a majority 70% stake in the company to India's Bharti Airtel Limited for US$ 300 million. On 16 November 2016, Airtel Bangladesh was merged into Robi as a product brand of Robi Axiata, where Robi Axiata Limited is the licensee of the Airtel brand in Bangladesh. Robi at present
5643-584: The business as of April 2023 and was portrayed in the June 2006 documentary film Eckis Welt by Olaf Saumer. The first professionally managed video rental store in the U.S., Video Station, was opened by George Atkinson in December 1977 at 12011 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles . After 20th Century Fox had signed an agreement with Magnetic Video founder Andre Blay to license him 50 of their titles for sale directly to consumers, amongst them Butch Cassidy and
5742-556: The company acquired control of Spice Cell in Kolkata . Bharti Enterprises went public in 2002, and the company was listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India . In 2003, the cellular phone operations were re-branded under the single Airtel brand. In 2004, Bharti acquired control of Hexacom and entered Rajasthan. In 2005, Bharti extended its network to Andaman and Nicobar . This expansion allowed it to offer voice services all across India. Airtel launched "Hello Tunes",
5841-512: The company forayed into content distribution via the VHS format, which was labeled Shemaroo Video Private Ltd. They also bought rights to several movies for home video and were one of the first brands involved in the distribution of video rights in India. Shemaroo started buying cable and pay television rights in the 1990s. In 1995, the company bought an equity stake in Sony's Indian TV channel while negotiating
5940-485: The company to focus on the business model of flat-fee unlimited rentals without due dates, late fees (a source of annoyance for bricks and mortar video store customers), shipping and handling fees, or per-title rental fees. Rogers Video was the first chain to provide DVD rentals in Canada. Other chains and independent stores later transitioned to the newer format. Similarly, many video stores rented Blu-ray Disc movies after
6039-418: The consumer mobile businesses of Tata Teleservices , Tata Docomo and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd (TTML), in a debt-free cash-free deal. The deal will essentially be free for Airtel which will only incur TTSL's unpaid spectrum payment liability. TTSL will continue to operate its enterprise, fixed -line and broadband businesses and its stake in tower company Viom Networks. The deal received approval from
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#17328699741436138-436: The continued interest in video rental stores to the rising cost of streaming subscription services and patrons' desire for the personalized film recommendations he provides. On April 23, 2024, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment , Redbox's parent, announced a $ 636.6 million loss in 2023, and warned that without any options to generate additional financing, the company may be forced to liquidate or pause operations, and seek
6237-547: The customer crosses a certain data usage limit. In most of the plans, Airtel provides only 64 KB/s beyond FUP which is equal to other competitors' tariffs. The maximum speed available for home users under the new V-Fiber program is up to 300 Mbit/s and with DSL is 16 Mbit/s. In May 2012, Airtel Broadband and some other Indian ISPs temporarily blocked file sharing websites such as Vimeo , Megavideo , and The Pirate Bay , without giving any legal information to customers. In June 2011, The Economic Times reported that
6336-489: The decade. In the 2000s, video rental stores began renting DVDs , a digital format with higher resolution than VHS. In the late 2000s, stores began selling and renting Blu-ray discs, a format that supports high definition resolution. Video rental stores have experienced a significant decline in the 21st century. Increasing accessibility of electronic medias in library circulation and widespread adoption of video on demand and video streaming services such as Netflix in
6435-567: The end of 2022, there are still more than 2,000 video rental stores in Japan, including Tsutaya and Geo . However, as is typical, the number is decreasing year by year. In addition, Redbox has nearly 40,000 vending machine-type stores in the U.S. as of 2021. In 2022, CBC News reported that Ottawa still has two DVD rental stores: Movies n' Stuff (12,000 titles for rent and 40,000 more in storage) and Glebe Video International (18,000 titles for rent). Movies n' Stuff's owner, Peter Thompson, attributes
6534-408: The entire "inventory and recreated the store in his basement", as for him, "that place [was] a lifesaver." A 2018 article about video stores states that they are appealing because "people crave being together to pick entertainment" and the chance to "chat with a staff member" "who can be relied upon for reviews and recommendations and who truly love what they do", while at the same time being "part of
6633-606: The first phase of a global rebranding strategy. The company unveiled a new logo with 'airtel' written in lower case. Designed by London-based brand agency, Superunion , the new logo is the letter 'a' in lowercase, with 'airtel' written in lowercase under the logo. On 23 November 2010, Airtel's Africa operations were rebranded to 'airtel'. Sri Lanka followed on 28 November 2010 and on 20 December 2010, Warid Telecom rebranded to 'airtel' in Bangladesh . In May 2024 Google Cloud partnered with Airtel. In May 2006 , it emerged that Airtel
6732-739: The four mobile phone network licenses auctioned in India . One of the conditions for the Delhi cellular licenses was that the bidder have some experience as a telecom operator. So, Mittal clinched a deal with the French telecom group Vivendi . He was one of the first Indian entrepreneurs to identify the mobile telecom business as a major growth area. His plans were finally approved by the Government in 1994 and he launched services in Delhi in 1995, when Bharti Cellular Limited (BCL)
6831-437: The fourth quarter of 2010 grew by 53% to US$ 3.2 billion compared to the previous year, newly acquired Zain Africa division contributed US$ 911 million to the total. However, net profits dropped by 41% from US$ 470 million in 2009 to US$ 291 million in 2010 due to a US$ 188 million increase in radio spectrum charges in India and an increase of US$ 106 million in debt interest. In 2010, Warid Telecom sold
6930-487: The home video market. Brody argues that for aspiring filmmakers, video stores they worked at became "launching pads of true outsiders ", and provided "counter-programming" to film school training by valorizing "anti-academic values of disorder, spontaneity, and enthusiasm." Friday Night at the Video Store is a National Film Board documentary directed by Cédric Chabuel and Alexandra Viau that aims to "record and preserve
7029-479: The late 1990s, DVDs began appearing in video rental stores. The format was smaller than tapes, allowing stores to stock more movies. As well, the thin, lightweight discs could be mailed, which made mail DVD services feasible. In the late 1990s, Netflix offered a per-rental model for each DVD but introduced a monthly subscription for DVDs concept in September 1999. The per-rental model was dropped by early 2000, allowing
7128-412: The latter. On 23 February 2017, Airtel announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Telenor. As part of the deal, Airtel will acquire Telenor India's assets and customers in all seven telecom circles that the latter operates in - Andhra Pradesh , Bihar , Maharashtra , Gujarat , Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West) and Assam . Airtel will gain a 43.4 MHz spectrum in
7227-452: The launch of a new Hindi GEC Shemaroo TV. In May 2020, a video surfaced where the comedian Surleen Kaur made a remark about Krishna , a Hindu deity , which right-leaning media houses and political parties objected to. Following the controversy, Shemaroo announced their decision to refrain from any further involvement with Surleen Kaur and Balraj Syal because they 'failed to meet their standards of public decency'. Subsequently, ISKCON lodged
7326-477: The mid–2000s. All the new ways of watching movies greatly reduced demand for video rental shops, and many closed as a result. In 2000, there were 27,882 stores renting videos open in the US, by late 2015, the number was down to 4,445. Over 86% of the 15,300 U.S. stores (specializing in video rentals) open in 2007 were reported to have closed by 2017, bringing the total to approximately 2,140 remaining stores. The total income from brick and mortar rentals for 2017
7425-466: The movie and return it. Widespread availability of video on demand (VOD) on cable TV systems and VHS-by-mail and DVD-by-mail services offered consumers a way of watching movies without having to leave home. Consumers preferred the convenience of choosing movies at home. With the advent of the World Wide Web , Internet services which streamed content as Netflix became increasingly popular starting in
7524-450: The movie at one kiosk (for example, one near their work) and return it to any Redbox kiosk (for example, one near their home), thus increasing convenience. Redbox surpassed Blockbuster in 2007 in the number of US locations, passed 100 million rentals in February 2008, and passed 1 billion rentals in September 2010. Automatic DVD kiosks still required consumers to leave home twice, to rent
7623-507: The negotiations by making Bharti almost a subsidiary of the new company. In May 2009, Bharti Airtel again confirmed that it was in talks with MTN and the companies agreed to discuss the potential transaction exclusively by 31 July 2009. Talks eventually ended without agreement, some sources stating that this was due to opposition from the South African government. In 2009, Bharti negotiated for its strategic partner Alcatel-Lucent to manage
7722-478: The network infrastructure for the fixed-line business. Later, Bharti Airtel awarded the three-year contract to Alcatel-Lucent for setting up an Internet Protocol access network across the country. This would help consumers access internet at faster-speed and high-quality internet browsing on mobile handsets. In 2009, Airtel launched its first international mobile network in Sri Lanka. In June 2010, Bharti acquired
7821-512: The owner of Film is Truth, a non-profit video rental outlet, points out that video stores may carry a larger selection of films than streaming platforms; he notes that while the "largest streaming provider, Netflix, has only 6,000 titles", Film is Truth has over 20,000 titles. An additional benefit that video stores provide to communities is that they give access to films to people with poor access to Internet and those who are not comfortably with adapting to online consumption. In 2010, Daniel Hanna,
7920-407: The owner of Toronto's Eyesore Cinema (an independent video shop) launched International Independent Video Store Day , which is held on the third Saturday of every October, to promote awareness of video rental stores and their unique contribution to film culture. Film professor Daniel Herbert says that the demise of the video store may affect independent film production. He states that studios lost
8019-527: The packaging of products such as DVDs to deter copyright infringement such as copying of movies. In Canada, movies are protected under the Canadian Copyright Act , so shifting from one format to another (e.g. "ripping" a digital copy of a rental DVD movie) is illegal. In 2012, public school teachers were granted some exemptions for the exhibition of films, when the Canadian Parliament passed
8118-516: The potential transaction exclusively by 31 July 2009. Airtel said "Bharti Airtel Ltd is pleased to announce that it has renewed its effort for a significant partnership with MTN Group". The exclusivity period was extended twice up to 30 September 2009. Talks eventually ended without agreement. A solution was proposed where the new company would be listed on two stock exchanges, one in South Africa and one in India. However, dual-listing of companies
8217-528: The racks of film shelves, with the store providing a " film school , a social gathering, a place of cinematic discovery, date nights, and rites of passage ." He underscores the impact that video stores had by noting that when film director Quentin Tarantino , a former video rental store employee, learned that Video Archives in Hermosa Beach California (the store he had worked at) was closing, he bought
8316-467: The rental period, in the hopes players would purchase games instead of renting. By mid-1985, the United States had 15,000 video rental stores, and many record , grocery , and drug stores also rented videotapes. By May 1988, the number of specialty video stores was estimated to be 25,000, in addition to 45,000 other outlets that also offered video rentals. Grocery stores in the US rented tapes for as little as $ 0.49 as loss leaders . The press discussed
8415-509: The splitting of proceeds among shareholders. Bharti Airtel announced on 12 December 2017 that its Rwandan subsidiary had signed an agreement with Millicom to acquire complete control of the latter's Rwandan subsidiary which operates under the brand name of Tigo Rwanda. The deal was estimated to be worth $ 60–70 million. The company operated as Airtel-Tigo following the merger, until it was rebranded as Airtel Rwanda in January 2020. In October 2017, Bharti Airtel announced that it would acquire
8514-409: The talks. The Economist magazine noted, "If anything, Bharti would be marrying up ", as MTN had more subscribers, higher revenues and broader geographic coverage. However, the talks fell apart as MTN Group tried to reverse the negotiations by making Bharti almost a subsidiary of the new company. In May 2009, Airtel confirmed that it was again in talks with MTN and both companies agreed to discuss
8613-642: The time. In Japan , Nintendo Entertainment System games could be rented as early as 1983. However, in response to rental stores making pirated copies of game cartridges , video game companies, as well as the Recording Industry Association of Japan and trade associations, lobbied for an amendment to the Japanese Copyright Act that banned the rental of video games in Japan in 1984. Some video game companies intentionally made their games more difficult to prevent them from being beaten during
8712-425: The world . Airtel was named India's 2nd most valuable brand in the first ever Brandz ranking by Millward Brown and WPP plc . Airtel is credited with pioneering the strategic management of outsourcing all of its business operations except marketing, sales and finance and building the 'minutes factory' model of low cost and high volumes. The strategy has since been adopted by several operators. Airtel's equipment
8811-464: Was a film reel rental shop opened by Eckhard Baum in Kassel , Germany in the summer of 1975. Baum collected movies on Super 8 film as a hobby and lent pieces of his collection to friends and acquaintances. Because they showed great interest in his films, he came up with the idea of renting out films as a sideline. Over the years, videotapes and optical discs were added to the range. Baum still operates
8910-498: Was about $ 390 million. In mid-June 2020, Malaysian video rental chain Speedy Video closed its 14 remaining shops in response to competition from satellite television and streaming platforms. In Asia, video rental stores faced the additional challenge of dealing with rampant video piracy . On January 5, 2021, Glenview, Illinois -based Family Video announced it was closing all its remaining video rental stores. The company
9009-477: Was considering offering US$ 45 billion for a 100% stake in MTN, which would be the largest overseas acquisition ever by an Indian firm. However, both sides emphasize the tentative nature of the talks, while The Economist magazine noted, "If anything, Bharti would be marrying up ," as MTN has more subscribers , higher revenues and broader geographic coverage. However, the talks fell apart as MTN Group tried to reverse
9108-404: Was exploring the possibility of buying the MTN Group , a South Africa-based telecommunications company with operations in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East. Financial Times reported that Bharti was considering offering US$ 45 billion for a 100% stake in MTN, which would be the largest overseas acquisition ever by an Indian firm. However, both sides emphasized the tentative nature of
9207-584: Was formed to offer cellular services under the brand name AirTel. Within a few years, Bharti became the first telecom company to cross the 2 million mobile subscriber mark. Bharti also brought down the STD/ISD cellular rates in India under the brand name 'India one'. In 1999, Bharti Enterprises acquired control of JT Holdings, and extended cellular operations to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh . In 2000, Bharti acquired control of Skycell Communications, in Chennai . In 2001,
9306-603: Was founded on 29 October 1962 as a book-circulating library by the Maroo brothers (Buddhichand, Atul and Raman) in collaboration with Gangajibhai Shethias. The name of the company is an acronym for the founders’ surnames. The library was located at Warden Road in South Mumbai . Three branches were opened soon after. In 1979, they expanded to include video home system ( VHS ) tapes in their collection by partnering with business families who had their personal collections of movies. In 1987,
9405-487: Was launched on 1 May 2020 for the entertainment of Indian audience. Original shows Chumbak TV is an Indian Hindi-language free-to-air youth centric entertainment channel which was owned by Shemaroo Entertainment Media Network. The channel was launched on 6 May 2023. Video rental shop A video rental shop / store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other media content. Typically,
9504-694: Was merged into Robi as a product brand of Robi, where Robi Axiata Limited is the licensee of airtel brand in Bangladesh. Robi is a joint venture between Malaysian telecom operator Axiata holding 61.82% and Bharti Airtel holding 28.18%. On 11 August 2010, Bharti Airtel announced that it would acquire a 100% stake in Telecom Seychelles for US$ 62 million taking its global presence to 19 countries. Telecom Seychelles began operations in 1998 and operates 3G , fixed-line, ship to shore services, satellite telephony, among value added services like VSAT and Gateways for International Traffic across Seychelles under
9603-485: Was owned by Shemaroo Entertainment Media Network. It was launched on 14 January 2020. Current broadcasts Shemaroo Umang is a Hindi language General Entertainment free-to-air channel that is owned by Shemaroo Entertainment Media Network. This channel was launched on 05 April 2022. Original series Original series Acquired series Shemaroo TV is an Indian Hindi-GEC free-to-air television channel owned by Shemaroo Entertainment Media Network. The channel
9702-451: Was present at the launch event of this app in Mumbai. The OTT video streaming service primarily provides content from the company's content library including movies, TV shows, songs, etc. The content is available in languages like Gujarati, Marathi and Punjabi. The service follows a freemium business model. Some of the content is available for users to stream for free, and the rest requires
9801-525: Was the last remaining video rental chain in the United States; its closing marked the end of large video rental chains. In the 2020s, some video stores facing the loss of their business model have adapted by becoming non-profit organizations that focus on preserving an archive of film heritage and educating people about cinema. Operating as a non-profit enables a video store to use volunteer personnel and apply for foundation grants, which can make it feasible to operate with less rental revenue. Meanwhile, at
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