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Indian TV market braces for sales dip as production costs surge amid West Asia crisis
Rising RAM prices, higher plastic and ocean‑freight costs linked to the West Asia crisis and a weakening rupee are pushing retail TV prices up about 20%, with a 32‑inch set now costing roughly $133 versus $108 six months ago. Counterpoint Research forecasts shipments to fall 5‑6% as consumers down‑trade to smaller screens.
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By the numbers: K‑Love seeks FCC approval to acquire WFCC
Major League Baseball announced that select 2026 regular‑season games will be streamed on platforms such as Netflix, prompting angry reactions from fans and scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers. The league launched Opening Day amid the uproar, with on‑field action offering a brief distraction from the debate.
NBCUniversal TV & Streaming chief marketing officer Jenny Storms outlined her brand strategy at the Newsweek Women’s Global Impact Forum. Specific initiatives and metrics were not disclosed in the available sources.
Walmart is mandating that owners of its newly released Vizio smart TVs sign in with a Walmart.com account to access streaming apps. The policy follows Walmart’s 2024 $2.3 billion purchase of Vizio and is designed to fuse TV viewing with shoppable...
Momentum is building for the DVB‑I open specification as New Zealand, Ireland and Germany announce concrete steps toward deployment. Freeview New Zealand aims for a nationwide DVB‑I launch in 2026, positioning the standard as the future of free‑to‑air TV. RTÉ in Ireland...
Tubi’s free streaming catalog now includes the 2024 horror film *Lowlifes*, which critics praise for its clever blend of classic slasher tropes and modern class commentary. Directed by Tesh Guttikonda and Mitch Oliver, the 90‑minute indie production delivers theatrical‑level gore...
Lion Forge Entertainment announced that its second Iyanu feature, Iyanu: The War of Twin Princes, will debut on Cartoon Network on July 11, 2026, with a streaming release on HBO Max the following day. The animated prequel expands the Nigerian‑inspired...
Prime Video’s two‑part series *Outer Range* merges neo‑Western storytelling with sci‑fi elements, delivering a time‑travel mystery across 15 episodes. Starring Josh Brolin, Lili Taylor, and Lewis Pullman, the show follows the Abbott family as they confront a black‑hole‑like anomaly and a...
Boston‑based influencer Joleen Weiss posted a two‑minute TikTok after Ryanair staff in Porto removed her from a flight, claiming she missed check‑in and insulted gate agents. The video quickly hit 1.4 million views, prompting a wave of European users defending Ryanair’s...
TikTok requires advertisers to label content that is significantly altered by AI, yet enforcement appears uneven. Samsung’s AI‑generated Galaxy S26 Ultra ads are disclosed on YouTube but lack any AI label on TikTok, suggesting a gap in the platform’s verification...
UFC Fight Night heads to Seattle on March 28, 2026, featuring a middle‑weight showdown between former champion Israel Adesanya and rising contender Joe Pyfer at Climate Pledge Arena. Adesanya looks to halt a three‑fight skid, while Pyfer aims to cement...
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told the New York Post that the NFL could lose its long‑standing antitrust exemption under the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act if the league pushes an increasing share of live games onto subscription streaming platforms. The warning...
U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley ordered a temporary halt to Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna Inc., citing antitrust objections raised by DirecTV and several state attorneys general. The pause gives regulators time to assess whether the combined...
FX’s anthology *Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette* has turned its 1990s‑driven soundtrack into a cultural phenomenon, dominating social feeds and Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart. Music supervisor Jen Malone built a period‑accurate playlist, securing iconic tracks...
In this episode, host Mehdi interviews Chinese‑Canadian self‑styled "Professor" Jiang, who rose to fame for his 2024 geopolitical predictions using game theory. Jiang explains his framework—treating nations as players in a zero‑sum game—and applies it to the U.S.–Iran conflict, arguing...
OpenAI has started showing advertising in its free ChatGPT mobile app for U.S. users, marking the company’s first direct‑to‑consumer ad model. The move opens a new channel for digital marketers while raising questions about ad relevance, data use and user...
Few TV journalists are as good as @peteralexandertv . Loved watching him spar with White House leadership
YouTube's CEO about AI slop on the platform in a NYT video interview: Q: You’ve declared war on A.I. slop. But you are also handing creators tools to use A.I. How do you distinguish between a creative A.I....
Apple Music’s iOS 26.4 update introduces Playlist Playground, Concerts, and a full‑screen themed UI, closing the discovery gap with Spotify. The service now delivers Hi‑Res lossless (24‑bit/192 kHz) and Dolby Atmos audio, while Spotify’s lossless tops out at 24‑bit/44.1 kHz and lacks spatial...
Digigram has launched the ALP‑AES67‑128, a PCIe sound card that doubles the I/O capacity of its ALP‑X line to 128 simultaneous recording and playback channels. The card remains fully compliant with AES67, Ravenna, SMPTE ST2110‑30 and ST2022‑7, and adds robust...
ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from the landmark social media addiction trial to more Netflix price hikes https://www.techradar.com/tech/icymi-the-weeks-7-biggest-tech-stories-from-the-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial-to-more-netflix-price-hikes
Creator Dan Fogelman says Hulu’s series “Paradise” was born from two stark real‑life moments: an intimidating meeting with a powerful Hollywood figure and a sudden crane collapse he witnessed in Los Angeles. The juxtaposition sparked the concept of a post‑apocalyptic bunker...
FanDuel TV will be phased out over the next 20 months, ending its linear broadcast by December 2026 and eliminating more than 100 jobs. The company will shift focus to its digital betting platforms and the FanDuel TV+ streaming service,...
My content creation process, fully honest: Step 1: "I have nothing to say today" Step 2: Open laptop anyway Step 3: Write 4 posts in 20 minutes Step 4: "Where did those come from?" Here's why this keeps working.
White‑supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes is gaining unexpected traction among left‑leaning audiences through short, edited video clips that highlight his populist economic points while omitting overt hate speech. Social‑media algorithms amplify these snippets, using hashtags and platform loopholes to deliver them...
OpenAI's ChatGPT advertising pilot in the United States has reached an annualized revenue of $100 million after just six weeks, signaling strong early demand. Approximately 85 % of users are eligible to see ads, yet fewer than 20 % are exposed daily, indicating...
The 2026 London Book Fair convened leading publishers, authors and agents at Olympia London, where executives like Bob Carrigan, Joanna Prior and Tom Weldon led discussions on the sector’s future. Attendees examined digital innovation, the rise of audiobooks and strategies...
A claim that two students died in a middle‑school bus crash in Tennessee cannot be corroborated with the supplied sources. No details about the incident, location, or parties involved were found.
UConn (No. 2 seed) faces Michigan State (No. 7 seed) in the Sweet 16 on March 28, with the game airing on CBS and streaming live on Paramount+. The matchup pits a two‑time champion against a resurgent Big Ten program, a clash that...
GB News, launched in 2021, operates as a de facto mouthpiece for the UK Reform Party, with funding from billionaire owners who have lost over £100 million (≈$127 million) on the venture. The channel pays Nigel Farage £585,000 (≈$743 000), a sum critics...
Composer Amaal Mallik disclosed that he earned only Rs 75,000‑Rs 1.5 lakh (approximately $900‑$1,800) for the 2015 hit “Sooraj Dooba Hai,” while the song’s label, T‑Series, has generated roughly Rs 100 crore (about $12 million) in royalties. He explained that Indian music royalties, instituted in 2020...
Netflix’s teen rom‑com spin‑off XO, Kitty returns with Season 3 on Thursday, April 2, 2026, debuting at 12:00 a.m. PT (3:00 a.m. ET). The first eight episodes drop simultaneously, following Kitty Song Covey through her senior year at KISS and featuring returning stars Anna Cathcart, Choi Min‑yeong,...
In this episode, VP of Product Vassili Samolis of DoorDash discusses how the company has evolved from a restaurant‑delivery service into a high‑growth commerce media platform that delivers groceries, everyday essentials, and even flowers in moments of high intent. He...
The Financial Times argues that social media platforms are inherently populist and polarising because their algorithms reward sensational, emotionally charged content with higher engagement. By contrast, artificial intelligence offers the possibility of delivering balanced, fact‑checked information that could dampen echo...
Bandcamp has expanded its Bandcamp Radio portfolio with a new weekly program called Electronic Radio, dedicated to electronic music. The show debuted on February 25, featuring guests Nathan Fake and Electric Indigo, and is hosted by DJ and producer Emily...
CBS announced the cancellation of the single‑camera sitcom DMV after its 20‑episode first season, which is currently airing. The series posted a modest 0.24 rating in the 18‑49 demographic and attracted roughly 3.02 million viewers, making it one of the network’s...
CBS announced the cancellation of the medical‑mystery drama "Watson" after its second season, meaning the series will not return for a 2026‑27 season. The show, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, is currently airing its 20‑episode second season. Season...
So @PBS and @NPR are your definition of “independent media?” Media bias is profoundly cultural and much of it would vanish if hundreds of alums of places like @Hillsdale College peopled U.S. newsrooms. @nickshirleyy is also showing what can be...
Like an appreciation of progress, reading and literacy are among the things that are good but cognitively unnatural. That is, they go against our evolved nature. We didn’t evolve with print; it was a recent invention. Reading, for many of...
South Korean supergroup BTS’s latest single “Arirang” topped album charts in 115 countries and regions, while the album sold 4.17 million copies in its first week. The achievement marks the group’s biggest chart sweep and weekly sales haul to date, highlighting...
📺 March 28, 2007: On ABC’s “Lost”, Nikki (Kiele Sanchez) and Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro) were both paralyzed by venomous spider bites but were later mistaken to be deceased and thus buried alive by Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and Hurley (Jorge Garcia). The...
Kat Tenbarge and I discuss the “social media addiction” lawsuit and why the verdict is absolutely not about “holding big tech accountable”, and how media addiction claims are being used to censor annual LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, and all of us....
NYT is a subscription business so it's a much more complex calculus but for every other media company operating on the open web video CPMs blow written CPMs out of the water in part because Google's monopoly on programmatic ads
While social media shows you extreme content, AI is more likely to show people more moderate content This means the technology, on average, could have very different effects on polarization. https://t.co/2MrrG5To8R https://t.co/7xE2wOX8t5
Using NotebookLM? -> Google tests Whiteboard Animation format in NotebookLM (and a new "Short" format) "A standalone whiteboard animation format would likely produce an entirely different video structure, mimicking the hand-drawn, progressively illustrated style that made the RSA Animate series...
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Shooting my shot: Looking for a UGC creator who can do street-level content. Love doing street content. Natural with a camera and banter are much appreciated. Tag your folks. (Not looking for an agency)
Begging people to stop falling for moral panic “social media addiction” slop that is being used to further Meta’s billion dollar lobbying efforts and enact the Heritage Foundation’s tech policy slate. https://t.co/x5sBmiBcQH
I tested out pay-per-view sites for creators to find my top video hosting platforms - here's what I found https://t.co/gQS0lKD6uX
Actually, Senate Democrats in 2018 wanted @AjitPai to investigate @WeAreSinclair for news distortion. When @BrendanCarrFCC called them on it at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing last December, people like @SenMarkey, who signed the letter to Pai, pretended that it did...
Key word here: correlates. TikTok usage likely also correlates with wearing baggy jeans. But there have been mountains of peer reviewed studies on social media's affect on mental health, and none have found any meaningful *causal* link. Great piece here:...
