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Indian TV market braces for sales dip as production costs surge
Rising RAM prices, higher plastic and ocean‑freight costs linked to the West Asia crisis, and a weakening rupee have pushed entry‑level 32‑inch TV prices up about 20% to $133, up from $108 six months ago. Counterpoint Research expects 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 radio station WFCC
A former Bally Sports executive has withdrawn his bid to acquire seven local TV stations, ending a brief return to broadcast ownership. The stations, spanning Washington, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Tennessee, were to be sold for $116.5 million to Community News Media LLC, an affiliate of Standard Media controlled by Soohyung Kim. The FCC filing shows the deal’s reversal and transfers control to the new entity. The move also signals a shift as Standard Media eyes a pending transaction with Sinclair, spurred by Nexstar’s recent TEGNA acquisition.
Sourcebooks has announced a new children’s imprint, Joyful Pen Books, in partnership with author‑educator Lavaille Lavette. The imprint will publish inclusive stories that emphasize empowerment and diverse perspectives. Lavette will serve as editorial lead, guiding the acquisition of titles for...
Person of Interest, a CBS drama that ran from 2011 to 2016, is highlighted as the premier television exploration of surveillance capitalism—years before the term was coined. The series follows former CIA operative Reese and reclusive billionaire Finch as they...
Invincible season 4’s fourth episode, “Hurm,” breaks new ground by presenting the series’ first storyline not lifted from the comic books, sending Mark Grayson and demon detective Damien Darkblood on a Hell‑based mission against the unkillable Volcanikka. The episode also marks...
Canto’s Content Innovation Summit 2026 is a free, one‑day virtual event on April 28, 2026, aimed at marketing, creative, and technology professionals. The summit will explore scaling content operations, human‑centered storytelling, AI‑driven workflow automation, and ecosystem management for multichannel distribution....
The article argues that digital radio remains vital in a world increasingly dominated by the internet and AI, offering low‑cost, resilient audio services where connectivity is weak. Car listening of over‑the‑air radio rose from 42% in 2015 to 53% recently,...
A New York Times Modern Love essay was flagged by AI‑detection tools as up to 60% AI‑generated, prompting debate over the author’s admission of using ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity as collaborative editors. The Times’ freelance contracts require disclosure...
The article examines how manosphere influencers—often misogynistic, far‑right personalities—use supercars as status symbols to amplify their online personas. Their flashy displays generate lucrative revenue streams, but also risk tarnishing the image of luxury‑car brands associated with those vehicles. The piece...
Humann, the beet‑based health brand, has hired Eden Collective as its media agency of record to drive a brand transformation focused on cardiovascular nutrition. Eden will oversee full‑funnel planning, budget allocation and channel‑specific strategy, shifting from an initial TV‑only approach...
Joshua Kim argues that decentralized crowdfunding can sustain NFT artists when market liquidity dries up. A weekly pledge of 1 Ether (≈$1,800) by collector Batsoupyum and curator Lanett Bennett Grant is being matched by major collectors, adding $20,000 and $100,000 in...
Business Insider announced Jennifer Maloney as its new executive editor for Enterprise. Maloney brings 14 years of experience from The Wall Street Journal, where she served as retail editor and deputy corporate bureau chief, and a Pulitzer‑finalist investigation at Newsday....
Blueberry Broadcasting terminated veteran broadcaster George Hale after a 22‑year run as co‑host of WVOM’s morning show, announcing the decision while he was on vacation in Florida. Vice‑president Bruce Biette framed the move as a need to "evolve the station,"...
Milwaukee broadcaster Civic Media has finalized its purchase of AM station WZTI and two FM translators previously held by Milwaukee Radio Alliance. The company will maintain the classic hits music format while integrating local news coverage on the newly acquired...
Hubbard Radio’s 312 Sports network is launching “Off the Ivy: A Chicago Cubs Podcast,” hosted by Dan Bernstein, Matt Abbatacola, and Cody Delmendo. The show joins an expanding Chicago‑focused lineup that already includes “Dan Bernstein Unfiltered,” a Bears podcast, and...
Rob Rosen’s guest essay argues that mainstream media’s biggest flaw is not lying, but omitting inconvenient facts that shape public perception. He cites examples ranging from the muted coverage of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife’s extremist posts to the selective...
Audacy’s Pittsburgh stations KDKA-AM and KDKA-FM "93.7 The Fan" hosted the seventh annual Giant Eagle Feed the Need Radiothon on March 24, raising funds for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The event, sponsored by grocery chain Giant Eagle, leveraged...
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh demonstrated that AI fingerprints used to identify deepfake images can be easily removed or forged. Their evaluation of 12 generators and 14 fingerprinting methods showed removal success rates above 80% for attackers with full...
A Deloitte survey finds 61% of streaming subscribers would cancel if monthly fees rise by $5, highlighting strong price sensitivity. The study shows 68% of SVOD users now carry an ad‑supported plan, up 46% since 2024, and 73% express frustration...
Comcast Advertising unveiled Outcomes+, an AI‑driven targeting and attribution platform that spans its linear TV, streaming and addressable inventory. The solution leverages deterministic data from over 30 million households—more than 100 million authenticated viewers—and integrates new partnerships with Mastercard, Clarivoy, DISQO, Fandango,...
Picsart, the AI‑powered design platform with more than 130 million creators, announced an exclusive partnership with Recraft, integrating the company’s V4 Exploration Mode into its ecosystem. The new feature shifts generative image creation from prompt engineering to visual discovery, delivering eight...
Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again returned for a second season on March 24, 2026 and quickly earned near‑perfect reviews, posting a 95% critic score and 96% audience approval on Rotten Tomatoes. The jump from season 1’s 87% critic rating reflects a fully...
Great Pods, a podcast discovery platform built on professional editorial criticism, has relaunched with user accounts and new discovery tools. The upgrade adds smart search, weekly MVP rankings based on engagement, and the ability to follow critics from major publications...
A new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology shows that truthful messages are more persuasive and more likely to be shared than false ones. Four experiments with 4,607 participants found both human‑written and AI‑generated truthful content outperformed...
1 in 10 content creators report serious mental health struggles tied to their work. That’s double the national average. At the same time, the creator economy is worth hundreds of billions and growing fast. So what’s broken? In this episode of TEQ, I...
Bonkers Toys, led by licensing chief Lisa Berlin Wright, is turning digital creators into toy franchise powerhouses. The company’s early wins with slither.io and Ryan’s World proved that viral online audiences can be translated into retail‑ready product lines. Wright stresses...
The Clydebank Post, part of Newsquest Media Group, is hiring a full‑time trainee reporter for its Glasgow newsroom. The role focuses on generating exclusive stories, covering council and court proceedings, and producing engaging local features. Candidates must hold an NCTJ...
ESPN and ABC topped the 47th Sports Emmy nominations with 63 nods, outpacing FOX Sports' 38 and Warner Bros. Discovery's 37. The nominations span 47 categories, covering live events, studio shows, technical achievements and documentaries, reflecting the breadth of sports‑television...
Oxford Road’s ORBIT rankings, based on over $1.6 billion in campaign data, reveal that independent podcasts dominate performance metrics, accounting for 80% of the top‑ranking shows. The analysis identifies four audience lanes—Build, Align, Unwind, and Fandom—each delivering distinct advertiser value. Independent...
Movistar Plus+ has introduced a free, ad‑supported tier that gives users access to a curated slice of its streaming catalogue without a paid subscription. The offering, delivered via the Movistar Plus+ app, includes original series such as "Berto’s Advice Column"...
Matt Brittin, a former senior European Google executive, has been appointed Director‑General of the BBC. Lacking editorial experience, he is expected to run the corporation in a CEO‑style while delegating editorial authority to a separate Editor‑in‑Chief. The appointment comes as...
PubMatic and Untapped Growth have partnered to embed independent agencies’ proprietary buyer agents into PubMatic’s AgenticOS platform. The integration gives agencies instant access to billions of premium CTV, mobile and video impressions, over 250 data partners, and GPU‑accelerated infrastructure. Early...
Hong Kong’s leading free‑to‑air broadcaster TVB reported a US$7.5 million profit for 2025, reversing a seven‑year loss streak. Revenue slipped 2% to HK$3.19 billion (≈US$408 million) but costs fell 4.9%, while advertising income rose 15% on its terrestrial channels. Growth was driven by...
VideoAmp announced an integration with O‑N‑X, embedding its nationwide audience‑measurement dataset into the automated transaction platform for local broadcast TV. The partnership enables predictive delivery intelligence and more stable guaranteed‑impression transactions across all 210 U.S. markets. O‑N‑X, already licensed in...
Actor Vince Vaughn publicly criticized late‑night talk shows for abandoning comedy in favor of a political agenda, saying the format now feels like a classroom. His comments come as streaming services flood the market with new movies, accelerating audience fragmentation...
A New Mexico jury has ordered Meta Platforms Inc. to pay $375 million after finding the company misled users about platform safety and enabled child sexual exploitation. The verdict, the largest consumer‑protection judgment against a tech firm in the state, could...
Apple announced that advertising will soon appear on Apple Maps, marking the tech giant's latest push to monetize its ecosystem beyond hardware and app store fees. The move aims to tap into location‑based marketing and give advertisers a new channel...
The Trade Desk is under scrutiny after Publicis flagged hidden DSP fees, prompting a follow‑up audit by Omnicom. Despite the controversy, CTV remains the engine of growth, accounting for roughly 50% of the company’s revenue. The stock has dropped 10%...
Formula E has launched its “All Cars Live” program for the 2025‑2026 season, enabling live transmission from every car on the grid. Eight of the 22 cars stream four UHD angles each, while the remaining 14 deliver a single HD angle,...
World Athletics’ indoor championships leveraged advanced audio capture, using boom microphones and strategically placed sensors under sand pits and pole‑vault bars to record coach‑athlete exchanges. Host Broadcast Services (HBS) paired this sound design with a 38‑camera setup, including a new...
On 21 March 2026 Formula E launched its Madrid debut at Circuito de Madrid Jarama‑RACE, showcasing AI‑enhanced augmented‑reality graphics for the first time. The series switched from its legacy Ncam‑Vizrt setup to Vizrt’s Arena engine, allowing on‑site optical tracking and remote operation from the...
Ana Hernandez has been appointed News Director for NBC’s WNBC‑TV and Telemundo’s WNJU‑TV in New York, effective April 20. She currently leads WWSI “Telemundo 62” in Philadelphia and coordinates weather planning for WCAU “NBC 10.” The promotion moves her from a decade‑long tenure...
The content and access loop 🔂 all of you could be executing to help you make content, then connect with your audience and then use that connection to make more content … listen carefully to the e steps that help...
Global Agency announced that the Turkish drama "Vendetta (Kan Çiçekleri)" has been sold to broadcasters in more than 70 countries, expanding its international footprint. The three‑season, 645‑episode series, originally aired on Turkey’s Kanal 7, is now topping prime‑time slots in markets...
🚨 HOT TAKE: You can now edit a full video just by typing one sentence. Riverside Co-Creator is an AI that edits your videos the same way you'd text a friend No timeline scrubbing. No cut/trim/export loops. This is the future of video...
A person claiming to represent CinCin, the Russia-focused "no KYC" crypto card service I published a story about on Sunday, offered me $15,000 to delete it. I declined the offer. https://t.co/V8HgNcX2iQ
I used to just brainstorm with @ChatGPTapp, then build everything myself. Now I hand it my video brief. @Adobe Express gives me title card templates. @Photoshop layers effects on my thumbnail I can dial in. #AdobePartner https://t.co/nzrHezwtty
Elon Musk paused X's creator revenue rule change that aimed to focus on regional impressions hours after the company announced it https://t.co/d2YT9fm7Jq
HBO just dropped the first photo of Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter and the Wizarding World looks exactly like it should. The 2027 premiere cannot come soon enough. https://t.co/vDP8I04omc
Rather too empathetic a profile of a macher in the Epstein Class from The Times: ‘I’m Tainted. I’m in the Files.’ https://t.co/BP2OwpOmYn
Here's when the fifth episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 will debut on Apple TV. https://t.co/6AxrrWemPT
