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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
Streaming platforms have turned binge‑watching into a cultural norm, offering entire seasons on demand and an ever‑expanding catalog of titles. Emerging research links prolonged, uninterrupted viewing to higher anxiety, depression, and sleep disruption, while the sheer volume of choices fuels decision fatigue. The author experimented with a paced‑viewing schedule—two episodes of a weekly series and one of a limited series per week—to test whether intentional, moderate consumption improves enjoyment and retention. Results suggest that treating TV as a purposeful activity, rather than a marathon, reduces stress and creates a sense of accomplishment.
Gotta get them views, ad revenue, sell books, and stay relevant instead of actually developing a talent or skill. This fuckin modern culture... Where just being perpetually angry and spouting bullshit can make you famous. Imagine the damage that Koresh, Manson, or...
Mike Tomlin, the former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach, has signed with veteran sports‑media agent Sandy Montag, head of The Montag Group now operating under The Team. The partnership positions Tomlin for broadcast contracts as NFL networks and streaming services vie...
Sage Alerting Systems and Orban Labs will demonstrate a virtualized Emergency Alert System (EAS) at the NAB Show, using a deck‑size industrial PC to handle alerts alongside normal audio. The demo integrates AES‑67 audio output and AAC‑LC streams for live...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are developing a scripted polo drama for Netflix, following a poorly received documentary series they executive‑produced. The untitled project will be written by Francisca X. Hu and set in Wellington, Florida, the host of the...
Sky Business and Netflix have forged their first partnership to broadcast Tyson Fury's return fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov in UK and Irish pubs on April 11. Sky Business secured exclusive commercial rights to stream the event in hospitality venues, while...
A 439‑foot historic AM tower that served Spokane’s KXLY (920), KXLX (700) and KTRW (630) was dismantled by helicopter this weekend. The three stations are transitioning to a 360‑foot directional tower built in 2003, after QueenB Radio secured a Special...
OpenAI announced on March 24 2026 that it is shutting down Sora, its generative video app, and cancelling the three‑year, $1 billion partnership with Disney that would have let users create videos featuring Disney characters. Sora, launched in December 2024, quickly fell behind rivals...
French daytime talk show "Quotidien" has gone viral in the U.S. because its sophisticated lighting makes celebrity guests look flawless. Hosted by Yann Barthès since 2016, the program features A‑list stars such as Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Timothée Chalamet. The show airs...
Halina Bennet’s Tuesday discussion post, published on March 24, 2026, serves as a brief community note on her Substack platform. The post features her avatar and a screenshot of a tweet that highlights an upcoming WelcomeFest 2026 lineup, mentioning Matthew...
Oscar‑nominee Aunjanue Ellis‑Taylor has been added as a series regular to CBS’s upcoming drama Einstein, portraying Captain Frost, a seasoned police officer counting down to retirement. The show, starring Matthew Gray Gubler and Melissa Fumero, joins CBS’s 2026‑27 broadcast lineup...
AI‑generated text is proliferating across emails, articles, and subtitles, prompting a surge in detection tools that differentiate machine‑written from human content. After extensive testing of over 18 solutions, Zapier identified six top performers—Sapling, Winston AI, ZeroGPT, GPTZero, Copyleaks, and Pangram—each excelling...
Legitimately the worst aspect of modern TV. It would have been nearly unthinkable even 15 years ago for a show like Pluribus not to be ready to go each year with a new season (I remember the extreme let down...
My mind is actually blown 🤯 The second I decided to take Instagram + Threads seriously… everything started growing. Proof that focus changes everything. ✨
The season‑two finale of Paramount’s neo‑Western “Yellowstone” closed with a dedication to Melanie Olmstead, a transportation professional whose credits include John Carter, Hereditary and Point Break. Olmstead, born in 1968 and deceased in 2019, is not listed among the series’ crew,...
Back when Sora launched, this was what I wrote about Sora in Above Avalon Daily. https://www.aboveavalon.com/dailypremiumupdate/2025/10/1/meta-launches-vibes-openai-launches-sora-2-sora-as-a-social-app
It’s not random the decision to drop the first trailer of #HarryPotter HBO series this WED. After a long wait, #HBOMax will finally be launched in the U.K. this THU, so using one of the biggest British pop culture phenoms ever...
The Trump administration is being sued by the creators of the EyesUp app and the Facebook group “ICE Sightings – Chicagoland,” who allege the government coerced Apple and Meta to remove their platforms in October. Apple cited Guideline 1.1.1, while...
The post warns that a systematic erasure of digital history is underway as big‑tech platforms and governments aggressively remove online content. It highlights how documentation of war crimes, police violence, immigration enforcement, and grassroots activism is vanishing from the web....
A company offered me $800 for a post, the first google search said they were sued by the FTC with other 90% negative reviews. Dawg, get out of my inbox 😂
always remember, Fox News paid out $787 million for spreading lies about the 2020 election.
ArtSound FM in Canberra has upgraded its studio infrastructure by installing two DHD SX2 mixing consoles and a compact TX2 unit, replacing three in‑house consoles from 2005. The rollout, funded in part by the Community Broadcasting Foundation and managed by...
Thinking about doing a YouTube live tomorrow to dissect this Jay-Z x GQ interview... We have a lot to discuss...Stay tuned.
EVENING SHIFT: Evening News ratings for 5 days ended 3/20: ABC's World News: 8.821M NBC's Nightly: 6.512M CBS EN: 4.166M (three nights)
American Public Media Group (APMG) has teamed with Distributed Media Lab (DML) to launch a widget‑based distribution system for Marketplace’s digital stories. The new "collection" widget lets public‑media stations embed curated sets of Marketplace articles directly on their websites, eliminating...
I have a feeling tonight's TGL TV ratings may be slightly higher than the 500-600k it's been averaging.
Boom. Accountability domino number one. And this isn’t Los Angeles which is imminent. Facebook/Instagram = Big Tobacco, a menace, has been the case to these juries of everyday Americans. 1/2 https://t.co/OwSwmKSMeX
Law&Crime announced the launch of Law&Crime+, a subscription platform delivering immersive true‑crime content. The service provides exclusive access to case files, raw footage, and early trial coverage for high‑profile cases such as Karen Read, Alex Murdaugh and Bryan Kohberger. Subscribers...
Client questions I hear most: -Can you forecast where audience taste is going? -How does Title X actually stack up vs comps? -Who is the actual audience, how do they behave, what are their other preferences? -How can we improve the bottom line...
In the wake of the @soraofficialapp shutdown, Disney said it "will continue to engage with AI platforms to find new ways to meet fans where they are while responsibly embracing new technologies that respect IP and the rights of creators.”...
Three reports indicate that digital‑first titles captured the most visitor attention at the 2026 Taipei International Book Exhibition. The strong response underscores a growing preference for digital publishing in Asia, with potential ripple effects for global publishers.
I recently launched a thing: An online newsletter, “Next Course,” featuring essays, simple recipes, travel advice, and more. Please check it out. My debut column looks at the most controversial restaurant in the world: Noma L.A., where I lunched last...
They're livid that independent media figures like Hasan traveled to Cuba to report directly on what's happening and expose the amount of blatant propaganda in the US media ecosystem. This is why independent media/journalism that challenges MSM narratives is so...
Ford Motor Co. announced a five‑year exclusive partnership with Major League Baseball, ending Chevrolet's two‑decade run as the league's official automotive sponsor. The deal, unveiled by Ford’s global CMO Lisa Materazzo on March 23, kicks off on Opening Day March...
ESPN announced the premiere of "Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN" on April 6 at 8:30 p.m. ET, a documentary produced by network historian Mike Soltys and directed by Greg DeHart. The film chronicles Bill and Scott Rasmussen’s 14‑month quest to...
Witbe will debut an AI‑native video streaming test and monitoring infrastructure at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The solution weaves artificial intelligence through four layers—real‑device execution (Witbox), AI‑driven automation (Agentic SDK), operational control (REC) and intelligent analysis (Smartgate). Leveraging...
ABC is reviving its documentary series You Can’t Ask That for an eighth season, marking its return after a 2022 hiatus. The show, led by creator Kirk Docker, will again feature unfiltered conversations with marginalized groups, tackling topics from AI‑driven relationships to...
GAUGE RAGE: Nielsen, TV networks and streamers are in a furious battle over a monthly snapshot of video viewing across TV and digital that the measurement giant created just for kicks.... https://t.co/LhPJyzOThB
Netflix’s South Korean sci‑fi disaster film *The Great Flood* completed its 91‑day premiere window as the platform’s fifth‑most‑watched non‑English movie ever, logging 86.6 million views and 157.3 million hours watched. The title topped daily Top 10 charts worldwide and lingered for months, breaking...
Livestreaming myself doing book drawings all afternoon. Come keep me company and reprimand me for being bad at drawing: https://t.co/uzjBaQ7f42
Reddit conversations now influence: • Google rankings • AI outputs • Buying decisions But if you have 0 karma, you don’t exist. Want in? Comment first. Post smart. Skip shortcuts. 7 strategies that earn trust — and future traffic — without being banned or ignored. https://t.co/USiA7k1Swr
A Reuters Institute report reveals that 18‑ to 24‑year‑olds now want news that’s entertaining as well as informative, ranking “fun news” fifth in importance versus tenth for those over 55. The study, spanning a decade of data, shows young audiences...
LECOM Radio has installed the first 2 kW Ecreso FM AiO transmitter in the Americas at its WVIJ station in Port Charlotte, Florida, replacing a 2005 solid‑state unit. The all‑in‑one 3RU, 50‑pound chassis delivers 83% PA efficiency and 95% power‑supply efficiency,...
Yahoo unveiled Yahoo Scout, an AI‑driven intelligence layer that fuses first‑party intent data from its search, mail and content properties, positioning the company as a cookieless advertising platform. At the 2026 NewFronts, it introduced Planner, an AI‑powered inbox feature that converts...
ABC’s 2009 series *Defying Gravity* debuted in August and was pulled after just two months, leaving only eight of its 13 produced episodes aired. The show followed eight astronauts on a six‑year, solar‑system mission, blending interpersonal drama with scientifically grounded...
Lotus Communications is ending its ownership of a Class C AM station in Bakersfield that has broadcast since 1956. The frequency, currently a Spanish‑language sports talk outlet affiliated with TUDN Radio, will switch to English‑language religious programming supplied by Northwestern Media....
Jeff Winemiller, a veteran low‑power television (LPTV) trader, has acquired a Daystar‑affiliated LPTV station in Seattle through his company Lowcountry 34 Media. The deal marks his entry into the Pacific Northwest’s most populous market, expanding his portfolio beyond the Southwest...
The algorithm is the biggest driver of misinformation, and perhaps of polarization. The selection of what people see, even if the individual articles are narrowly true, distorts perception of the overall landscape of reality.
My Q&A with 'NCIS' EP @stevebinder... Steven ‘NCIS’ Hits Episode 500: Showrunner Steven D. Binder on Surviving Cast Turnover and Why He Believes ‘There Will Be Always Be an ‘NCIS,’ Barring the Total Collapse of the Network Broadcast Model’...
NetChoice has filed a friend‑of‑the‑court brief supporting Meta Platforms’ petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Vermont Supreme Court ruling that affirmed state jurisdiction over the company. Vermont sued Meta, alleging that Instagram’s design deliberately creates addictive usage...
