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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
Prime Video announced that the feature‑length documentary "Jerry West: The Logo" will debut on April 16, streaming exclusively in more than 240 countries and territories. The film, directed by Kenya Barris in his documentary debut, chronicles the NBA legend’s on‑court triumphs and off‑court struggles, featuring unprecedented interviews with stars such as Michael Jordan, Stephen Curry, and Magic Johnson. It delves into West’s battles with depression, marital strain, and the relentless pursuit of perfection that defined his 60‑year basketball career. The release adds a high‑profile sports title to Amazon’s growing slate of original documentaries.
Azerion has created a new Head of Out‑of‑Home role and promoted Rebecca Callaghan, a recognized DOOH specialist, to lead it. Callaghan brings more than a decade of experience across traditional and programmatic OOH, including prior stints at Yahoo, JCDecaux and...
Spain’s anti‑piracy crackdown, led by LaLiga, relies on IP‑blocking to stop illegal football streams. Movistar’s implementation on March 22 blocked about 145 IP addresses, including those of major cloud providers, causing widespread service outages that persisted into the following morning. The...
India’s interactive media market, now worth $13.8 billion, is being reshaped by microdramas, which generated $300 million in revenue, 450 million downloads and 100 million monthly active users in their first year. The format is projected to expand to a $4.5 billion market by 2030,...
Vocento, Spain's leading regional press group, partnered with ad‑tech firm Opti Digital to deploy its Demand Hub solution. The platform adds an AI‑driven, attention‑based demand layer that serves high‑impact social display ads only when they enter the user’s viewport. This...
ClippaPay has launched Africa’s first creator‑powered platform that links brands with influencers through three distinct earning models: UGC creation, video clipping, and performance‑based affiliate marketing. The service lets brands post campaigns, receive creator bids, and pay on approval, while clippers...
POSSE (Publish on Your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) is a content strategy that prioritizes publishing first on a personal website before distributing copies or links to third‑party platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Mastodon, and others. The model enhances ownership, canonical...
Doug Belshaw introduced Stream, an open‑source, browser‑based RSS reader that syncs with self‑hosted FreshRSS or hosted Feedbin backends. Unlike traditional inbox‑style readers, Stream presents a continuous scroll of posts, eliminating the pressure of “inbox zero.” Inspired by the paid app...
Creative operations platform Air announced its biggest update yet, rolling out a context layer, AI agents, and a canvas to streamline asset management and on‑brand automation. The platform, already used by over 250,000 users at 3,000 firms including Google and...
Indian agency Liqvd Asia announced four new client mandates—Origami, Kasturi Foods, Sama.live and Woodland—adding roughly ₹35 crore (about $4.2 million) to its future business pipeline. The engagements cover integrated marketing communications, creative and media services, brand narrative building, and digital storytelling across...
Ozone, a collaborative ad platform built by leading UK publishers, now reaches 42% of the UK population weekly and 66% of the US population monthly, rivaling Instagram and surpassing TikTok. The network claims 228 million global monthly users and delivers over...
Controversial radio host Kyle Sandilands has filed a Federal Court claim seeking to overturn ARN's termination of his $100 million (≈$66 million) KI & S contract. The filing reveals a $7.4 million (≈$4.9 million) base salary, $120,000 (≈$79,000) flight allowance, $500,000 (≈$330,000) advertising budget and $2 million...
a16z Crypto warns that autonomous AI agents could replace traditional online advertising, reshaping the internet’s economic model. The article notes the $291 billion ad market in 2025 may erode as agents shop without distraction. Platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini already offer...
5 and Pluto TV have forged a simulcast partnership to air two senior snooker events – the John Virgo Trophy on April 11‑12 and the World Seniors Snooker Championship on May 6‑10. Both tournaments will be streamed live on Pluto TV, with...
News/Media Alliance (NMA) has signed a licensing agreement with AI startup Bria, allowing its 2,200 member publishers to monetize editorial content used in retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) applications for enterprise clients. Under the non‑exclusive deal, publishers receive a 50 % share of...
In this episode, behavioral scientist Cass Sunstein discusses his new concept of the "product trap"—a situation where people continue using products like social media because not using them incurs social costs, even though the products reduce their well‑being. He explains...
Creator agency Reign Maker Group (RMG) and Hollywood talent agency Paradigm announced joint signings of three multi‑hyphenate talents—Reza Jackson, Max Goodrich, and Grayson Boucher—highlighting a deepening convergence between creator‑first and traditional entertainment representation. The partnership, launched in October, aims to...
Crazy update ! You can now talk to Claude with your Threads data using @threadsight.xyz
Arc System Works released a fresh trailer for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls that confirms Peni Parker and a new character called the Promoter, an Elder of the Universe. The reveal comes with details on a new automatic team‑name generator and...
The article argues that today’s children face an unprecedented abundance of media and consumer choices, leading to stress and decision fatigue. It cites examples like streaming services, infinite scroll, and constant device access. The author suggests parents intentionally limit options—such...
The Faithful: Women of the Bible premiered its first season on FOX on March 22, 2026, dramatizing the lives of Sarah, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel. Nielsen’s live‑plus‑same‑day ratings, the primary metric for renewal decisions, have been posted but no definitive...
QMS New Zealand has launched a national campaign branding itself as Aotearoa’s total out‑of‑home (OOH) audience solution. Backed by QMS Australia’s technology, the company now offers an integrated network of nearly 2,000 street‑furniture panels, 280 billboards, 4,000 transit displays and airport...
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched a review of commercial TV alcohol advertising rules, focusing on placements alongside sports broadcasts. The consultation, which runs until 30 April 2026, examines Code of Practice sections 6.2 and 8 that define permissible...
Hey @nikitabier - A compliment and two feature requests: 1. Compliment: The way per-post notifications are sorted on web is so much better than it was a year ago. I love that it's sorted by some sense of how much...
Adsense is incredibly low amounts of money Photo AI would make $150/month with 156,000 visitors ($1 CPM) Now it makes $110,000/month with subscriptions instead so about 700x more
The OpenArt and Fanvue joint venture has launched the inaugural AI Personality of the Year awards, backed by ElevenLabs. The month‑long competition offers a $20,000 prize pool split among an overall winner and categories such as fitness, comedy, music, and...
Trying to run at the gym and the treadmill just asked me to 'Watch a 30-second ad' to unlock anything over a walking pace. The future is just one giant unskippable commercial. 🏃♂️📺 #GymFail #TechDystopia #AdBlockerNeeded https://t.co/9rgKCWdgQG
Last year Vox Media's bankers floated options to sell its podcast network, New York Magazine, or the entire company. The most publicized plan was a spin‑off of the 30‑plus‑show podcast portfolio, but the company later withdrew the offer. Valuation has slipped...
Instagram introduced an AI‑powered transition tool that morphs multiple still images into a seamless video for Stories. The feature appears in the image gallery for select users and requires acceptance of Meta’s AI terms before first use. By converting photo...
Emplifi’s analysis of 10,110 Facebook Reels reveals that early human speech and visible faces dramatically boost short‑form video performance. Speech in the first three seconds lifts 10‑second retention by roughly 25% and outperforms music‑only clips by 5.6% in engagement. Adding...
The Video Futures Collective (VFC) has transitioned from an informal think‑tank to a formal, independent non‑profit industry association, uniting eight major Australian streaming and video advertising players such as Amazon Prime, Disney Advertising, Netflix, and YouTube. The body will concentrate...
In this inaugural Substack Live episode of "Coffee with Donn," host Donn and guest Kevin discuss the challenges and opportunities of live streaming on Substack, from technical hiccups to scheduling constraints caused by caregiving responsibilities and unpredictable lives. They compare...
Tubi has introduced two premium advertising products in Australia – Thematic Takeovers and Title Takeovers – with Samsung Electronics Australia debuting the formats for its Galaxy S26 launch. Thematic Takeovers grant advertisers 100% share of voice across a chosen genre,...
The Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand projects a 5‑8% growth for the domestic book market this year, modestly lower than the pre‑conflict 5‑10% range. Despite rising energy and logistics costs from the Middle East war, fixed production expenses and...
Claes Bang, known for Bad Sisters, joins Netflix’s live‑action Assassin’s Creed series as a series regular. Filming has begun in Rome, with the story set in 64 AD during the Roman Empire. The show features an expanding ensemble that includes Nabhaan Rizwan, Lola Petticrew,...
Australian broadcaster SBS has secured a new multi‑year deal to expand its cycling portfolio, adding the Giro d’Italia Women and the Il Lombardia classic to its lineup through 2028. The agreement now gives SBS rights to every Grand Tour and Monument...
Nine Radio will rebrand as Tapt Media once its $56 million sale to the Laundy Family Office closes at the end of April. The corporate name change leaves the flagship talkback stations—2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR—intact. CEO Tom Malone says "Tapt"...
Award‑winning illustrator Nicholas Blechman, Creative Director of The New Yorker, will deliver an exclusive keynote at Vivid Sydney’s Midweek Minds series on 3 June 2026. The event, held at the State Library of New South Wales, will explore how the century‑old...
Yung Joc, the Atlanta‑based hip‑hop artist turned radio host, is expanding his nationally syndicated morning show to St. Louis via Audacy’s KEZK‑HD2 and translator K254CR, branded as Hot 98.7. The program, "Yung Joc & The Streetz Morning Takeover," features co‑hosts Mz....
Dear Algo, send me the creators who are showing up every single day even when the numbers are small.
On March 22, 2026 the New York Times Games rolled out Connections puzzle #1015, Wordle #1737 and Strands #749, attracting millions of solvers and showcasing themed wordplay. The releases underscore NYT Games’ expanding daily‑puzzle ecosystem and its rivalry with emerging challengers like...
The pending shutdown of CBS Radio News has sparked a call to re‑evaluate radio’s role in America. John Caracciolo, CEO of JVC Broadcasting, argues that the decision was driven by accounting concerns rather than audience demand, exposing a disconnect between...
Veteran news director Jeremy Pudney has exited 9 News Adelaide after an eight‑year tenure and a three‑decade career across Australia’s major broadcasters. He will assume the role of Director of Media and Communications at Flinders University. The newsroom’s top post...
In a weekly Q&A, Disney+ hosts answer community questions about the platform’s future, including its ambition to become Disney’s digital centrepiece. They discuss potential deeper integration of ESPN content, the strategic shift of Disney’s gaming division toward broader entertainment, and...
went deep on artist royalties, AI music, @spotifyforartists features, and the streaming business with @andrew.southworth & @mypoint4cents. covered a lot of complex and important topics in the hour (but hopefully didn't make the expression in the thumbnail for more than...
The CBS News radio operations would have been toast no matter who was running CBS News.
Instagram growth demands more than organic content, prompting creators and agencies to seek low‑cost SMM panels that also deliver reliability and usability. A new 2026 guide evaluates ten platforms, highlighting NicesmmPanel, IGSmmPanel, and NicePanel as the top three that combine...
The jury in Los Angeles will soon return its verdict on whether social media is addictive. Meta's own researchers said it is. See this quote, and many others, in my new review paper laying out 7 lines of evidence: https://t.co/n6RfRkXbeW https://t.co/F2KubzNIIT
It’s incredibly valuable to have independent media figures go to places like Cuba and do on the ground reporting that cuts through the MSM bubble and US propaganda.
Look forward to being on the new show launch of @CNBCMorningCall tomorrow at 5:45 am with @MorganLBrennan to discuss tech stocks and navigating this white knuckle moment for AI winners @CNBC @CNBCtech 🏆🐂📺🍿☕️
