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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
Audible announced at the London Book Fair that it will launch its subscription service in eleven new markets—Belgium, Egypt, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates—through a partnership with local Amazon sites. The rollout will feature localized catalogs, native‑language titles and payment in local currencies. Arabic‑speaking territories will benefit from a Digital Arabic Library collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center. In Sweden, the move pits Audible directly against incumbent Storytel, underscoring a competitive push into mature audiobook markets.
Shay Mitchell, known for "You" and "Pretty Little Liars," has been cast as Trina, a former lawyer turned lifeguard, in Fox's upcoming Baywatch reboot. The series follows a new generation of Los Angeles lifeguards, with Stephen Amell playing Hobie Buchannon,...
The Substack post titled "News they don’t want you to see" promotes a paid newsletter that claims to surface stories omitted by mainstream outlets. It offers a 7‑day free trial and directs readers to subscribe for full access, indicating that...
Airwave announced an exclusive distribution, monetization, and marketing partnership with The Daily Blast, the flagship news and politics podcast of The New Republic. The agreement gives the podcast full‑service network support while opening new advertising inventory to brands targeting highly...
Paramount+ has begun filming the fifth and final season of "Mayor of Kingstown" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eight‑episode conclusion stars Jeremy Renner, Edie Falco and newcomer David Morse as FBI Agent Russell Hardy. Morse joins a cast that also includes...
Bravo launches the two‑part reunion for Married to Medicine on March 22 and March 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Host Andy Cohen moderates a panel of cast members including Dr. Jackie Walters and Dr. Simone Whitmore, revisiting the season’s biggest moments. Episodes will...
Mutinex, an Australian‑origin marketing mix modeling platform, announced that former TransUnion SVP Mike Finnerty will become its US president to accelerate the company’s expansion stateside. Finnerty, who oversaw marketing solutions after TransUnion’s $3.1 billion Neustar acquisition, will lead Mutinex’s push to...
Airwave announced Airwave Journeys, a creator‑led travel program partnered with Laura Hart’s Like Minds Travel. The collaboration makes Airwave’s podcasters hosts of paid tours that align with their show topics, offering fans immersive experiences in destinations such as France, Italy,...
At a Peacock product preview, NBCUniversal unveiled "Your Bravoverse," an AI‑driven vertical‑video experience that uses Andy Cohen’s voice and likeness to guide users through personalized Bravo playlists drawn from over 5,000 hours of content. The feature, slated for a summer launch, lets...
Madison and Wall raised its 2026 U.S. ad‑spending forecast to 8.1% but warned the assumptions were made before the Middle‑East conflict erupted. The war introduces new geopolitical, inflationary and supply‑chain risks that could dampen growth, especially in the second half...
5th Element’s CEO Muneef Khan says media planning in 2026 has moved from buying audiences to buying moments, using a behavioral cascade model that aligns each touchpoint with a decision trigger. He warns that algorithms are conservative and must be...
MWC 2026 highlighted how mobile video has matured from early 3G‑TV experiments to ubiquitous 4K streaming on flagship devices. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26, featuring the APV codec and up to 31 hours of video playback, while operators like Orange demonstrated...
The NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas has added three radio‑focused panels to its Broadcast Management and Monetization track. The "America 250: Owning the Moment" session will explore how stations can leverage the nation’s 250th‑anniversary celebrations to deepen audience engagement and advertiser...
YouTube has been declared the world’s largest media company by MoffettNathanson, overtaking Netflix, Disney, Warner, Comcast and Paramount. A shift of roughly $4 billion in ad spend from legacy TV to YouTube underscores the platform’s growing dominance. The article argues this...
Amagi’s March 2026 Airtime Report shows FAST (Free Ad‑Supported Streaming TV) viewership rising 21% YoY in Q4 2025, with ad impressions up 27%. The growth was strongest in LATAM, where hours of viewing jumped 66% and ad impressions 77%. A survey of...
Meta announced a 2‑5% fee increase for advertisers in Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK, effective July, to offset Digital Service Taxes and other location‑based levies. At the same time, the Meta Oversight Board criticised the company’s deep‑fake...
German broadcaster Sportdigital has secured broadcast rights to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, beginning coverage with the quarter‑finals in Australia. The 12‑team tournament also serves as the Asian qualification pathway for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, granting direct berths...
Streaming giants are adding conversion APIs (CAPIs) to bring performance‑driven measurement to connected TV. Netflix unveiled its CAPI alongside new targeting options, while Roku and Comcast have introduced self‑serve APIs aimed at SMB advertisers. CAPIs promise to bridge the attribution...
Streaming giants are bringing conversion APIs (CAPIs) to connected TV as advertisers demand measurable performance. Netflix unveiled its CAPI alongside new targeting options, while Roku, Comcast and LinkedIn already provide similar APIs for CTV measurement. CAPIs promise to close the...
The NFL is moving away from selling the Week 1 Melbourne International Series game on a stand‑alone basis, opting instead to bundle it with four or five additional contests. This packaging aligns with a broader inventory of nine International Series...
DAZN is adding All Elite Wrestling pay‑per‑view events to its global sports lineup, excluding India. The first title‑fight, AEW Revolution, streams on March 15, followed by Dynasty, Double or Nothing, and All In later in the year. Viewers can buy each event...
Chinese social media has popularized the "kill line" meme, portraying the United States as a precarious, dystopian economy, while U.S. Gen Z users embrace the "Chinamaxxing" trend, adopting Chinese lifestyle hacks. The kill line narrative has amassed over 600 million views on...
Nine announced that veteran journalist Georgie Gardner will leave the network after nearly 25 years of service. She began in 2002 as a weather presenter and morning news reader, later anchoring the Today Show and the 6pm weekend bulletin in...
WaPo staffers pressed Jeff Bezos about Amazon picking up the “Melania” documentary at an off the record meeting hosted at the billionaire’s DC residence. All the details from inside the meeting via @nataliekorach in @get_status: https://www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos-washington-post-meeting-layoffs-melania
Breaker reports Time did not disclose that a coauthor of its cover story on Anthropic was a Tarbell fellow, funded by effective altruism AI cultists. I've been cautioning young people tempted by its journalism fellowship to research the funders. #TESCREAL https://t.co/kh7Lz6zPVr
Junkee Media announced Sophie Hanson as its new Head of Editorial, overseeing both Junkee and Punkee brands. Hanson arrives with over ten years of senior editorial experience at global digital and lifestyle outlets such as People, Vogue.com, Harper’s Bazaar, Bustle,...
This is really good. I do admire Dom Hofmann as a protocol artist, in the sense he creates constrained and elegant rules for others to create with With both Vine and Loot, those constraints created new cultural habits downstream, despite being...
In remarks accepting the RTDNA First Amendment Award tonight, Fox News nat-sec correspondent @JenGriffinFNC spoke about the Pentagon press corps walking out in protest, the importance of Voice of America, and the safety risks for journalists — including fallen colleagues....
Thursday’s VOZ ratings show the NRL’s Round 2 clash between Brisbane and Parramatta pulling 772,000 average viewers, edging out the AFL’s Round 1 Carlton‑Richmond game at 675,000. Seven Network captured the night with a 30.9% total‑TV share and a 31.3% consolidated share,...
This is the right kicker. I was in the courtroom Friday. There was no good argument it’s a national security threat. And then Defense Dept argument it’s an especially sensitive time went nowhere with the Court who flipped it around...
the idea that journalists hold themselves to a moral standard and therefore should be constantly maligned for trying while everyone in business should just talk their book and manipulate the public is just so bankrupt.
Human Rights Watch warned that Russia has intensified online censorship by restricting access to Telegram, the country’s most popular messaging app. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Roskomnadzor, announced gradual restrictions after Telegram failed to comply with Russian legislation,...
Add “talk to me about” … Also, how many times have you seen anchors totally misread a graphic on the screen next to their head?
Spero Dedes, then a 26‑year‑old rookie, was the Los Angeles Lakers’ radio voice when Kobe Bryant scored his legendary 81 points in 2006. Dedes described feeling overwhelmed and scrambling for superlatives during the historic night, even pulling a pocket thesaurus....
The episode serves as a curated roundup of the latest and most noteworthy podcast launches, highlighting standout new shows across genres. It offers brief trailers and key details to help listeners quickly discover fresh content worth checking out. The hosts...
TikTok is launching TikTok Radio live from SXSW on March 13, leveraging its partnership with iHeartMedia. The service will stream on the iHeartRadio app and 28 iHeart broadcast stations, delivering TikTok‑driven music hits, creator storytelling, and weekly countdowns. Simultaneously, TikTok...
Scott Brown, a veteran of Hollywood‑creator collaborations, is championing microdramas—short, vertically‑shot scripted series built for smartphones—through his company Second Rodeo. After pioneering digital formats for Larry King, The Rock’s YouTube launch, and MrBeast stunts, Brown sees microdramas as the first...
Word that Universal will be expanding its theatrical exclusivity windows starting today (just before what should be a very big year at the box office) is hopefully a signal that major studios with a greater vested interest in multiplex revenues...
Magellan AI, an all‑in‑one platform for audio advertising intelligence across podcasts, streaming audio, and broadcast radio, is hiring a remote Product Manager in the United States. The role will own the feature roadmap, prioritize product improvements, and work closely with...
Australian video‑news startups Ticker and Leadstory are charting distinct paths away from legacy media. Ticker, founded by former Sky News reporter Ahron Young, abandoned ad‑supported TV in favor of commercial interview clips, leveraging AI to produce and distribute short‑form video...
Apple’s senior VP of Services Eddy Cue announced that viewership for the 2026 Australian Grand Prix on Apple TV+ rose year‑over‑year, surpassing both Formula 1 and Apple’s expectations. While exact numbers were not disclosed, the increase follows Apple’s acquisition of U.S....
Meta reversed its 2025 decision to rely on third‑party fact‑checkers, moving to crowdsourced verification that has struggled to curb fake death notices on Facebook. High‑engagement posts falsely declared Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts and former coach James Taylor dead,...
Don Lemon publicly condemned the White House Correspondents' Association for inviting President Donald Trump to the 2026 Correspondents' Dinner, labeling the move a "slap in the face" to journalists. The invitation marks the first time a sitting president will attend...
Netflix’s new action film “War Machine,” starring Alan Ritchson, topped the Samba TV weekly Wrap Report chart with 7 million households watching in its first three days. The movie marks the platform’s second major action hit of 2026, following the thriller...
Fans of BBC's The Apprentice slammed the decision to sideline Karishma Vijay during the videogame‑making task, calling the resulting pitch the "worst in history." Despite her key role in designing the product, Project Manager Harry Clough excluded her from the...
Creamer Media celebrates its 45th anniversary, marking four and a half decades of independent engineering and mining journalism. Founded in 1981 by Martin and Veronica Creamer, the Johannesburg‑based publisher has grown to about 48 employees and a global specialist audience....
A recent Cord Cutters News survey shows fiber internet has become the top choice for cord‑cutters, capturing 43 percent of their broadband market share and overtaking cable providers, which now hold just 40 percent. The shift reflects a demand for gigabit speeds,...
Sky News Australia is launching a new special‑report series, *State of Health*, hosted by regional correspondent Jaynie Seal. The program travels across regional Australia to examine infrastructure, workforce and access challenges confronting hospitals and clinics serving nearly 10 million people. The...
NEWS: USAGM's @KariLake is to have a new boss. Trump nominated State Dept official Sarah Rogers as CEO of Voice of America's parent USAGM. If confirmed she'd hold both roles. Lake had been leading agency but US judge ruled she did...
Hart Hanson, creator of "Bones," said he expected the spin‑off "The Finder" to struggle, and the series indeed faltered after one season. Fans of the original procedural were skeptical of new characters and resisted the backdoor pilot that introduced Walter...
