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    Micro‑Dramas, AI & Indie Ecosystems

    • 18.06.2025
    • By Saameer Mody

    In this episode of Industry Spotlight with Creative First, Saameer Mody, Founder and Managing Director of Pocket Films, joined Lohita Sujith, Sr. Director, Copyright & Digital Economy, MPA, to discuss evolving content formats, monetization models, and the rise of AI in independent filmmaking.

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    AI’s Habit of Information Fabrication (“Hallucination”): Where’s the Human Factor?

    • 26.05.2025
    • By Hugh Stephens

    It is well known that when AI applications can’t respond to a query, instead of admitting they don’t know the answer, they often resort to “making stuff up”—a phenomenon commonly called “hallucination” but which should more accurately be called for what it is, total fabrication.

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    Accessibility requirements and bridging the digital divide

    • 24.05.2025
    • By Suvarna Mandal and Sanchit Shrivastava

    Digitisation and the internet have become integral and fundamental to our daily lives. Right from critical services such as banking to somewhat lighter services like entertainment, the online world dictates how people live and thrive in society.

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    From Indie Darling to Action Hero: Katy O’Brian on Her Leap from “Love Lies Bleeding” to “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”

    • 23.05.2025
    • By Jack Giroux `

    If there’s a performer well-suited for the world of Mission: Impossible, it’s Katy O’Brian. The films are wildly ambitious technical endeavors – hugely physical and highly creative.

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    Building the First “Black Mirror” Sequel: How Production Designer Miranda Jones Upgraded the USS Callister Universe

    • 22.05.2025
    • By Susannah Edelbaum

    Back in Season 4 of Black Mirror, an enthusiastic programmer, Nanette (Cristin Milioti), gets trapped in a virtual-reality game by its creator and her boss, Robert Daly (Jesse Plemons).

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    Ground-Level Galaxy: “Andor” DP Christophe Nuyens on Making the Most Visceral “Star Wars” Story Ever Told

    • 20.05.2025
    • By Bryan Abrams

    The satisfactions of Tony Gilroy‘s Andor were such that many viewers comforted themselves when the series came to an end on May 13 by immediately turning to Rogue One, the 2016 feature film that Andor served as a prequel series for.

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    One-Shot Wonders: How Casting Director Shaheen Baig Assembled the Perfect Cast for “Adolescence”

    • 20.05.2025
    • By Susannah Edelbaum

    Co-created by and co-starring Stephen Graham, Netflix’s four-part series Adolescence has been a widely viewed hit for the streaming site.

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    Rufus Sewell on Playing ‘The Good Guy’s Bad Guy’ in Netflix’s “The Diplomat”

    • 19.05.2025
    • By Hugh Hart

    A proper English thespian who originated a role in Tom Stoppard’s Laurence Olivier Award-winning play Arcadia fresh out of acting school, Rufus Sewell has since excelled as a character actor with leading man looks.

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    Sentencing of MagisTVOficial Operators a Step in the Right Direction on Content Protection in LATAM and Beyond

    • 15.05.2025
    • By Larissa Knapp

    The recent sentencing of the operators behind MagisTVOficial[.]com – a notorious illegal streaming service based in Colombia – marks a positive step forward in the global fight against digital piracy.

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    ACE Statement on Sentencing in Large-Scale Digital Piracy Case in Colombia

    • 15.05.2025
    • By The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment

    Operators of Unauthorized Streaming Service, MagisTV Oficial, Receive Criminal Sentence and Fine Following Referral from ACE

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