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    Global platforms, local passions

    • 14.07.2026
    • Exchange4media

    Uday Kumar Verma, former MIB Secretary, writes that technology has globalised access to entertainment while making audiences embrace local languages, cultures and stories more than eve

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    BARC tells Kerala HC AIDCF misread SC order in TV ratings policy dispute

    • 14.07.2026
    • Exchange4media

    BARC urged the High Court to vacate the interim order, submitting that "there is no reason to have granted interim relief"

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    One Username, Three Apps: Meta’s next identity play

    • 14.07.2026
    • Exchange4media

    Meta’s push to replace phone numbers with usernames for its Indian user base has run into a wall in Delhi. But the real story is what one identity, shared across 3 apps, does for a single advertiser

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    Behind OTT’s next hit: how algorithms are replacing star power

    • 14.07.2026
    • Mint

    Titles like Chiraiya, Ab Hoga Hisaab, Made in India: A Titan Story and others, have topped viewership charts in the past few months

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    Creators turn to lawyers as legal risks rise in digital content

    • 12.07.2026
    • Mint

    The latest season of India's Got Latent has onboarded a large legal team.

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    Screen Australia Data Reveals Marketplace Financing Covers Only a Fraction of Production Budgets

    • 12.07.2026
    • Variety

    Screen Australia has released a new analysis of 197 narrative production applications submitted between January 2023 and October 2025, finding that marketplace contributions – while a consistent presence in finance plans – are rarely enough on their own to fully fund a project.

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    Google Opposes Site Blocking in Europe as U.S. Piracy Blocking Plans Gain Momentum

    • 11.07.2026
    • Torrent Freak

    Google has told the European Commission that pirate site blocking causes "significant harm" and should not target DNS resolvers, VPNs or shared IPs. The submission was filed days before a U.S. congressional hearing signaled that American site blocking legislation is closer than ever to introduction. Early drafts of the American plans included DNS blocking, which makes Google's EU comments even more relevant.

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    11 key takeaways from Jharkhand’s draft AI Policy

    • 10.07.2026
    • Medianama

    The Jharkhand government has unveiled its draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, 2026. The proposed framework aims to incentivise the use of AI for governance, agriculture, healthcare, and mineral resource administration for the 2026-31 period.

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    Google requires advertisers to disclose generative AI use in ads

    • 10.07.2026
    • Medianama

    Google will require advertisers to disclose when generative AI is used to create or edit ads. This disclosure will appear to viewers in a new panel on Search, YouTube, and Discover, according to a July 9, 2026 post by Keerat Sharma, Google’s VP and General Manager of Ads Privacy and Safety.

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    Character.ai’s New Business? Microdramas

    • 10.07.2026
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The fraught chatbot company is entering the crowded world of vertical videos — with an AI twist

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