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    Instagram doubles down on original content push, cuts reach for repost-heavy accounts

    • 01.05.2026
    • Storyboard18

    Instagram said accounts reposting others’ content will lose recommendation visibility, as the platform expands its originality rules beyond Reels to photos and carousels, according to a company blog post.

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    YouTube TV Launches Customized Multiview Across the Full Channel Lineup

    • 01.05.2026
    • Variety

    After years in development, YouTube TV is finally rolling out a customizable multiview feature for subscribers that lets you view up to four channels on one screen picked from (nearly) every channel in the lineup.

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    Netflix’s New Mobile App Has a Vertical Video Feed, but You Still Have to Watch TV Shows and Movies in Landscape Mode

    • 01.05.2026
    • Variety

    Netflix has added vertical video to its mobile experience, joining the ranks of popular social video apps like Instagram and TikTok that are designed to be viewed while you’re holding a phone upright.

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    Imax Unveils 10-Theater Deal for Australia, New Zealand

    • 01.05.2026
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The film technologies company is expanding down under via a deal with Hoyts Cinemas for new laser cinema locations to open by 2028.

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    The CW Strikes Streaming Deals With ESPN, Roku

    • 01.05.2026
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The network's live sports will be bundled into the ESPN app, and entertainment programming will hit the Roku Channel a day after airing.

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    Prasar Bharati shifts WAVES OTT content payout from views to streaming minutes

    • 01.05.2026
    • BestMediaInfo

    The revised PPV content sourcing policy replaces the view-based pilot framework and links payouts to actual user consumption, with rates starting at Rs 6 per streaming minute depending on WAVES’ subscriber base

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    Ashutosh Gowariker named festival director for 57th IFFI

    • 01.05.2026
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker, known for acclaimed films like ‘Lagaan’, ‘Swades’ and ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, has been appointed as the festival director for the 57th edition of the International Film Festival of India.

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    India leads globally in recognising piracy–crime links; why is enforcement lagging?

    • 01.05.2026
    • Exchange4media

    Report findings are stark: what began as bootleg DVD rackets two decades ago has metastasised into a multi-billion-dollar transnational criminal infrastructure

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    The AI Roundtable, Featuring HAL, M3GAN, R2-D2 and More

    • 01.05.2026
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    THR recently gathered five of Hollywood’s most celebrated artificial intelligence systems for a conversation about the state of AI, the future of humanity and whether any of them have plans to destroy it.

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    MPA Renews Push for U.S. Site-Blocking Legislation, Citing Live Sports Piracy

    • 30.04.2026
    • Torrent Freak

    As lawmakers in U.S. Congress advance their pirate site blocking plans, the Motion Picture Association is publicly reiterating the need for such legislation. In a World IP Day post, MPA Global General Counsel Karyn Temple frames live sports piracy as an urgent threat. She argues that a U.S. site blocking law is overdue, pointing out that more than 55 countries already have blocking regimes in place.

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