'Stranger Things' is the most pirated TV show of 2025 on torrent sites. The final season of the Netflix production beats its other global powerhouse, the Korean thriller "Squid Game." HBO's "The Last of Us", meanwhile, ended up in third place this year.

Ericsson has projected that India’s 5G subscriber base is set to expand from nearly 394 by the end of 2025 to over 1 billion by 2031 – with a 79% penetration rate – as fourthgeneration (4G) network subscribers continue to decline.

Bookended by two nationalistic hits in ‘Chhava’ and ‘Dhurandhar’, the Hindi film industry had a mixed year where star-driven vehicles like ‘Sikandar’, starring Salman Khan, and Hrithik Roshan-fronted ‘War 2’ fizzled out at the box office, while romantic drama ‘Saiyaara’ resonated with viewers.

At the centre of this shift is the Advertising Standards Council of India, which is developing an AI-ready regulatory roadmap

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has released a technical standard that addresses a growing blind spot in artificial intelligence (AI) governance: how organisations record failures and harms caused by AI systems.

India’s telecom and pay TV services revenue is forecast to increase a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6 percent from $46.3 billion in 2024 to $61.9 billion in 2029, driven by revenue contributions from mobile data and fixed broadband segments, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Television viewing in the United States in November 2025 was shaped by a mix of live sports, marquee streaming releases and holiday-driven consumption, according to Nielsen’s latest Media Distributor Gauge. Paramount and Netflix emerged as the biggest gainers during the month, posting double-digit growth over October and reshaping the competitive landscape of TV distribution.

Adam Mosseri also emphasised that visibility on Instagram is not dictated by follower count alone

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