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    200M daily viewing hours, 10M Shorts channels: YouTube powers Alphabet’s AI push, says Sundar Pichai

    • 01.05.2026
    • Storyboard18

    Google-parent Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai positions YouTube as a central growth engine alongside AI, driving subscriptions, creator activity and engagement at scale.

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    As The Devil Wears Prada 2 releases, Films on fashion and workplace to revisit on OTT

    • 01.05.2026
    • Storyboard18

    The Devil Wears Prada 2, with Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep, releases May 1 2026, sparking interest in similar fashion workplace films.

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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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