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    AI Mode: Google expands AI-powered search feature to all users in India

    • 08.07.2025
    • Storyboard18

    Google has launched its AI-powered search feature, AI Mode, for all users in India, allowing voice, text, and photo-based queries powered by its Gemini 2.5 model.

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    Actors ditch urban-centric films for mass-market genres after Covid

    • 08.07.2025
    • Mint

    Actors like Rajkummar Rao and Ayushmann Khurrana are shifting from niche films to mass-market genres like gangster roles and horror comedies. This change is driven by a need to attract wider audiences to single-screen cinemas, as multiplex viewers become saturated with entertainment options.

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    Balaji Telefilms 2.0: From chasing platform dreams to rewriting content playbook

    • 08.07.2025
    • BestMediaInfo

    Balaji Telefilms is shifting gears to focus on what it believes it does best. Content Production. A media company that has seen the Indian media landscape from possibly every vantage point is, today, choosing pragmatism over platform

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    Microdramas go mainstream as platforms opt for cost-effective, binge-worthy formats

    • 08.07.2025
    • Exchange4media

    Industry watchers say it is time to acknowledge the super-fast proliferation of micro-dramas as platforms opt for newer monetisation models

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    Sony Sports Network expands regional reach with new Tamil and Telugu channels

    • 08.07.2025
    • Exchange4media

    The network’s Hindi sports channel will also undergo a refreshed identity

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    Bollywood scripts recovery with sequels and small-town strategy

    • 07.07.2025
    • Mint

    With over ₹1,900 crore collected in H1, the Hindi film industry is eyeing a 20-30% bump in the second half of 2025, led by franchises, folk tales and a packed release calendar.

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    Sanjog Gupta appointed ICC CEO; Ishan Chatterjee to head sports at JioStar

    • 07.07.2025
    • Mint

    Gupta becomes seventh chief executive of the ICC after a global search; JioStar elevates monetisation head Ishan Chatterjee to replace Gupta as head of its high-stakes sports business.

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    Google’s AI Overviews face EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers

    • 07.07.2025
    • BestMediaInfo

    The complaint, dated June 30, accused Google of abusing its market dominance through its AI Overviews feature, which the publishers claim is causing significant harm to their businesses by reducing traffic, readership, and revenue

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    Google’s DMCA Transparency Report ‘Freezes’ After Recent Volume Surge

    • 07.07.2025
    • TorrentFreak

    After more than a decade of timely updates, Google Search's takedown transparency report has stalled since mid-April.

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    TV ratings shake-up: MIB opening doors for OTT, telcos & ad tech players?

    • 07.07.2025
    • Exchange4media

    The shift opens a window for industry heavyweights who have long wanted greater control over measurement data, say experts

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