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    70% viewers now watch IPL across TV and OTT as dual-screen habits reshape tournament viewing

    • 26.05.2026
    • BestMediaInfo

    Only 18.98% of viewers now watch IPL exclusively on television; 38.26% mainly consume IPL on TV while simultaneously engaging through OTT platforms

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    Prasar Bharati introduces stricter compliance, creator-led growth model under new WAVES OTT framework

    • 26.05.2026
    • BestMediaInfo

    The newly released framework reveals the operational structure behind how creators, studios, aggregators, distributors, and rights holders will now work with the platform

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    Double Tap films partners with TikTok for international expansion

    • 26.05.2026
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Double Tap Films, the microdrama studio backed by Pratilipi, has entered into a strategic partnership with TikTok to distribute its original Indian content across key international markets. The collaboration marks the studio’s first major step into global content distribution and reflects the growing international appetite for Indian-language storytelling in short-form formats.

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    Uday Shankar flags cricket rights inflation; calls for smarter media economics

    • 26.05.2026
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Uday Shankar, Vice-Chairperson of JioStar and a journalist-turned-entrepreneur, has warned that cricket boards are increasingly “pricing themselves out” of India, arguing — in an interview published in entertainment news outlet Variety — that spiralling sports rights valuations are becoming difficult to sustain even for large broadcasters.

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    Behind Meta’s AI ad push lies a bigger shift in platform power

    • 26.05.2026
    • Exchange4media

    A quiet restructuring is unfolding inside Meta’s AI-native ad ecosystem, say experts, as automation replaces manual controls

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    Treating landing page data as zero viewership hollows out key business asset: AIDCF to HC

    • 26.05.2026
    • Exchange4media

    The petition contends the blanket exclusion of landing page viewership ignores technological realities & existing safeguards, and said it was neither technically justified nor operationally feasible

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    AI Is Ready. The Data Isn’t: Why India’s Marketers Are Rebuilding the Content Engine

    • 26.05.2026
    • Exchange4media

    India’s marketers say AI adoption is accelerating, but fragmented data, governance gaps, and legacy systems remain the biggest barriers to scaling personalization

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    Literary invasion: what does it mean for writers if AI written stuff is deemed the best by the most discerning?

    • 26.05.2026
    • Mint

    The controversy over AI use in literature that attended the Commonwealth Foundation prize shouldn’t surprise us. Instead, this literary scandal should make us reflect on the future of AI-assisted writing. There’s no getting away from it.

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    Jio Defends 5G Network Slicing in Submission to DoT

    • 26.05.2026
    • Telecom Talk

    According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, Reliance Jio has defended 5G network slicing in its submission to the Department of Telecommunications, arguing that the capability is permitted under India’s existing telecom and net neutrality framework.

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    How a tiny ₹7 crore film became 2026’s biggest hit; beat Michael, Project Hail Mary, Dhurandhar 2 with 10000% profit

    • 25.05.2026
    • Hindustan Times

    An indie horror film, made by newcomers on a shoestring budget, has outperformed some of the biggest blockbusters of the year.

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