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    ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Artisans on Designing and Building the World of Pandora and Beyond: ‘Go Big or Go Home’

    • 18.12.2025
    • Variety

    “Avatar: Fire and Ash” doesn’t waste any time, starting up right after “Avatar: The Way of Water” ends. Expect James Cameron to blow you away with stunning visuals again, as his team pulls you straight into the incredible world of Pandora.

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    Kerala Government Orders Screenings to Proceed at IFFK Festival After Center Denies Censor Exemptions to 19 Films

    • 18.12.2025
    • Variety

    India’s Kerala government has directed organizers of the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) to proceed with all scheduled screenings, escalating a standoff with New Delhi after the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting denied censor exemption clearance to 19 selected films.

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    In Show of Force, Netflix Chiefs Visit Warner Bros. Lot Amid Battle With Paramount for Studio’s Future

    • 18.12.2025
    • Variety

    As the future of the studio hangs in the balance, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix leaders put on a show of force Wednesday afternoon when Netflix brass paid a visit to the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, where WBD chief executive David Zaslav gave them a guided tour.

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    Instagram expands Reels beyond mobile with new TV experience

    • 18.12.2025
    • Storyboard18

    The company clarified that IG for TV is distinct from IGTV, Instagram’s former long-form video platform, which was shut down in 2022.

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    Language is the new genre: What Indian films reveal about changing consumer preferences

    • 18.12.2025
    • Storyboard18

    How audiences now use language as a cue for tone, storytelling style and cinematic experience, according to IMDb’s 25 Years of Indian Cinema report

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    Prasar Bharati drafts Content Syndication Policy 2025 to monetise DD, Akashvani content

    • 18.12.2025
    • BestMediaInfo

    The draft also proposes monetisation of commissioned, co-produced, licensed and other content owned by Prasar Bharati

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    Pubcaster’s WAVES OTT aiming global expansion, revenues

    • 18.12.2025
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    The Indian government yesterday said that public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s primarily subscription-free streaming platform, WAVES OTT, is gaining popularity and is presently also focusing on expanding globally apart from strategizing to up its revenues from overseas markets.

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    YouTube to be the exclusive global home of the Oscars from 2029

    • 18.12.2025
    • Exchange4media

    The Academy has signed a multi-year global partnership with YouTube, granting it exclusive worldwide streaming rights to the Oscars from 2029 to 2033, with live, free access and year-round programming

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    Live streaming and fantasy sports are transforming leagues and franchises into year-round content engines rather than seasonal properties, says a PwC report

    • 18.12.2025
    • Exchange4media

    The Centre clarified in the Lok Sabha that OTT content remains outside CBFC’s purview and is regulated under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

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    Prasar Bharati’s WAVES gets 80 lakh downloads in first year

    • 18.12.2025
    • Exchange4media

    The information was submitted by the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan in the Lok Sabha

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