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    iWorldSpotify sees India as key growth engine in AI-powered global expansion

    • 23.05.2026
    • Indian Television

    Streaming giant says India subscriber base has grown sevenfold since 2022

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    India’s CTV user base touches 96 million; expected to cross 120 million next year

    • 22.05.2026
    • BestMediaInfo

    India’s CTV audience is still only around 6.6% of its population, much lower than the US, where CTV users are equivalent to nearly 70% of the population

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    Lowdown: How the EU decides which AI systems are “high-risk” under the AI Act

    • 22.05.2026
    • Medianama

    The European Commission has published draft guidelines on when an AI system qualifies as high-risk under Article 6 of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), and when it does not. The guidelines are out for stakeholder consultation before finalisation and carry no binding force. Only the Court of Justice of the EU can give authoritative interpretations of the Act.

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    Prasoon Joshi: “People Have Content Indigestion. We Are Over-Entertained”

    • 22.05.2026
    • Storyboard18

    At GoaFest, Prasoon Joshi reflected on a culture overwhelmed by endless content, shrinking attention spans and disappearing human interaction. The McCann Worldgroup India CEO and CCO spoke about Gen Z, AI, creativity and why, despite technological disruption, emotional connection and human affirmation remain central to storytelling, talent and brands.

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    ‘One Piece’ Producer Fujimura Charts Japanese IP’s Rise From Manga Magazines to Hollywood Mega-Franchises

    • 22.05.2026
    • Variety

    Tetsu Fujimura, the CEO of Japanese IP consultancy and production company Filosophia Inc. and a producer on Netflix’s “One Piece” live-action series, delivered a data-intensive keynote at the Cannes Film Market, presenting a comprehensive account of the booming global market for Japanese intellectual property adaptations and cataloguing a Hollywood development pipeline that stretches across every major studio.

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    Oscar-Winning Producer Guneet Monga Kapoor on Genre Pivot, Women in Film India at Cannes: ‘I Am Ambitious, and I’m Not Scared About That Ambition’

    • 22.05.2026
    • Variety

    A year after founding Women in Film India, Guneet Monga Kapoor – whose “The Elephant Whisperers” took the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the 2023 Oscars – was at Cannes with four scholarship recipients in tow and a producing slate that signals a deliberate move into genre cinema, women-led franchises and, eventually, gaming.

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    How is conversational AI changing search traffic for small publishers?

    • 22.05.2026
    • Exchange4media

    As audiences shift from clicking links to consuming AI-generated answers, the publisher-brand relationship is being redrawn. The attention economy had a name; what replaces it is still taking shape

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    Spotify Introduces AI-Generated Personal Podcasts

    • 22.05.2026
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Per the new feature, Spotify will create audio based on prompts such as "Share my daily city updates, and tell me about local concerts from artists I love."

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    Videos, Events, B2B Services & Bot Paywalls: Publishers rewrite playbook amid traffic loss

    • 22.05.2026
    • Exchange4media

    The collapse of referral certainty is forcing publishers to rethink what digital media businesses should look like in an AI-first internet

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    Major Studios Slam Canada For Slapping “Discriminatory Investment Obligations” on U.S. Streamers

    • 22.05.2026
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The CRTC on Thursday ordered American digital platforms to contribute 15 percent of their Canadian revenues to subsidizing local indie production, while reducing spending obligations on local broadcasters.

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