Among speakers were CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland, 193’s Patrick Wachberger, Fremantle’s Christian Besper and now independent producer Domingo Corral

TikTok collected children’s personal data without a valid need or interest, Canadian regulators have found after a 2.5-year probe. In a joint investigation, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and three provincial privacy watchdogs examined whether the China-based platform lawfully used personal information and obtained meaningful consent, especially for targeted advertising and content personalisation.

WaveX, under the Ministry of I&B’s WAVES initiative, has launched seven new incubation centers for AVGC-XR startups across India. Startups gain advanced infrastructure, mentorship, and global exposure, with applications open for 15 slots per center.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday made a strong pitch for local manufacturing of equipment such as big cameras used in the film industry as part of the government’s ‘Make in India‘ initiative.

With brands seeking engagement-led festive storytelling, micro & mid-tier creators are seeing faster fee inflation than celebrities; some creators are delivering outsized ROI, shared industry players

While CTV and OTT are the fastest growing programmatic channels, audio and DOOH are also gaining traction in the festive media mix

Although AI has been widely adopted in beauty, fashion, e-commerce and consumer tech, marketers now say they aim to move beyond conventional festive-season marketing—albeit with safeguards

This cinematic aspect ratio, previously uncommon in social media advertising, is now gaining traction for its ability to deliver immersive, full-screen experiences

While costs per show are almost one-fifth of an OTT series, these productions mean more work for both newer
as well as existing talent.