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    WAVES ‘Create in India Challenge’ crosses 85k registrations

    • 02.04.2025
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    The Create in India Challenge (CIC) Season-1, launched as part of the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) set to take place in Mumbai from May 1-4, has achieved a new milestone of crossing 85,000 registrations, including 1,100 international participants.

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    CTV to overtake pay TV by 2030, broadcasters to compete with short-video and gaming cos

    • 02.04.2025
    • BestMediaInfo

    As per EY, to stay competitive, broadcasters need to diversify their offerings and reorient their organisations toward audience segmentation. “Broadcasters will need to build first-party consumer data at scale to tailor content and advertising effectively,” stated the EY M&E report

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    ‘Viewership for Hindi-language TV content dropped to below 50% in 2024’

    • 02.04.2025
    • Exchange4media

    According to the findings of an M&E report, Hindi, however, still commanded a 44% share of total viewership, solidifying its position as the leading language for TV audiences across the country

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    MIB onboards industry who’s who on Waves Summit advisory panel

    • 02.04.2025
    • Exchange4media

    The MIB has onboarded as part of its advisory board for the WAVES Summit several members of the entertainment and media industry

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    Stop OpenAI From Accessing Content From Subscribers: ANI To Delhi HC

    • 02.04.2025
    • Medianama

    Asian News International (ANI) asked the Delhi High Court to pass an injunction barring OpenAI from scraping data from its subscribers in a hearing on March 28. The news agency offered to provide the AI company with a list of its subscribers on an ongoing basis.

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    Training AI Using ‘Pirated’ Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue

    • 02.04.2025
    • TorrentFreak

    A group of prominent intellectual property law professors has weighed in on the high-stakes AI copyright battle between several authors and Meta.

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    Trump Tariffs Timing Couldn’t Be Worse for Hollywood

    • 02.04.2025
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Studios will begin their upfront talks with media buyers in the coming weeks — with billions of dollars at stake — right as major advertising buyers are reexamining their budgets amid global economic uncertainty.

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    Netflix Adds Full Multilingual Support on TVs for Subtitles, Dubs in Over 30 Languages

    • 02.04.2025
    • Variety

    Netflix customers watching series and movies on TVs can now toggle among the 30-plus languages available in the streamer’s catalog for dubs and subtitles.

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    Filmmakers reel as OTT platforms wield scissors to curb edgy content

    • 02.04.2025
    • Mint

    Filmmakers peeved by censored version of theatrical movies on streaming platforms

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    MeitY’s Deepfake Panel Hears From Google, Meta, X and Civil Society Amid Rising Misuse Concerns

    • 01.04.2025
    • Medianama

    Tech giants Google, Meta, and X have submitted their official statements on deepfake regulation to a central committee formed by the Indian government.

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