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IMDb Counted 10 Years of Indian Streaming. Here’s What It Didn’t Say.
A special edition on what a decade of Indian streaming actually taught us — and where it goes next. The superb report helmed by Yaminie Patodia at IMDB can be downloaded here.
Ten years ago, Indian streaming was a slide in a pitch deck. To...
The Microdrama Boom Has a Landlord Problem
Outside China, the leading vertical-video apps released 32,000 shows in three months, and the category still has no defining hit. Production has become cheap. Discovery is borrowed from social platforms, and converting it into paying viewer...
Everyone Knew Elizabeth Holmes' Story. It Still Sold Out.
19 October 2026
A quick note before we start. Last week's Netflix piece got the strongest response anything on The Story Moat has had. The message was clear: you want the insight while the story is still moving, not three weeks later. So I...
Breaking: Netflix Just Hired Taste at Scale
Mumbai, 16 October 2026
The 2-minute read
I woke up in Mumbai at 5 a.m. to a flurry of posts and one name: Peter Rice.
Overnight, Netflix announced that Rice will become Chief Content Officer on 26 October, replacing Bela Bajar...
The Court Says Make Movies. The Balance Sheet Says Play It Safe. (#Paramount #Warner)
The 2-minute read
On 6 October 2026, Paramount closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery: $31 a share in cash, roughly $81 billion of equity and about $111 billion including debt. The combined company is called Skydance. Two of H...
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