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One Take Media brings Korean dramas in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
Mumbai: Korean content has captured the imagination of Indians across all age groups. One Take Media, one of the first content distribution houses to bring thousands of hours of Korean content in Hindi to India will now provide these K-dramas in south Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages.
One Take Media brings many award-winning Korean drama series in south Indian languages like Money Flower, She Knows Everything, Mother, Emergency Couple, Flower of Evil, Goblin, I am not a Robot and many more.
“Korean content consumption in India has increased post the lockdown,” said Joint Managing Director Dimpy Khera, One Take Media. “We have certainly noticed the rise of K-Drama popularity in the south Indian diaspora. Indian viewers love to watch their content in their own language. We are happy to provide popular Korean dramas in Tamil, Telugu & Kannada to enhance their viewership experience.”
With evolving consumer behavior, One Take Media is determined to continue providing popular Korean dramas to the diverse Indian audience. All of these shows can now be accessed on Playflix – a content-streaming OTT app by One Take Media Co.
Apart from Korean dramas, OTMC also offers a wide library of Kids Animated series, Spanish shows, Turkish shows, Hollywood movies and more.
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WhatsApp may soon let users to pick who sees their status updates
The messaging giant is borrowing a page from Instagram’s playbook as it pushes to give users finer control over their social circles.
CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp is quietly working on a feature that could make its Status function considerably smarter and considerably more private.
According to reports from beta tracking platforms, the app is testing a tool called Status lists, which would allow users to create named groups such as close friends, family and colleagues, and control precisely which group sees each update. It is a meaningful step up from the platform’s current blunt instruments, which offer only three options: share with all contacts, exclude specific people, or manually select individuals each time.
The new feature draws an obvious comparison with Instagram’s Close Friends function, and the resemblance is unlikely to be accidental. Both platforms sit within Meta’s family, and the company has been nudging them toward a common logic of audience segmentation for some time.
The move also fits neatly into WhatsApp’s broader privacy push. The platform has been rolling out enhanced chat protections and is exploring the introduction of usernames, which would allow users to connect without exchanging phone numbers. Status lists extend that philosophy from messaging into broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Status itself has been evolving well beyond its origins as a simple photo-and-text slideshow. The feature now supports music stickers, collages, longer videos and interactive elements, pushing it closer to the social-media-style story format pioneered by Snapchat and refined by Instagram. In that context, finer audience controls are not merely a privacy feature. They are a precondition for people sharing more.
The feature remains in development and has not been confirmed for release. WhatsApp routinely tests tools that are later modified or quietly shelved. But the direction of travel is clear: the app wants Status to be a destination, not an afterthought. Letting users decide exactly who is in the audience is how it gets there.
