ITV Shipper

Random and (perhaps) articulate musings on ITV and Bollywood! Still figuring my way around Twitter. Also watch a bit of sport!

BALH4 currently (Doree2 before)

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#Doree2- No toxicity, no villains winning, no long separation, no faltu dream tracks

ML & FL ACTUALLY stay together and don't MU each other

YET it's going off air! 😭

Another good show sacrificed at the altar of the stupid, long-outdated Indian TV TRP system!

#PriyanshiYadav

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@KartikaySadani Hi, can this gift card be clubbed with senior citizen discount and/or the FLY AI code? (clubbed with one of them, or both or none?)

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@milespointspro Can this be clubbed with something like senior citizen discount and the FLY AI code ?

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Think the English commentator on the world feed for Mexico v England got it horribly wrong in the last few minutes- said Stones was the captain after Kane was subbed off, and also wrongly thought Bellingham got a yellow card at the end

Probs was 4am in his timezone tbf!

#MEXENG

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@Werries_ SA are playing T20's with an ODI side. None of these batters (bar De Klerk to an extent) are innovative or 360 degree players

Brits and Wolvaardt can easily be tied down with accurate bowling and field placement

Replica of what happened in chase vs Aus. Slow death strangulation

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In a way, this semifinal is a REPLICA of the South Africa Women v Australia chase earlier in the tournament.

Eng bowling accurate, SA batters try to hit, but only to fielders; batters lack ability to innovate

End result: strangulation of the chase

#ENGvSA #T20WorldCup #Proteas

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@captainshanky Thankfully looks you're keeping the ESPN part in the domain though.

Would be an absolute nightmare for your SEO/marketing guy if the domain was changed again (I'm aware it was done once, but those were different times & Cricinfo as a giant had the ability to take a Google hit)

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Every Zee5 subscriber has to be paid- they don't allow free, so rough online subscription revenue for Zee is already 400 crore? (50 lakh x 800)

That is roughly $40mn USD, so they've already broken even in India!

Adding TV ad slots & annual subs, it actually looks pretty decent

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Zee5 showing roughly 5m viewers for Mexico vs South Africa so far

If they're all individual viewers, does that mean only 50 lakh subscribers signed up to watch the World Cup in India online on Zee?

Ofc this excludes TV subscriptions

Decent figure, but you'd expect more surely?

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@IAmKonX @LegoKingo Google essentially inked a $60m deal with Reddit to train its AI on it. Coz R was a one-stop source for reliable HUMAN made info for G's LLM models. R was mainstream but not very mainstream, which is why folks had flocked to it.

AI is only as reliable as the data it's trained on

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@Wander_ingSheep @bakudahoe First thought the lip bite was kinda exclusive to Jane 😅, but I remember seeing Lisbon do it in another episode with Pike too.

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@Stefan9 @imz07detroit @LawrenceBailey0 Ah my bad- didn't see that. Stand corrected.

That's sad to see from Beyers then- technically he did his bit by bowling his full quota, but if he didn't inform the union in advance...that's probably grounds for a termination!

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@imz07detroit @LawrenceBailey0 From that article about Swanepoel- "his travel arrangements had been made in advance, and he'd informed the union, who'd agreed to his departure weeks ago"

Maybe domestic cricket doesn't pay as much, and it would've been tough to reschedule the flight?

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@le_kman @CyrusShepard Get Android completely out of G's hands...that's the first step. That super tight link between mobile users, Android as their first OS, compulsory G/Gmail account to sign up, YT and GBP/Maps needs to be loosened. The rest will follow automatically

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@CreditCardsInd So you're saying that any CB earned between 12 March and 12 April (which is actually supposed to get credited in the 12 May statement) won't be credited?

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@vaibhavluthra @cards_wizard Which bank allows CKYC as a direct mechanism for verifying (for CC)? Assuming that it means CKYC plus mobile verification (and ergo doesn't ask for Aadhar)

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@lav_narayanan Any doc who prescribes medicines/steroids/creams for skin conditions without changing or investigating diet- run miles away.

Have to treat this from the root, and diet change is the ONLY way. It's hard, and is a gradual process, but you need to stick to it rigorously.

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@lav_narayanan Most skin conditions are 80% diet. Cut off gradually (and see if it impacts/helps) milk, sugar, ALL processed/junk food (this includes restaurant meals & is VV IMP). Do black tea compress, drink herbal tea (honey, lemon, ginger, hibiscus). Supplement with aloe gels and vitamins.

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Clear advantage in New Zealand winning the toss, but if South Africa can see off Henry & Ferguson, there are PLENTY of runs out there for the Proteas.

Black Caps have to get 8 overs out of Neesham/ McConchie/Rachin/Phillips- bowling a bit weak IMO.

#SAvsNZ #T20WorldCup2026

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@shantanugoel @congratstothe What's worse is the quality of digital marketing folks Flent and the rest have hired.

In what world does it look like a "natural" campaign?

Seriously disappointed by the quality of talent in the digital advertising industry in India.

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@SavingsSimpl It was giving 5262 as the MCC a few weeks ago- you're saying they've changed it to 5947 or a different MCC code?