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The global entertainment landscape has undergone a radical transformation over the last two decades. Traditional cable television and physical media have largely given way to digital streaming. For diaspora communities, especially the South Asian diaspora, access to regional content—Bollywood movies, Hindi television serials, and regional cinema—was historically difficult to secure.