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<li>In Tokyo, <a href="https://podnews.net/press-release/otonal-localization-service">Otonal has launched a podcast and audio ad localization service</a>, to help global brands adapt their English-language content into the Japanese market. Literal translations, the company says, simply don't work well in Japan, with complex levels of politeness, and grammatical structures that mean call-to-actions are at the end of a sentence.</li>
<li><a href="https://scottishpodcastawards.scot/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-06-26">The Scottish Podcast Awards</a> took place last night. The event was marred by the audience booing the winner of the Best International podcast, <a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/i4p3j"><cite>The Rest is History</cite></a>. That award, which didn't require a Scottish connection, was accepted by video. Otherwise, we're told it was a positive event; the winners haven't been published, we've asked for a list.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2026/sports-and-dramas-drive-april-viewing-patterns-in-nielsens-latest-gauge-reports/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-06-26">YouTube has 13.4% of all TV watching in the US, says Nielsen's latest Gauge reports.</a> Netflix is at 7.8%; Tubi is up to 2.3%.</li>
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