Star
Plus stays at the top; Colors a GRP away from Zee TV
Continuing to maintain
its lead in the Hindi general entertainment space, Star Plus added
six gross rating points (GRPs) to its last weeks tally to
register 271 GRPs in the week ended 9 March.
Govt
firm on Phase 2 deadline, claims 60% digitisation in 38 cities
I&B secretary Uday
Varma says 10 out of the 38 cities have 75% digitisation; pace slow
in four cities including Ranchi, Srinagar and one in Tamil Nadu.
Court
passes landmark judgement to protect digital sports rights holders
against telcos
In a landmark judgment
that will have long term effects on revenue sharing and monetisation,
the Delhi High Court has said mobile phone companies can't provide
to their subscribers live match updates for sporting content for
which Star India has the rights.
Skewed
biz model hampers electronic news media functioning
News channels are operating
on a broken business model as they have to cough out high carriage
fees while subscription income is low; digitisation is improving
the scenario but there is a long way to go & journalists need
to adapt to new media.
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