10 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 15   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | Production House
Banijay Group in 50:50 JV with Deepak Dhar for India ops
French content powerhouse Banijay Group is setting up its operations for India and South East Asia in partnership with former Endemol India managing director Deepak Dhar. Dhar will hold 50 per cent equity in Banijay Asia as its founder-CEO for South East Asia operations.
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MAM | Marketing
Ideation to execution is shorter today: Forsman & Bodenfors' Akesson
Coming up with creative work once in a while is good advertising but doing creative work consistently is great advertising!. It takes hours of labour, thinking and several approvals back and forth within the agency before a creative is given the thumbs up to be shown to the client and this hierarchy may often lead to employees feeling a little demotivated and unsure about their ideas and creativity.
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IWorld | OTT
Netflix to boycott Cannes Film Festival 2018?
Netflix is known to do things differently. While almost everyone trips over every hurdle to get into the Cannes Film Festival, the world's largest streamer is mulling over giving it a miss this year. The reason: festival director Thierry Fremaux’s announcement last month that he would not open the doors to any producer to enter the Cannes official competition selection if the film does not have a theatrical release in France.
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MAM | Marketing
Guest column: How chat-based ads are winning the marketing race
The famous line of Travis Bickle, a lonely taxi driver in Martin Scorsese's iconic film Taxi Driver, is known to cinephiles all over the world. In the world of advertising these days, this line is often being repeated by customers, thanks to the prominent rise of chat-based ads as the most effective medium of communication in the millennial world.
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- Telecom operators are providing India with world class infrastructure, the call drop problem has been managed
- Isro in 2nd attempt to launch backup navigation satellite
  Source: TOI
   
- Jimmy Kimmel tries to end verbal spat with Sean Hannity
- Telecom industry earnings to remain under pressure for 3-4 quarters more: COAI
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Jio TV vs Airtel TV: Which is the best live TV app?
- Delivering news over digital: how ready are we?
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Viacom asks CBS to raise its bid by $2.8 billion - sources
  Source: BS
   
- Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook could have done more to prevent misuse
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- Airtel rolls out 300 Mbps broadband plan with 1200GB monthly data
  Source: : Medianama
   
- NFDC, CFSI to make way for umbrella body for all film activities
  Source: ET
   
- Geo News suspension sparks debate over freedom of press in Pakistan
  Source: India Today
   
   
- BBC Radio 4 broke accuracy rules in Nigel Lawson climate change interview
- Fox News host Howard Kurtz hits back at AP over incorrect graphic story
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Amazon Reorganizes Series-Development Team Under Jennifer Salke, Names Albert Cheng Co-Head of TV
- Turner's Bleacher Report Taps Ed Romaine as Chief Brand Officer
 

Source: Variety

   
- First look at Instagram Nametags, its clone of Snapchat QR codes
- Facebook shut down Russian APT28 trolls before the 2016 U.S. election
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- Smith Paints Bright Picture of Broadcasting's Future
- CBS Likely to Reject Viacom Counter Proposal
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Viacom wants CBS to raise its merger bid by $2.8B
- SCTE, Comcast, Liberty using $10K prize to entice network adaptive power development
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- TiVo Sunsetting the Standalone Fan TV App
- Younger Viewers Gravitating to OTT TV Services
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Modest piracy decrease in Spain
- Unbrossa launches 'Play' DTH platform for the Caribbean
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
   
Movies | Movies on mutiple platforms
Biopics & sports-based films help popularise sporting culture in India
"Sattar minute, sattar minute hai tumhare paas ... shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas sattar minute ... (Seventy minutes, seventy minutes is what you have ... may be the most important seventy minutes of your life..)".
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Movies | Hollywood
Special screening of Maharaja Duleep Hollywood biopic at Cannes
Even though no Indian feature film has been selected for the 70th Festival de Cannes this year, an award-winning historic film biopic on the poignant life story of the last King of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh.
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'Distribution has always been the challenge for broadcasters'
 
 
 
Television | TV Channel
AXN is the Undisputed Category Leader with 365 Days at No.1!
   
Television | TV Channel
CNBC-TV18 hosts 13th Edition of 'India Business Leader Awards'
 
Television | TV Channels
Hrithik Roshan joins Star Bharat's "Bhula De Darr, Kuch Alag Kar" crusade
 
Television | TV Channels
NAGRA and KT Skylife expand content protection partnership with NexGuard watermarking
 
Television | TV Channels
Netflix India: New survey reveals that India ranks highest in watching Netflix with pets
 
 
IWorld | Social Media
Snapchat partners four IPL teams
 
MAM | Marketing
Gulf Oil offers CSK fans a ride aboard the fan bus
 
iMAM | Marketing
Dads are uploading pictures with kids on LinkedIn
 
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