11 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 16   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Cable TV | MSO
India, China to provide 50% of global pay TV subs by 2023
India and China will together provide half the world's pay TV subscribers by 2023, according to a new global report that forecasts 95 million additional pay TV subscribers would get added between 2017 and 2023 to take the global total to 1.10 billion. China will continue to supply about a third of the world’s pay TV subscribers with 375 million expected by end 2023.
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MAM | Marketing
Scarecrow enters into 50:50 partnership with M&C Saatchi
Acquisitions and mergers seem to have become a norm in the advertising world. The latest agency to join the bandwagon is Indian advertising agency Scarecrow Communications (Scarecrow), which has now been acquired by international advertising network M&C Saatchi.
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IWorld | OTT
Discovery kids to launch 'Little Singham'
Discovery Kids, in collaboration with Rohit Shetty Picturez and Reliance Animation, is all set to launch of new animation series called Little Singham. The show will be launched on 21 April at 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, targeting children in the age-group of 5-11 years. It will comprise 156 episodes and five tele features.
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iWorld | OTT
Netflix announces unscripted series on Mumbai Indians
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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iWorld | OTT
Zulfiqar Khan joins Hooq India as MD
Zulfiqar Khan, former business head and CRO of Eros Now, has joined Hooq India as managing director. He confirmed the development to Indiantelevision.com that he has joined Hooq.
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Television | TV Channels
Rahul Kansal joins Network18 as group brand advisor
Network18 announced the appointment of Rahul Kansal as brand advisor for the group. Kansal joins Network18 from Future Consumer Ltd. Prior to that, at Times Group, he was the force behind campaigns like ‘Aman ki Asha’, ‘Teach India’ and ‘Lead India’ among others.
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- Media bodies write to PM Modi, seek his intervention in Press Council of India matter
- Adverse state policies stall Rs 9,000 crore investment in telecom infrastructure in FY18
  Source: New Indian Express
   
- Trai may seek powers to regulate app data flow
- COAI says Vodafone, Idea miss call drop metrics marginally; Jio, Airtel compliant
  Source: ET
   
- Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox London offices raided by European Commission
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Ministry of morality
  Source: The Hindu
   
- TRAI proposes changes to network porting process; emphasis on third-party facilitators
  Source: Medianama
   
- 'Nobody responded to my offer for talks'
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- IPL ad revenue may top Rs2,000 crore this year: Star India CEO
  Source: Livemint
   
- Pakistan's Presence Prompts Asia Cup to Shift From India to UAE
  Source: The Quint
   
   
   
- BBC Radio 4 broke accuracy rules in Nigel Lawson climate change interview
- Nick Grimshaw's BBC Radio 1 breakfast show cut to four days a week
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Faces Tough Questions From Senators During Congressional Testimony
- Hulu Inks Sponsorship Deal for NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
 

Source: Variety

   
- The Sinister Case Against Sinclair Broadcast Group
- Viacom Promising More Ways to Connect Brands and Viewers
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- FCC commissioner tells NAB to 'stay tuned' on Sinclair-Tribune deal
- Dish formally unveils Alliance Group sales unit
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Digital Domain Drives Fresh News Model at CBSN
- Sprint, T-Mobile Shares Soar on Merger Speculation
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- German FRK calls for ARD and ZDF to leave Facebook
- NTV-Plus expands to Georgia as OTT service booms
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- IABM introduces new industry model
- Imagine Communications to split into two business units
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
   
   
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'
 
 
 
MAM | Marketing
Samsung celebrates mother-daughter bond in new TVC on digital inverter refrigerators
   
MAM | Marketing
Glitch launches its new age content division Flux@The Glitch
 
iWorld | OTT
SonyLIV launches House Proud Season 2
 
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
 
 
Television | TV Channels
HopMotion releases first original IP on Toon Googles, Amazon Prime US
 
MAM | Marketing
PKL franchises retain 21 elite players for season 6
 
iMAM | Marketing
Guest column: How chat-based ads are winning the marketing race
 
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