06 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 12   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Star to share select IPL matches with DD with an hour's delay
For the first time in the Indian Premier League's (IPL) history, one of the biggest cricketing bonanzas in the world will be aired by India's public broadcaster Doordarshan too. But there's a catch. Rightful broadcast rights holder Star India and DD have mutually agreed that select matches out of the 60-odd ones to be played this season will get aired on the pubcaster's channel with an hour's delay.
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Regulators | I&B Ministry
MIB directs BARC to stop landing page impressions for measurements
Clamping down on the practice of running a channel on multiple logical channel numbers (LCNs) allegedly for influencing television ratings, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has advised the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to discontinue the adoption of landing channels for the purposes of television audience measurement with immediate effect.
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Satellites | Satellites Launches
Star India beats Sony, Jio to win media rights for BCCI's home matches
You never know who  the winner is till the last ball is bowled in an India-Pakistan match. Since this morning most media were reporting that Star India was out of the race to pocket the media rights to the  Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI's) home cricket featuring the Indian team.
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iWorld | OTT
FB reveals CA harvested data of up to 87 mn people
The Cambridge Analytica (CA) data breach row continues to loom over social media giant Facebook. Revealing a far higher figure of affected users than the estimated 50 million, the company itself confessed that the data of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared.
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- Den to expand broadband internet to 100 cities this yr
  Source: BS
   
- Pak media body restores GEO TV services across Pakistan after outcry
  Source: India Tv News
   
- Bank stocks rally on RBI breather; RCom heaves a sigh of relief
- Prasar Bharati - Star India agree on revenue sharing on IPL, DD likely to earn 50 % of total revenue
  Source: ET
   
- I&B Ministry Asks BARC to Stop Using 'Landing Channel' as Tool to Measure TV Ratings
  Source: : News18
   
- Has Star India rationalised ad rates to fill its IPL inventory?
  Source: Business Today
   
- I&B Ministry forms committee to regulate online media
  Source: Indian express
   
- CM inaugurates free Wi-Fi zone at MGR bus terminal
- BCCI sends SOS to I&B ministry
  Source: TOI
   
- BSNL data speeds augur well for our customers, says CGM
  Source: The Hindu
   
- Bollywood trade analysts aren't worried as Salman Khan goes to jail, expect immediate bail
  Source: New Indian Express
   
   
   
   
   
- BBC admits treehouse scene from Human Planet series was faked
- Stranger Things creators accused of stealing plot of Netflix series
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Comcast Launches Dish's Sling International TV Channels on X1
- Amazon Prime Adds Full Seasons of 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'House,' 'Eureka'
 

Source: Variety

   
- Facebook admits its data drama has 'a few' advertisers pressing pause
- YouTube TV now works in Firefox
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With 'Empire'
- Knight Study: Local TV Must Adapt To Remain On Top
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- The probability of success for ESPN+
- NBCUniversal unveils new cross-platform viewing metric
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- Altice USA Unveils 'a4' Advanced Ad and Data Business
- BBC America Renews 'Killing Eve' Prior To Series Premiere
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Satellite remains leading TV reception infrastructure in Germany
- 5G auction raises £1.35bn
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- AWARN Alliance To Highlight Hybrid OTA-Broadband Warnings At NAB Show
- NAB Show Conference Showcases Machine Learning And AI For Filmmaking
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
   
   
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 | Production House
BBC Studios launches officially on 3 April
   
Television | TV Channels
Cartoon Network and POGO are ready to score with cricket specials this IPL season
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee Cinema announces 'Cinema Premier League' from 7th April to 27th May
 
Television | TV Channels
Ekta Kapoor Receives The Flo Icon Award From The President Of India
 
Television | TV Channels
Sony Pictures Networks Productions announces T for Taj Mahal
 
 
Television | TV Channels
BARC week 13: Star Sports channels dominate top 5
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Comment: MIB's botched whip on fake news akin to testing waters
 
Cable TV | MSO
DEN expands broadband services; plans Rs 100 cr capex
 
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