Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 11 August 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

11 August 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 20


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Regulators | I&B Ministry

MIB gives permission to four new channels

	For nearly a year, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has been stingy in handing out licences to channels. But in July, four new channels got permissions and none were cancelled. continue reading...

Cable TV | LCO

GTPL Hathway revenue up for Q1

Indian multi-system operator and internet service provider GTPL Hathway Limited (GTPL) reported 15.7 per cent increase in total income for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared to the corresponding year-ago quarter (y-o-y) Q1 2018.
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Television | TV Channels

Sun TV declares interim dividend as numbers jump in first quarter

Sun TV Network Limited (Sun TV) reported improved numbers across all important parameters for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year (Q1 2018).
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Television | TV Channels

Paytm, Insider.in are official ticketing partners for KPL 2018

Paytm, India's digital payments company has partnered with Karnataka Premier League 2018 as official ticketing partner for the seventh season of exciting regional T20 league. The tournament will start from 15 August and go on till 6 September 2018 and Star India is the official broadcaster.
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	Government extends Trai's RS Sharma's term for two more years
	Telecom group red flags Internet blackouts in Rajasthan
	Source: ETTelecom

	DishTV to Use Amazon's Alexa to Enable Voice Searches
	Source: The Quint

	India Post Payments Bank to start operations on 21 August: 5 things to know
	Source: Livemint

	No licensee has yet confirmed vacation of 3,300-3,400 MHz spectrum band: Manoj Sinha
	Source: ET

	Book on 'secret broadcasts' during Quit India movement launched
	Source: TOI

	Mexican TV network Televisa denies bribery allegations
	Source: BS

	On this day in 1979, ISRO failed attempt with SLV-3, marked the beginning of another ara for India
	Source: Times Now News


	News Corp worldwide reports $1.4bn net loss, but paid subscriptions rise
	Peak social media? Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat fail to make new friends
	Source: The Guardian

	Twitter Shuts Down Accounts of Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys Ahead of 'Unite the Right' Rally
	'Jeopardy!' Launches on Hulu in Quiz Show's First Streaming Deal
	Source: Variety

	Founder Zain Jaffer may be looking to take back control of Vungle
	NASA's Parker Solar Probe launches tonight to 'touch the sun'
	Source: Techcrunch

	comScore Loss Widens to $56M in 2nd Quarter
	CBS Celebrates 40 Years of 'CBS Sunday Morning' With Prime Special
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	TV Producer Looks To Light Up Web With Zeus OTT Service
	Hulu's Losses More Than Doubled in Q2 to $357M
	Source: Multichannel

	beIN Sports extends Premier League contract
	Magyar Telekom hit by fine
	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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