Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 27 August 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

27 August 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 33


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Television | TV Channels

In second coming, Ajay Bhalwankar attempts renaissance of Marathi TV

	You either get it right, or you don't. And if you're Ajay Bhalwankar, you tend to get it right more often than not. Or at least that's what his past record suggests. "Let's not talk about my past," he quips. But his past is not just important but also relevant in the context of his current job - business head Sony Marathi. continue reading...

iWorld | OTT

Eros Now driving Eros International growth

The popularity of digital content has got traditional media scrambling to understand and shift to newer mediums. Leading production house Eros International's digital arm is gradually emerging as the driving factor for the company's growth given its Q1 result while its theatrical business revenue declined.
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iWorld | OTT

Hotstar most popular video streaming platform, finds study

It's a tough game for international OTT players to beat Hotstar in India. A study conducted by SEMrush found Hotstar crossed the mark of 35 million searches during April 2018 having a difference of over 30 million searches with Netflix. It revealed the dominance of Hotstar on all other online TV and entertainment platforms.

Television | TV Channels

Aparna Bhosle appointed Zee TV business head, Shaurya Mehta to lead premium cluster

Aparna Bhosle will lead Zee Entertainment's flagship channel ZEE TV as its business head. Bhosle will continue to lead the FTA GECs and will report to ZEEL domestic broadcast business CEO Punit Misra.
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	Money and Loyalty: A look Inside the Dramatic Trump-Cohen Rift
	Source: News18

	Zolo: This startup provides housing facilities and simplifies moving-in process, plans to generate Rs 100 crore revenue
	Source: Financial Express

	BSNL staff promise to install eco-friendly idols
	Connectivity restored in 98% telecom towers
	Govt grants 'conditional security clearance' to Al Jazeera English
	Source: TOI

	Trai not into PR role, does its job transparently: R S Sharma on detractors
	Source: BS

	Reliance Jio overtakes Vodafone to become second largest telco by revenue in India
	Source: ET

	France Set for Economic Growth of 1.7% in 2019 as Cuts Deepen
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	Fund crunch a major challenge for India's community radios
	ISRO comes to NTPC's aid to stop coal pilferage
	Source: New Indian Express

	NASA to launch laser-armed satellite into space next month to study Earth's changing ice sheets
	Source: India Tv News

	ISRO comes to NTPC's aid to stop coal pilferage
	Source: ET


	Ematic Getting Ready to Release Android TV Streaming Box
	Facebook Hires HP Exec Antonio Lucio as CMO to Lead Branding After Series of Controversies
	Source: Variety

	Pirated Twitch streams hijack YouTube's pay-per-view Logan Paul/KSI boxing match
	Rebuilding employee philanthropy from the bottom up
	Source: Techcrunch

	ESPN Moves 'NBA Countdown' To L.A.; Adds Post-Game Show
	Sen. John McCain Dies at 81
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Channel 5 'planning for a year without Big Brother' as series flops
	Proportion of TV shows directed by women falls, report finds
	Source: The Guardian

	How To Watch 4k Ultra HD Movies & TV Shows on Netflix
	Source: HD Report

	House OKs Iglesia ni Cristo's telecom franchise extension
	Source: ABS CBN

	Ministry to start R&D for post-5G telecom standard
	Source: Japan news

	Kelly scoffs at Kobach's cable TV gigs
	Source: GC Telegram

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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