7 August 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 16   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
DoT seeks views on blocking mobile apps like FB, WhatsApp

India's telecom department has sought views of the stakeholders on technical measures that can be adopted for blocking mobile apps like Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram.
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Regulators | I&B Ministry
MIB seeks details to simplify forex payments for broadcasters, teleport ops
In what it says is aimed at further easing norms for doing broadcast business, the government has asked for particulars from TV channels and teleport operators using services of foreign satellites for uplinking and temporary uplinking so payment of foreign exchange processes could be simplified.
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Television | TV Channels
Saam TV to launch OTT platform within 6 months
Sakal Group's Saam TV recently went from being a full-fledged infotainment channel to a news channel with a focus on hyper-local content.
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Television | TV Channels
RIL completes 5% acquisition in Eros International
Reliance continues expanding its footprint in media and entertainment industry as the sale of a 5 per cent stake in Eros International Plc (Eros) to Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance) has been completed following customary approval processes.
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Television | TV Channels
'Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2' to launch on 10 September
A show that stormed TV channel Star Plus 17 years ago is making its comeback. Ekta Kapoor's famed Kasautii Zindagii Kay is relaunching with a new cast and story from 10 September weekdays at 8pm.
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- Watchdog says Australia lawmakers increasingly exploit race
- Mahanati to premiere on TV soon
  Source: TOI
   
- Airtel announces partnership with Telecom Egypt for global submarine cable systems
  Source: India Tv News
   
- Showtime chief says risk paid off with Sacha Baron Cohen TV show
  Source: Reuters
   
- IPG's Initiative wins Dish TV India's Rs 100 crore media account
  Source: Livemint
   
- Net neutrality: DoT to seek Trai views on monitoring & enforcement body
  Source: Financial Express
   
- DEN Networks had 106K broadband subs in Q1FY19; Data usage down at 65GB
  Source: Medianama
   
- UGC recommends HRD ministry to grant deemed university status to IIMC
  Source: Times Now News
   
- Union ministers slam Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for comments on PM Narendra Modi's headgear � Who said what
  Source: Financial Express
   
   
   
- Outcry over Sky News Australia interview with far-right extremist
- Sky News bans far-right extremist and suspends program that hosted him
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Discovery Names Amazon Executive to Oversee Direct-to-Consumer Media
- Fandango's Cameron Douglas Elected Chairman of Entertainment Merchants Association
 

Source: Variety

   
- Not just another flagship series, NEX demonstrates Vivo's ambition to lead industry innovation
- YouTube removes Alex Jones, too
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Trump's Press Critiques Gave 'Murphy Brown' Reason to Return
- CBS All Access Has 2.5 Million Subscribers
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Fewer subscriber losses due to cord cutting this quarter, analyst says
- Altice USA open to partnering with virtual MVPDs
 

Source: Fiercevideo

   
- DOJ Maps Out Plan for AT&T-Time Warner Appeal
- Tribune Renews Fox Affiliation
 

Source: Multichannel

   
   
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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Jasdeep Pannu talks about ESPN India's digital play
 
Television | TV Channels
&Prive HD to premiere 'The Lovers', a nuanced tale of rediscovering love on 04th August
 
Regulators | People
Ridhima Lulla joins The Indian Chamber of Commerce as M&E Head of the Western India Expert Committee
 
 
Television | TV Channels
DD has no plans to buy rights of cricket WC '19 & Tests: MIB
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee TV most watched Hindi GEC across genres
 
iWorld | OTT
Eros Now partners InMobi to monetise ads
 
Regulators | TRAI
TRAI releases recommendation on auction of spectrum
 
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