Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 19 Feb 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

19 February 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 74

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Television | TV Channels

News 24 to hike ad rates by 40% post revamp

	A decade after making a headway into India's burgeoning news TV industry, Hindi news channel News24 has given itself a makeover to stay relevant in the current times. The channel, owned by BAG Network and Media, got a new logo design and tagline of 'Think First' earlier this month. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

FTA GECs bring in revenue despite low ad rates

The formulation of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) had one big advantage for channels. Regional reporting led to increased viewership for free to air (FTA) general entertainment channels (GEC) as well as higher advertiser interest.
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Television | TV Channels

Jeet storms the market with big debut week viewership

After entertaining the Indian audience for more than 20 years with world-class documentaries on food, science and survival, Discovery Communications India (DCIN) has entered the Hindi general entertainment category (GEC) with a bang thanks to Discovery Jeet.
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Cable TV | MSO

Hathway leads the way in wireline net subs addition in Q3

Over the past few years, multi-system operators, or MSOs, and cable television operators have been trying to enhance revenue by offering broadband internet services riding piggyback on their cable TV network wires.
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	Three satellites slated for launch this March: Mayilsamy Annadurai
	Colors channel donates Rs 30 lakh to Nadigar Sangam Charitable Trust
	Source: : TOI

	Ookla says it's actively working with Trai
	Source: ET

	I&B plans using software for English to Hindi translation
	Source: India Today

	Sun Tv Network shares: Nomura gives 'Neutral' rating with Rs 1,091 TP
	Source: : FE

	Karan Johar to Bollywood filmmakers: You have to look at the industry as a holistic force
	Source: India TV

	Sony to broadcast the last leg of South Africa vs India Women's T20I series
	Source: CricTracker

	Keep yourself updated, ISRO official tells students
	Source: The Hindu


	How can we regulate our savage market for instant news?
	Sky netted a sweet Premier League deal but the TV rights bubble isn't over
	Source: The Guardian

	Joel McHale On Moving to Netflix After 'The Soup' and Being Asked to 'Lay Off' the Kardashians
	Netflix Partners With Dubai-Based Pay-TV OSN in Middle East and North Africa
	Source: Variety

	Sqreen wants to become the IFTTT of web app security
	Uber, Google and other tech employees form Coalition of Black Excellence
	Source: Tech Crunch

	Nickelodeon in Global Deal With Hasbro for 'Top Wing' Toys
	'RuPaul's Drag Race' Back on VH1 For Season 10 March 22
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	AT&T CEO hints that Trump-CNN beef was behind DOJ lawsuit to block Time Warner merger
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Comcast Wants to Speed Up TiVo Case at ITC
	Source: Multi Channel

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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