27 February 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 80   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Smriti Irani exhorts DD to leverage reach better
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani at a public platform yesterday posed a question that may not be palatable to all but would bolster the confidence of Doordarshan bosses. She asked why the pubcaster couldn't better leverage its own taxpayer-funded vast infrastructure for revenue generation the same way as private sector broadcasters had done.
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Television | TV Channels
News consumption in South Indian languages during first 7 weeks of 2018
Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has started publishing weekly viewership data of top 5 news channels in each of the four South Indian languages in their respective markets since week 1 of 2018 ( Saturday, 30 December 2017 to Friday  5 January 2018) in the public domain.
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Regulators | TRAI
TRAI suggests simplifying processes for broadcast, cable-related businesses
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in its bid to ease business norms relating to the broadcast and cable sector, has urged the government to simplify various licensing and clearance processes, putting time limits in some cases.
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Television | TV Channels
Fox Life unveils new look, content line-up
Three years after launch, premium lifestyle channel Fox Life has given the channel a makeover with a new tagline 'Never stop.' Along with the new look, the network has a new brand proposition and content line-up on the cards.
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- Former Cabinet Secretary T.S.R. Subramanian passes away
- Social media executives to monitor local news
  Source: : The Hindu
   
- Vodafone and D.Telekom CEOs trade blows over Liberty talks
- 4G: Trai wants feedback on call quality rules
  Source: BS
   
- UPS Sues EU for $2.1 Billion After Botched Veto of TNT Bid
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Trai proposes streamlining of TV broadcast licences
  Source: Livemint
   
- I&B Minister stresses on enriching of content by Prasar Bharati
  Source: DDI News
   
- Trai order on predatory pricing favours Reliance Jio: Vittorio Colao
  Source: : ET
   
- Airtel joins global consortium for hi-speed, in-flight data connectivity
  Source: TOI
   
- Reduction in IUC rates resulted in 11% decline in Idea's revenue in Q3FY18
  Source: Medianama
   
- Australia Media Firms Join Fight Against Rebel Wilson's Record USD 3.6 Million Defamation Payout
  Source: News18
   
   
   
   
- Austrian broadcaster launches libel suit against vice-chancellor
- Weinstein film studio expected to file for bankruptcy
  Source: The Guardian
   
- Lawrence Jackson Joins NBC News' 'Stay Tuned' on Snapchat
- AMC Networks to Acquire Robert Johnson's RLJ Entertainment in Deal Worth $60 Million
 

Source: Variety

   
- 'Wolverine: The Long Night' director talks podcasts and superheroes
- CBS launches a 24/7 streaming sports news network, CBS Sports HQ
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Discovery Scores With First Olympics
- Turner Expands FilmStruck With Classic Warner Bros. Films
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Charter's NYC franchise agreement takes more potential dings
- AMC Networks buying remainder of RLJ Entertainment
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Pai Signals FCC to Start New Spectrum Auctions This Year
- Comcast Broadens Voice Team as Functionality Extends Beyond the TV
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- German media authorities and Tele Columbus in carriage fee dispute
- Nat Geo+ launches in Europe
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- Jeff Rosica appointed Avid CEO
- Ireland targets UK broadcasters for post-Brexit move
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
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'
Banking on good monsoon to keep prices low: Krishna Rao, Parle Products
 
 
 
Movies | Hindi
UTV action packs in more power for fans
   
iWorld | OTT
Times Internet and GirnarSoft partner to offer marketers access to 27 million in-market vehicle buyers
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Fox Life unveils new look, content line-up
 
MAM | Marketing
Protinex ropes South star Mahesh Babu as brand ambassador
 
iWorld | OTT
Neelesh Misra, The Quint to unveil webseries on everyday heroism
 
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