03 February 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 61   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee Media reports higher ad revenue growth in Q3 2018
The Essel group's news arm, Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL), reported higher revenue and profit after tax for the quarter ended 31 December 2017 (Q3 2018, the quarter under review) as compared with the corresponding year ago quarter. ZMCL's revenue from operations increased by 44.8 per cent year-on-year (yoy) in Q3 2018 to Rs 159.22 crore from Rs 109.96 crore in Q3 2017.
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Specials | Budget
Industry hails doubling of digital allocation
One of the key points that came out of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Union Budget 2018-19 was the focus on Digital India. The allocation was doubled to Rs 3073 crore and the budget was clearly beyond wooing voters.
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Television | TV Channels
Travelxp HD inks distribution agreement with M7 Group
From 5 February onwards, M7 Group, one of Europe's pay TV providers, will add Travelxp HD to its channel line-up for its pay-TV bouquets Skylink .
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MAM | Media and Advertising
Publicis Groupe announces global leadership elevations
Publicis Groupe has announced the continuation of its transformation through the evolution of its solution hub leadership teams and the implementation of its regional leadership model.
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- RCOM net loss down to Rs 130 crore in Q3FY18
  Source: Medianama
   
- TRAI may soon regulate services like Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video
  Source: BGR
   
- TRAI Cuts Mobile Number Portability Charges by 79% to Rs 4
  Source: : News18
   
- Don't think President Trump will pull US out of NAFTA: Justin Trudeau
  Source: Indian Express
   
- CBS CEO Moonves Revisits Viacom Union in Wake of Media Megadeals
- HBO's Online Channel Surpasses 5 Million U.S. Subscribers
- Union Budget 2018: The List Of Items With Changes In Custom Duty
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- TDSAT directs Trai to act against Jio for violating tariff reporting rules
- India's 5G adoption will need more than a test bed
  Source: ET
   
- 'Seize equipment of defaulting MSOs'
- ₹10,000 crore to boost telecom infrastructure
  Source: : The Hindu
   
- Notify policy framework for digital radio broadcasting: TRAI
- Former Australian PM Rudd sues broadcaster
  Source: : BS
   
- Argentina's Telecom plans to invest $5 bln through 2020
  Source: : ETTelecom
   
- SpaceX launches Luxembourg's communication satellite GovtSat-1 for NATO using Falcon-9
  Source: India Today
   
   
   
- AT&T lost nearly 1.2M linear pay TV customers in 2017
- Time Warner's Q4 revenues rise as HBO Now reportedly hits 5M subscribers
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- YouTube TV Tunes in Apple TV
- AT&T CEO: 'We're Very Bullish on Video'
 

Source: Multichannel
   
- TDC buys MTG Nordics to form converged business
 

Source: Broadband Tv News
   
- Details Emerge About 1WTC Transmitter Lineup
- ATSC 3.0 Rollout Can Begin Next Month
 

Source: Tvb Europe
   
- Giles Coren quits BBC2's Front Row after admitting he rarely went to the theatre
- Regional UK theatres need more public funds, says leading director
 

Source: The Guardian
   
- Dave Rocco Promoted, Rob Harvey Out as Spotify Combines Departments
- Facebook Streaming Deal Comes as Pro Surfing Rides New Wave Technology
 

Source: Variety
   
- Google's Diane Greene says billion-dollar cloud revenue already puts them in elite company
- DreamWorksTV launches its first over-the-top streaming service on Amazon Channels
 

Source: Techcrunch
   
- Viacom, CBS Directors Form Groups to Study Merger
- Gray TV Draws Crowd to FCC Satellite Carriage Petition
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- BBC Showcase to welcome tech giants
- MediaTech 360 returns for 2018
 

Source: Tvb Europe
   
   
   
Movies | Movies on mutiple platforms
Oddball Motion Pictures gets Rs 250 cr for film production
Oddball Motion Pictures, founded by filmmaker Nitin Upadhyaya, announced its association with Chanda Group where the latter will be funding a seed capital of up to Rs 250 crore for the feature films and original digital video content that will be exclusively developed and produced by Oddball.
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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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Specials | Budget