Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 16 January2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

16 January 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 46

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Television | TV Channels

Star India gets aggressive with global programme syndication sales

	Leading Indian media and entertainment major Star India is quite confident that its new catalogue of historical dramas and contemporary soaps and series will gain traction as it continues with its international syndication drive. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Sony Six rakes in ad rev from BBL despite slow start

The second most popular domestic T20 cricket tournament in the world after Indian Premier League (IPL) is Australia's Big Bash League (BBL). The Cricket Australia rights, which were with Star India from 2011-12 to 2016-17, have now been acquired by Sony Pictures Network (SPN) India for the next six years till 2022-23.
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iWorld | OTT

Sports fans power 35-40% of traffic on SonyLiv

Contrary to popular opinion, SonyLiv is attracting a significant quantum of viewership courtesy its base of hardcore sports fans. Despite a concerted effort to provide entertainment across genres, sporting events have managed to pull in the eyeballs for the over-the-top (OTT) player in spite of the fickle nature of the audience.
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Television | Production House

Applause Entertainment to produce series on 2016 surgical strikes

Applause Entertainment is making all the right moves. The Kumar Mangalam Birla-led outfit is all set to produce its first series based on the cross-border surgical strikes conducted by the Indian army in 2016, according to a media report.
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	Govt. ropes in browsing centres for e-sevai services
	Expert calls for better utilisation of remote sensing technology
	Source: The Hindu

	Telecom stocks open in red as TRAI moves to cut international call termination rates to 30 paise
	Idea-Vodafone entity to get the show on the road by April?
	Source: Zee Biz

	UIDAI to discuss Aadhaar deadline issue with RBI, Trai
	Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty summoned for 'bhangi' comment
	Source: ET

	Why not all states can watch Padmaavat
	Source: Indian Express

	Infra expansion, resolution of tax issues, reduction in levies to help telecom industry: ICRA
	Source: : ETTelecom.com

	Fox Faces Race to Win U.K. Nod for Sky Bid as Disney Deal Looms
	Source: : Bloomberg Quint

	Why Masayoshi Son's plan to list Softbank's telecom business is a smart move
	Source: : Financial Express


	Sir Richard Branson tells Virgin Trains to lift ban on Daily Mail
	Arthouse films battle squeeze from Netflix and blockbusters
	Source: The Guardian

	Snapchat Content Chiefs Talk Redesign, Scripted Programming
	Source: Variety

	London proptech startup Goodlord appoints LoveFilm co-founder William Reeve as CEO
	Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to $1,000
	Source: Techcrunch

	Crackle to Change Name to Sony Crackle
	A&E Sets March Marcia Clark Docuseries
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Viacom stock fluctuated amid conflicting reports of CBS remerger
	Cogeco in 'most vulnerable competitive position' in telecom, Barclays says
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Paramount Network Pulls Weinstein Credits for 'Waco,' 'Yellowstone'
	Source: Multichannel

	German cable players unite for analogue switch-off
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	New U.S. missile-warning satellite set for launch at Cape Canaveral
	Source: Space News

Movies | Hindi

Zee Studios International's Secret Superstar hits it big in Taiwan

Zee Studios International has collected $700,681 from its release of Aamir Khan-starrer Secret Superstar in Taiwan, making the movie the widest Bollywood film in the country. The film, which also features Zaira Wasim, lit up the box office in India.
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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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