5 January 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 38   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
Specials | Years Enders
The year of hiccups for marketers
The year 2017 was when brands were unwillingly thrown into a roller-coaster ride only to emerge dizzy and faint. The highs weren't enough to ride out the lows. 2017 will be seen as a year of turmoil for brands. Just when the effects of last year's demonetisation were ebbing away, the government threw another spanner in the works in the form of the goods and services tax (GST)
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Television | TV Channels
Coexistence of music channels and digital devices is shortlived: Neeraj Vyas
Digital platforms are threatening the very existence of music channels today. With rising cost of licencing music, the profitability of channels has drastically dropped. Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, SAB & MAX cluster EVP and head Neeraj Vyas says that music channels carry more advertising than any other genre but the slots are sold at extremely low rates.
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Cable TV | LCO
TiVo's next-gen solution to help cable operators retain customers
TiVo Corporation has launched Next-Gen Platform, a range of cloud-based products with a unified backend to help operators stay ahead of the game. The platform can be deployed for QAM, hybrid and IPTV to anticipate and quickly address customer needs.
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Television | TV Channels
AIADMK to launch Amma TV to promote govt schemes
The current ruling government of Tamil Nadu has decided to launch its own news channel and newspaper to propagate government schemes. The matter was decided at a party legislators’ meeting chaired by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and deputy CMO Panneerselvam.
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iWorld | Telecom
Reliance Jio, China's Omnicom fuel massive global mobile data traffic
Global mobile data traffic growth reached a six-year high in the third quarter of 2017, increasing by 115 per cent worldwide year-on-year with China and India—riding on Reliance Jio primarily—accounting for half of all traffic growth globally, according to new report released yesterday.
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- Fox TV producers offered assurances ahead of Disney merger
  Source: Reuters
   
- Rob Kardashian denies assaulting Blac Chyna
  Source: :TOI
   
- The Secrets Of Donald Trump: 'Don't Touch My Toothbrush', Bored At Meets, Cheeseburgers on Bed
  Source: News18
   
- Forgotten Bengal art form hosts sky-high entertainment business potential
  Source: ET
   
- Anil Ambani says sold RCom to elder brother Mukesh based on this advice from mother
  Source: : Financial Express
   
- I&B ministry received 700 complaints of misleading ads from 2015-17
  Source: Hindustan Times
   
- Govt not considering banning other commercials: I&B Minister Smriti Irani
  Source: BS
   
- Trai seeks public views on proposed National Telecom Policy
  Source: Business Today
   
- China's uncontrolled toxic satellite Tiangong-1 is likely to hit Earth in March
  Source: India Today
   
   
   
- CBS Late-Night Shows Launch on Facebook Watch Video Platform
- Apple App Store Generated $300 Million in Revenue on New Year's Day 2018
 

Source: Variety

   
- This bot unrolls Twitter threads and turns them into readable blog posts
- Hulu and Steven Spielberg are bringing back 'Animaniacs'
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- FCC Releases Net Neutrality Rollback Order
- TCA 2018: Fox TV Execs Say 'Business as Usual' Until Disney Deal Closes
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Dish keeps pressure on piracy sites with two new lawsuits
- Dish working with comScore to measure addressable ads across satellite and Sling
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Former Altice Exec Resurfaces at Sprint
- Eero Lays Off 30 Employees
  Source: Multichannel
   
- Stingray acquires OTT service Qello Concerts
- Record year for Viacom's Channel 5
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
- OTT customer frustration to drive change: Ooyala
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
- SpaceX to launch secret US Govt satellite Friday
 

Source: Space Daily

   
   
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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Piyush Pandey believes doing great stuff on digital is crucial
Specials | Years Enders
2017: The year OTTs went regional in India
Specials | Years Enders
Making the news: A look at what news broadcasters did in 2017
Specials | Years Enders
Guest Column: The comeback of full-service agencies in India
Specials | Years Enders
Guest column: Taking Indian content to the global market
Specials | Years Enders
Kids genre grows on TV despite digital onslaught
Specials | Years Enders
The year of sex scandals
Specials | Years Enders
Guest Column: How 2018 could become a landmark year for OTT entertainment in India
Specials | Years Enders
The year the telecom sector quaked
Specials | Years Enders
The year of big switch in sports broadcasting
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iWorld | OTT
ALTBalaji bets big on first-time producers with Haq Se
 
iWorld | Telecom
Reliance Jio, China's Omnicom fuel massive global mobile data traffic
 
Television | TV Channels
AIADMK to launch Amma TV to promote govt schemes
 
Technology | Software
Pune Times joins hands with the Pune Police to launch the 'City Safe' app, as part of #MakeMyCitySafe initiative
 
Television | TV Channels
Ace creative visionary Anirudh Pathak helms his first individual project 'Prithvi Vallabh'
 
Television | TV Channels
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