Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 6 January2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

6 January 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 39

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Mam | Marketing

Ogilvy & Mather snags the Grand EFFIE 2018

	The Advertising Club (TAC) India hosted the 18th edition of the coveted EFFIE awards 2018 in Mumbai last night. The event saw category game-changers and innovators for the year being celebrated for their ground breaking media and brand strategies. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Zee TV's 'Aap Ke Aa Jaane Se' gets late night slot

Zee TV is proving that it meant business when it spoke of its progressive new tagline 'Aaj Likhenge Kal' by introducing a new show wherein the girl is half the age of the man she is with. This time, it's not the wife who's younger.
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Television | TV Channels

BARC ratings: BBC World, News Nation enter top 5 in news genre

Carrying on from its good form since its launch in week 19 of BARC All India ratings, Republic TV continued its leading streak in the last week of the year. BBC World News entered the top five in week 52 in the English news genre.
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Television | TV Channels

Star Bharat leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 52

Star Bharat emerged as the leader in the Hindi GEC (U+R) genre dethroning Zee Anmol according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data for week 52 of 2017. Zee TV and Star Plus exchanged their second and third positions in GEC urban markets this week as compared to the week 51.
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	Trai set to release new rules on pricing in wake of Reliance Jio dispute
	I&B ministry plans to merge film units
	Source: : Live Mint

	Content ads come to the rescue of OTT firms
	North-East telecom projects: Is BSNL being denied chance to bid?
	Source: The Hindu Business Line

	Srikrishna committee on data protection starts public consultation process
	Source: : ET

	Gajendra Chauhan, team wanted extension at FTII, I&B ministry said no
	Source: : Indian Express

	ISRO Ready For First Satellite Launch In 4 Months After Failure In August
	Source: : NDTV

	Verizon removes Bloomberg TV, refusing to pay carriage fees
	Source: Reuters

	The Bizarre, Paranoid Life of Donald Trump: New Book Tells all
	Source: :News18

	Netflix Propels TV Production, Dethrones HBO With Critics
	Source: BQ

	Why cable bills are rising again and what can you do
	Source: New Delhi Times


	Spotify sued for $1.6bn in unpaid royalties as it reportedly files for IPO
	Secondary school pupils 'ill-equipped to cope' with stress of social media
	Source: Variety

	Internet Association Will Join Legal Battle to Fight FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal
	Disney's Ben Sherwood, AMC's Charlie Collier to Headline Variety's Entertainment Summit at CES
	Source: Variety

	Twitter asserts that it won't ban Trump because he's a world leader
	Google says it sold a Google Home device every second since October 19
	Source: Techcrunch

	TCA 2018: FX's Landgraf Talks Louis C.K., Disney and Peak TV
	Starz Signs New Distribution Deal With Verizon's Fios
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Sony, Pearl TV partner for ATSC 3.0 next-gen TV program guide
	TiVo debuts new app-based platform for cable operators
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Starz Tells Altice USA to Cease and Desist
	Cheddar Streams Onto Comcast's X1 Set-Tops
	Source: Multichannel

	Amazon "very likely" to bid for Premier League rights
	Delta launches interactive IPTV platform
	Source: Broadband TV News

	Fox Television Group Chairs Not Sure Whether They'll Stay at Fox When the Disney Deal Closes
	Source: TV Week

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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