9 January 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 40   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
Specials | Years Enders
2017 a year of rebranding and extending time slots for Hindi GECs
The year 2017 was a roller-coaster ride for Hindi general entertainment channels (GEC) in the truest spirit of the term. The tussle for the top slot in the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings has seen pay TV and free-to-air (FTA) channels hold on tight to the rope.
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Television | TV Channels
Discovery Jeet gears up for Feb 12 launch
Discovery Networks is all set to dive into the Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) category. Putting rest to speculation, Discovery Jeet, the network's maiden GEC, will launch onĀ 12 February 2018.
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iWorld | OTT
Branded content drives Viu
Within two years of launch, over-the-top (OTT) service Viu has created a unique value proposition of fresh and localised regional and local premium TV shows, movies and originals for its consumers every day.
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Television | TV Channels
Sony Pix signs content licencing deal with Warner Bros
Sony Pix, the Hollywood movie channel from Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) India, has signed a content licencing deal with one of the largest international television distributors -- Warner Bros.
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- Netflix propels TV production, dethrones HBO with critics
- TRAI's views on ICT solutions for differently-abled by June
- BharatNet project: Centre may achieve early completion of 2nd phase
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Cable biz rivalry led to Sena man's killing?
- Isro's first satellite launch of the year scheduled for January 12
  Source: :TOI
   
- National anthem in Cinema halls: Centre urges Supreme Court to modify order
- Now, Karni Sena wants names of 'Padmavat' characters to be changed
  Source: : ET
   
- Videocon EyeConiq review: An affordable but impressive TV for D2H viewers
  Source: BS
   
- Oprah Winfrey For US President? Winfrey Fans Say So After Her "New Day" Speech
  Source: NDTV
   
- Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha to meet telco chiefs on January 10
  Source: ETTelecom.com
   
- BBC's China editor quits post in gender pay gap row
  Source: The Hindu
   
- Arunanchal Pradesh to get its first Film and Television Institute, declares Union Minister Jitendra Singh
  Source: First Post
   
- Markets see new highs; telecom stocks fall
  Source: Zee Biz
   
- Govt to meet telco chiefs on monitoring dropped calls
  Source: Zee Biz
   
   
   
   
- Blue Peter named best children's TV show in poll of experts
- BBC's China editor resigns in protest over gender pay gap
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Viacom Acquires Whosay, Influencer-Marketing Firm Incubated by CAA
- Doha Film Institute, New York's IFP Team Up on First Middle East Series Lab
 

Source: Variety

   
- Intel CEO: Meltdown and Spectre patches will come to 90%+ of chips in the next week
- Podcasts are coming to Plex, followed by web series and other digital media
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- TCA 2018: ABC's Dungey Says We're at a "Watershed Moment" in Terms of #MeToo
- White House Sends Carr Nomination for Full FCC Term To Senate
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Altice USA unshackled from debt-laden parent in spinoff
- Comcast acquires Wilco cable system, service provider to Philadelphia Housing Authority
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- CES 2018: Starry, Marvell Partnership Gets Fix on 5G
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- ABOX42 supplies 1&1 with set-top-boxes
- Africa to add 17.4 million pay-TV subs
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- CTA: Streaming Services to Help Drive $351B Tech Revenue in 2018
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
- BBC iPlayer enjoys "best ever" week
- Apple joins Alliance for Open Media
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
   
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
The year of hiccups for marketers
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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Television | TV Channels
Network18 emerges as the most viewed news network on youtube in india
 
Television | TV Channels
Business Today announces the 5th edition of BT MindRush
 
Television | TV Channels
Vh1 Supersonic adds another feather to its cap; ropes in jamaican rapper Sean Paul to its glorious line-up of artistes
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Demystifying news television viewership in 2017
 
Television | TV Channels
Sony Ten1 starts regional feeds for Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam
 
Television | TV Channels
Guest Column: The scope for home-grown IPs for kids' broadcasters
 
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