2 July 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 86   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
For FIFA coverage, ESPN's perfect assist to Sony

The 2018 FIFA World Cup has been quite a show already. For fans, the tournament's been nothing short of a thrill-a-minute ride with sheer drama and constant surprises on offer. The steady state of suspense during key matches has enabled Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) India, the event's official broadcaster in India, rake up its viewership numbers.
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iWorld | OTT
Appeals Court allows Netflix to proceed with the lawsuit challenging Fox's employment contracts
A California court has finally paved the way for Netflix to take on 20th Century Fox. Cancelling an appeal from Fox, a three-judge panel has allowed the streaming giant to take forward a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate Fox's fixed-term employment agreements.
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Television | TV Channels
Two Zeel channels top Hindi GECs in across genres list
Two Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) channels were ranked second and third in Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 25 of 2018 (Saturday, 16 June 2018 to Friday, 22 June 2018, week under review).
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Television | TV Channels
Zee Kannada to telecast musical journey with Arjun Janya
Zee Kannada recently brought together the musical prowess of ace musician Arjun Janya along with Armaan Malik, Vijay Prakash, Anuradha Bhat and Indu Nagaraj for a spellbinding musical evening at the Silent Shores Resort in Mysore. The event saw over 2000 music enthusiasts attend the live concert and regale in soulful melodies.
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iWorld | OTT
Vice explores India's gully rap in first documentary for Voot
Vice India, a leading youth media brand for the first time has produced a documentary on the gully rap scenario in India named Kya Bolta Bantai for the video on demand platform by Viacom18, Voot. Vice India's first 30-minute standalone long form documentary charts the evolution of gully rap – an emerging genre of music that is slowly gaining momentum and entering the mainstream.
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Television | TV Channels
Mayank Dayal joins SPN's sports side
Mayank Dayal has joined Sony Pictures Networks India as associate vice president, where he is responsible for handling the sports cluster's marketing and communications strategies as well as overall branding and imagery. He also handles the annual marketing plans, creating a calendar of campaigns and events, setting the marketing budget and analysing the market and competitors.
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- Telecom gear import may cost more as rupee falls
- Telcos warm up to internet of things to shore up revenues
  Source: ET
   
- Media action group launched in Chennai
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- Nirmala Sitharaman dismisses report of UK defence minister turning down meeting
  Source: India Tv News
   
- New satellite launch to help fast-track digital India, says expert
  Source: Outlook India
   
- After two-month delay, panel to start probe into issues plaguing NFAI
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Shah Rukh Khan gets caught gossiping by Smriti Irani, here's proof
  Source: TOI
   
- Ahead of NCLT verdict, Cyrus Mistry fires fresh salvo at Tata Sons
  Source: BS
   
   
- Bagpuss creator Peter Firmin dies aged 89
- Eddie Mair to leave BBC after 30 years
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- What's Coming to Netflix in July 2018
- Drake Crushes Spotify and Apple Music's One-Day Streaming Records
 

Source: Variety

   
- Benchmark's Mitch Lasky will reportedly step down from Snap's board of directors
- WhatsApp copies Telegram to add one-way 'broadcast' mode to group chats
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Nexstar CBS affiliate in South Carolina becomes latest retransmission battleground
- Verizon finally shuts down go90 after spending a reported $1.2B on it
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Univision Networks Go Dark to Dish Subscribers
- Univision Says It Wants to Talk as Dish Deadline Looms
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Dish Says Univision Talks Reach 'Impasse'
 

Source: Multichannel

   
Movies | Movies on mutiple platforms
Biopics & sports-based films help popularise sporting culture in India
"Sattar minute, sattar minute hai tumhare paas ... shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas sattar minute ... (Seventy minutes, seventy minutes is what you have ... may be the most important seventy minutes of your life..)".
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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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'Distribution has always been the challenge for broadcasters'
 
Television | TV Channels
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia continues to deliver with over 117 million viewers tuning in to the greatest show on earth on Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN)
 
Television | TV Channels
CNBC-TV18 in association with PwC India successfully highlighted impact of GST in first-of-its-kind forum – 'GST Decoded – 1 Year On'
   
 
iWorld | Telecom
In major Jio push, RIL to acquire Radisys for $74 mn
 
iWorld | Telecom
Now, Reliance Jio coud set off broadband turf war with Airtel
 
MAM | Marketing
Facebook, Twitter get transparent about ads
 
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