Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 24 July 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

24 July 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 4


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Regulators | I&B Ministry

MIB says massive jump in misleading ads over last 3 years

	Despite creating awareness and putting in place a mechanism to monitor breaches, there has been a massive jump in misleading advertisements in the media, including those on TV channels, according to the Indian government. continue reading...

Television | TV Shows

Sci-fi genre is approaching heyday in the global content market

The enchanting and forward-thinking views and pictures of the science fiction genre could not captivate the masses for a long time. The high production cost and limited audience have acted as catalysts to make it commercially less viable especially for the small screen.
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Satellites | Satellites Launches

Facebook to soon provide new internet satellite Athena

The social media giant Facebook will take on Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch its own internet satellite in 2019 named Athena. In a statement given to Wired, Facebook confirmed the existence of the project.
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iWorld | Broadband

UK targets full-fibre broadband coverage by 2033

To ensure that all citizens of UK benefit from technology, the government has said that FTTH should be fitted as standard in all new homes. This proposal is part of a new national telecoms strategy drawn up by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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	After being steady at 48 paise/min for 5 years, call rate down to 16 paise
	Lucky number 13: SpaceX sends Telstar satellite into orbit
	Source: Indian Express

	No proposal to control social media: I&B informs Parliament
	SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches heaviest communications satellite and sets record
	Source: India Today

	Television remains the choice of the masses even in digital times
	Source: ET

	It ain't no revolution
	Source: Indian Express

	I&B Ministry disbands online content regulation committee; MeitY to step in
	Source: Medianama

	Justice Srikrishna panel on data protection framework to meet this week
	Source: BS

	BSNL launches voice over internet phone service in AP
	Source: TOI

	BCCL Net Profit Slips 27% To Rs 607 Crore
	Source: Exchange4Media


	Sky News man asks mourners at wife's funeral to wear black
	Channel 4's second HQ to be in Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds
	Source: The Guardian

	Influencer-Marketing Startup CreatorIQ Taps Dan Murray as President
	Sony Looking to Sell Stake in Crackle Streaming Service
	Source: Variety

	Google Cloud's partnership network begins paying dividends
	Amazon's newest Alexa Fund recipients are less consumer-focused
	Source: Techcrunch

	Sinclair Made Last Ditch Effort to Head Off FCC Hearing
	MPAA to Trump Administration: Increasingly Toxic Edge Needs Minding
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	New bill would repeal mandated carriage of broadcast networks for cable companies
	Comcast offers Xfinity Stream TV app to business customers
	Source: Fierce Video

	GroupM Sells Off Sponsorship Measurement, Conference Unit
	O'Connor Steps Down as Univision CRO
	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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