Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 25 July 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

25 July 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 5


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Regulators | Trai

TRAI chief defends broadcast tariff order, data protection suggestions

	The much touted and highly anticipated live session of TRAI Chairman RS Sharma on Twitter yesterday didn't throw up surprises. The moderator relayed more queries on the telecom sector and very few on the broadcast segment and in the few that were answered, the chief regulator defended his organisation's stand ably. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Network18 reports improved numbers for Q1

Network18 Media & Investments Ltd (Network18) reported year over year (y-o-y) growth in consolidated operating revenue for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared to the year ago quarter (Q1 2018).
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Television | TV Channels

ABP Sanjha launches in Canada

ABP News Network (ANN) has always been a pioneer when it comes to establishing new trends & benchmarks in the realm of news & media. Led by India's 'Most Trusted Hindi News Channel' ABP News, ANN offers a bouquet of market-leading regional channels – ABP Ananda (Bengal), ABP Majha (Maharashtra) & ABP Asmita (Gujarat) who have all not just established their clear dominance,
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Television | TV Channels

Business, general news, Indiacast and Viacom18 pull up TV18 numbers in first quarter

Mukesh Ambani's broadcast enterprise, TV18 Broadcast Limited (TV18) reported 11.1 percent year over year (y-o-y) growth in consolidated operating revenue for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared to the year ago quarter (Q1 2018).
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	Verizon Is Seeking Google or Apple as 5G TV Provider
	AT&T Investors Say 'Show Me' to Newly Minted Media-Telecom Giant
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	Trump's Threatening Tweet to Iran President Rouhani Has Become A CAPS-LOCK MEME
	Source: News18

	I&B Minister says social media snooping tender doesn't violate privacy; tender indicates otherwise
	Source: Medianama

	Call drops worsen in May, situation poor in Delhi, Mumbai, UP and Bihar, says TRAI
	Net Neutrality: How comedians, lawyers, techies, activists, and a million Indians saved internet freedom
	Source: Financial Express

	Paytm wants user data stored locally! The reason is not difficult to guess
	Source: Business Today

	Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship
	Source: Livemint

	North Korea starts dismantling satellite launch station
	Source: ET


	Dad's Army at 50: the secret history of 'comedy's finest half-hour'
	Channel Ten's all-male pilot season and other dude shows they could have chosen
	Source: The Guardian

	BitTorrent Confirms It's Been Acquired by Blockchain Startup Tron
	Variety to Add Digital Subscription Content Tier
	Source: Variety

	Google wants Go to become the go-to language for writing cloud apps
	Former Viki CEO Tammy Nam joins PicsArt as its first COO
	Source: Techcrunch

	Cox Enterprises Mulls Selling 14 TV Stations
	Billion Dollar-Plus FCC CAF II Auction Begins
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	CuriosityStream CEO Stinchcomb geared toward growing globally
	Verizon in 'perfect position' to secure content partners, CEO says
	Source: Fierce Video

	Microsoft, RTO Wireless Team on Rural Broadband Initiative
	Fox Warns The Big Ten Deal With Comcast is Expiring
	Source: Multichannel

	Telenet shareholder Lucerne threatens suit over Liberty Global relationship
	CME "in best financial shape for a decade"
	Source: Broadband Tv News

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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