Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 27 July 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

27 July 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 7


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Television | TV Channels

Discovery India boss Karan Bajaj brushes aside claims of challenges in the infotainment genre

	Is there a leadership scuffle going on in the overcrowded Indian infotainment genre? If you were to look at the last four weeks' numbers as provided by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), it apparently looks like there may be the makings of one. Though it might be a minor one. continue reading...

DTH | DTH Operator

Airtel Digital TV numbers improve as parent company's numbers fall

The Sunil Mittal-led Indian telecom major with operations in 16 countries, Bharti Airtel Ltd, (Airtel) reported a year on year (y-o-y) drop in numbers for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2019, period or quarter under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q1 2018).
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Television | TV Channels

Sony Max continues dominance over Hindi channels in across genres

Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max was ranked second in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 29 of 2018 (Saturday, 14 July 2018 to Friday, 20 July 2018, week udder review).
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Television | TV Channels

Star's Sanjay Gupta on India's booming sports ecosystem

In 2017, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) had set a goal envisioning 30 crore kids playing at least one hour a day. This vision had to battle the mindsets of parents, schools and businesses, the main roadblock that would have come in the way.
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	Bharti Airtel earnings may run out of fizz in Q1
	Trai's proposal on local telecom gear manufacturing
	Source: ETTelecom

	Drive against OFCs hits cable TV operators
	Source: Deccan Chronicle

	Scope and functions of I&B committee for regulating online media dovetailed with another panel
	Source: BS

	Address grievances within 60 days: DoT to service providers
	Source: Indian Express

	Q1 results: Airtel posts ₹ 97.3 crore profit on deferred tax gain
	Source: Livemint

	Why the Summer Olympics are held in July, August despite heat
	Source: Reuters

	Chalo Jeete Hain: Movie based on the Prime Minister's childhood screened at Lok Sabha, Rashtrapati Bhavan
	Source: Financial Express


	Sky posts forecast-beating annual results as bidding war rages on
	Virgin Media invites bids for UKTV channel slots as row deepens
	Source: The Guardian

	Group Nine Hires Ex-Viacom Ad Exec Rachel Baumgarten as Exec VP of Marketing
	Penske Media Makes Strategic Investment in BuzzAngle Music
	Source: Variety

	Microsoft partners with Black Girls Code to help the organization launch Seattle chapter
	Google revamps local events search to include personalized suggestions
	Source: Techcrunch

	Media and Telecom M&A Adds Up to $44.9B in 2Q
	WABC-TV Names Galvez VP, Community Relations
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Comcast loses 140K cable subscribers and swings to video revenue decline
	As vMVPDs grow, Comcast clings to NBCU, connectivity businesses
	Source: Fierce Video

	Cheddar TV Lands NCTC Carriage Deal
	LiveRamp Adds Inscape Smart-TV Viewing Data
	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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