21 June 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 77   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | Production House
What next with Fox-Disney-Comcast ?

Part poker, part chess. That's exactly how the Disney-Comcast bidding war for Rupert Murdoch's entertainment conglomerate - 21 Century Fox - is being played out. The intense, see-saw battle for the media empire, which includes Hollywood studios, cable networks and streaming businesses, isn't nearing its end just yet.
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Television | TV Channels
How Sony is bringing the FIFA World Cup 2018
Sports broadcasting is no ordinary business. Just ask Star India and Sony Network Pictures (SPN) India – who often slug it out against each other for the rights of premium sporting properties. The two high rollers of Indian sports broadcasting play by one simple rule: high risks, high rewards.
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Television | TV Channels
NBCUniversal accuses BeoutQ of illegal streaming of FIFA World Cup in MENA
NBCUniversal, an American multi-national media conglomerate owned by Comcast, has accused a pirated streaming service called BeoutQ in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for illegally broadcasting the FIFA 2018 World Cup matches.
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Television | TV Channels
Sky News gets 15-year commitment from Disney in takeover battle
Disney has refrained from selling Sky News without the U.K government's permission and offered British authorities a commitment to operate Sky News for 15 years. For its part, 21st Century Fox has offered new commitments in an attempt to get its $15 billion bid for Sky over the finish line.
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Television | TV Channels
Discovery picks Park Avenue address for new global HQ
Discovery Inc. has selected a Park Avenue address for its new global headquarters. The company is also expanding facilities and adding jobs in Virginia. The company has signed a long-term lease with TF Cornerstone to occupy the entire space of 230 Park Ave South.
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Television | Production House
Disney appoints new creative officers for animatio division
Jennifer Lee and Pete Docter have been named as new chief creative officers (CCOs) for Disney's animation division. While Docter will handle the Pixar Animation Studios, Lee will head the Walt Disney Animation Studios. 
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Television | Production House
Disney makes $70.3 billion counterbid for Twenty-First Century Fox
21st Century Fox has announced that it has entered into an amended and restated merger agreement with The Walt Disney Company pursuant to which Disney has agreed to acquire for a price of $38 per 21CF share the same businesses. Disney agreed to acquire under the previously announced merger agreement between 21CF and Disney. 
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Television | Production House
Endemol Shine hires banks for a possible sale
Netherlands-based TV production company, Endemol Shine Group, has hired Deutsche Bank and Liontree to explore a potential sale that could be valued between $2- $4 billion including debt. Endemol Shine Group is known for its popular programs like Black Mirror, Big brother and MasterChef.     
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iWorld | Telecom
DoT seeks legal view on the Vodafone-Idea merger
DoT (Department of Telecommunications) is seeking for legal opinion on the Vodafone-Idea merger in respect to Vodafone's administratively allocated spectrum holdings. It is also seeking legal opinion on whether this would be wilful disobedience of the court.
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- Fresh plantation drive: Kolkata Municipal Corporation to adopt new policy
- Lack of skilled staff costs N-plant Rs 950 crore
  Source: TOI
   
- Trump stands firm on immigration policy, sees it as a winner
- 'Telecom, mining sectors to stay under debt pile in FY19'
  Source: ET
   
- Disney Sweetens Fox Offer to $71 Billion, Outbidding Comcast
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Airtel faces criticism for reaction after bigoted customer seeks different service representative
  Source: BGR
   
- Govt opens up internet telephony to telcos
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- Full-fledged internet telephony enabled
  Source: Indian Express
   
- BSNL seeks legal view to recover Rs 42 crore from Aircel
  Source: ETTelecom
   
   
   
- YouTube faces paying billions to music stars after copyright vote
- BBC vows to increase diversity of senior management by 2020
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- XXXTentacion Breaks Taylor Swift's Single-Day Global Streaming Record on Spotify
- Instagram Launches Long-Form Video Service Called IGTV
 

Source: Variety

   
- Lyft makes it easier to track business travel expenses
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Nexstar: 50% Cap Would Be Arbitrary and Capricious
- Nat Geo Helps Paramount Promote 'Yellowstone' Series
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Will Comcast, AT&T stop state net neutrality bill with help from 'California's Chairman Pai'?
- Comcast and TiVo conduct settlement talks, fail to reach agreement
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Clint Stinchcomb Named President and CEO of CuriosityStream
- Verizon Pulls Plug on Third-Party Data-Sharing Program
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- NBCUniversal, Eleven Sports complain about Saudi piracy
- Viacom to close former MTV challenger VIVA
 

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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'Distribution has always been the challenge for broadcasters'
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Ajay Devgn venture ny cinemas engages ccs for branding & cinema styling strategy
 
Television | TV Channels
MPA REPORT: THE MARKET VALUE FOR SPORTS MEDIA RIGHTS TO SOAR 22% IN ASIA PACIFIC EX-CHINA TO REACH US$5.0 BILLION IN 2018
   
Television | TV Channels
&pictures to air the World Television Premiere of the critically acclaimed Mukkabaaz on Saturday, 23rd June at 8pm
 
Mam | Marketing
Gutenberg Wins Gold in PR Asia Awards for 2018
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Andrew Marshall joins HOOQ as general counsel
 
DTH | DTH Operator
Tata Sky inks deal with ThinkAnalytics for personalised content recommendations
 
iWorld | OTT
YouTube launches two new streaming services in 12 countries
 
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