27 June 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 82   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Regulator Sebi orders open offer for NDTV within 45 days

Regulator Sebi on Tuesday cleared the decks for Vishvapradhan Commercial to make an open offer for NDTV Ltd to indirectly gain control of up to 52 per cent stake through a convertible loan of Rs 350 crore in 2009 'sourced' from a partner company of Reliance Industries Ltd, reported news agency PTI.
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iWorld | OTT
Amazon Prime Video unveils trailer of comedy talent hunt 'Comicstaan'
International tech giant Amazon's video streaming platform is putting a great deal of effort to gain a foothold in the Indian market. Since its launch, the company has focused on ramping up its original content, with comedy forming a key component of its growth strategy. With the trailer launch of Comicstaan, Amazon Prime Video has made another addition to the list.
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Regulators | TRAI
Comment: TRAI uplinks progressive recommendations; now MIB, others need to downlink them
The approximately Rs 1,400 billion Indian broadcasting and cable sectors, reeling under the impact of a slow economy and hemmed in by erratic policy-making, would be breathing a bit easy after TRAI's recommendations on issues related to uplink and downlink of TV channels and teleports.
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Television | TV Channels
Business news most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 25
With a growth of 3.31 per cent as compared to last week (24), the business news genre marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 25 of Chrome Data Analytics & Media. 
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Satellites | Satellites Operators
24% Hong Kong viewers use TV boxes to stream pirated content: CASBAA
In a recent survey of the content viewing behaviour of Hong Kong consumers, released by CASBAA, the trade association for the video industry and ecosystem in Asia-Pacific, it was found that close to one in four consumers (24 per cent) use a TV box which can be used to stream pirated television and video content.
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- How Kishore Kumar's voice was muzzled during Emergency
- Trai insists on toll free number, digital sale for global calling cards; rejects DoT's contention
  Source: TOI
   
- Reporters covering Salem protests detained: Will scribes resist Tamil Nadu diktat telling media to fall in line before polls?
  Source: FirstPost
   
- Team Git Init from DTU wins 'Dish-a-thon' in Broadcasting industry's first ever Hackathon
  Source: ZeeBiz
   
- Reliance Jio records highest monthly subscriber-growth rate of 5.16% in April: TRAI
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- Aircel, MTNL miss the drop call mark
  Source: The Hindu
   
- Lack of clarity on rentals holds up public WiFi rollout in Bengaluru
  Source: ET
   
- The 2020 Tokyo Olympics Aims To Be 1st Global Sports Event Powered By 100% Renewable Energy
  Source: India Times
   
- Vodafone may get caught in the regulatory cobweb in India again
  Source: BT
   
   
   
- Observer's Carole Cadwalladr wins Orwell journalism prize
- Jason Cundy apologises for comments on female World Cup commentators
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Disney Partners With Cisco for Its StudioLAB
- Sony Shuts Down Crackle in Canada
 

Source: Variety

   
- Facebook permanently grounds its Aquila solar-powered internet plane
- Casio Chairman Kazuo Kashio dies at 89
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Comcast signs on 5 more machineQ customers
- Armstrong integrates Hulu into EXP user interface
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Trio of State AGs Petition to Block Sinclair-Tribune Deal
- Fox Warns That Comcast's Bid Has Antitrust Risk
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Rep. Pallone Seeks Free Calls for Detained Immigrant Children, Parents
- fuboTV Preps 4K Beta
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- European pay TV market reached 185m subs in Q1 2018
- Orange Moldova teams up with Incognito
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- David Frederick Joins Advanced Systems Group
- Next Gen TVs Record Greatest Gain In U.S. Household Ownership, Says CTA Study
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
   
   
   
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 | Marketing
NetBiz bags 360-degree digital mandate for leading real estate player Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate
 
DTH | DTH Operator
Dish TV India concludes Grand Finale of M&E and Broadcasting industry's first ever Hackathon
   
Television | TV Channels
Mr. Sachidanand Shetty elevated as Business Head at Mukta A2 Cinemas
 
Television | TV Channels
CNBC-TV18 and PwC India present 'GST Decoded - 1 Year On'
   
 
MAM | Media & Advertising
Baggit launches new campaign with Shraddha Kapoor
 
MAM | Marketing
Yardley launches new range of floral perfumes
 
MAM | Media & Advertising
Kotak Mahindra Bank launches campaign with Ranveer Singh for 811 account
 
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