7 June 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 65   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Sony bets big on 2018 FIFA World Cup

With the 2018 FIFA World Cup set to kick off on June 14, Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN) is gearing up for the company's most-anticipated event of the year. Banking on the rising popularity of football in India, the formidable FIFA brand and a viral ad campaign, the sports cluster of Sony Pictures is aiming to double up its viewership this year.
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IWorld | Enews
eSports viewers to cross 800 mn globally by '22; India's share minor
In a new research, the UK-based Juniper Research has forecasted that unique viewers of eSports (competitive playing of video games) and Let's Plays content (tutorials and talk-throughs of game content) will reach 858 million by 2022, up from 630 million this year with the Indian sub-continent too being a minority contributor.
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DTH | DTH Operator
Reliance BIG TV joins hands with 50,000 Indian Post Offices for HD DTH set top boxes
DTH player, Reliance Big TV, after announcing zero cost entertainment to 130 crores Indians, has partnered with 50,000 Indian Post Offices across Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim for consumers.
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Television | TV Channels
Sony Pictures Network promotes Aman Srivastava, Amogh Dusad
Sony Pictures Network (SPN) has witnessed a flurry activity at senior positions of late. The latest movers in the hierarchy include for Aman Srivastava and Amogh Dusad who were elevated by the company. Srivastava has been promoted to senior vice president, head of marketing at Sony Entertainment Television (SET).
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Regulators | I&B Ministry
MIB & Prasar Bharati make up, sign agreement on funds' release
After lot of heartburning and media statements, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry and Prasar Bharati, which runs Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR), have inked an agreement that was required for the release of financial allocation to the pubcaster, PTI reported today quoting an unnamed source.
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IWorld | OTT
Netflix stock hits 121 per cent YOY
Following a Barclays Capital analyst report, which said Netflix's "aggressiveness" could reshape movie distribution, the giant subscription video service soared to another stock market record. On 5 June 2018, Neflix's stock closed up 1.1 per cent to $365.80-- a new record. The stock is up 91 per cent year-to-date, and 121 per cent year-over-year.
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- Britain clears path for Murdoch to battle Comcast to get Sky
- Government approves Rs 10,000-crore continuation programmes for PSLV, GSLV
  Source: ET
   
- Bhojpuri Dhamaka- Dishum Strengthens Its Distribution In Bihar And Jharkhand Market
  Source: Exchange4Media
   
- The rise of Hindi movie genre on Indian television
  Source: Livemint
   
- New I & B Secretary wants purpose and detailed action plan on 'Social Media hub'
  Source: New Indian Express
   
- Reliance Jio speed drops in April, but it is still on top, according to TRAI
  Source: Indian Express
   
- DoT invites bids for mobile towers installation in Andaman & Nicobar
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have the highest broadband connections in India
  Source: Medianama
   
- Telecom regulator's move to curb call-drops paying off
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
   
   
   
- Robert Peston moves to midweek ITV slot after poor viewing figures
- Philip Hammond jumps the gun with RBS shares sale
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Illegal Streaming, Mobile Piracy Surged in France in 2017
- Facebook Paying for News Shows From ABC News, CNN, Fox News, Univision, Others
 

Source: Variety

   
- Instagram plans to launch Snapchat Discover-style video hub
- Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd is coming to Disrupt SF
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- Byron Allen, Entrepreneur Who Bought The Weather Channel, Sets Sights on OTT Sports
- Syndication Ratings: 'Judge Judy' is Queen of May Sweep for Ninth Straight Year
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Cable's FCC fees move closer to those of satellite
- Mediacom extends and expands deal with tech vendor Synacor
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Comcast Business Dealing with Voice Service Outage
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- UK entertainment and media sector to grow by £8 billion in next four years
- Eurosport Germany aims to break world record for longest live broadcast of a sporting event
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
   
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'
 
Television | TV Channels
National Geographic and The Ministry Of Environment, Forest and Climate Control join hands in the fight against single-use plastic
 
Television | TV Channels
Rise by TLC empowers female artists to take on internet trolls with the launch of 'Trolled'
   
Television | TV Channels
MTV Beats brings FOUR HOURS of uninterrupted music with Ad Free Mornings
 
Specials | Event Coverage
The company is collaborating with Lakme Fashion Week and designer Anita Dongre
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee World tops the GEC pay platform in Zambia
 
MAM | Media & Marketing
Ogilvy rebrands its identity after 70 years
 
MAM | Marketing
Patanjali to move food park after UP govt denies permission
 
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