29 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 05   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
The World of TV according to BARC
Numerous soothsayers have time and again been saying that linear TV worldwide - and in India - is dying. But shush, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has come out with a report entitled The Changing Face of TV in India that clearly states that the good old idiot box is doing very well - thank you.
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Television | TV Channels
Regulatory hurdles prompt Star to telecast IPL's Kannada feed on Star Suvarna Plus
Star India's attempts at securing an exclusive sports channel for its Kannada viewers is unlikely to see the light of day this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The launch of Star Sports 1 Kannada has presumably been put on hold due to regulatory hurdles and, instead, the Kannada feed of the IPL 2018 matches will be broadcast on Star Suvarna Plus.
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DTH | DTH Operator
MPA forecasts India to lead APAC in ad spend growth
Ad growth in India–a contender for Asia's most dynamic market–was weighed down in 2017 by the lingering effects of demonetisation as well as a new goods and services tax, which disrupted advertiser supply chains, inhibiting marketing activity in the process, according to a Media Partners Asia (MPA) report.
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iWorld | OTT
24i acquires Vigour to boost growth in OTT multiscreen solutions
Streaming applications developer 24i Media (24i) has acquired Vigour, a leading multiscreen video platform provider. The acquisition further enhances 24i's leadership position globally and accelerates its innovation and growth, with its technology platform at the heart of its ambitions.
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- Turner CEO: No reason to hold back networks post AT&T merger
- Ball tampering row: BCCI bars Steve Smith, David Warner out of IPL 2018
  Source: : BS
   
- Videocon-DishTV merger set to enjoy benefits of scale
- Parliament budget session day 17 highlights: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourn due to protests
  Source: Livemint
   
- Walmart Has a Secret Weapon Against Amazon. Maybe Too Secret.
- Turner Was Ready to 'Go Dark' on Dish With NCAA as Leverage
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- How Vodafone, like Unilever or McKinsey, has turned into the new laboratory of CXO talent
- Rift deepens between Apple, Trai over anti-spam app
  Source: ET
   
- 'Nude' Didn't Make It to IFFI, Will Make It to Theatres on 27 Apr
  Source: The Quint
   
- Telecom sector revenue dips 8%, licence fee by 16% in Oct-Dec: TRAI report
  Source: Indian Express
   
- DoT asks cos to vacate higher frequency band apt for 5G in 6 mths
  Source: TOI
   
- Shekhar Kapur to head the jury for 65th National Film Awards
  Source: The Hindu
   
   
   
   
- Younger viewers now watch Netflix more than the BBC, says corporation
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Maverick Names Meredith Gardner Senior VP of Digital
- Netflix Names Former Obama Adviser and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to Board
 

Source: Variety

   
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise to move HQ to San Jose
- Microsoft can ban you for using offensive language
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- Debra O'Connell Named WABC New York President/GM
- Comcast's Cohen Sees Way to 'Yes' on Paid Prioritization Compromise
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Will Comcast abandon Sky bid?
- Time Warner executives questioning AT&T deal: report
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- Appeals of FCC Net Neutrality Order Move to D.C. Circuit
- Arris M&A Strategy to Focus on 'Near-Adjacencies'
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- German HD platform Freenet TV launches on Astra
- Serbia Broadband under investigation
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- UK government agrees £150m 'sector deal' for creative businesses
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
- The time is now for broadcasters to adopt Cloud services
 

Source: Screen Africa

   
   
   
   
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'
 
 
 
iWorld | OTT
SLA Digital powers Viu carrier billing
   
Television | TV Channels
Special Operations India: Myanmar
 
iWorld | Social Media
T-Series Celebrates 40 million YouTube subscribers Milestone
 
Television | TV Channels
CNBC-TV18 announces the 13th edition of 'India Business Leaders Awards' (IBLA)
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Turner APAC appoints Vikram Sharma as VP of CNE
 
MAM | Marketing
The influence of influencer marketing
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Essence creates COO APAC role, ropes in new VP for client partner
 
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