10 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 41   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Star India's contribution to 21 CF operating profit doubles
Star India's contribution to the third quarter (quarter ended 31 March 2018, Q3-2018) numbers of Rupert Murdoch-led Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (21st Century Fox) more than doubled as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter according the company's earnings release. Star India is a part of 21st Century's cable network programming (CNP) segment.
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Television | TV Channels
Is it the end of the road for anime in India?
Back in the 90s, a new legion of toon addicts was created in India with the advent of anime shows such as Pokémon, Dragonball Z and Naruto that were telecast on Cartoon Network. A few years later, the genre hasn't found the popularity in Indian kids that it has in some other parts of the world.
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iWorld | OTT
24i Media beefs up internet TV position by acquiring Mautilus
24i Media (24i), a global TV app developer, announced the acquisition of Mautilus, the Czech TV app agency. Mautilus develops TV apps for multiple platforms, including smart TVs, mobile, HbbTV, as well as for games consoles, set-top boxes.
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iWorld | Telecom
Digital comm policy success depends on implementation: TAIPA
The Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has commented on the government's proposed telecom policy by saying that though it addresses issues of all players, the growth of the sector will depend on its effective implementation.
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- DoT seeks details of WiFi calling services from Trai
- Vodafone challenges Deutsche Telekom with $21.8 bn Liberty deal
  Source: ET
   
- Letter to BS: It's time I&B Ministry pays attention to reforming Hindi GECs
- Asia Media Summit begins in Delhi from Thursday
  Source: BS
   
- TRAI Issues Draft of Telecom Interconnection Regulation
  Source: News18
   
- Trai to Impose Penalty on Operators for Not Meeting QoS Norms in Q4 2017
  Source: Telecom Talk
   
- Twenty-First Century Fox revenue beats as cable sees highest earnings ever
  Source: Reuters
   
- Apple Is Said to Plan Selling Video Subscriptions Through TV App
  Source: BQ
   
- China launches new satellite to monitor air pollution
  Source: DD News
   
   
- Theresa May defeats bid to make her launch part two of Leveson inquiry
- Sunday Telegraph pays damages to mosque chief over Corbyn article
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Jack Whitehall Tackles Gareth Bale, Jose Mourinho in YouTube's 'Training Days'
- Startups Rally for Net Neutrality as Democrats Gear Up for Vote
 

Source: Variety

   
- Uber says its self-driving cars could return in 'next few months'
- Tailor Brands raises $15.5M for AI-driven logo creation and more
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- NBC Investigation Clears News Division of Wrongdoing in Handling of Lauer
- 21st Century Fox Reports Higher Quarterly Profits
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Hulu adds live TV guide for Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
- Hostile Comcast bid will put Fox management 'in a pickle,' analyst says
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- TV Set Becoming Favorite Device for Video Streamers
 

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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'Distribution has always been the challenge for broadcasters'
 
iWorld | OTT