11 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 42   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Zeel operating profit up; board recommends 290% dividend
Subhash Chandra-led Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) reported higher operating profit (EBITDA) for the year and quarter ended 31 March 2018 (FY 2018, the year under review; Q4 2018, the quarter under review) as compared with the corresponding periods of the previous year (FY 2017, Q4 2017).
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Television | TV Channels
Star Plus may telecast IPL: Report
According to a report by the Economic Times, the last leg of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) may be televised on Hindi general entertainment channel Star Plus in a bid to boost the tournament's reach on TV.
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Television | TV Channels
Former ESPN president joins rival Perform Group
The former president of ESPN, John Skipper, has been hired as the executive chairman of sports media company Perform Group. Skipper left ESPN in December 2017. Less than six months after his departure from ESPN, Skipper will soon be competing against his former long-time employer.
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Regulators | People
IT minister says won't allow India to be centre of data pilferage
The country's Electronics & IT and Law & Justice minster Ravi Shankar Prasad has come down sharply on data misuse. Speaking at the 15th Asia Media Summit, he said that the government would not allow the country to become a centre of data pilferage and data commerce that, through collusive methods, would be used to influence its electoral process.
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Television | TV Channels
BARC wk 18: India TV tops all three Hindi news genres
India TV garnered the top slot in all three Hindi news markets, dethroning Aaj Tak in the Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) week 18 ratings for 2018. Republic TV completed its one year anniversary on 6 May 2018 and maintained its top slot for all the weeks.
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- Time for laws, rules to regulate digital media: I&B Minister Smriti Irani
- Apple is said to plan selling video subscriptions through TV app
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Mukesh Ambani's RJio piles on pressure with new Rs 199 postpaid plan
  Source: BS
   
- Nod to Bharti Airtel's buyout of Telenor India shortly, says Telecom Secretary
  Source: ET Telecom
   
- Times Group MD against further acquisition in telecom sector; fears it will limit consumer choice
  Source: TOI
   
- Sony and LG televisions make the list of Netflix's recommended TVs for 2018
  Source: ET Tech
   
- Zee Entertainment continues bounce from demonetization, Q4 ad sales up 24%
  Source: Ultra
   
- DoT Seeks Clarification from Trai on Wi-Fi Calling Service
  Source: Telecom Talk
   
   
- Cities across UK submit bids to be second home of Channel 4
- Fox to press on with Disney merger despite likely Comcast bid
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Talking Points Memo Unionizes With Writers Guild of America East
- Reese Witherspoon Launches New Show 'Meet My Mom' on Facebook Watch
 

Source: Variety

   
- Google Pay's app adds boarding passes, tickets, p2p payments and more
- Verizon stealthily launched a startup offering $40-per-month unlimited data, messaging and minutes
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- FCC Opens Inquiry Into Freeing Up More Wireless Broadband Spectrum
- Fox Taking NFL Sponsors 'Closer to the Action'
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- CenturyLink looks to bundle vMVPDs with broadband
- Roku's platform sales officially passed device sales in Q1
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Pay TV Subscriber Declines Stabilize in Q1
 

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'
 
Mam | Media And Advertising
Havas Media bags the integrated media duties of Netmeds.com
 
Television | TV Channels
This Mother's Day, Comedy Central gifts moms something special…
 
Mam | Media And Advertising
Isobar India Wins Big at Clio Sports 2018  
 
 
Television | TV Channels
BARC wk 18: India TV tops all three Hindi news genres
 
Regulators | MIB
MIB reminds TV channels, teleport ops about timely online payments
 
Television | TV Channels
Yonex renews sponsorship deal with BAI for Rs 100 cr
 
Television | TV Channels
Star India's contribution to 21 CF operating profit doubles
 
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