Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 15 May 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 15

15 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 45


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Regulators | MIB

Smriti Irani moved out of MIB as Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore gets independent charge

	There's change at the top at the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB). Minister Smirti Irani has been moved out of her post and kept solely in charge of the textiles ministry. Replacing her is Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - her minister of state - who has now been given independent charge of the MIB. continue reading...

iWorld | OTT

Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos says India is 'TV starved'

This could really make television executives in India, who have built a multi-billion dollar business, gnash their teeth. We are referring to Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos' comment at the fifth MoffettNathanson Annual Media & Communications Summit, which is on in New York between 14 and 15 May.
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Television | TV Channels

'Bigg Boss' holds appeal across languages: Viacom18's Ravish Kumar

Viacom18's punt on Bigg Boss, the biggest reality show in the country, has paid off in a big way over the last ten years with an astronomical number of viewers on TV as well as the company's digital platform Voot. After entertaining the Hindi masses, Colors launched the show in Kannada, Bengali and Marathi in order to garner regional audiences.
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Television | TV Channels

ISI Kolkata certifies representativeness of BARC's panel design

Audience-measurement body BARC India's sampling methodology and panel design has been certified by one of India's most prestigious institutions–the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. The certification is for the original design of 22,000 homes and the expanded 33,000 panel.
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	Prasar Bharati will apprise I&B Ministry of pros and cons of stopping DD Free Dish
	Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to establish a dedicated web portal for promotion of Audio Visual Services in India
	Source: BS

	TRAI may consider scrapping interconnection fee, mulls seeking views
	Source: ET

	Smriti Irani Removed From I&B Ministry; Piyush Goyal to Step in for Arun Jaitley in Finance
	Source: News18

	ISRO Chief reports all tests on GSAT-11 to be over by May 17
	Source: BGR

	Modi government has spent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity, says RTI
	Source: FE

	Prasar Bharati chairman's adviser Sai Srinivas vacates post as rift with I&B continues
	Source: New Indian Express

	Britain raises concerns with French over EU's satellite system snub
	Source: Reuters


	UK-based sport streaming service adopts Netflix model after $1bn deal
	Populist voters less likely to trust news media, European survey finds
	Source: The Guardian

	'SCTV' Reunion Brings Hugs, Laughs and Hosers to Toronto for Netflix Special
	Sports Betting Is the New Pot as Supreme Court Leaves Legality to States
	Source: Variety

	Netflix exec says 85 percent of new spending will go towards original content
	Apple's App Store redesign improved app discovery, report finds
	Source: Tech Crunch

	CBS, Nielsen Aim to Insert Dynamic Ads in Live Broadcasts
	Broadcast Networks Take Center Stage
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Comcast's Watson: Company saves money when some customers drop video
	Vimeo joins AV1 group Alliance for Open Media
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Austrian regulator blocks ORF YouTube channel
	Online TV gaining at expense of satellite
	Source: Broadband TV News

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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