02 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 34   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
iWorld | OTT
We are fundamentally changing storytelling: Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan
Ajit Mohan is not your flashy kind of guy. Quiet, unassuming normally, he opens up and the words flows easy when it comes to talking about his pet project-the fast-growing Star India-owned OTT service Hotstar. Over the past three years, he has gradually-with the support of Uday Shankar and Sanjay Gupta and, of course, the Murdochs—grown the service.
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MAM | Marketing
The comeback of iconic brands
In today's metamorphic world, it is a constant struggle for brands to retain their identity and ensure that they are constantly in the minds of people. There have been iconic brands of the past which one fine day decided to vanish into thin air. Though still present, they dropped advertising and years later felt the urge to bounce back with a bang.
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iWorld | enews
Online media professionals write to Smriti Irani expressing regulation concerns
A group of more than 100 journalists and other professionals related to online media have written to the information and broadcasting minister Smriti Irani to express their concerns over the ministry's proposal to extend traditional broadcasting rules and restrictions to the internet.
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iWorld | BROADBAND
DoT addresses broadband issues in policy out for public consultation
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has floated the National Communications Policy out for public consultation that deals with issues like broadband for all, creation of four million new jobs in the digital communications sector and increasing the contribution of the sector from 6 per cent to 8 per cent of India's GDP.
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iWorld | BROADBAND
BSNL inks deals with SoftBank-backed OneWeb for satellite capacity
Government-run telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), which markets its broadband service as Data One, is talking to Greg Wyler's proposed OneWeb satellite constellation about leasing capacity, according to Advanced-television.com.
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iWorld | BROADBAND
Intex Technologies appoints Rajiv Bakshi as CMO
In line with the company's continued efforts to strengthen and professionalise management to accomplish accelerated growth, mobile and consumer electronics company Intex Technologies (Intex) has appointed Rajiv Bakshi as its chief marketing officer (CMO).
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- Police seize hand grenade from cable TV office
- Sitanshu Kar takes over as Principal Government Spokesperson
  Source: BS
   
- Condom ads on TV: Rajasthan High Court dismisses NGO's plea challenging Centre's ban
  Source: New Indian Express
   
- Telecom Commission approves proposal for in-flight mobile services
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- Ravi Shankar Prasad reacts to India Today's report, says new data protection law soon
  Source: India Today
   
- Online media professionals oppose govt's proposal on content regulations for Internet
  Source: Livemint
   
- Smriti Irani-led delegation to promote Indian cinema at Cannes
  Source: TOI
   
- Naming controversy: Will the real Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners please stand up?
  Source: Hindustan Times
   
- New Draft Telecom Policy Aims to Create 4 million Jobs by 2022; Implement 5G
  Source: News18
   
- Frank Noronha Retires as PIB Chief, Sitanshu Kar Takes Over
  Source: The Quint
   
- NDTV sells shares in online unit to pay rent
  Source: Ultra News
   
   
   
   
- US band Portugal. The Man cancel Sunrise spot over stolen generations segment
- Powerful women are rushing to Tom Brokaw's defense. Are they wrong?
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Condé Nast to Launch Wired, Bon Appetit, GQ As Their Own OTT Networks
- Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Stands By Redesign Despite Rocky Q1 Results
 

Source: Variety

   
- Cisco is acquiring business intelligence startup Accompany for $270M
- Apple says it will return $100B to investors with a massive new program after a strong Q2
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- Disney Digital Network Takes Bite out of Food Category
- Allied Progress Tackles Sinclair-Tribune in Iowa
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Comcast CEO Roberts' 2017 salary took minor haircut
- Atlantic Broadband completes rebrand of acquired MetroCast systems
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Cisco Strikes Deal to Sell Off Video Software Business
- Special Counsel: FCC's O'Rielly Violated Hatch Act
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Disney inks partnership with Twitter
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- NDI Central Pavilion To Stream Live From NAB
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
   
   
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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