23 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 52   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Comment: 3 areas that new MIB minister Rathore needs to target
In a recent reshuffle of his cabinet colleagues and their portfolios initiated by PM Modi, a surprise move was not Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) minister Smriti Irani's removal, but handing the independent charge of the portfolio to her till-now junior, Rajyavardhan Rathore.
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iWorld | OTT
Hotstar notches up concurrent viewing world record of 8.26 million
The closely fought Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) playoff game for Vivo IPL 2018 set a new record for India's leading video streaming service - Hotstar. According to it, the match saw a massive 8.26 million concurrent users logging on to the service, which is a world record for any video app, says its Twitter handle.
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Television | TV Channels
Sony takes audiences to the crossroads with new show
After being a leader in introducing mythological shows, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is taking a different route. The channel's latest offering is Zindagi ke Crossroads, a 39-episodic interactive show where the studio audiences will put forward their opinions on the challenges faced by the protagonists of the show.
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Television | TV Channels
DSport reaches 110 mn households in a year
DSport, the sports TV channel by Discovery Communications, has achieved the milestone of reaching 110 million households in India. The channel was launched on 6 February 2017 and achieved the milestone within one year of operations in India and has expanded its distribution across all DTH and cable platforms.
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iWorld | Social Media
YouTube web series to showcase road safety awareness across India
YouTube is launching a novel web series in India called That Good Ugly Day which it claims isn't like any other in terms of creativity and disseminating social messages. The series is said to have shocking incidents with zero fiction plotting. The first episode which will focus on road safety awareness is scheduled to be launched in this coming month.
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- YouTube TV is the kind of cable-killing TV experience Apple promised us but failed to deliver, analysts say
- One of the largest satellite TV providers in India is serving customers Netflix and Prime Video
  Source: Business Insider
   
- Sports Minister Rathore throws a fitness challenge to Indian citizens
- Softbank to sell 'entire stake' in Flipkart to Walmart for about $4 billion
  Source: BS
   
- Barack and Michelle Obama sign multiyear production deal with Netflix
  Source: India Today
   
- DSPORT entices with not just cricket but sportainment from all over the world.
  Source: APN News
   
- Indian film 'Nakkash' showcased at Cannes festival
  Source: Zee News
   
- India flexes IPL muscle in hunt for more TV riches
  Source: Livemint
   
- Market Now: Telecom pack up; RCom, Idea Cellular surge up to 5%
  Source: ET
   
   
- Just 16% of screenwriters in UK film are women, study finds
- Russian broadcaster RT faces three new Ofcom investigations
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Twitter Is Shutting Down Apps for Roku, Xbox and Android TV Devices
- EU Lawmakers Press Zuckerberg on Shadow Profiles, Antitrust Concerns
 

Source: Variety

   
- Watch SpaceX launch the GRACE-FO and Iridium NEXT satellites here
- Amazon facial recognition software raises privacy concerns with the ACLU
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- CBS Says It Will Challenge Amendments to Bylaws
- FCC Sets Comment Dates on Latest Sinclair-Tribune Merger Filing
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Verizon building QUIC into its CDN
- Dish in retransmission blackout with Sagamore Hill Broadcasting
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Towercom to launch SVOD service
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- Comcast Locks Down Bug That Could Expose WiFi Credentials
- Twitter Shutting Down Set of TV Apps
 

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'
 
Television | TV Channels
Cosmos-Maya's next international co-production is a spin-off series of the much talked about 3D Animation feature film Leo da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa
 
Television | TV Channels
EPIC TV & Penguin Present The Third Book Of The Devlok With Devdutt Pattanaik Series
 
Television | TV Channels
Banijay Asia and Salman Khan TV collaborates to create content for digital and tv
 
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
IndiaMART assigns communication mandate to Happy Mcgarrybowen
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Goodknight puts an end to coils with new power chip
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Kalyan Jewellers brings Shweta Bachchan on board
 
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