24 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 53   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Madras HC TRAI-Star case: All parties keep options open
Even as till late evening yesterday all those connected with the case filed by Star India and Vijay TV against regulator TRAI in Madras High Court kept waiting for the full text of the court order, options for future course of action were kept open, including whether the high court should be asked to clarify on some observations.
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Television | TV Channels
Eros International profit margins up in FY 2018
The Sunil Lulla-led Indian film and media company Eros International Media Ltd (Eros) saw EBITDA for the quarter ended 31 March 2018 (FY 2018, year, fiscal under review) of Rs 328.21 crore and a margin of 34.2 per cent of operating revenue, about 985 basis points more than the margin of 24.3 per cent for the previous year.
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Television | TV Channels
ITV Network readies Punjabi music channel
All the Punjabi music lovers have a new destination to groove to the bhangra. ITV Network is launching a new music channel P Tunes. A source close to the development confirmed the news and revealed that the channel will be launched next month.
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Regulators | TRAI
Third Madras high court judge gives TRAI tariff order thumbs up
The long-awaited judgment of the Madras High Court on the TRAI tariff order has been pronounced. Sources indicate that almost all the proposals mentioned in the order have being given the go- ahead - the only exception being the capping of discounts to 15 per cent.
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Television | TV Channels
TV Today board recommends 45% dividend; numbers up
The board of directors of TV Today Network Ltd (TVTN) has recommended a dividend of Rs 2.25 (45 per cent) per equity share of face value of Rs 5 each for the financial year ended 31 March 2018 (FY 2018, year, fiscal under review).
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Cable TV | MSO
Competition, provision for doubtful receivables paint Ortel's bottom line red
Higher competitive intensity in the market, delay in collections and issues pertaining to debt repayment are some of the reasons that Indian regional cable and broadband player Ortel Communications Ltd (Ortel) says that it has incurred a loss of Rs 95.28 crore for the year ended 31 March 2018 (FY 2018, year, fiscal under review).
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iWorld | OTT
Turner using Accenture's video solution platform for its OTT products
Turner is relying on Accenture's video solution platform to help manage and operate some of the company's over-the-top content (OTT) products including FilmStruck in the UK, and Cartoon Network TV Everywhere (TVE) in Asia Pacific.
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- Trump's Indonesian Partner Thought This Would Be More Fun
  Source: Bloomberg Ouint
   
- Govt to hire social media monitors for all 716 districts
- 3G & 4G services poor in city: Trai
  Source: TOI
   
- Trai asks telcos to put all tariffs online from June 30
  Source: ET
   
- Telephone subscribers increase by 2.24 percent as wireless subscribers increased by 2.29 percent in March: TRAI
  Source: Firstpost
   
- Virat Kohli Accepts Minister's Challenge, Does Spider Plank; Tags PM Modi
  Source: NDTV
   
- India to be a fast follower of 5G technology: Qualcomm
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- China Overtakes India & Matches The US, Launches 1st Private Rocket 40 Kilometres Into The Sky
  Source: India Times
   
   
- Fox told to engage with Comcast despite rival bid benefit to Murdoch
- Daily Mail to pay Kate Maltby £11,000 costs over negative article
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Netflix Now Worth More Than Comcast, Close to Surpassing Disney
- Snapchat's Parent Launches 'Yellow' Incubator Program for Mobile-Content Creators
 

Source: Variety

   
- Facebook is updating how you can authenticate your account logins
- Tinder pilots Places, a feature that tracks your location for better matches
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- TiVo Report Sees New TV Data Shaking Up Measurement
- UFC Moving to ESPN From Fox in Deal Valued at $1.5B
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Cox says it has reached resolution with California AG over illegal dumping complaint
- CBS challenges National Amusements' bylaw changes
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Dish DBS Officially Launches AirTV
- Comcast Considers All-Cash Offer for Fox Assets
 

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
Zee Cinema to air the World TV Premiere of the family entertainer Pad Man on Saturday, 26th May at 8PM
 
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
 
 
iWorld | OTT
Turner using Accenture's video solution platform for its OTT products
 
Regulators | TRAI
Third Madras high court judge gives TRAI tariff order thumbs up
 
Television | TV Channels
TV Today board recommends 45% dividend; numbers up
 
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