31 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 59   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
ZEEL gets aggressive with &flix launch
And now following in the footsteps of &Prive HD, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has announced that it is rolling out &flix come 1 pm on 3 June 2018 on major DTH and digital cable TV platforms. The target audience for the new offering: the striver, which the channel defines as those who are always pursuing new experiences.
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Television | TV Channels
Pro Kabaddi League makes first ever player auction of Rs 10 mn
India's second most watched sporting league - Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) - has entered its sixth season auctions. Riding on the back of five phenomenal seasons, the auctions are taking place on 30 and 31 May 2018 in Mumbai.
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Television | TV Channels
21CF special meet on Disney merger issue on July 10
Is the Disney-21st Century Fox merger a done deal? The twists and turns in real life probably match a Hollywood corporate thriller produced by the media company. Second suiter Comcast hasn't yet given up even as the Rupert Murdoch family-promoted company said on Wednesday that on 10 July 2018
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IWorld | OTT
Grazia expands digitally with 'Intern Diaries' web series targetting teens
While most digital platforms are targetting the urban working youth and older audiences, Grazia magazine went for the slightly younger ones. Its new web series Intern Diaries is an attempt at stabilising its presence in the digital medium - an active medium to find youngsters.
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Television | TV Channels
Industry optimistic of RPD technology for viewership
Across the world, efforts are on to make audience measurement systems more reliable and tamper-proof so that advertisers can get the right value and content providers can tailor content as per market demand.
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- Hathway added 50k broadband subscribers in Q4FY18
- Dish TV plans another OTT app; Results post Videocon d2h merger
  Source: Medianama
   
- Big-name execs including Evan Spiegel, James Murdoch, and Sheryl Sandberg were among those making mea culpas or trying to calm nerves when it was their time in the hot seat
  Source: Business Insider
   
- Four years of Modi government - I&B: Govt clear Prasar Bharati is independent, but ministry has right to know, says Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Fox Sets Date for Disney Vote, Putting Pressure on Comcast
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Reliance Jio to offer 100 mbps broadband, calls, videos for less than Rs 1,000 a month
  Source: Business Today
   
- I&B Ministry Hiring Executives to Monitor Citizens' Emails, Social Media Platforms
  Source: News18
   
- Interim stay on 'Solvadhellam Unmai' TV show
  Source: TOI
   
- 'Veere Di Wedding' banned in Pakistan over 'vulgar language'
  Source: India Today
   
   
   
   
- Channel 4 reveals shortlisted cities for new national HQ
- Roseanne Barr blames racist tweet on sleeping pills
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- James Murdoch Could Lose His Tesla Board Seat Next Week
- Instagram Star Huda Kattan Gets Her Own Reality Show on Facebook Watch
 

Source: Variety

   
- Google brings its FilesGo Android device management app to China
- Is Apple ready to take on Netflix?
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- Nat Geo Programming Head Pastore Stepping Down
- Univision Makes It Official: Sadusky to Be CEO
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Comcast bumps Food, Disney, Cartoon, other channels to pricier tier
- With Comcast in pursuit, Fox sets July 10 date for Disney merger vote
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Hulu Surpasses 800K Live TV Subscribers
- Senators Challenge FCC Rural Broadband Map
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Canal loses French football rights
- nc+ deals blow to sports piracy
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- BBC to trial Ultra HD and VR during FIFA World Cup
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
   
   
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
World Television premiere of 'Little Singham Aur Kaal Ka Mahajaal' on June 02
 
MAM | Marketing
The Promax BDA awards (India) honored this year's biggest creative teams in an event brimming with powerful and memorable moments at Taj Santacruz, Mumbai
 
Television | TV Channels
VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 6 gives fans the power to choose their players
 
MAM | Marketing
Bespoke elite jury for Star Re.Imagine Awards comprising Sir John Hegarty, Piyush Pandey, Raju Hirani, Vibha Rishi, Rahul Welde and V Sunil deliberate on May 26, 2018
 
 
MAM | Marketing
Mobile internet consumption to hit 28% of media use by 2020: Zenith Report
 
Television | Production House
The rise and rise of SOL Productions
 
Television | TV Channels
Enterr10 to launch two Bengali channels
 
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