10 October 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 70 Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
iWorld | OTT
OTT platforms looking at more original films: Siddharth Anand Kumar

Although web-series is the most discussed form of OTT content, some of the streaming services are also investing in content-driven original movies. Both international OTT players and home grown platforms in India have added original movies to their content catalogue.
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Television | TV Channels
English news most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 40
With a growth of 0.34 per cent as compared to last week (39), the English news genre marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 40 of Chrome Data Analytics & Media. 
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iWorld | VOD
ZEE's 37 LIVE TV Channels now available for Jio's Subscribers
ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. ("ZEE"), a global media and entertainment powerhouse and Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. ("Jio"), India's leading digital services provider, today announced that an agreement has been achieved to release ZEE's entire content library on Jio's platforms, with immediate effect, enhancing the growth of the overall digital ecosystem.
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- MoS MJ Akbar finds himself in middle of #metoo debate
- With tariffs likely to go up, turmoil in Indian telecom could soon ease
  Source: ET
   
- Net neutrality debate: More transpiracy needed for 'specialised' VoIp and IPTV services
- Here is one Aadhaar solution that telcos & fintech cos can use till SC concerns are addressed
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Denmark's TDC hires new chief executive from Tele2
- SC notice to Centre, BSNL on use of 2G technology in Assam, Arunachal
  Source: ET
   
- As users dip, data drives growth in India's telecom sector
  Source: Medianama
   
- TN diaspora to act as anchor to sustain initiatives at investors' meet
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- In Pakistan's once-vibrant media, some journalists view intimidation as the new normal
  Source: Reuters
   
- Fox News draws a big audience for final Kavanaugh vote
  Source: India Tv News
   
   
   
   
- Hong Kong leader refuses to explain UK journalist's visa denial
- ITV to sell South Bank studios
 

Source: The Guardian
   
- BuzzFeed Taps Former Disney Exec Eric W. Muhlheim as New CFO
- Gallery Media Group Aims for Authenticity
 

Source: Variety
   
- Dropbox finally adds automatic OCR for all your PDFs and photos
- Workplace by Facebook launches Safety Check for business users
 

Source: Techcrunch
   
  Comcast Buys Sky Stake From 21st Century Fox
  Tegna Stations Livestreaming Debates With Twitter
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
  Blockchain can disrupt the media industry in multiple ways
  Roku recruits Nielsen, comScore and more into audience measurement program
 

Source: Fierce Video
   
  Discovery Taps Vikki Neil to Head Digital Studios Group
  Comcast Launches X1 Music Week
 

Source: Multichannel
   
- Discovery brings ID. Investigation Discovery to Germany
- Coditel/SFR to lay off majority of staff
 

Source: Broadband Tv News
   
- Griffis Elected SMPTE President
 

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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BBC World service director Jamie Angus on fake news and regional language market
 
iWorld | OTT
Eros Now Partners with Leading Indian Digital Marketplace FreeCharge to Grow Customer Base
 
Television | TV Channels
AXN launches a brand new Original series 'Twinning'
 
Television | TV Channels
Discovery Kids to celebrate festive season with special episodes of Little Singham
 
Television | TV Channels
&TV presents epic fantasy Vikram Betaal Ki Rahsya Gaatha depicting the battle between good and evil
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Esports on the path to be mainstream in India
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Mindshare India won new business worth Rs 1,100 cr in the last 9 months
 
iWorld | OTT