Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 29 October 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

29 October 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 86


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iWorld | OTT

Hungama Digital focuses on storytelling & narrative

	Jumping on the digital content bandwagon, digital entertainment company Hungama Digital Media announced four web series in the first half of this year. On the back of the encouraging response from its first two shows, it forayed into the regional content space recently. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

La Liga ahead of the curve with Facebook deal: Jose Cachaza

As the new wave of acquiring rights is shifting from broadcast to OTT players and social media giants, La Liga is the most recent example which has been acquired by Facebook and sub-licensed to Sony Pictures Network (SPN) India.
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Television | TV Channels

No changes in Bengali, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil markets in BARC data week 42

No changes were observed in the Bengali, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil markets in BARC data week 42. Mazhavil Manorama climbed to the second position from fourth position as compared to the last week in the Malayalam segment. Moreover, in the Telugu space, Zee Telugu and ETV Telugu interchanged their third and fourth positions.
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Television | TV Channels

NDTV, Reliance's Rafale case to be heard on 22 November

NDTV has challenged the jurisdiction of the Ahmedabad court where Anil Ambani's Reliance Group sued the news broadcaster for Rs 10,000 crores over the Rafale fighter jet deal and the next hearing will be on 22 November 2018. The first hearing was on 26 October. The lawsuit is filed against NDTV's weekly show, Truth vs Hype, which aired on 29 September.
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	MediaTek plans to collaborate with India firms to develop AI based applications
	China's private satellite-carrying ZQ-1 rocket fails after launch
	Source: Financial Express

	An unsporting proposal
	Can't allow everything for creativity: Assam govt official
	Source: BS

	Power regulator asks KSEB to furnish details of K-FON project
	Source: TOI

	Pakistan Supreme Court reimposes ban on TV broadcast of Indian content
	Source: News Nation

	I&B Ministry waives processing fee for devotional TV channels
	Source: Zee Biz

	Data & cyber security may come under Trai, Telecom Commission
	Source: ET

	Government to grant instant approval for 5G R&D, field trials
	Source: ETTelecom

	Telcos to rollout 1 million WiFi hotspots by December 2019: Telecom minister
	Source: Indian Express

	Telecom equipment makers have committed over Rs 4,000 crore investments at IMC: Sinha
	Source: BGR


	Channel 4 should make Salford its home
	Fallen Star: how the tabloid with dreams of being a leftwing Sun fell from grace
	Source: The Guardian

	Netflix Seeks Aggressive Push Into India, Says Ted Sarandos
	FilmStruck Shutdown: Directors, Fans React to End of Cinephile Streaming Service
	Source: Variety

	IBM to buy Red Hat for $34B in cash and debt, taking a bigger leap into hybrid cloud
	Should cash-strapped Snapchat sell out? To Netflix?
	Source: TechCrunch

	LYNX Technik appoints new CEO
	NAGRA protects new Sky Italia DVB-T pay-TV service
	Source: Tvb Europe

	Five Ways Comcast Creates A World-Class Customer Experience
	Source: Forbes

	Domestic terrorism is on the rise. Why won't cable news networks say so?
	Source: Vox

	Verizon Was Authorized to Offer 5 Types of Corporate Telecom Services in Costa Rica
	Source: The Costarica News

	DirecTV fails in the middle of an NFL Sunday
	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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