Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 5 October 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

5 October 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 67


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DTH | DTH Operator

DTH subscriber growth slow in first half of 2018

	Growth of direct to home (DTH) subscriber base of private players in India was the slowest in five half-years for the half year ended 30 June 2018 (HY 2018, half year under review) as per Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Kabaddi beats football in popularity among Indian kids

The sports viewership in India has been mainly restricted to cricket for the longest time. It is difficult for any other sport to lock horns with cricket. So the race is on for the second spot. We seem to have a winner for now. Star India's homegrown property Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has helped kabaddi carve its space and became the second most watched sport in the country.
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Cable TV | LCO

Hathway to target existing users for new OTT, cable hybrid STBs

Indian consumers are not losing interest in linear TV anytime soon but one can't be too wary given the OTT burst. To stay ahead of the game, Hathway has unveiled two new products - an OTT set-top box and a cable hybrid box. Both of the boxes have been priced at Rs 2999.
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	Online videos gaining edge over TV in India: Report
	DoT to ask Trai about suitability of 28 GHz band for 5G services
	Telcos await telecom department view, unlikely to submit Aadhaar exit plan by October 15
	Source: ET

	Hathway partners Google to launch Android TV-based OTT set-top box
	Source: ETTelecom

	YouTube TV is rolling out a bunch of new features to woo cord cutters away from cable TV
	Source: Business Insider

	SES Networks Enables Direct Connectivity to IBM Cloud via Global Satellite Network
	Source: BusinessWire India

	Star vs Trai and the broadcaster's dilemma
	Source: Business Today

	Tata Sky, Sony engage in talks, but no early end in sight for channel blackout
	Source: Inside Sport

	SC takes exception to absence of Press Council, Editors Guild, Indian Broadcasting Federation in court
	Source: TOI


	Facebook viral publisher goes into administration
	Will the last overpaid man at the BBC please turn out the lights?
	Source: The Guardian

	Refinery29 Hires Ex-Time Inc. Exec Nicholas Butterworth as Head of Engineering and Product
	Spotify Founders to Sell Another $100 Million in Shares
	Source: Variety

	Instagram prototypes handing your location history to Facebook
	Elon Musk is trolling the SEC on Twitter
	Source: Techcrunch

	DishLatino Launching Channel to Teach Viewers English
	Sports Stars Renovate Homes in New Series Airing on CBS
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Big spinoffs by Cisco, Ericsson and Nokia redraw the media tech sector
	Comcast confirms it's buying Fox's stake in Sky
	Source: Fierce Video

	Discovery promotes Karen Leever
	Sky Deutschland regains Premier League, ousting DAZN
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	TF1 appoints Thomas Jacques as CTO
	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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