Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 8 October 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

8 October 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 68


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DTH | DTH Operator

UC Ads lends a hand to individual content creators in India

	Mobile marketing in India is no longer a side dish. It's the entree. Brands know today that they need to invest a good chunk of their marketing budget to mobile ads. Sensing the opportunities in the evolving market, Alibaba Mobile Business group's UCWeb launched innovative mobile marketing platform, UC Ads, last year. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Zee Bangla to refresh channel campaign to dominate Bengali space

The regional space in India's broadcasting industry is blooming. One of the most widely spoken languages in the country, Bengali has seen a surge in viewership off late. The Bangla channel from the Zee slate is all set to change the game.
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Television | TV Channels

Mirror Now enters the English news genre in BARC week 39

Mirror Now entered at fourth position in the English news genre according to All India BARC data week 39. No changes were observed this week in the English business news genre. Aaj Tak continued to lead in all three Hindi news genre. News18 India and ABP News are at second and third slot after interchanging their positions in Hindi news rural areas.
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Television | TV Channels

Star India channels push their way up ranks in across genres

Four India channels pushed their way up in tandem at ranks three, four, five and six in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres in week 39 of 2018 (Saturday, 22 September 2018 to Friday, 28 September 2018).
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	TataSky Terminates Sony Channels over Pricing Row, Faces Backlash from Subscribers
	Bombay HC Issues Notice to I&B Ministry After PIL Demands Censorship of Online Shows
	Telecom Giant Qualcomm to Set up Rs 3,000 Crore Campus in Hyderabad
	Source: News18

	No medals yet for recipients who skipped National Awards
	Source: TOI

	FTII students refuse to depose before probe committee
	Source: Indian Express

	Bye-bye WhatsApp calls? Free voice plans from telcos send internet telephony calls tumbling
	Source: Financial Express

	OTT calls hit telephone companies revenue
	Source: Deccan Chronicle

	Bombay High Court issues notice to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to regulate content of web shows
	Source: Times Now News

	'ISRO will double satellite launching capacity'
	Source: The Hindu

	Mukesh Ambani bets big on Uttarakhand
	Source: ETTelecom


	Bulgarian TV journalist raped and murdered in Danube town of Ruse
	If Chris Evans was paid too much, should Zoe Ball get the same?
	Source: The Guardian

	Snap's VP of Marketing Steve LaBella Leaving as Company Looks to Tweak Messaging
	Source: Variety

	Dish Agrees to Carry Golden Knight Hockey Games in Vegas, Surrounding Parts
	Source: Multichannel

	wysiwyg helps new TV show achieve great ratings
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Used SpaceX Rocket to Launch Satellite, Try Historic Landing Tonight
	Source: Space

	3 out of 4 Americans share Netflix, Amazon and Uber accounts
	Source: CNCB

	T-Mobile-Sprint merger odds may rise on cable move to mobile
	Source: Gulf Times

	Turning the dial on international broadcasting
	Source: The Interpreter

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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