Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 15 September 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

15 September 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 50


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Television | TV Channels

Sony leads Hindi GEC urban in BARC week 36

	Zee TV climbed to the second position from sixth position this week in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 36 of 2018 in the Hindi GEC (U+R) market. Zee TV and Big Magic swapped their seventh and eighth positions in the rural market, whereas Sony Entertainment Television bagged leadership position in the urban market this week. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Zeel channels rule Hindi channels across genres

Subshash Chandra's Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) Hindi GECs Zee Anmol and Zee TV were ranked second and third in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels across genres: All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals in week 36 of 2018 (Saturday, 1 September 2018 to Friday, 7 September 2018).
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iWorld | OTT

SonyLIV partners Amagi to grow OTT ad revenue

Amagi, a media processing service that targets advertising for TV and OTT, today announced that SonyLIV is using its Thunderstorm cloud-based platform for targeted OTT dynamic ad insertion. As part of the deal, Amagi will monetise premium GEC and movie channels on SonyLIV OTT platform, generating additional ad revenues.
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Television | TV Channels

DSport to broadcast inaugural edition of Afghanistan Premier League

Cricket fans in India will be treated with yet another overseas competitive cricket league from 5 to 21 October, as DSport will bring live cricketing action from the inaugural edition of the Afghanistan Premier League.
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	Telecom sector won't lose more players: Trai
	Cisco, BSNL team up for 5G
	Make 5G Lord of the Rings
	Source: ET

	Brazil space station open for small satellite business
	Clashing with Trump, California governor says to launch climate satellite
	Source: Reuters

	Netflix favourite with 112 selections, but can it outpace HBO?
	Criticising government costing broadcasters in Maldives
	Source: BS

	Six new American TV shows worth watching this fall season
	ISRO set for PSLV-C42 mission tomorrow
	Source: New Indian Express

	Paytm offers up to Rs 7,500 cashback on petrol, diesel purchase
	Source: Financial Express

	Fear of cartelisation post telecom consolidation 'unfounded': COAI
	Indus Towers restores all its affected mobile towers in Kerala
	Source: ETTelecom


	British TV drama for autumn 2018: water-cooler moments are backU copyright law may force tech giants to pay billions to publishers
	Big Brother, where art thou? Channel 5 drops reality TV show
	Source: The Guardian

	CBS All Access Gets Support for Offline Viewing
	Spotify CMO Seth Farbman to Leave Company
	Source: Variety

	Senator claps back after Ajit Pai calls California's net neutrality bill 'radical' and 'illegal'
	UK warns of satellite and space program problems in case of Brexit 'no deal'
	Source: Techcrunch

	Jeanette Tully, Broadcasting Exec and Banker, Dies
	NBC Makes Deal to Keep Golden Globe Awards
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	M7 Group and LG Electronics join forces for smart TV app
	NBC initiates Euronews transformation
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Comcast and Charter Open 12K WiFi Hotspots Ahead of Hurricane Florence
	Hispanic Groups Ask Texas AG to Vet Dish Marketing
	Source: Multichannel

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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