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

29 September 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 62


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Television | TV Channels

Colors second most watched Hindi channel across genres

	Viacom 18's flagship Hindi GEC Colors jumped up to third rank in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India's (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 38 of 2018 (Saturday, 15 September 2018 to Friday, 21 September 2018). continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Republic TV leads English news in BARC week 38

India TV entered at fifth position in the Hindi news genre (rural) according to All India BARC data week 38. No changes were observed this week in the English business news genre. Aaj Tak continued to lead in Hindi news genre (U+R). Moreover, Aaj Tak and ABP News also continued to dominate in Hindi news rural areas.
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iWorld | Telecom

Telcos may skip 5G spectrum auction due to high prices: Fitch Ratings

Credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, stated that India's new National Digital Communication Policy (NDCP) could manage to benefit the telecom sector by making it easier to meet continuous rising data demand and focusing on tax and fee duty on the manufactory.
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iWorld | OTT

More than 700 mn smartphone users in India by 2022: Counterpoint report

Counterpoint Research, a market research company has said that India will have more than a billion smartphone users in the next five years. The number of users will exceed 700 million by the year 2022.
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	10 stars leading Google's efforts to build a media and entertainment empire
	HBO Sports exec says the future of the network will be 'high access, high ambition' programming now that it's dropping boxing after 45 years
	Source: Business Insider

	Hillary Clinton jokes about email in 'Murphy Brown' return to TV
	Breakingviews - Buyout pass-the-parcel hands BC Partners a present
	Source: Reuters

	INS president urges govt to ensure protection for journalists
	I&B Ministry urges private TV channels to run warning against lynching
	Source: BS

	Surgical strikes manifest 'face of new India': Rathore
	Source: TOI

	India's 5G preparedness: A daunting task ahead
	Source: The Week

	US, Japan and Australia challenge Huawei in Papua New Guinea
	Source: India Tv News

	Five songs from animated series that will take you on a nostalgia trip
	Source: Indian Express


	Facebook says nearly 50m users compromised in huge security breach
	Britain's far right is on the rise – thanks in large part to the media
	Source: The Guardian

	Disney to Shut Down Club Penguin Island by End of 2018, Lays Off Staff
	'Star Wars Resistance' Actor Rachel Butera's Twitter Account Deleted After She Ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford's Voice
	Source: Variety

	Fox News Wins Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing Cable Ratings Race
	Ted Turner Tells '60 Minutes' He Has Lewy Body Dementia
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Hulu CTO details plans to grow tech team
	Comcast Spotlight taps new CRO after sales slip in 2017
	Source: Fierce Video

	White House Holds 5G Summit
	ACA: MVPDs Should Get Priority Access to Repack Funds
	Source: Multichannel

	Dutch regulator opens up VodafoneZiggo's fixed network
	BC Partners to buy United Group
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Sky Sports extends deal with European Tour
	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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