Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 10 April 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

10 April 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 18


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Television | TV Channels

Doordarshan turns profitable with Rs 943.8 cr revenue in 2018-19

	Public service broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) has turned operationally profitable by recording the highest revenue in the last five years. According to information revealed by DD director general Supriya Sahu, the pubcaster's gross revenue rose to Rs1113.7 crore and net revenue to Rs 943.8 crore in the year 2018-19. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

ANN's ABP Sanjha, BBC Global News India granted TV channel licences by MIB

ABP News Network (ANN) and BBC Global News India have received a TV channel licence each from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB). ANN got the MIB nod (uplinking and downlinking) for ABP Sanjha, a Punjabi news channel, the BBC was handed a licence (only downlinking) under the channel name CBeebies, interestingly in the non-news category.
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Television | TV Channels

Republic Bharat enters BARC's top Hindi news channels list in new TRAI tariff regime

Broadcast Audience Research Council of India had taken a breather in publishing data on its website between weeks 5 and 13 of 2019, ostentatiously to give the viewership post the new tariff regime time to settle down to some sort of stability. In the meantime, ARG Outlier Media launched its second news channel after the chart topper English news channel Republic TV.
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Regulators | Trai

TRAI starts consultation on entry-level net worth requirement for MSOs in cable TV services

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday issued a consultation paper on 'Entry level Net-worth requirement of multi system operators (MSOs) in cable TV services. The Rule 11(3) of Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 deals with the financial strength of the applicant for grant of MSO registration without explicit details thereof.
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	Trai begins consultation on entry-level net worth criteria for MSOs in cable TV services
	NaMo TV content must be certified, says Election Commission
	Source: ET

	Cable TV subscribers may have to pay additional service charges soon: All you need to know
	Source: India Today

	LPGA founder Marilynn Smith dies aged 89
	ASCI enters sports management, signs MoU with US Sports University
	Source: TOI

	This Internet Provider's TV Box Is a Rival to Amazon's Fire Stick
	Source: The Quint

	ISRO to organise 'Yuvika' every year, says Dr K Sivan
	Source: News Nation

	BSNL expects loss to narrow to Rs 7,500 crore in FY19
	Source: DNA India

	Your favorite Netflix shows are more likely to be canceled after 2 or 3 seasons than those on traditional TV
	Source: Business Insider

	Airtel DTH Channel Packs and Plans
	Source: The Hans India

	Pakistan Super League: franchises set to make profit for first time
	Source: Inside Sport

	U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban 'dark patterns' tricks
	Source: Reuters


	Gizmodo and the Onion sold to equity fund in cut-price deal
	Fawlty Towers named greatest ever British TV sitcom
	Source: The Guardian

	Apple Has Hired Jaunt VR's Founder Arthur van Hoff
	Ooyala CEO Jonathan Huberman on the Company's Future After the Brightcove Deal
	Source: Variety

	Google Cloud's new CEO on gaining customers, startups, supporting open source and more
	'Hateful comments' result in YouTube disabling chat during a live-streamed hearing on hate
	Source: Techcrunch

	NAB Show: FCC' Pai: Trust Is Broadcasting's Competitive Edge
	CTAM Names New Communications Exec
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Roku updates OS with auto playback for Roku Channel, expanded voice and search features
	Pluto TV now has more than 15M active users
	Source: Fierce Video

	Telenor to buy majority stake in Finland's DNA
	More Polish content for Netflix
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	FX To Premiere 'The Weekly' Docu Series in June
	FCC Refers Free Data Plan Concerns to FTC
	Source: Multichannel

	Alchimie, Lagardère Active announce distribution partnership
	OSN deploys Bitmovin tech across Wavo platform
	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

MNX announces 'King of Hollywood'

MNX, Hollywood's wild child, launches its biggest property 'King of Hollywood', starting December 17, 2018, Monday to Friday @9pm. MNX, the channel that resonates with the youth through its stylish, edgy, fast-paced, new-age, premium content has crafted the property, 'King of Hollywood' with an aim to find the biggest Hollywood movie buff of all time.
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