11 April 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 19 Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 

Regulators | Trai

Exclusive: RS Sharma on new tariff order, TRAI's tussle with BARC & potential monopoly in the sector

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and its chairman RS Sharma have hit the headlines rather frequently in the first quarter of 2019. After much resistance and a series of legal battles, some of which are ongoing, TRAI was triumphant in rolling out a new tariff regime for India's broadcast and cable services sector.
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Regulators | Trai

New TRAI tariff order to impact ad revenue, subscription growth
The new TRAI tariff order by the industry regulator may affect not only the advertising revenue of Indian media companies but also subscription growth. Financial services company Nomura has predicted that near term impact remains tough due to the new regime.
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Television | TV Channels

Times Now HD logo changed to Times Now World, channel to feature special programming in morning & evening bands
The Times Network has changed the logo of the Times Now HD feed to Times Now World (HD). According to a source close to the development, the content on Times Now World (HD) will be different from the SD feed with special programming in the morning and evening bands.
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Television | TV Channels

EC questions Delhi chief electoral officer on NaMo TV certification
The Election Commission (EC) of India has directed the chief electoral officer (CEO) of New Delhi to ensure that the recently launched NaMo TV has been certified. According to reports, it wants the channel's content to be pre-certified by a local media certification and monitoring committee.
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Television | TV Channels

Religious genre most benefitted in Chrome DM week 14
Religious genre saw a five per cent growth in week 14 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media. In this genre, Aastha channel gained the highest OTS with 95.5 per cent in HSM excluding less than 1 lakh market. OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes, as reported by Chrome DM, across analogue cable, digital cable, and DTH. 
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- Discovery Shares Rise as Cable Giant Finds a Spot on YouTube TV
- T-Mobile's Foray Into Pay TV Looks a Lot Like a Cable Bundle
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Peter England ties up with Chennai Super Kings as official style partner
- Telecom dept sets up insolvency panel to tackle issues faced by telcos
  Source: BS
   
- EU moves WTO against India's import duties on tech products
- Elon Musk's SpaceX readies first Falcon Heavy launch for paying customer
  Source: Livemint
   
- EC tells Doordarshan to desist from giving preferential airtime to one political party
- BSNL, MTNL suffering due to decisions taken under UPA regime, says Telecom Minister
  Source: Business Today
   
- Singtel, Bharti Airtel and Warburg Pincus mull new dish to sour Jio plan
  Source: ET
   
- DishTV channel packs and plans under TRAI's new DTH framework: Prices and channels
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Report by US Trade Body takes on Indian Digital Policies
  Source: Medianama
   
- I&B Ministry asks Prasar Bharati to follow model code
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Leaving PUMA behind, Decathlon becomes number 1 sports gear retailing brand in India
  Source: Inside Sport
   
   
   
  Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey to team up for mental health TV series
  Media are reluctant to label far-right attackers as terrorists, study says
 

Source: The Guardian

   
  Dish Taps Dave Antonelli to Head Sling TV's Advertising Strategy and Sales
  Snap Stock Down Following Negative Growth Forecast
 

Source: Variety

   
  Hulu orders Theranos miniseries starring Kate McKinnon as Elizabeth Holmes
  Netflix partners with Sirius XM on new comedy channel, 'Netflix Is A Joke'
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
  Sinclair Signs Lara Logan to Report on the Border
  Senators Reintroduce Cybersecurity Grant Bill
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
  Google Cloud democratizes machine learning access with AutoML Video
  AWS Elemental's new transcoding product promises 25x faster video processing
 

Source: Fierce Video

   
  Update: WarnerMedia denies HBO Europe sale report
  T-Mobile launches TV service in the US as TVision Home
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
  Jürgen Nies Retiring As EVP At Rohde & Schwarz
  ONE Media Taps ENENSYS For ATSC 3.0 Rollout
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
  Epix, YouTube TV Reach Carriage Deal
 

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
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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VBS 2018: E-gaming's impact in next wave of OTT consumption
 
MAM | Marketing
India's top ranked Table Tennis player, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran signs up a representation deal with Baseline Ventures
 

Television | TV Channels

Sehwag Bats for Kabaddi as dates for First Edition of Indo International Premier Kabaddi League (IPKL) announced; For the First Time Ever in India Players are stakeholders in a league, to get revenue share
   
Special | Election
Network18 to deploy Data Analytics with AR & VR for Elections Coverage
 
 
iWorld | Broadband
ACT Fibernet forays into consumer product category, launches ACT Stream TV 4K device in India
 
Specials | Elections 2019
Ex-Discovery India CEO Karan Bajaj launches ed-tech startup
 
Television | TV Channels
Cartoon Network launches designer clothing for 1990s characters
 
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