Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 18 February 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

18 February 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 76


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Television | TV Channles

Most watched English news channels in 2018

	News is event driven. Events can be of two types – planned and unplanned. Among the planned events are elections, public events, etc.Unplanned events include deaths of celebrities, calamities, accidents and disasters, acts of terrorism, etc. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

BTVI's Megha Tata steps down as chief operating officer

Megha Tata, chief operating officer of business news channel BTVI , has stepped down from her role, Indiantelevision.com has learnt. 15 March 2019 will be her last day at the organisation, Tata informed colleagues via an email last week.
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MAM | Marketing

TV eats into ad shares of radio, print in South India: TAM

TAM Media Research - a joint venture between global media research organisations, Nielsen and Kantar has released the very first and one-of-its-kind, comprehensive go-to-market AdEx study for South India. 'The Southside Story 2018' shows a sharp increase in the advertising potential in the southern market as media outlets are growing at an exponential rate.
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	Archana Puran Singh Shoots for 'The Kapil Sharma Show' But Denies Replacing Navjot Singh Sidhu
	Govenment Assures of Positive Steps on BSNL Union's Demands
	Source: News18

	Republic Bharat flouting Trai broadcast rules: News broadcasters
	DoT says referred BSNL 4G spectrum allocation issue to Trai, calls on staff not to strike work
	Source: ET

	Are TV broadcasters on the brink of disruption?
	Source: Money Control

	IMG-Reliance not to broadcast Pakistan Super League over Pulwama attack
	Source: India Today

	When legendary broadcaster Ameen Sayani failed to clear AIR's Hindi audition test!
	Source: New Indian Express

	Why protect steel, not telecom: How does the government pick winners?
	Source: Financial Express

	Voda Idea in talks to sell mobile tower stake, optical fibre assets for Rs 20,000 crore
	Source: ETTelecom

	Airtel eyes insourcing to manage IT infra as IBM contract up for renewal
	Source: BS


	Historians fight back as TV raids their research treasures for its shows
	'We've had a love-hate relationship': Steve Coogan on bringing Alan Partridge back to the BBC
	Source: The Guardian

	Dish Network Battle, Gizmodo Losses Take Toll on Univision Q4 Earnings
	Victoria Beckham Launching YouTube Fashion Channel
	Source: Variety

	What business leaders can learn from Jeff Bezos' leaked texts
	UK parliament calls for antitrust, data abuse probe of Facebook
	Source: Tech Crunch

	Victoria's Secrets: Launching Schneps Broadcasting with Judge Judy
	Source: QNS

	Broadcasters Seven, Nine and Ten push for journalism tax breaks
	Source: SMH

	Telecom business law may include equipment makers after SoftBank outage
	Source: Japan News

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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