Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 8 February 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

9 February 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 69


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Regulators | Trai

TRAI clarifies network capacity fee for additional TV connections not mandatory

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asserted that Network Capacity Fee (NCF) for second or additional TV connections is not mandatory after many subscribers raised the issue. The regulatory body has also made it clear that the new regime does not prohibit the service providers to offer discount or lower NCF for second or additional connections in the same location or home.
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Cable TV | MSO

IMCL highly optimistic about impact of tariff order on business

Indusind Media & Communications Ltd (IMCL), the Hinduja Ventures Ltd (HVL) subsidiary, is highly optimistic about the impact of the new tariff order on its business. The MSO asserts that the new regime ensures a more equitable distribution of economic benefits in the value chain.
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Television | TV Channels

Sun TV board declares third interim dividend of 50 percent

The board of directors of the Sun TV Network (Sun TV) has declared a 50 percent dividend (dividend of Rs 2.50) per equity share of face value Rs 5 each for the quarter ended 31 December 2019 (Q3 2019, quarter, period under review). This is the third interim dividend disbursed by the company this fiscal.
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Television | TV Channels

NDTV broadcast operations' profitable run continues in Q3 2019

Indian television media company New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) reported profits for the third consecutive quarter in the current fiscal from its broadcast operations, a record that has happened for the first time in fourteen years claims the company in a press release.
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Regulators | Trai

Tata Sky vs TRAI: Delhi High Court adjourns case to 13 February

The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned Tata Sky's ongoing legal battle, in which Discovery, Bharti Telemedia-owned Airtel Digital TV and Sun Direct are a part, with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) and its new tariff regime to 13 February.
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Regulators | High Court

Delhi HC dismisses PIL on OTT content regulation

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea that sought for framing of guidelines for the working of OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar, according to a Press Trust of India report.
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Television | TV Channels

TV Today numbers flat, radio segment shows improvement

The owners of the most watched news channel in the country, TV Today Network Limited (TVTN), reported 11.6 percent increase in operating revenue and a reduction in loss from its Radio Broadcasting segment for the quarter ended 31 December 2018 (Q3 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q3 2018).
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	Analyst Corner: For Dish TV, Trai's new order likely to be a positive trigger
	Second cable connection: Network capacity fee not mandatory, says Trai
	Source: Financial Express

	New TRAI rule for DTH : TV viewers confused between basic package and a-la-carte channels
	Source: Business Today

	Netflix App For iOS Will Now Automatically Download The Next Episode of Your Favourite TV Shows
	Source: News18

	Film piracy can now put you in prison for three years: Siddharth Roy Kapur, Anees Bazmee hail 'excellent' move
	Modi to launch DD Arunprabha on Feb 9
	Source: ET BrandEquity

	Mideast Network to Pull Formula One in Setback for Liberty
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	DD satellite channel for Arunachal Pradesh, new FTII campus to launch tomorrow
	Source: Livemint

	Cabinet approves amendments to Cinematograph Act, adds anti-camcording clause
	Source: Medianama

	Verizon gets virtual network operator permit
	Source: BS

	Former BSNL and MTNL employees protest over pension change
	Source: New Indian Express


	Philip Green faces £3m legal bill as new abuse allegations published
	Is streaming killing the radio star?
	Source: The Guardian

	Jeff Bezos vs. National Enquirer: Did AMI Break Any Laws?
	Sony Pictures Has Open-Sourced Software Used to Make 'Into the Spider-Verse'
	Source: Variety

	Amazon may be rethinking its New York City headquarters
	Sprint calls AT&T's 5G E label 'false advertising' in new lawsuit
	Source: Tech Crunch

	Michigan Broadcasters Create Dingell Scholarship Fund
	Chris Wayland Named Station Manager at NBC's Boston Outlets
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Deeper Dive - How Sling TV is using hybrid cloud to build a better vMVPD
	Technicolor, Cinnafilm team on HDR conversion tech
	Source: Fierce Video

	UEFA to launch OTT channel
	Russia's digital TV challenges
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	BBC America Sets 'Planet Earth,' 'Frozen Planet' Extensions
	TCA 2019: HBO to Premiere 'Leaving Neverland' March 3
	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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