10 January 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 44 Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 

Specials | Year Enders
TRAI tariff order, disruption posed challenges to DPOs in 2018

Distribution platform operators (DPOs) in India trod a tricky terrain throughout 2018. Both DTH and cable operators continued to face the heat of Jio FTTH, the rapid growth of over-the-top (OTT) platforms and the uncertainties posed by the implementation of the new tariff regime towards the end of the year.
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iWorld | Broadband
Wireline broadband pricing might reduce by 40-50%
Home broadband, television services and integrating wireline voice is expected to move towards bundled plans by the Indian wireline broadband market. With this, ICRA predicts, the pricing is expected to reduce by around 40 to 50 per cent.
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Television | TV Channels
Network18 Digital CEO Manish Maheshwari departs
Network18 Media & Investments Ltd's Digital CEO Manish Maheshwari is set to depart from his role at the company. Maheshwari is currently serving his notice period, sources confirm in the organisation.
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DTH | DTH Operator
DTH subscriber growth see-saws in three quarters of 2018
Growth of direct to home (DTH) subscriber base of private players in India was the slowest over the last five years for the nine month period ended 30 September 2018 (TQY 2018, TQY period, three quarters of the year under review) as per Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
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- Despite failing at the box office, Shah Rukh Khan's Zero becomes 10th highest grossing film of 2018 globally
- Mahesh Bhatt comes to Anupam Kher's rescue, reacts to The Accidental Prime Minister row
  Source: Times Now News
   
- TRAI should re-look into the revenue share distribution: CTMA
- Government spend on telecom infra, service increase six fold between 2014-19 to Rs 60,000 crore
  Source: ET
   
- India's new cable TV pricing will force broadcasters to put on better shows
  Source: Business Insider
   
- Shout! Factory TV creates linear OTT feed with Amagi CLOUDPORT
  Source: ETBrand Equity
   
- SITI Networks launches My SITI mobile app for the customers to access and operate their SITI Digital Cable TV connection
  Source: Zee Biz
   
- Indian television content damages our culture: Pakistan chief justice
  Source: TOI
   
- Asian Football Confederation to raise lawsuit in Saudi Arabia over piracy
  Source: Reuters
   
- BSNL adds to user count, but financials still shaky
  Source: New Indian Express
   
   
  Fresh abuse investigations launched after R Kelly documentary
 

Source: The Guardian

   
  Steve Harvey on the Fate of His Daytime Talk Show as NBCU Deal Ends
  Viacom CEO Bob Bakish: Mobile Will Be a Catalyst for the TV Industry
 

Source: Variety
   
  Hulu redesign will drop the confusing home screen called 'Lineup,' simplify navigation
  AWS gives open source the middle finger
 

Source: Tech Crunch
   
  Disney Channel Orders Second Season of 'Star Wars Resistance'
  Scripps Renews NBC Affiliate Deal
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
  Warner Bros., Intel begin testing self-driving car entertainment tech
 

Source: Fierce Video
   
  Orange Romania hit by fine
  Sky D prepares Valentine's Day movie channel
 

Source: Broadband Tv News
   
  Encompass Partners With Zixi
  Sony's Tech And Entertainment Divisions Are Finally In Tune
 

Source: Tv Technology
   
  Cable Declares it Won't Be 'Second to the Door' to 5G With '10G' Branding Launch
  WICT Names Global Board
 

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
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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Eros Now CCO Ridhima Lulla discussing the state of OTT content at Vidnet 2018
 
iWorld | OTT
Start the New Year with a high voltage of entertainment on Amazon Prime Video!
 
iWorld | OTT
SonyLIV records 596 million interactions for KBC Play Along
   
Television | TV Channels
Sony BBC Earth launches second edition of 'feel alive hours' in schools across India
 
Television | TV Channels
"Put Your Family First with ZEE Family Packs!"
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Synamedia appoints former Envivio CEO, Julien Signes, to lead Video Processing business
 
Cable TV | MSO
SITI Networks launches My SITI mobile app
 
iWorld | OTT
Shout! Factory TV creates linear OTT feed with Amagi CLOUDPORT
 
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