19 January 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 52 Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 

Regulators | MIB

MIB gives licences to 5 new channels

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) gave licenses to five new channels up until 31 December 2018. The channels are P Plus, PTunes, Living Travelz, Star Movies Kids and Star Movies Kids HD. Graphisads Private Ltd got the permission for uplinking and downlinking P Plus and PTunes (non-news) on GSAT-17 satellite in Hindi, English and all Indian scheduled languages on 27 December 2018.
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Television | TV Channels

Sony Entertainment Television leads urban areas in week 2 of BARC
Sony Entertainment Television jumped to second position to fifth position as compared to the previous week in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 2 of 2018. Zee Anmol retained its first position in the rural market. Sony Entertainment Television and Star Plus interchanged their first and second positions in the urban areas.
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Television | TV Channels
Four news genres saw no change in BARC week 2
All the four genres apart from Hindi news urban market saw no change in second week of the year. Aaj Tak continued to groove on the same tracks in the rural, urban and U+R genres as it did the previous year. India TV and News18 India interchanged their positions in the Hindi news urban market.
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- CBI arrests 4 SAI officials, including Director SAI, during ongoing raid over bribery charges
- Aamir Khan to be back on TV with Rubaru Roshni, drops the promo of the show - watch video
  Source: Times Now News
   
- ISRO to launch exclusive satellite to help MHA in securing Pak, Bangladesh borders
- India can lead in 5G deployment but investments in fibre infrastructure key: TRAI Chief
  Source: ET
   
- TRAI's new cable TV rules: Pay Rs. 130 for 100 free and pay channels
  Source: Gizbot
   
- Bouquet offers set to junk TV viewers' right to choose
  Source: TOI
   
- Netflix can 'continue to raise prices' amid new competition, says media mogul Barry Diller
  Source: Yahoo
   
- BES EXPO 2019 begins in New Delhi
  Source: DD News
   
- Prasar Bharati says live TV services must show DD channels
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- RIL Q3 net profit up 8.8% to Rs 10,251 cr on petrochem, retail, telecom
  Source: BS
   
   
  BBC criticised for sticking with football over PM's Brexit speech
  BBC executive on trial after Rotherham sex abuse victim's name revealed
 

Source: The Guardian

   
  Sony Shuts Down Crackle Latin America Business
  BritBox Subscribers Hit Half a Million
 

Source: Variety

   
  Walmart adds four grocery delivery partners
  Amazon shareholders want the company to stop selling facial recognition to law enforcement
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
  Epix Grabs 'Laurel Canyon' Documentary
  Inscape Claims Viewing Data From 10M Connected TVs
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
  CBS-Viacom merger a 'foregone conclusion' in 2019, analyst says
 

Source: Fierce Video

   
  Broadcast suspension row in Romania
  New website details extent of beoutQ piracy
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
  Searching For ATSC 3.0 At CES 2019
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
  Nickelodeon Taps DeBenedittis as Head of Programming
 

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
 
Television | TV Channels
News18 India launches campaign; asserts channel's leadership
 
Technology | Software
Shemaroo Bhakti App Acts as a Devotees Guide for Kumbh Mela 2019
 
Television | TV Channels
Sony Entertainment Television makes Makarsankranti memorable for the commuters of Western Railway
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Star Movies Kids is the new kid on the block
 
iWorld | Broadband
Reliance Jio adds 27.9 mn subs in Q3; GigaFiber marks entry in 1400 cities
 
iWorld | OTT
Netflix adds 8.8 million paid subs in Q4; stock falls as spending weighs on profits
 
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