Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 22 January 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

22 January 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 54


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Specials | Year Enders

Sony Pictures Networks' sports cluster's year in review, road ahead

	In the tough two-horse race of Indian sports broadcasting, Sony Pictures Networks has had a slight edge over Star India when it comes to football events, while the latter holds the sway in Indian cricket. Currently, the NP Singh-led network is in charge of premier football properties like La Liga, Serie A, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FA Cup and UEFA Super Cup. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Ad volume for cricket up by 16% in last 2 years

Sports viewership has undergone a transformation, with the burgeoning interest in sports other than cricket. While the gentleman's game still commands most eyeballs (69 per cent), other sports contributed around 31 per cent of the overall viewership in 2017. Of this, Star India's Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) scooped up approximately 50 per cent of the viewership.
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Television | TV Channels

Zeel channels most watched Hindi entertainment channels across genres

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) Hindi GEC channels – the free to air (FTA) Zee Anmol and flagship Zee TV were the most watched Hindi entertainment – be it GEC or Hindi movies channels, in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres for week 2 of 2019.
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Television | TV Channels

New English news channel Harvest TV to launch on Republic Day

As the general elections are inching closer, media veterans are set to launch several news ventures. Harvest TV is expected to be the first off the blocks. The English news channel, which has congressman Kapil Sibal as one of its promoters, is set to go on air from 26 January, according to a report by 'ThePrint'.
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Television | TV Channels

Republic Media Network elevates Vikas Khanchandani as Group CEO

In a major announcement on the eve of the expansion of Republic Media Network, it has announced the induction of Bhaksar Das as group president and the elevation of Vikas Khanchandani as group CEO Republic Media Network.
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	IBM in 5G talks with Indian telcos, enterprises
	Israel's BCom considers private offering of 8 mln shares
	Source: ETTelecom

	Supreme Court admits Trai plea against TDSAT predatory pricing order
	Don't grant extension for migrating to new tariff regime: NBA to TRAI
	Source: BS

	Rising global stature of ISRO: 45 countries to be trained in making nano-satellites
	Source: Financial Express

	TRAI's New Rules For Cable, DTH: Will a Rollout Mired in Legal Battles Delay Affordable TV Subscriptions?
	Source: News18

	New tariff regime will reduce cable TV bills significantly: Trai chief
	Source: TOI

	SPNI gets MIB nod to add to more channels to Sony Ten bouquet
	Source: Inside Sport

	Indian startup Sports Flashes becomes world's biggest sports radio
	Source: ET

	Ola's financial push to drive growth, applies for NBFC licence
	Source: Times Now News


	Simon Mayo joins new classical radio station after BBC exit
	BBC Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams announces departure
	Source: The Guardian

	Dax Shepard, Bobby Bones, 'Breakfast Club' Among iHeartRadio Podcast Awards Winners
	Source: Variety

	Thanks to Hulu, Disney lost $580 million last fiscal year
	Canada's Telus says partner Huawei is 'reliable': reports
	Source: Tech Crunch

	BlackBerry making its HEVC patents available through Velos Media
	Source: Fierce Video

	Byron Allen: A Media Mogul Unleashed
	Robert Greenblatt: A TV Change Agent
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Netflix surges in Poland
	Spas Rusev targets Telekom Romania
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	ITV could sell South Bank studios for £150 million
	Source: Tvb Europe

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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