Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 28 January 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

28 January 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 59


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Television | TV Channels

Niche channels bank on differentiated content in new TRAI tariff regime

	One worry that broadcasters seem to have from the impending TRAI tariff scheme that will commence from 1 February 2019 is the reception of their niche and differentiated channels. While GECs, sports and news channels don't have much to worry, the others will have to fight for TV space. continue reading...

iWorld | OTT

2019 to see growth of fibre-connected smart TV: SonyLIV's Uday Sodhi

SonyLIV, one of the first movers in the Indian OTT market recently completed six years. It is undeniable that affordability of smartphones and fall in data pricing as well as the availability of 4G played catalysts to the growth of both the industry and SonyLIV. However, Sony Pictures Networks India digital business head Uday Sodhi thinks 2019 will be the year of smart TVs connected with fibre.
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Television | TV Channels

Sony Marathi new entrant in BARC regional data week 3

In the Bengali market, Sony Aath emerged as the new player this week that secured fifth position in BARC data week 3. Dabangg emerged as the new player in the market by securing third position in the Bhojpuri market. Zee Kannada and Colors Kannada swapped their first and second positions in the Kannada cluster.
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Television | TV Channels

Tamil and Telugu GECs top across genres list

Two channels – one Tamil GEC from the Sun TV Network and one Telugu GEC from the Star India network were ranked first and second respectively in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres for week 3 of 2019 (Saturday, 12 January 2019 to Friday, 18 January 2019). At fifth rank was another Telugu GEC from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) stable.
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iWorld | OTT

Why the OTT market needs a new content ecosystem

While it's a given that video consumption is going through the roof, many of the OTT platforms are still tweaking their content strategy in order to get their act right. The primary target audience now being in the 18-30 age group, concepts that use to work for general entertainment TV channels have become passé.
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	TRAI's New Rules For Cable & DTH: Ahead of the Feb 1 Deadline, Everything You Need to Know
	Essel Group Says Lenders Have Agreed to Not Declare it Defaulter in Case of Steep Fall in Share Prices
	Media and Entertainment Industry May Touch Rs 3.73 Lakh Crore by 2022: Study
	Source: News18

	MSOs to give 7-day buffer to customers
	Isro eyes kerosene to boost GSLV Mk III's lifting power to 6 trillion
	Source: TOI

	Jio may join race to pick stake in Subhash Chandra's Zee Entertainment
	Source: BS

	BSNL, Tata Motors team up to fuel 'smart car'
	China launches 5G services in Qinghai-Tibet region
	Source: ETTelecom

	New broadcasting tariff framework will create demand for quality content: R S Sharma
	Source: DNA India

	Russia marks 75th anniversary of end of Leningrad siege
	Source: Financial Express

	TRAI hopeful of 90% TV viewers onboarding by February 1 deadline for new tariff regime
	Source: Business Today


	Future of digital journalism in question as BuzzFeed and HuffPost lay off 1,000
	Question Time: The BBC should admit its mistake and move on
	Source: The Guardian

	John Mayer's Instagram Talk Show Returns With Guests Andy Cohen and Maggie Rogers
	Source: Variety

	Without proof, is Huawei still a national security threat?
	Source: Tech Crunch

	Supersonic 5G Wireless Could Kill The Cloud
	Source: Forbes

	BLAST Pro Series enters broadcast agreement with Globo TV
	Source: Esports Insider

	Global Telecom Surges in Cairo After Veon Offers Funding Support
	Source: Bloomberg

	Facebook agrees to pay SK Broadband network fee: reports
	Source: The Investor

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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