Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 14 March 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

14 March 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 96


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Specials | Event Coverage

Broadcasters need to relook at content to cope with OTT platforms

	With the upsurge in demand for OTT platforms in India, the future of broadcasters has been debated much. TV still has enough headroom to grow thanks to underpenetrated households. While the players in the ecosystem firmly believe that TV is not going to die soon, they also think broadcasters need to rethink their content. continue reading...

Specials | Events Coverage

Industry experts discuss OTT growth, need for measurement system

To measure or not to measure? Despite the humongous growth of OTT in the country, experts still can't seem to agree on this question. While some of the experts believe a TV like measurement system will bring more transparency in the ecosystem, other players think third-party tools are already serving the purpose.
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Television | TV Channels

Network18 announces new organisation structure with 3 clusters

Network18 has announced a recasting of its major cluster groups in order to exploit better efficiencies and achieve faster growth. It will have just three clusters. The English & business cluster includes CNN-News18, CNBC-TV18, Awaaz and Bajaar, CNBC HD Prime & News18 International.
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Special | Event Courage

India's paid VoD users spend 53 per cent watch time on local content

Despite a deluge of global content coming to India thanks to a multitude of streaming platforms, the Indian audience continues to retain a strong appetite for local content. According to a report from Alphabeta Strategy and economics, the paid video-on-demand (VoD) audience in the country spends 53 per cent watch time on local content.
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	Indian Ocean mission makes historic broadcast
	Ridding the No-Nos in SMSes
	Source: ET

	Netflix says its subscribers watch an average of 2 hours a day - here's how that compares to TV viewing
	Tencent-backed Wattpad has tied up with Times Bridge to woo more Indian writers and readers
	Source: Business Insider

	Saankhya Labs Develops 5G Broadcast Technology to Provide Broadcast Content Directly to Mobile
	Australia's Deakin University to be Rajasthan Royals' Official Sports Education Partner
	Source: BS

	70% viewers shifted to new cable regime: MSOs
	Channel 'blackout' under admn lens
	Source: TOI

	Tata Sky DTH: How to add, remove, modify channel packs under TRAI's new pricing regime
	Source: BGR

	Sanjay Gupta to head Star-Disney merged entity in India: Report
	Source: Inside Sport

	Acclaimed Radio Broadcaster Peerzada Abdal Mehjoor gives guest lecture at GMCE Jammu
	Source: Universal News Timeline

	Facebook, Cambridge Analytica responds to CBI over data theft of Indians
	Source: India Today

	LCO Subscribers Start Moving to DTH Platforms After Witnessing Subpar Implementation of Trai Mandate
	Source: Telecom Talk

	Twitter will now let you swipe straight into the camera
	Source: Business Insider


	Hammond calls for regulator to investigate UK's digital ads market
	Apple's 30% app store commission unfair, Spotify claims
	Source: The Guardian

	Google Shuts Down Its Spotlight Stories VR Film Studio
	Netflix to Add Age Ratings to More Content on Its U.K. Service
	Source: Variety

	Apple Music comes to Fire TV
	Wattpad gains strategic investment from Times Bridge to further expand in India
	Source: Tech crunch

	DirecTV Now Drops Hurt AMC, Discovery, Viacom
	NBC to Show Six Nations Rugby Decider as Wales Faces Ireland
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Editor's Corner - AT&T's new full DirecTV satellite streaming packages raise a lot of questions
	Comcast's X1 video platform now available to business subscribers
	Source: Fierce Video

	Disney, Turner, NBC, CBS, Discovery join forces for addressable TV advertising standard
	DAZN eyes advertising market, launches DAZN+
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	NABEF Calling For 2020 Broadcast Leadership Training Applications
	Professional Wireless Systems Opens New York Office
	Source: Tv Technology

	EE signs deal with Amazon Prime Video and MTV Play
	MetFilm School appoints new CEO
	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

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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