Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 15 March 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

15 March 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 97


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Specials | Event Coverage

Monetisation is the biggest challenge for regional industry

	The growth of the regional sector in the media industry was discussed on the third day of FICCI Frames 2019. Experts from the television sector discussed on the topic 'Regional: is it the giant waiting to be awakened?' It had panellists Viacom18 head regional entertainment Ravish Kumar, Reliance Broadcast Network Thwink Big country head Sunil Kumaran. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

TRAI tariff order shakes up pay and FTA channel uptake

Six weeks into the new tariff order (NTO) and the television landscape is changing, says Chrome data analytics and media report. It says that 96.5 per cent of the consumers in India are aware of the NTO, with 83.6 per cent coming to know about it via television.
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Special | Event Courage

Ad industry not kept pace with consumer and digital changes

The last decade has been disruptive for media, advertising and marketing with the evolution of digital. However, Sam Balsara, the veteran in advertising industry, feels that media buying has not been able to keep pace with that change. He also said that the currency that really should be looked at from marketing point of view is cost per unit of brand outcome rather than CPRP or CPT.
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Regulators | High Court

Delhi High Court orders release of all seized Tata Sky STBs

The Delhi High Court directed the centre on Monday to release all the Tata Sky set-top boxes, barring five pieces, which were seized by the government for not displaying the maximum retail price. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice AJ Bhambani, in an interim order, directed the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to release the over six lakh STBs it had seized in January but allowed it to keep five of those for continuing with its probe.
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	Jio to speed up 5G rollouts to widen technology gap with Airtel, Voda Idea
	Share market update: Media shares mixed; Den Networks jumps 3%
	Source: ET

	Qatar's beIN threatenss suit over AFC soccer rights
	Bezeq's TV unit to switch to internet from satellite services
	Source: Reuters

	Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sony wins broadcast rights in India, subcontinent
	Doordarshan adopts guidelines for gender sensitive programming
	Source: Livemint

	NATO takes Huawei security concerns seriously: Stoltenberg
	India can host Special Olympics, says SO Bharat's National Sports Director
	Source: BS

	CBS adding 2 AAF games to network schedulee
	Source: ESPN

	DirecTV to Hike Prices After Owner AT&T Promised Cheaper Bills
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	International donors pledge $7 billion aid for Syria in 2019: European Union
	Source: Times Now News

	BSNL to take Rs 5,000 cr soft loan to stay afloat
	Source: DNA India

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

	Formula-E Championship: World's gateway to E-mobility through sports
	Source: TOI


	BBC's well-received history of Ireland
	We can't afford to let local news fade away
	Source: The Guardian

	Amazon's Alexa Wins Award at iHeartRadio Music Awards
	Sony/ATV Chief Slams Streaming Services' 'Incredibly Disappointing' Copyright Appeal
	Source: Variety

	Facebook loses CPO Chris Cox and WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels
	Lee Fixel is leaving Tiger Global
	Source: Tech crunch

	Fox's Shep Smith Receives Zeidenberg Award
	Senators: FCC Should Diversify Broadband Mapping Data Sources
	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

	Rakuten TV launches 8K and adds 30 new territories
	Israel's Yes to drop satellite for OTT
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	C-SPAN Offers Highlights From 40 Years Of Broadcasting
	AWS Launches Media Services Compatibility Program
	Source: Tv Technology

	Rutledge Sees 2018 Pay Rise 5%
	Tubi, AVOD's Most Eligible M&A Target, Acquires 'The Bachelor'
	Source: Multi Channel

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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