Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 4 March 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

5 March 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 89


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Specials | Event Coverage

Sameer Nair on Applause Entertainment's shows, content creation and trends [Part 2]

This is the second part of Indiantelevision.com's conversation with Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair. You can read the first part here. So within your company, is a format kind of a lab being developed going forward? Because I see opportunity in format, paper formats too while you're creating content and you're going to start licencing it in stage two I presume. That will be next year after the first wave is sold out.
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Television | TV Channels

Indian online gaming revenue to touch Rs 119 bn by 2023

The rapid growth in digital infrastructure has led to a supercharged growth of online gaming from Rs 20 billion in FY14 to Rs 44 billion in FY18. The industry is expected to grow by 22 per cent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) by FY23 and reach Rs 119 billion, as per a KPMG Report.
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Regulators | Trai

TRAI asks DTH operator Independent TV to explain tariff plans

Telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI), in a letter, has asked direct-to-home (DTH) operator Independent TV to explain whether tariff plans offered by it are as per the new regulatory framework.
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Television | TV Channels

Zee Media appoints Jawahar Goel as editor-in-chief

Jawahar Goel, younger brother of Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra Goel and also MD of Dish TV DTH has been appointed as editor-in-chief of Zee Media Network.
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	Manoj Sinha launches public Wi-Fi service in rural Odisha
	Tata Communications appoints Sumeet Walia as chief sales and marketing officer
	Source: ETTelecom

	Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou sues Canadian government over arrest
	TRAI asks DTH firm Independent TV to justify tariff plans against new framework
	Source: Times Now News

	TRAI asks DTH firm Independent TV to justify tariff plans against new framework
	Source: ET

	Can Apple Conquer The TV And Video Streaming Space With Only Family Friendly Content?
	Source: News18

	Tata Sky announces new smart channel packs in regional languages
	Source: BGR

	Jawahar Goel takes over as Zee Media's Editor-in-Chief
	Source: The Hans India

	PIL in Karnataka HC seeks to regulate streaming platforms under Cinematograph Act
	Source: Medianama

	The Background Music To Spotify's India Launch Is A Crucial Legal Battle On Music Copyright
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	ISRO's GSAT-31 launched successfully
	Source: New Indian Express

	Sports Technology Awards Startups Winners Revealed
	Source: Yahoo


	Fox News reportedly killed Stormy Daniels story to help Trump win
	Michael Jackson concert films aired to distract from documentary
	Source: The Guardian

	Series Mania: Sarandos, Rivkin, De Maio, Brown Bound for Lille Transatlantic Dialogs
	Critical Role's Crowdfunding Campaign for Animated D&D Special Raises $2 Million in Under Four Hours
	Source: Variety

	WarnerMedia hires Bob Greenblatt in leadership shuffle
	Qualcomm v. Apple patent suit trial kicks off in San Diego ahead of next month's big one
	Source: Tech crunch

	Netflix's Jaffer Takes Senior VP Post at Disney+
	WICT at 40: Broadband Power Players Launch Diversity Campaign
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	CBS Interactive's Chris Xiques details how his team built its CDN decisioning tool
	WarnerMedia taps former NBC executive Greenblatt to run entertainment and DTC efforts
	Source: Fierce Video

	Sky without cable or satellite: Sky X launches in Austria
	Viacom completes Pluto TV acquisition
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	FCC Sets Comment Deadlines For Broadcast Ownership Review
	CNN Enters Mixed Reality World Via Magic Leap
	Source: Tv Technology

	Disney Cuts Iger Awards for Fox Deal by $13.5M
	Viacom Closes Pluto TV Deal
	Source: Multichannel

	Arsenal Zooms into the Cloud
	Eros Now joins netgem.tv
	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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