Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 9 March 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

9 March 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 93


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iWorld | OTT

Amazon Prime Video to add TV channels in India

	Taking an edge over its rival Netflix, Amazon Prime Video is looking at making a bold move. The OTT player wants to be a content housing platform that is soon likely to include even TV channels of India. The section is called Amazon Prime Channels and is already live in other countries such as the US, UK and Japan. continue reading...

Regulators | I&B Ministry

MIB grants 4 TV channel licences to ABP News Network

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has given ABP News Network four new TV channel licences in the month of February. The company has received uplinking and downlinking licences under the names ABP Andhra, ABP Ganga, ABP Kannada and ABP Tamil.
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Cable TV | MSO

Reliance Jio acquires another 12% of Den Networks

Under disclosures of SEBI Regulations for Substantial Acquisitions of Shares and Takeovers (SAST), three Reliance Jio companies have informed the stock exchanges that they have increased their holdings in Indian multi system operator (MSO) Den Networks from 66.57 percent to 78.62 percent or increased their holdings by 12.05 percent which translates to roughly 5.75 crore shares.
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	HC scraps telecom regulator's order to lower number portability charge
	Delhi government approves Rs 77 cr sports hostel
	Source: BS

	Cable TV Channels are coming soon to media streaming services in India starting with Amazon: Report
	Source: BGR

	Aaj Tak, India Today Live TV now available in the US
	Source: India Today

	TRAI Sends Letter To DTH Operator Asking To Justify Its Tariff Plans Against The New Framework
	Source: Swarajyamag

	Is Internet usage in India being calculated in right way?
	Source: Livemint

	WPC relaxing import norms for telecom products to expedite launches in India: COAI
	Source: TOI

	Russia's largest mobile telecom company agrees to pay $850 mn for alleged bribery
	Source: DNA India

	IAAF to elect its first female vice president this year
	Source: Times Now News


	Arron Banks 'ignored deal to stop pro-Brexit ads' after Jo Cox death
	Simpsons producers withdraw Michael Jackson episode
	Source: The Guardian

	Elizabeth Warren Proposes Plan to Break Up Big Tech
	BuzzFeed CEO Says Company Is Generating Over $100 Million Annually From Businesses That Didn't Exist Two Years Ago
	Source: Variety

	Jeffrey Katzenberg's streaming service Quibi is doing a show about Snapchat's founding
	Here's a sneak peek at HBO's Elizabeth Holmes documentary, The Inventor
	Source: Tech crunch

	NBC Sports Has Six Nations Rugby March 9-10
	Viewership Deep Dive: How Audiences of Hit Animated TV Shows Compare
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Deeper Dive - Is satellite TV worth saving?
	Source: Fierce Video

	Canal+ to announce details of Netflix rival
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Amit Mathur Joins Sinclair As VP Of Product Engineering
	Source: Tv Technology

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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