01 May 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 35 Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 

iWorld | OTT

Divya Dixit on ALTBalaji's strategy, OTT consolidation & importance of language

What do Raj Nayak and Divya Dixit have in common? Both the media veterans are convinced that India's burgeoning over-the-top (OTT) ecosystem is set for consolidation in the near future. The former Viacom18 chief operating officer predicted that the number of OTT platforms operating in India will be down to single digits by 2022 during the 2019 FICCI FRAMES.
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iWorld | OTT
Spotify finds India challenging for ad rev
Spotify, a music-streaming platform that was recently launched in India claimed that there will be 'some' challenges in scaling its ad revenue in India and in Asia. The platform is competing with established players such as Apple Music, YouTube Music, Gaana, JioSaavn and among others and it garnered two million users since its launch.
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Television | TV Channels

Chrome DM: English movies genre retains leadership position with highest OTS in week 17
The English movies genre retained its leadership position in week 17 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media with 61.03 per cent. In this genre, Movies Now gained the highest OTS with 34.8 per cent in six metro areas. OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes, as reported by Chrome DM, across analogue cable, digital cable, and DTH.
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DTH | DTH Services

Tata Sky to create personalised content recommendations for subscribers
A new feature that provides personalised content recommendations for subscribers has been made available by DTH player-Tata Sky on its mobile app and official website, according to a report by TelecomTalk. ThinkAnalytics' AI and machine learning technologies which will be based on subscribers' viewing behaviour will be used for the recommendations and personalisation.
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- Hathway offers Play Box Android TV for free with long term broadband plans: How to avail
- Dish TV reveals multi-TV policy with just Rs 50 NCF fee for a second connection
  Source: BGR
   
- U.S. film director John Singleton dead at age 51
  Source: Reuters
   
- Tata Sky Removes Lock-in Period For Channel Packs; You Can Modify Subscription Daily
  Source: News18
   
- Sinclair places top bid for Fox Regional Sports Networks
  Source: Inside Sport
   
- Elon Musk Just Got Permission To Put 1,500 Satellites In Space To Beam Down Internet On Earth
  Source: India Times
   
- Centre appoints Navneet Gupta as Joint Secretary in telecom department
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- 10% cable links go cold post switch
  Source: TOI
   
- MRP Regime and The Campaigns that Broadcasters Launched
  Source: Ad Age India
   
- Cricket Australia fears USD 1 million loss if India tour is not rescheduled
  Source: ESPN
   
   
  Nine sells 160 former Fairfax regional newspapers for $115m
  Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton dies aged 51
 

Source: The Guardian

   
  TF1 Group Joins Moviechainer's Client Roster to Keep Track of Revenue Shares
  Nutopia Collaborates With the UCLA Accelerator Program in Anticipation of Release
 

Source: Variety

   
  Twitter announces new content deals with Univision, The Wall Street Journal and others
  Interactive content is coming to Walmart's Vudu & the BBC
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
  WUSA: Viacom, D.C. Battle Over BET Land
  Top AMC Networks Execs Got Pay Cuts in 2018
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
  Discovery UK produces strongest-ever Q1
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
  NTCA Rebrands Rural Broadband Showcase
  Discovery Promotes Butler to Travel Channel GM
 

Source: Multichannel

   
  Soho Digital Cinema sold
  UKTV Play reports 40 per cent YoY increase
 

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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VBS 2018: E-gaming's impact in next wave of OTT consumption
 
Television | TV Channels
Win News has been awarded ISC- FICCI Sanitation Award for 2019
 
Television | TV Channels
Q1 2019 revenue: €422.1 million up +15.0% Quarterly organic growth: 2.4%
 
 
DTH | DTH Operator
Dish TV introduces new multi-connection offer under tariff order
 

Television | TV Channels

Sony Yay aims to be among BARC's top 5 kids' channels this summer: Leena Dutta
 

Television | TV Channels

ZEE5 introduces measurability in the OTT industry through integrations with Moat and Nielsen DAR
 
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