25 July 2015 | Volume 49 - Issue No: 26   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
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Regulators | Supreme Court
SC stays TRAI directive on wholesale tariff revision to broadcaster till August
The matter has been fixed for next hearing on 4 August.
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Television | TV Channels
iTV Network MD Kartikeya Sharma invests in Pro Wrestling League
With an aim to give the game a fillip, Sharma has formed Pro Sportify, which will first start with Pro Wrestling League & later expand in sports leagues globally.
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iWorld | Over The Top Services
Times Internet's Gaana.com looks to raise $150 million
So far, the Times Group has invested $25 million in Gaana.com, which has crossed 22 million downloads across Android and iOS as well as clocked 16 million monthly active users.
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Movies | Hindi
'Masaan:' Limited appeal
Masaan, having made its mark at the Cannes Film Festival with two awards: International Jury of Film Critics prize and Promising Future prize in the Un-Certain Regard section, will appeal to connoisseurs of cinema and its box office prospects will be limited to a few multiplexes and, to some extent, in UP.
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Regulators | I&B Ministry
Govt. backs Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as FTII chairman
 
Television | TV Channels
Saregama ropes in Troy Lobo as VP - sales & marketing
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Channels uplinked for beaming overseas have to follow laws of receiving country: Rathore
 
iWorld | Telecom
Vodafone revenue down 0.9%; India revenue up 6.9%, leads growth
 
Television | TV Channels
Govt sets up All India Council of Sports to assist Sports Ministry
 
iWorld | e-commerce
Amazon.com to 'double down' on India ops; sales up 20% to $23 billion
 
iWorld | Social Media
YouTube redesigns mobile app; adds new tabs
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Mumbai City FC retains Andre Moritz for ISL season 2
 
iWorld | Telecom
Nokia gets EU nod for Alcatel-Lucent acquisition
 
TELEVISION | Production House
Sky acquires majority stake in Blast! Films
 
Regulators | High Court
Delhi HC adjourns ad cap case to September due to lawyers' strike
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
21st Century Fox ups Jared Sher to SVP & associate general counsel
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Sony Mix launches 'Wow Weekend' with VJ Aparshakti Khurana
 
Cable TV | Multi System Operators
Q2-2015: Comcast reports 11% revenue growth, loses 69,000 video customers
 
Movies | Hollywood
Sony Pictures Home Ent. & Transmission Films ink distribution deal
 
 
Talking Point | Videos
Conversation With Subhash Kamath

In this episode of Talking Point, our host Papri Das chats up the charismatic CEO of BBH India. At forty something, Subhash Kamath strikes a fine balance between work and play. And by play we mean his guitar. Lead singer in a blues and classics rock band which is aptly titled Wanted Yesterday Subhash kamath shares his own tale of how he started 'Rocking On', from being a creative ad man.

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Features Exec Speak | Excerpts
How far is too far?
Wine lovers swirling new world wines: Sula Vineyards AVP Marketing, Shraddha Nathani
 
 
 
- EU approves Nokia acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Reliance Communications appoints Braham Singh as senior VP, RCom Enterprise, GCX
- Vodafone's quarterly sales growth accelerates
- Amazon's surprise $92 million profit makes sure only few skeptics are left
Source: ET
   
- WhatsApp chats now Google Drive saveable!
Source : Techradar
   
- Indian consumer durables market to reach $20.6 bn by 2020
- RCom hires ex-Hutchison executive for global products biz
Source: BS
   
- Youtube Gets 400 Hrs of Content Uploaded Every Minute, Mobile Views Account More Than Half!
Source: Trak
   
- TV Today files Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Radio City
Source: TOI
   
- TV's Flash Isn't the Hero He Thinks He Is
- Google Cloud Storage Nearline Now Available to All, Offers 100PB Free Storage
Source: NDTV
   
- Permission to 4 TV channels withdrawn over security clearance
Source: Live Mint
   
- Google's New Voicemail transcription to reduce error by 49%
Source: The Next Digit
   
- This Time Google Mum On Narendra Modi Showing Up In 'Stupid PM' Image Searches
  Source: Huffington Post
   
- Videocon Telecom registers 43% growth in Net Revenue and 22% growth in Gross Revenue in Q1 2015-16
Source: Telecom Tiger
   
- 4G foray give Reliance Industies stock a fillip
- BSNL identifies 15 additional spots for Wi-Fi service
- Panasonic to dial mobile to scale up revenues in India
- Microsoft's new app makes emails quick
Source: Telecom
   
- Google Maps now allows smartphone users to retrace their steps
Source: First Post
   
- Google Maps gets a 'Timeline': Now track your past location history
- Google patents new way to archive, search your 'real-life experiences'
Source: Indian Express
   
- 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' First Week Box Office Collection: Salman Starrer Beats 'PK', 'Happy New Year' and 'Baahubali' 7 Days Record
Source: IB Times
   
- Google launches 360-degree video ads on YouTube
Source: First Post
   
- Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo will be a bigger blockbuster than Bajrangi Bhaijaan, declares Anupam Kher!
Source: Bollywood Life
   
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Urucu Media and DIFF bring Cannes Critics' Week to South Africa

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SA directors selected for the Cannes SA Film Factory at DIFF

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Jean Jacques Annaud's 'Wolf Totem' screens at DIFF 2015

Source: Screen Africa
   
- Sky News magician 'videobomb' was PR stunt in effort to get TV deal
- The Guinness Golden Ale ad: 'a mea culpa thinly disguised as a carpe diem'
Source: The Guardian
   
- European Commission launches anti-trust case against Sky UK
- Sky acquires majority stake in Blast! Films
- Discovery Communications takes full control of Eurosport
- FAA grants waiver to ArrowData for aerojournalism service
Source: TV Beurope
 
- Maker Studios asks UK indie to make GamesMaster-style pilot
- Sky seals deal with Blast!
Source: Broadcast Now
 
- How Sony Sanitized the New Adam Sandler Movie to Ensure a Warm Reception in China
Source: Streaming Media
 
- FCC signs off on $48B AT&T, DirecTV merger
Source: The Hill
 
- Court of Appeal rejects Rovi's appeal against Virgin Media
- Arris set to lead video infrastructure market
- Sky Deutschland takes Sky Go to Sony devices
- SPI International / FilmBox expand in Africa
- Vodafone makes steady progress
Source: Broadband TV News
 
- Len Barlik Named Top Cox H.R. Exec
- Starz Sparks Encore Play App for Fire TV
- Verizon's OTT Service to Be Called 'Go90': Report
Source: Multi Channel
 
- U.S. IPTV has slowest customer growth ever, as FiOS and U-verse combine for only 4K new video subs
- Comcast targets DOCSIS 3.1 market trials for EOY; says nothing about speeds
Source: Fierce Cable
 
- FCC Drops Dynamic Reserve Pricing Auction Rule
- Technicolor Acquires Cisco STB Business
- CEA Introduces New Terminology for Digital Imaging Sector
Source: TV Technology
 
- 'Happyish' Gets the Axe at Showtime After 1 Season
Source: Broadcasting Cable
 
- New Lawsuit Calls Ryan Kavanaugh 'Con Man,' Accusing the Relativity Chief of Fraud (Exclusive)
- 'Game of Thrones' Author George R.R. Martin Has an Issue with Marvel's Movie Villains
Source: Variety
 
- Fallout Shelter is coming to Android on August 13th
Source: The Verge
 
- EC lays down gauntlet to Hollywood majors and Sky on geo-blocking
- SES lines up three more UHD channels
- Farncombe acquired by US-based Cartesian
Source : Digital TV Europe
 
   
MOVIES | Hindi
Shemaroo acquires TV distribution rights to Red Chillies' films
The deal includes a dozen blockbuster films of Shah Rukh Khan namely Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, Chalte Chalte, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and Asokaamong others.
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MOVIES | Hollywood
Angeline Jolie Pitt to direct Cambodian film for Netflix
Jolie Pitt will direct and produce the Netflix Original Film from a script she co-adapted with Ung.
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TELEVISION | TV Channels
HBO to air 'Transformers 4: Age of Extinction' on 25 July
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Zee Action to premiere Shahid Kapoor's 'Mausam'
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
TAM week 29: Sab topples Life OK to regain fourth position
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League signs Allu Arjun as brand ambassador
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
BARC week 28: Ten Cricket leads sports, Times Now tops English news genre
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Govt. in favour of a fully autonomous Prasar Bharati: Rajyavardhan Rathore
 
Regulators | TRAI
TRAI asks pay broadcasters to revise wholesale tariff, even as matter pending in SC
 
MOVIES | Hindi
Shruti Hassan to star opposite Ajay Devgn in Milan Luthria's 'Baadshaho'
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