10 March 2015 | Volume 47 - Issue No:3   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
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Television | TV Channels
Star India snaps up Screen; News Corp to acquire VCCircle

Its maw appears to be insatiable. Close on the heels of acquiring Telugu network Maa Television for around Rs 700 crore-1000 crore (media reports place the transaction at Rs 2,000 crore though), Star India has now gone on to gobble up entertainment broadsheet Screen from the Indian Express group.

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Regulators | TDSAT
TDSAT sets aside amendments for commercial & ordinary subscribers
The court has asked TRAI to start afresh on a new scheme.
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iWorld | e-commerce
Goalsquad.com aims to score big; targets Indian fans with sports merchandise
The e-commerce shopping website has been started by two brothers, Aashay and Rushang Shah who have so far invested Rs 1 crore and hope to break even by 2016 end or 2017.
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Cable TV |Multi System Operators
Siti Cable completes QIP; allots shares to QIBs
Confidence, it appears is returning to select cable TV counters, the slow pace of digitization despite.
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iWorld | Telecom
Day four of telecom spectrum bids brings in Rs 86,000 crore
This figure is easily expected to touch to Rs 1 lakh crore on 9 March. The spectrum auction is being conducted for airwaves in four MHz bands and the validity of the spectrum is for a period of 20 years.
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Television | TV Channels
Farewell Editor
Vinod Mehta is perhaps one of the last of the editors who would not compromise on journalistic independence. As he once told a colleague: “Let someone serve a legal notice, the story must go!"
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TELEVISION | TV Channels
Chrome data: English News channels the only losers
 
TELEVISION | Production House
Q3-2015: Mukta Arts’ PAT Rs 21.21 crore despite drop in y-o-y revenue
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Colors & Ekta Kapoor partner for Television Style Awards
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Lalit Modi ousted from Rajasthan Cricket Association
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Network18 signs MoU with St Stephen’s College
 
iWorld | eNews
Demand for skilled cyber security professionals in India expected to rise
 
iWorld | eNews
‘India's Daughter’ goes international; Freida Pinto to attend US screening
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Colors syndicates ‘Farah Ki Daawat’ to Pakistan’s TV One
 
TELEVISION | Production House
Ultra to provide offline & online solutions to Marathi film industry
 
Movies | Hindi
Mahesh Bhatt encourages debate on censorship at Elevate 2015
 
TELEVISION | Production House
DMG Entertainment invests in Valiant; to make new superhero movies
 
Movies | Hollywood
Lionsgate partners Buena Vista for ‘The Hunger Games’ release in Russia
 
Movies | Hindi
Jacqueline Fernandez gears up for a power packed 2015
 
TELEVISION | Production House
Walt Disney commits $1 million to United Negro College Fund
 
iWorld | Over The Top Services
YuppTV inks deal with TSTT to offer Bollywood content in Trinidad & Tobago
 
Technology | Software
Zee adds &TV HD, Ten Cricket channels to mobile app
 
TELEVISION | Production House
Reliance Entertainment inks 50:50 JV with Phantom Films
 
iWorld | e-commerce
News Corp acquires Indian tech media company VCCircle
 
     
- News Corp announces acquisition of VCCircle Network
Source: BS
 
- Cash-rich Europe companies in cross-hairs of activist funds
- Former Google executive Lee confirmed to lead U.S. patent office
Source: Reuters
   
- More ads go digital as ICC World Cup action shifts to sites, apps
- Consumer Internet companies spending Rs 30-120 crore each, every month, say industry executives
- Process for selecting new TRAI chairman begins
- Cable operators keen on providing broadband: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Source: ET
   
- Star India acquires ‘Screen’ for Hotstar app
- SC refuses to entertain Vodafone plea on interconnection usage charges
Source: Live Mint
 
- Tamil film releases may be stopped briefly to evade piracy
Source: First Post
 
- Zee Café to air the entire Season 3 of House of Cards in Two Days!
- Desi girl Priyanka joins Indian rush on US TV
Source: TOI
   
- Black Mask Plans YouTube Comics Channels and Animated Movies
Source: NDTV
   
- A staggering amount of Russians hold negative views of the US
Source: BI
   
- Box Office Collection: 'Badlapur' is Second Highest Grosser of 2015; 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' Fares Better in Second Weekend
Source: IB Times
 
- Skipr shows off the first Android TV box with cable TV pass-through
Source : Tech Hive
   
- Apple to offer HBO without cable service
Source: VOX
   
- Provider’s Dispute With Viacom Highlights Skirmish Over the Cable Bundle
Source: NY Times
 
- Centroamerica TV Launches in 10 Cox Communications Cable Systems, including San Diego, Arizona and Las Vegas
Source: Market Watch
 
- Asia Pacific pay TV revenues to climb by $10 billion
- Combined Ziggo has 54% of Dutch TV market
- SeeAfrika DTH platform launched
Source: Broadband TV News
 
- Sling TV notches 100,000 users in a month
Source: Techhive
 
- Comcast Promotes 3 Execs As Company Awaits Word On Time Warner Cable Deal
Source: Deadline
 
- Dutch TV market growth driven by IPTV
- South Africa delays analogue switch-off
- Netflix tipped for Italian, Spanish launches this year
- ER-Telecom changes management structure
Source: Digital TV Europe
 
- Havas Worldwide CEO Andrew Benett on the Reality of Digital TV
Source: Ad Age
 
- Dish Taps Scott Skurnick, Previously with Sears and Jose Cuervo, to Head Digital Marketing
Source: Variety
     
MOVIES | Hollywood
The Daytime Emmy Awards return; Michael Levitt to produce broadcast
The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards show will be executive produced by Michael Levitt, one of the industry’s most acclaimed producers of live events and awards shows.
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MOVIES | Hindi
‘‘Dirty Politics’ collects Rs 4.2 crore at box office
Out of the three releases this week, Mallika Sherawat starrer - ‘Dirty Politics’ does better than ‘Badmashiyaan’ and ‘Hey Bro’.
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Executive Dossier with GroupM south Asia CEO CVL Srinivas
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
9X Jhakaas Music Yatra - Bhima Festival to air on 7 March
 
iworld | Over The Top Services
This holi celebrate your own colour with 'Lakme School of Style' at #fame
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Big Magic set for a week-long Holi celebration
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
This Holi Max2 spreads the colours of Hindi Cinema
 
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Colors & Ekta Kapoor partner for Television Style Awards
 
iWorld | e-commerce
News Corp acquires Indian tech media company VCCircle
 
TELEVISION | Production House
Reliance Entertainment inks 50:50 JV with Phantom Films
 
Technology | Software
Zee adds &TV HD, Ten Cricket channels to mobile app
 
TELEVISION | TV Channels
Farewell Editor
 
MAM | Media And Advertising
Madison Media bags media rights for Bandhan Bank
 
iworld | eNews
Demand for skilled cyber security professionals in India expected to rise
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