13 April 2016 | Volume 51 - Issue No: 50       visit website: www.indiantelevision.com   Television | TV Channels BloombergQuint launched; will cover broadcast, digital and live events in India Bloomberg Media has joined hands with Raghav Bahl's Quintillion Media to form BloombergQuint in India. The partnership will cover broadcast, digital and live events across India and will serve business and financial news. continue reading...         Television | TV Channels Fiction is staple diet while non- fiction is the dessert - Anuj Poddar Over the last one year, Viacom 18's Marathi channel Colors Marathi, has been a game changer in the Marathi television space. continue reading...   Cable TV | Multi System Operators Hathway files FIRs against illegal disruption in Pune One the leading MSOs in India, Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited, undertook stringent action against recent disruption of its services in Pune by lodging three FIRs in multiple police stations across the city. continue reading...   Television | TV Channels Travelxp HD heads east with Bengali audio feed You have got to hand it to Prashant Chothani. The entrepreneur who runs the Rs 60-odd crore travelXp media group is all set to launch India's flagship HD travel channel in Bengali come Poila Boisakh on 14 April. continue reading...   iWorld | Video On Demand Muvizz.com acquires 25 titles from PVR   Specials | Event coverage DIPP nodal department to deal with copyright protection, Govt sets up single-window on IPR   Television | TV Channels Colors Marathi to launch its HD feed   Television | TV Channels Virat Kohli joins Premier Futsal family         Sony Pictures in talks to buy 9X: Report Cartosat-2C satellite to be India's best 'eyes in the space'   Source: Ib Times     Dish TV: Strong quarter, improving prospects   Source: BS     Call drop case: AG Mukul Rohatgi to defend TRAI's stand on penalty   Source: India Infoline     Can telcos exploit TRAI's Net Neutrality loophole to offer free 4G?   Source: Dna India     MVNO Licencing: Virtually endless possibilities for telecom services   Source: IE     AMD Plans to Enter India in Big Way: Telecom Minister   Source: Profit Ndtv     PCI serves warrant against I&B Secretary Sunil Arora   Source: The Hindu     Raghav Bahl's Quintillion forms media tie-up with Bloomberg   Source: Livemint     BloombergQuint appoints Menaka Doshi as managing editor   Source: Medianama     TV actor Anita Hassanandani to launch TheBagTalk.com with HSCV partnership   Source: ET Tech     How smartly Colors channel is tackling The Kapil Sharma Show   Source: Celebs and Cinema         California judge backs Charter-Time Warner Cable deal, with conditions Intelsat signs up for Orbital's satellite life-extension service   Source: Reuters `     Al-Jazeera America network shuts down on Tuesday Source: Eastern Mirror     Tribune Media Company Resurrects Television Without Pity, Networks Prepare For New Wave Of Snark Source: IB Times     BMI Film & Television Awards to Honor Composer James Newton Howard Source: Billboard     'Gilmore Girls' Producer Gavin Polone Files Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. Television Over Netflix Revival   Source: US Magazine     Amazon takes on podcasting with Audible Channels, featuring original audio content Source: Geek Wire     DStv subscribers to get taste of exciting premium channels on Open Week Source: The Eagle Online     21st Century Fox Shareholder Al Waleed Bin Talal's Rotana Pledges $36M To Arab Films CNN Hires Brian Lowry To Media Team Source: Deadline     CinemaCon: Warner Bros. Touts Its Big Stars While Rejecting the Screening Room's Proposal Source: Hollywood Reporter     Bloomberg TV's star anchor Stephanie Ruhle is leaving for MSNBC Source: BI     Movies | Hindi Love Games....Viewers wont pay! In Indian cinema, films with sex based themes have been made for a long time now but were initially branded as C grade. continue reading... MOVIES | Hollywood Naomi Kawase to preside over Cinefondation and Short Films Jury for Festival de Cannes Japanese director Naomi Kawase, whose film Sweet Bean (An), had been the opening film of Un Certain Regard last year, is to preside over the Cinefondation and Short Films Jury for its 69th edition of the Festival de Cannes. continue reading...