20 January 2016 | Volume 50 - Issue No: 81       visit website: www.indiantelevision.com   Specials | Year Enders The vehemently tailored factual entertainment genre in India The factual entertainment channels' genre in India has seen rapid growth over the last couple of years. continue reading...         TELEVISION | TV CHANNELS Doordarshan sees major dip in revenue & business generation in 2015-16 Public broadcaster Doordarshan's revenues fell sharply during 2015-16, showing a total of Rs 340 crore by way of net revenue and business generation until the end of December as compared to Rs 582.02 crore for the same period in 2014-15. continue reading...   TELEVISION | TV CHANNELS 'Made in India' characters pave way for glocalisation of kids genre: Nina Jaipuria Children are a dynamic audience and their entertainment preferences are constantly evolving. continue reading...   DTH | DTH Operator DishTV's HD offering touches 50 with Sony ESPN HD Direct to home (DTH) operator DishTV has taken its High Definition (HD) channels' offering to 50 with the addition of the newly launched sports channel Sony ESPN HD. continue reading...     iWorld | Broadband Reliance Jio to raise Rs 15,000 crore via rights issue   iWorld | Over The Top Services Cyrus Oshidhar's 101India launches digital series on underground hip hop scene   Television | TV Channels Parle MTV Junkyard cries out a new slogan 'Dunk That Junk'   Television | TV Channels History TV18 to air 'Hunting Hitler'   Television | TV Channels Star World and Star World HD to premiere season 2 of Agent Carter   Television | TV Channels Star World Premiere HD kick-starts the New Year with brand new offerings   Television | TV Channels MTV and Vizeum launch 'The Junkyard Project'   iWorld | Social Media "Something is technically wrong" with Twitter, yet again   Television | TV Channels Krishnan Kutty to take charge of Star's English cluster by Jan-end   Regulators | I&B Ministry Shyam Benegal favours dedicated science & tech TV channel to promote scientific temper   Television | TV Channels Ten Sports' live foray with WWE a success with packed seats & tight fights   Television | TV Channels FreemantleMedia ups Georgia Brown as EVP - global scripted & factual content           Defying I&B norms, AAP government proposes TV channel   Source: DNA     Free DTH Channels on Doordarshan's FreeDish Will Be Increased To 112 Channels by March, 2016   Source: Trak In     Net Neutrality Standoff Escalates As TRAI Hauls Facebook Over the Coals in New Letter   Source: The Wire     TRAI: Penalty for telcos flouting radiation law Source:Telecom     Telecom gear makers want infrastructure status, tax sops in Budget Source:ET     Don't levy Swachh Bharat Cess on telecom services: COAI India readies to launch fifth navigation satellite   Source: ET     Salman Khan and Iulia Vantur to Host Indian Version of The Farm? Source:The Quint     Bollywood calls Sunny Leone a "rockstar" on her 'brave' interview No, it's not Roadies anymore: Now, Rannvijay lets his shirts do the talking   Source:IE     Delhi Assembly Comes with Its Own Channel Source:New IE     Kapil Sharma's Comedy Nights with Kapil to air on Star Plus? Priyanka Chopra's Quantico to return on March 6! Source:Bollywood Life     Dish TV takes HD channel count to 50 with addition of Sony ESPN HD Source:Television Post         Netflix is unsure of God's plan for television HBO is replacing its cable TV option in Spain with a new streaming service Source:The Verge     National Television Awards shows how mentally exhausting telly has become Source:Mirror     Updated: Time Warner Cable's Scheduled Price Hike Comes At an Awkward Time Source:Gizmodo     Watch The Teaser For 'Imperial Dreams', The Sundance Pic That Got John Boyega 'Star Wars' Source:Deadline     'Room' earns 11 Canadian Screen Awards nominations Source:The Star     Ericsson acquires metadata company FYI Television Source: Fierce Cable     Viacom Shares Rise on Activist Report Source: Multichannel     Popular Marvel Series Renewed Hit TV Drama to Tone Down the Celebrity Guests Source: Tv Week     Charlotte Moore appointed BBC controller Source:TVB Europe     BT TV taps NetApp to support live streaming, VOD Viacom vexed as Comcast moves Spike, CMT to higher-cost tier Source:RapidTvNews     Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump in fabulous reality television-politics mashup Source:Daily Kos             Movies | Hindi Box Office: 'Chalk N Duster' lacklustre; 'Wazir' rakes in Rs 28.4 crore Despite sporting a horde of talent in Shabana Azmi, Juhi Chawla, Richa Chaddha, Divya Dutta and Zarina Wahab, Chalk N Duster had a lacklustre performance at the box office. continue reading... MOVIES | Hollywood Cinepolis creates video to correlate the love between movies and popcorns On the occasion of National Popcorn Day on 19 January 2016, India's first International cinema chain and the world's fourth largest exhibitor, Cinepolis releases a heart-warming video celebrating the intrinsic link between movie-going and this universally loved snack. continue reading...                   Advertising Trends 2016: GroupM   Television | TV Channels Bloomberg TV India unveils theme for Union Budget 2016   Television | TV Channels Star World Premiere HD to air 'Baskets'   Television | TV Channels ZETC to air 6th Bollywood Business Awards 2015   Television | TV Channels 9XO launches dating app 'Hook'; connects people over music   Television | TV Channels Keshet International acquires rights to 'You Will Love Me'   MAM | Marketing DataWind receives Amity Leadership Award for Business Excellence   Television | TV Channels DD confident of achieving 112-channel target on FreeDish by March-end   Television | TV Channels What does young India want from TV shows?   Television | TV Channels 'Channels will stop chasing TRPs if we had a proper subscription revenue model:' Vikram Chandra   Television | TV Channels Channel V vice president - programming Lavanya Anand resigns   iWorld | Broadband ACT continues to lead in wireline broadband internet additions in 2015: TRAI October 2015   Television | TV Channels Net neutrality: Sony India finds analogy in MSO packaging of prioritising content   Movies | Hindi Reliance to release 'Ghayal Once Again' in India; B4U to distribute internationally "You are receiving this mailer either because you have signed up at www.indiantelevision.com or we thought this might be of interest to you" If You wish to UNSUBSCRIBE - CLICK HERE Visit: www.indiantelevision.com   |   Feedback   |   Advertise   |   Contact us The TV Linx Reporter is an Indian Television Dot Com Publication. © 2001-2016. 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