07 July 2016 | Volume 68 - Issue No: 06         visit website: www.indiantelevision.com   Television | TV Shows Content Tokyo: A doorway for Indian companies into Japan Your breath is sucked out of your lungs as you walk through the sky walk from the 800 room Washington Ariake Hotel and set your eyes upon The Big Sight in the Ariake district of Tokyo. continue reading...       Movies | Box Populi Sultan....Means Salman! The name Sultan fits Salman like a T but the tag of underdog? When was the last time the actor essayed the role of an underdog? Sultan is about wrestling and romance where romance is the cause for wrestling as well as the cause to put an end to it. continue reading...   Television | TV Channels Consistency & Change in ZEEL's topline FY '15-16 growth Consistency and change are the buzzword in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel)'s new swanky office, spread over several floors, in India's financial capital. continue reading...   Regulators | I&B Ministry Venkaiah Naidu gets additional charge of MIB; Manoj Sinha bags Communications portfolio M. Venkaiah Naidu is the new boss for India's media and entertainment sector at Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) as the senior minister replacing Arun Jaitley who continues to be country's finance minister. continue reading...   iWorld | Social Media "Day/Night test match is the way forward", says Anil Kumble Within 12 days of being the coach for the Indian Cricket Team, Anil has already grabbed plenty of headlines with what he has said and done since his appointment. continue reading...   DTH | DTH Operator Dish TV terms Videocon d2h acquisition plans speculative Reacting to news articles in certain sections of the media, Dish TV has issued the following press statement: This is in reference to the news relating to the proposed acquisition of Videocon D2H by Dish TV appearing in certain sections of media. continue reading...   iWorld | Over The Top Services Digital space is no longer about just viewing content on multiple devices: Subhash Chandra With digital content becoming increasingly mainstream, media juggernaut Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (Zeel) is taking extensive measures to drive larger market share of consumer eyeballs. continue reading...   iWorld | Telecom Tejinder Kalra is COO at Indus Towers Indian Telecom tower company Indus Towers announced the appointment of Tejinder Kalra as the chief operating officer (COO), as on 1 July 2016. continue reading...     iWorld | Video On Demand nexGTv acquires digital rights for 1,000 movies from Sai Entertainment share this on 2 Print this page nexGTv has partnered with Sai Entertainment for worldwide digital rights of the Bollywood movies with the production house. Close to 1,000 movies will be made available for the app users under the first phase of the agreement,with more expected to be added later to augment the entertainment options available to them. continue reading...     Television | TV Channels Sony Pictures Networks Distribution India announced no 1 company by Great Place To Work Institute   Television | TV Channels FremantleMedia ties-up with Pop for 176 episodes of 'Baywatch' in the US   Television | TV Channels ZEEL deploys NexGuard forensic watermarking system in Mumbai   Cable TV | People S.N. Sharma quits Reliance           Zomato's revenue from India operations doubles to Rs 87.5 crore but losses increase 3-fold India slips to 91st place on readiness for digitised economy Tech majors like SAP Labs, Autodesk and Cisco engage with the vibrant Indian startup ecosystem Why Indian businessmen like Anand Mahindra, Rashesh Shah do not speak their mind   Source: ET     Netflix to Make Debut on Comcast's X1 Box Later This Year   Source: News18     Trai's MySpeed App Is Speedtest Without Ads   Source: NDTV     TRAI to set service quality norms for mobile data   Source: BS     TRAI extends deadline for comments on in-building access by TSPs Vodafone emerges as frontrunner for buying out Telenor's operations in India High spectrum prices lead to slower network deployment: Ulf Ewaldsson, Group CTO, Ericsson   Source: ET Telecom     TRAI releases Draft Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations, 2016   Source: IIFL     Sultan review: Salman Khan is not just Salman Khan in this unusual film   Source: First Post     Venkaiah Naidu takes charge of I&B ministry, talks of information empowerment   Source: Live Mint         Rona Fairhead assured by BBC DG after Chris Evans allegations Channel 5 back in black as almost 100 jobs are cut following Viacom takeover Source: The Guardian     Justin Trudeau Charms Sun Valley, Barry Diller Says Cord-Cutting Represents 'Creative Destruction' Source: Variety     NASA's newly upgraded Pleiades supercomputer delves into the mysteries of star formation Signs of a new Samsung Gear VR are surfacing Source: TC     Thune Calls Hearing on Broadband Privacy fuboTV Passes 70,000 Subscribers Mobile Future Pushes FTC Model of Broadband Regulation Paul Franklin Named President of CBS Television Distribution Broadcasting Cable     Frontier Applies to Provide TV Service in Middletown, N.Y.   Source: Multichannel     BBC World News staff to stage 24-hour walkout Forthnet inks ZTE deal OmniBox TV joins NetRange smart TV portal   Source: Broadband TV News     ABC Pulls Plug on Series Source: Tv Week     ITU announces new HDR standard Source: TVB Europe         Movies | Hindi Sultan....Means Salman! The name Sultan fits Salman like a T but the tag of underdog? When was the last time the actor essayed the role of an underdog? Sultan is about wrestling and romance where romance is the cause for wrestling as well as the cause to put an end to it.. continue reading... Movies | Hollywood Times Network announces Movies Now 2 launch The Times of India has been hogging the media headlines over the past couple of days. Yesterday, courtesy its joint venture with Vice Media. Today, it announced that it is launching its fourth English movie channel christened Movies Now 2. continue reading...             Punit & Amit Goenka win MIPTV 2016 Medaille D'Honneur Award Television | TV Channels Star World Premiere HD premieres 'The Night Of'   Technology | Software Clove Digital introduces gTag - GPS schoolchild locator     Television | TV Channels Star World Premiere HD premieres 'The Night Of'   Regulators | I&B Ministry Venkaiah Naidu gets additional charge of MIB; Manoj Sinha bags Communications portfolio   Television | TV Channels Consistency &Change in ZEEL's topline FY '15-16 growth   iWorld | Social Media "Day/Night test match is the way forward", says Anil Kumble   MAM | Media and Advertising Percept Pictures releases Youtube channel 'Indian Chronicles' and Musical Short Film on LGBTQ   iWorld | Video On Demand nexGTv acquires digital rights for 1,000 movies from Sai Entertainment   Regulators | I&B Ministry FTII to broad base its course content; introduce choice based credit systems   "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"