31 March 2016 | Volume 51 - Issue No: 40       visit website: www.indiantelevision.com   iWorld | Over The Top Services VOOT plans to launch separate app for kids Viacom 18's latest offering, its OTT arm VOOT, is banking heavily on the network's rich kids content. Not only that, it plans to go beyond the network's flagship shows like Motu Patlu and Shiva, and acquire kids content from an array of producers, small and large. continue reading...         Specials | Event coverage KPMG-FICCI: TV industry to touch Rs 1,09,700 crore by 2020 If 2015 was a good year for media and entertainment industry with a growth rate of 12.8 per cent taking it to Rs 1157 billion,(RS 1,15,700 crore) with advertising revenues touching Rs 475 billion (Rs 47,500 crore), 2016 promises to be even better. continue reading...   Specials | Event coverage Uday Shankar@FICCI Frames 2016: The real digital challenge Good morning. Honorable Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad Ji, Chairman TRAI R.S. Sharma, Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Ramesh Ji, friends from the world of media and entertainment. continue reading...   Specials | Event coverage FICCI FRAMES: Prasad says -Indian broadcast industry needs an improved rating system Communication & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the Digital India initiative of the Government is a $ 1 trillion business opportunity across IT and IT enabled services, telecom and electronics manufacturing. continue reading...     Regulators | TDSAT TDSAT directs Welcome Cable to restore signals to Skynet Digital on payment of Rs 20 lakh   Specials | Event coverage Uday Shankar, Mukesh Ambani set the tone for FICCI FRAMES, meet on theme of Change or Perish   Specials | Event coverage FICCI FRAMES: Broadcasting stalwarts feel it is possible to survive the digital wave and not perish   Specials | Event coverage Discovery to showcase Indian content across the world, raising local programming to 100 hours   iWorld | Video On Demand Fremantle Media India forays into digital; launches web series 'Confessions-It's Complicated'         Star India to launch Hotstar service overseas   Source: BS     Viacom18 Launches Video Streaming Service Voot, To Bet Big On Original Content   Source: The Tech Portal     Vijay TV in race to bag satellite rights of Ilayathalapathy's 'Theri'   Source: Ib Times     Gigantic disruption playing out in TV medium, says Star India CEO   Source: Live Mint     Shah Rukh Khan to continue as Dish TV's brand ambassador Reliance Jio net speed will be 80 times faster than rivals', says Mukesh Ambani   Source: ET     Trai Chairman Calls Telcos Stand on Spectrum Auction 'Paradoxical'   Source: Gadgets Ndtv     Call drop issue: SC defers hearing on Telcos' plea against HC order till tomorrow   Source: Zee News     Telecom Commission Gives Green Signal To Virtual Network Operators In India   Source: Trak     TV ratings must be fair and researched: Prasad   Source: TOI     Fun. Fans. Fantastic -- Indian Premier League set to rock India again   Source: India Today     ISRO's Seventh IRNSS Satellite To Lift Off In Late April   Source: Sat News         Time Warner Cable sweetens deal again for Dodgers TV channel -- and still no takers Source: Sun Times     Bill Zwecker among CIFF television award honorees Source: Chicago SunTimes     The Larry Sanders Show changed the face of television Source: SMH     beIN SPORTS to launch three new HD channels Source: Bein Sports     FCC magic will turn TV channels into mobile signals   Source: Computer World     Manager Jennie Church-Cooper Joins Haven Entertainment Comedy Central Renews Snapchat Series 'Quickie With Nikki' And Adds Nine New Series - Upfronts Source: Deadline     BBC Worldwide Invests in Producer of South African Versions of 'X Factor,' 'Pawn Stars' Source: Hollywood Reporter     NBCU Announces Strategic Shift, Plans for History-Making Upfront Source: Tv Week     Endemol Shine, Shenzhen Satellite Television to Launch 'Hunted' in China NBC's 'Today' Launches Facebook Live Video Booth in Green Room (EXCLUSIVE) 'Mr. Robot' Boss Sam Esmail Takes Control of Season Two Source: Variety     Broadcast Details Announced For THE 2016 JUNO AWARDS Source: Channel Canada     Movies | Hindi Gujarat bags National award for Ease of Doing business in cinema, UP and Kerala get special mentions Gujarat was named the Most Film-Friendly State at the 63rd National Film Awards here today. 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...                     Industry wishes Indiantelevision.com on its 16th anniversary   Television | TV Channels NDTV launches its wedding platform Bandbaajaa.com     Television | TV Channels TEN SPORTS Network says 'Never Stop'   Regulators | TRAI Adcap case put off to 27 April, court to hear plea challenging stay order   Television | Production House Prime Focus Technologies appoints Raghunath Mohanrao as COO; replaces Ganesh Sankaran   Cable TV | Multi System Operators MSOs, LCOs alerted to get ready for Phase IV DAS, applications for registration by 30 April   Television | TV Channels Living Foodz launches new show 'Northern Flavours'   Regulators | TDSAT Four broadcasters to examine headend of MSO to ensure rectification of defect pointed out by BECIL   iWorld | Video On Demand Fremantle Media India forays into digital; launches web series 'Confessions-It's Complicated'     "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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