26 August 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 36   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
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Regulators | TDSAT
TDSAT 'no' to stay Star Bharat launch, DPO payments subject to adjudication
Even as it declined to stay or restrain the launch of Life OK channel as Star Bharat, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) yesterday said the amounts paid to the distribution platform operators or DPOs will be subject to the final orders of the tribunal.
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Television | TV Channels
Smriti Irani tweets industry body advisory urging restraint by TV news channels
The minister for information and broadcasting Smriti Irani yesterday, in tweets, amplified advisories issued by a news industry association cautioning TV news channels to exercise restraint while reporting on the violence unleashed in the states of Haryana, Punjab, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in the aftermath of a self-styled godman Ram Rahim being convicted of rape charges by a local court on Friday.
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MAM | Marketing
Patanjali most advertised brand on television in week 33
Baba Ramdev's Patanajali Ayurved Limited has generally been among the top 10 television advertisers according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Advertiser *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals during the first 33 weeks of 2017.
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iWorld | VOD
Indian content at Netflix to be creatively lead by Disney's Simran Sethi
Netflix is plumping up on executives of Indian origin as it continues to build its content catalogue targeted at the 1.3 billion strong population nation. Amongst the first to be hired for India was former Star TV-exec-turned-independent film producer, Swati Shetty, who has been shuttling between Los Angeles and India.
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Cable TV | MSO
MIB seeks all new MSO applications online
Multi-system operators seeking registration for distribution of digital addressable signals to cable television networks can only do so online from 1 September 2017.
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DTH | DTH Operator
Dish TV shoots off letter to IBF; alleges discrimination by b'casters, OTT platforms
In a move that's certain to set the cat amongst the pigeons, Dish TV, one of India's biggest satellite platform in terms of subscribers, has not only accused broadcasters of "discrimination" relating to making available content to various pay distribution platforms vis-à-vis likes of OTT, but also "creating huge disparity" in the market.
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Television | TV Channels
Views-based journalism scores, Sun TV's Udaya News to cease ops
Every business and television channel faces competition sooner or later. Competing companies generally bring in better products. But, Udaya News, the first 24x7 Kannada channel that ruled the roost for over 15 years, saw a decline as rival channels presented stories with strong views -- a la Arnab Goswami.
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Television | TV Channels
Babumoshai Bandookbaaz... Aimless
Babumoshai Bandookbaaz is another film glorifying the local criminal of the Hindi belt. That they don't work is a fact, though it fails to deter more such makers. What is worse, the makers don't care about the time period when the film was based. It jumps at will from 1970s when Kishore Kumar songs ruled the roost on the radio to mobile phone era.
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- SpaceX Falcon 9 Carries Taiwan's First Home-Built Satellite; Marks Fifteenth After-Launch Landing
- Customers Suffering Because of Mobile Termination Charge, It Should Be Abolished
  Source: News18
   
- Dish TV writes to BCCI and CCI to stop Star India from monopolizing cricket broadcasts
  Source: Medianama
   
- Trai asks Idea Cellular to deposit Rs 2.97 crore for overcharging subscribers
  Source: Scroll
   
- IPL broadcast rights: Airtel, Yahoo buy bid document
  Source: ET Telecom
   
- Time to kill IUC, it cannot be treated as revenue source for telecom firms, say experts
  Source: First Post
   
- Govt pulls out all stops on social media messaging
  Source: TOI
   
- Ram Rahim Verdict: Smriti Irani condemns attack on media, advocates peace
  Source: FE
   
- Naspers CEO Sees E-Commerce Growth Closing $32 Billion Value Gap
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
   
- Channel 4 hopes warm Bake Off reviews will help ad revenue rise
- BBC must close gender pay gap faster, says Nicola Sturgeon
Source: The Guardian
   
- Amazon Expects More Straight-to-Series Orders, Output Deals
- Everything We Know So Far About the Next iPhone, Apple TV
Source: Variety
   
- Pishevar accuses Benchmark of leaking info about Uber
- Facebook hires former NYT public editor Liz Spayd to consult on transparency
 

Source: TC

   
- FCC Triggers Disaster Reporting System for Hurricane Harry
- Nielsen TV Home Universe Up to 119.6M for 2017-18
Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Cable has ILECs on the ropes, analyst says
- Disney will price streaming service at $5 per month, analyst says
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- Sunrun CEO Touts Benefits of Comcast Deal
- TechNet Calls for Reserving Channels for Unlicensed Use
  Source: Multichannel
   
- Doubts about Sportflix, the 'Netflix of sports'
- ARD plans SD switch-off on satellite
  Source: Broadband TV News
   
Movies | Hindi
Bareilly Ki Barfi -- Insipid
Small town Uttar Pradesh love stories are the in thing, quite a few having worked at the box office to varied degrees of success. Last week's release Toilet- Ek Prem Katha, was one such film. The advantage with basing a film in this region is that the subject can take all the liberties it wants, the making is economical and,
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Movies | Hollywood
Special screening of Maharaja Duleep Hollywood biopic at Cannes
Even though no Indian feature film has been selected for the 70th Festival de Cannes this year, an award-winning historic film biopic on the poignant life story of the last King of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh.
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One on One discussion wih Vishal Maheshwari
 
Television | TV Channels
ABP News TV says it has crossed 7-mn mark on Twitter
 
 
Television | TV Channels
SAB realigns Dhanda's position as TV Vision CEO
 
DTH | DTH Operator
Dish TV moves TDSAT against Star Life OK name change & turning FTA
 
iWorld | OTT
Animated videos developed to spread message of anti-piracy
 
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