12 December 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 19   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
I&B tightens up on condom ads on TV
Condom ads are off prime time television. The latest advisory from the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has asked broadcasters to keep them out of the purview of children and only telecast them between 10 pm and 6 am.
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iWorld | OTT
Regional content on ALTBalaji to constitute 15% of show hours
The year 2017 has witnessed the phenomenal growth of regional languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali, over Hindi and English. OTT players like ALTBalaji, Viu, Amazon, SonyLIV, Voot, Hotstar, Netflix, and YuppTV have taken a deep dive into offering regional content this year.
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Television | TV Channels
Sun TV's unassailable lead continues, while Zee TV leads Hindi across genre
The Sun network's flagship Tamil general entertainment channel (GEC) Sun TV continued its lead in ratings across all GECs on Indian television for week 48 of 2017 (25 November to 1 December 2017) according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) weekly ratings data.
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Television | TV Channels
Nitin Kukreja joins iQuest
Former Star India sports head Nitin Kukreja has joined iQuest Enterprises as its chief executive officer. Kukreja had left Star in March this year. IQuest is an enterprise of Nimmagadda Prasad, the former owner of the Maa TV group, who has multiple business interests ranging from infrastructure to sports.
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- Reliance Jio data plans prices set to be hiked; what you should know now as the good times may roll to a stop
- Telecom sector in India: Levies imposed need GST like template
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Trump slams report on his daily TV-watching routine as 'fake news
- Rajasthan becomes first in country to offer e-mail IDs in Hindi
 

Source: HT

   
- I&B Ministry wants to pull condom ads off air from 6am to 10 pm
- Ringing in change
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- M&As to boost big telcos' revenues
  Source: ET
   
- Residents charge cable TV operators with fleecing
  Source: TOI
   
- ISRO developing a compact launcher for small satellites
  Source: The Hindu
   
- Golden Globe TV race opens up as old favourites ousted
  Source: Reuters
   
- Padmavati To Be Viewed By CBFC In The Coming Week
  Source: India
   
- TRAI creates awareness to consumers on their rights
  Source: Uni India
   
- Viacom18, Reliance Jio set for synergies in big data, content and tech
  Source: BS
   
- Chinese rocket succesfully launches Algeria's first communication satellite, Alcomsat-1
  Source: First Post
   
   
- Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre's pay jumps 50% to almost £2.5m
- Keith Chegwin, TV presenter, dies aged 60
  Source: The Guardian
   
- Apple Is Buying Shazam: Acquisition of Music Recognition App Confirmed
- Bloomberg's Twitter News Network, TicToc, Goes Live Dec. 18
  Source: Variety
   
- Netflix users collectively watched 1 billion hours of content per week in 2017
- HBO and Netflix top the list of Golden Globes nominations
  Source: TC
   
- FCC, FTC Will Collaborate on Monitoring Open Internet
- HBO Bringing 'Big Little Lies' Back for Season Two
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Comcast loses most vocal Senate critic with departure of Franken
- MCTV integrates Netflix into its Fusion platform
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- Comcast Drops Out Of Fox Hunt
- Disney | ABC TV Group Names Napodano CTO
  Source: Multichannel
   
- SMPTE publishes standards for Managed IP Networks
- New VOD service for RTL Croatia
  Source: Broadband Tv News
   
- NFL, Verizon Connect on Streaming Deal
- Social Broadcasting Among Ericsson's Top 2018 Trends
  Source: Tv Technology
   
- DEOD brings US Entertainment Studios shows to SA
  Source: Screen Africa
   
   
Movies | Hindi
Golmaal Again: Entertaining suspense thriller
The most successful franchise in Hindi films, Golmaal, strikes again. And, aptly, the title is Golmaal Again. The main faces of the franchise -- Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, ShreyasTalpade and Kunal Khemu are very much there so are the other regulars, Sanjay Mishra, Mukesh Tiwari, Johny Lever, Murli Sharma and Vrajesh Hirjee..
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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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IDOS 2017 Opening Remarks
 
Television | TV Channels
CNN-News18 'Indian of the year' 2017 special Telecast on 9 and 10 December
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Mairu Gupta and the art of building the NBA in India
 
iWorld | VOD
Focus shifts to online streaming for Eros
 
iWorld | OTT
Mastiii and PEN tie-up for win-win deal
 
 
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