24 July 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 09   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
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Specials | Event Coverage
"We are competing with Google & Facebook on the free side and with Netflix and Amazon on subscription" -- Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan
One of the early movers in the Indian over the top (OTT) space, Hotstar – - part of the Twenty First Century Fox-owned Star India - has been setting a scorching pace for itself. In a nation where high data costs made customers wary of consuming content when on the move, it displayed a voracious appetite for acquiring them.
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Television | TV Channels
Prasar Bharati Board favours separate DD News Hindi & English channels
The Prasar Bhrati Board is inclined towards bifurcation of the Doordarshan News channel into two - one for Hindi and another for English.
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Cable TV | MSO
Punjab govt. studying Arasu & other regulatory models on distribution
The Punjab Government is said to be studying Tamilnadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV) model as also some other regulatory setups as part of a proposal to explore bringing about more transparency in cable TV distribution system in the State, while breaking any monopoly that exists.
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Television | TV Channels
GRB Entertainment announced sales of it's top 4 documentaries
GRB Entertainment announced sales of four of its top documentaries to broadcasters in Brazil, Japan and the U.K.
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Television | TV Channels
BCCI elevates Hemang Amin as COO
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Hemang Amin as the chief operating officer (COO) of the Vivo Indian Premier League.
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iWorld | BROADBAND
ACT to invest Rs 7 bn in wireline infra, Rs 1 bn for Delhi
Atria Convergence Technologies, India's third largest wired broadband services firm after BSNL (9.80 million subscribers) and Bharti Airtel (2.09 million).
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Regulators | I&B Ministry
Govt aiming to reduce 'copyright process' time, Star favours reforms to leverage animation & game tech
The Indian Government's priority is to streamline the copyright process and decrease the turnaround time for applications on IPR to less than three months.
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- JioPhone: Operators may seek clarity on GST for bundled 4G handsets
- Telecom companies cite 6 year old affidavit to red flag request to scrap IUC
  Source: ET
   
- Telecom Companies May See Earnings Pressure Ease In Q1
  Source: BQ
   
- Mamata govt seals office of Nepali TV channel after Gorkhaland stir coverage
  Source: HT
   
- TRAI to begin consultation on mobile apps seeking user data
  Source: The Hindu
   
- QBiz: RBI to Sell Rs 10k Crore Bonds; FM Lists Note Ban, GST Gains
  Source: The Quint
   
- Trai to begin consultation on mobile apps seeking user data
- Spectranet, Excitel deny talks with ACT Fibernet for sale
  Source: ET Telecom
   
- Absorb BVS, Absorb GT1 BVS stents: Abbott submits plan for phase-4 trials to central drug regulator
  Source: IE
   
- Delhi HC notice to AAP government on appointment of finance director in Transco
  Source: Live Mint
   
- With Reliance JioPhone TV cable, you can save your monthly DTH cable bill; here is the process
  Source: FE
   
   
- It's not just the BBC that must come clean about underpaying women
- Martin Slumbers' strange anti-BBC tirade may come back to haunt him
Source: The Guardian
   
- Disney's Split With Jake Paul Spotlights Challenge for Social-Media Sensations
- 'Doctor Who' Showrunner to Press: 'Shut the Hell Up' About Jodie Whittaker Backlash
Source: Variety
   
- Alibaba and Tencent are carving up Southeast Asia's startup ecosystem
- TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is coming to a new continent: Announcing Australia!
 

Source: TC

   
- Veteran Anchor Jim Vance Dead at 75
Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- New appointments at BBC Worldwide
  Source: Broadband Tv News
   
- Chuck Schumer just previewed Democrats' plan to take economic populism back from Trump
  Source: VOX
   
- Google is trying again to cut down on YouTube comment spam
  Source: Tech Radar
   
- Beyond the Social Network: Facebook Wants to Disrupt These 3 Industries
  Source: Madison
   
- China insurance regulator urges industry to show more 'self-discipline'
  Source: Nation
   
   
Movies | Hindi
Munna Michael..... Just a passable affair!
Munna Michael follows the formula of musical films about disco dancers made during 1980s to the core. You know, the kind of films Mithun Chakraborty was identified with! Such films also provided ample scope for action
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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
 
Movies | Regional
Radio City launches initiative to felicitate regional film fraternity
 
 
iWorld | BROADBAND
ACT to invest Rs 7 bn in wireline infra, Rs 1 bn for Delhi
 
Cable TV | MSO
DEN Networks allots Rs 7.5 mn worth shares for eSOP
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Govt aiming to reduce 'copyright process' time, Star favours reforms to leverage animation & game tech
 
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