Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 07 July 2017 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

07 July 2017 | Volume 69 - Issue No: 95

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Regulators | I&B Ministry

IIS overhaul & DD RNUs to focus on regional infra & local content

	Information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu has urged the regional news framework to focus on local content, development and bottoms-up approach. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Saregama & Kumkum Bhagya prop Zee TV to third place across genres

Hindi GEC Urban audiences and Hindi GEC urban+rural audiences of Saregama Little Champs and the Balaji Telefilm's family soap KumkumBhagya propped Zee TV to third place across genres with 593.708 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2017.
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Regulators | I&B Ministry

MIB minister cautions against unlicensed TV channels

Minister for Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu while cautioning against transmission of unauthorized TV channels in the country said that content generation in local languages and dialects was important to reach out to communicate with people
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Television | TV Channels

NDTV moves Delhi HC challenging CBI raids

The Prannoy Roy family-promoted NDTV has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the raids conducted by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the residence of its promoters.
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Television | TV Channels

Star to focus on school-level games via FTA sports channel

A sports war may just be brewing between India's pubcaster Prasar Bharati and private sector TV channels.
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Television | TV Channels

Republic TV retains lead as Times Now narrows gap

The on-air spat continued unabated as the Broadcast Audience Research council of India (BARC) released it numbers to its paid subscribers for week 26 of 2017 (Saturday, 24 June 2017 to Friday, 30 June 2017) at 11am on Thursday.
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Television | TV Channels

Zee Cafe dislodges C Central, Colors Infinity SD & HBO enter Top 5

Zee Cafe dislodged the last week's leader Comedy Central whereas Colors Infinity SD and HBO entered the Top 5 channels list in their respective segments in the English entertainment genre, according to BARC all-India data for week 26.
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Television | TV Channels

Zee TV, Anmol & Star Utsav climb, DD Nat exits two segments: BARC W26

Star Plus has retained its top positions in Hindi GEC (Urban + Rural) and Urban segments whereas Zee Anmol stay put in its rural segment, according to BARC's all-India week 26's ratings.
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	Government may extend spectrum fee payment tenure, cut USO levy to help telcos
	Tatas, Bharti on a call to explore joint front in telecom and DTH
	Source: ET

	Malone to Put QVC, HSN Under One Roof in $1.3 Billion Deal
	Source: BQ

	Hinduja Grp launches NXT DIGITAL TV viewing in Odisha
	Source: India Today

	AIR to install transmitters to strengthen broadcast in border areas: Venkaiah
	Source: The Hindu Business Line

	Wimbledon 2017: Sling TV, YouTube serve up bonanza for cord cutters
	Source: First Post

	Lowdown: Govt revenue from telecom sector continues to decline
	Source: Medianama

	Singapore broadband firm MyRepublic plans 2018 IPO to fund expansion
	Huawei eyes 25% share in online mid-price range smartphones
	Source: ET Telecom

	Telecom Spend Driving India's External Enterprise Storage Market: IDC
	Source: NDTV

	After Jio's deep discounts, telecom incumbents now in recovery mode
	Source: BS

	Reliance Communications, Aircel merger: Objection by GTL may be taken up by NCLT
	Source: FE


	Birmingham, Liverpool and Sheffield want to be new home of Channel 4
	Trump says US mulling 'very severe' response to North Korea missile test
	Source: The Guardian

	SoundCloud Cuts 40% of Staff, Will Shutter London and San Francisco Offices
	Microsoft to Lay Off an Estimated 3,000 Employees
	Source: Variety

	Qualcomm lashes back at Apple, seeking import ban on iPhones that allegedly violate key patents
	Jawbone is being liquidated as its CEO launches a related health startup
	Source: TC

	Mediaset open to Sky Champions League rights sale
	Source: Broadband TV News

	Universal Cable Productions Inks Development Deal With Horror Director John Carpenter
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Hulu adds HBO, Cinemax to live TV and on-demand lineup
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Brown Sugar Service SVOD Launches on Amazon Fire TV
	Source: Multichannel

	Fox News, MSNBC Finish No. 1 and No. 2 on All of Cable Last Week
	Source: Ad Week

	Woman alleges she was fired by her company after TV channels claimed she had a lesbian wedding
	Source: Scroll

Movies | Hindi

Tubelight figures dampen trade

The failure of Tubelight has affected exhibition trade in two ways. The main one was that -- it did not meet the exhibitors' expectations as the opening day response was disappointing.
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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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