Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 06 June 2017 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

06 June 2017 | Volume 69 - Issue No: 74

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Cable TV | Local Cable Operators

LCOs to get unique TRAI number to ensure fair deals, says advisor Gupta

	Despite claims of major achievements in all parts of the country in digital addressable system, a meet held recently in Chandigarh presented a dismal picture with many local cable operators complaining that the switching off of analogue had badly affected their business. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Most watched teams of IPL 10

The tenth edition of the T20 Indian Premier League that ended on 21 May 2017 (IPL 10 or IPL 2017) garnered much better viewership than its predecessor - IPL 2016 according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data.
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Television | TV Channels

ReachMe in US hotels and airports, announces India's Toonz TV

India's Toonz Media Group's new kids channel will now be distributed via ReachMe.TV's in-hotel and in-airport networks in the US. Toonz TV is planning to roll out internationally in the third quarter of 2017.
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Cable TV | People

Rajesh Sethi succeeds Wadhwa as ED & CEO of SITI Networks

Senior media expert Rajesh Sethi has been appointed Executive Director CEO of SITI Networks Limited, as V D Wadhwa is stepping down.
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Regulators | TRAI

TRAI aids consumers assess data quality, recommends year-long packs

TRAI has launched three apps -- MyCall, MySpeed and Do Not Disturb (DND 2.0) -- to help subscribers assess call and data quality, and has sent an advisory to telcos to offer one-year data packs -- only.
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Television | TV Channels

Editors Guild urges CBI to follow process of law, NDTV confirms loan repayment

The Editors Guild of India, in a press release issued on Monday night, expressed deep concern over the raids conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the offices of NDTV and its promoters today.
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Cable TV | Multi System Operators

DEN Networks exits TV home shopping channel business

It's focusing on its core competence: cable TV distribution and broadband. Three years after it announced its intention to get into TV home shopping, the Samir Manchanda-promoted multi systems operator Den Networks Ltd is now exiting from it.
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iWorld | VOD

Amazon Prime signs multi-year deal with Warner Bros.

Amazon has announced an exclusive long-term content deal with Warner Bros. .
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	Cellular operators write to Finance Ministry, seeks cut in GST rates for telecom
	DEN Networks to exit from TV commerce biz
	Source: ET

	Piracy in cable TV, TFPC to announce cash prize for the public!
	Source: SIFY

	Telecom industry to see cash deficit of Rs 1.2 lakh cr on intense tariff, high taxes, says RCom
	Source: First Post

	Trai launches three apps for tracking call and data quality
	Vodafone India rolls out device security solution
	Source: ET Telecom

	RCOM mulls sale of DTH & data centre business to recover debt
	Source: Medianama

	Amazon Pay plans mobile recharges, could be tough competition for Paytm, MobiKwik
	Source: Factor Daily

	Reliance Jio Tops Chart in 4G Download Speed in April, Says TRAI
	Source: News18

	Dialling benefits for all: Regulation needs to be both consumer and operator oriented
	Source: FE


	Channel 4 confirms Alex Mahon as chief executive
	Indian investigators raid premises linked to NDTV founders
	Source: The Guardian

	NSA Contractor Charged for Leaking Russian Hacking Intel to News Site
	Hackers Leak Eight Episodes of Unaired ABC Show 'Steve Harvey's Funderdome'
	Source: Variety

	Snap acquires Placed to prove geofilters drive store visits
	Apple announces macOS High Sierra
	Source: TC

	CASBAA applauds police action against pirates
	Insight TV to join German Freenet TV Connect
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Fox News Channel to Air Commercial-Free Comey
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Wireless-Cable Deal Likely, Later if Not Sooner
	Source: : Multichannel

	Cable TV "failing" as a business, cable industry lobbyist says
	Source: : Ars Technica

	Cheddar Is Coming to Cable TV in Deal With Fusion
	Source: : Fortune

Movies | Hindi

Dear Maya....Meandering malady!

There is an interminable line-up of experimental films being made by aspiring new makers. This happens because many people want to make a mark with their first film so that they can gate-crash the Who is Who of the film industry
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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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