14 March 2017 | Volume 69 - Issue No: 11     visit website: www.indiantelevision.com   Television | TV Channels Large Networks lead regional channels, programme ratings in weeks 1 to 8 of 2017 The Indian regional television space in this paper has been classified under 11 Indian languages covering the following languages/markets in alphabetical order: continue reading...       Regulators | TRAI Guest Column: TRAI's radical tariff & interconnect norms will usher in major changes At the onset one must appreciate the efforts put in by the TRAI in coming out with path-breaking orders involving tariff, services inter-connection and quality of services. continue reading...   DTH | DTH Operator Dish TV Videocon Ltd. may start operations in Sept '17 With no roadblocks apprehended and approvals going ahead, the new merged direct-to-home (DTH) behemoth may start operations in September 2017. continue reading...   Cable TV | Multi System Operators DEN to vote on demerger of broadband biz DEN Networks, on 11 March 2017, wrote to the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited about the conclusion of court-convened meeting. continue reading...   iWorld | OTT VoD, OTT music & gaming to overtake Indian traditional media by '22: EY Digital media may take over traditional by 2021-22, when broadband and smartphone penetration increases in India, according to EY India. The second factor is when broadband is equal to one-third of the smart phone penetration, which in India's case will happen only by 2021-22, according to EY estimate continue reading...   iWorld | OTT Dekkho: Integration ease aids Brightcove power OTT service Brightcove, a leading provider of cloud services for video, announced today that Dekkho, a streaming video service specializing in delivering premium content from India's top content creators, has selected Brightcove to power its OTT service continue reading...   Specials | Event Coverage ZDF, CTC, Amazon & Huace to receive MIPTV Medailles d'Honneur MIPTV, the world's leading international TV industry event, has announced that its 2017 Médailles d'Honneur will be awarded to: continue reading...   Regulators | Supreme Court SC terms 'anti-competitve' barring of TV channels airing dubbed serial In Competition Commission of India versus Co-ordination Committee of Artists And Technicians of WB Film and television, the apex court of India has held that, preventing channels from airing the tele-serial Mahabharat dubbed in Bengali is an 'anti-competitive' activity, and the protection under the garb of language goes against the interest of competition. continue reading...             TRAI recommends telecom ombudsman to resolve consumer grievances   Source: IE     India's largest DTH firm to begin operations from September 2017?   Source: New Indian Express     Blast destroys telecom company bus in Kabul rush hour   Source: FE     Bharti Airtel offering up to 30 GB free 4G data to postpaid users via MyAirtel app   Source: ET Telecom     With regulator Irdai's go-ahead, non-life premia are set to shoot up   Source: BS     Hong Kong Regulator Said to Probe CCB International's IPO Work   Source: BQ     TVF responds to molestation allegation against Arunabh: It's ludicrous, defamatory   Source: HT     Bombay HC dismisses as withdrawn NSEL investors' plea for disbursal of funds   Source: Live Mint     Snapdeal yet to settle Rs 1.2-crore dues: Vendors Facebook bars developers from using data for surveillance   Source: ET         ITV executives are sweating as much as Cheltenham Festival punters Spicer says quotation marks justify Trump's unverified wiretapping claims Source: The Guardian     Cristal Developing Action Movie 'Twin Blades' With 'Logan' Producer Lauren Shuler Donner Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Could Get $23 Million Severance Package After Verizon Deal Closes Source: Variety     Flyr launches an app for rapid creation of Snapchat Discover-style stories Identity management software provider Okta files for today's second $100M IPO   Source: TC     Comcast Preps for March Madness FCC: TVs Could Use NAB Convention To Help Coordinate Repack   Source: Broadcasting Cable     Comcast looks to complete 'great tech triangle' with closure of deal for Austin's Icontrol Sinclair expands local station ratings deal with comScore Source: Fierce Cable     Layer3 TV Connects With Colorado Municipality Alarm.com to Ratchet Up Pursuit of ISP, Cable Market Source: Multichannel Zattoo adds VOD to Swiss white label IPTV platform Motorvision TV joins Austrian/Swiss UPC Source: Broadband TV News Movies | Hindi Badrinath Ki Dulhania: Part fun, part dull Director Shashank Khaitan seems to be creating a franchise of his own as he comes back with 'Badrinath Ki Dulhania' after his earlier film, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. This film too starts off in Hindi belt but later traverses to Singapore to break the monotony. continue reading... Movies | Hollywood Kung Fu Panda 3 premiering on Star Movies on 19 March This month Star Movies brings to its viewers Kung Fu Panda 3, the latest installment in the animated series featuring Po, a dumpling loving Panda, who defies all odds to become a Dragon Warrior. continue reading...               One on one discussion with Jagdish Kumar M D & CEO   Television | TV Channels NewsX-MRC Exit Poll: BJP leads in UP, Punjab Congress vs AAP   Regulators | I&B Ministry ashok parmar appointed mib joint secretary   Regulators | Supreme Court sc terms anti competitve barring of tv channels airing dubbed serial   Regulators | I&B Ministry mib taking up emmc contractual workers issues on top priority   Regulators | I&B Ministry MIB: check permission of ads using emblems important names paytm jio apologise   To ensure delivery directly to your inbox, please add tvlinx@indiantelevision.in to your address book today. 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