04 May 2017 | Volume 69 - Issue No: 50     visit website: www.indiantelevision.com   Television | TV Channels BARC India to halt analogue measurement from July, up overall data collection India's audience measurement company Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC India) will stop reporting on analogue TV homes' data from 1 July 2017 with the exception of one State and will add homes with new boxes to augment data collection. continue reading...       iWorld | Social Media Facebook rev, net income up in first quarter on higher mobile ad revenue Facebook Inc., (FB) reported 51.1 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in ad revenue for the quarter ended 31 March 2017 (Q1-17, current quarter) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter. continue reading...   Cable TV | Multi System Operators Slow rise in number of MSOs, a month after DAS implementation With registration being given to eight more multi-system operators, the total number of MSOs has risen to 1384 by the end of April 2017. continue reading...   Television | TV Channels Mythological dramas''Mahabharat,' 'Devon Ke Dev Mahadev' &''Naagin' successful in China, audience longing for more Life is stranger than fiction. Dreams sometimes are more real than reality. continue reading...   Movies | Hindi Reflect on constructive and meaningful engagement through cinema: Naidu President Pranab Mukherjee has said that the creation of the Film Promotion Fund would help promote and motivate talented independent filmmakers to promote their work across the globe in various International Film Festivals. continue reading...   Technology | Software R-Com signs pact with Aegis for VR & gaming, $ 36bn HPC market forecast Reliance Communications' undersea cable unit Global Cloud Xchange has entered into a HPC pact with two companies to provide cloud computing services. continue reading...   Television | TV Channels Kamal Haasan to host Bigg Boss's debut on Tamil TV Endemol Shine's Big Brother format under its Indian sobriquet Bigg Boss is all set to make its Tamil television debut on Star India's Tamil GEC Star Vijay on 18 June 2017. continue reading...