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

11 November 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 95

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Television | TV Channels

AltBalaji's Nachiket Pantvaidya promoted to Balaji group COO

	Nachiket Pantvaidya's success with Balaji Telefilms' OTT platform AltBalaji has led to his elevation as Balaji Group COO. He will continue to remain CEO of AltBalaji. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Sun TV reports improved on higher subs revenue, declares 50 percent interim dividend

Sun TV Network Limited (Sun TV) reported improved numbers across all important parameters for the quarter ended 30 September 2017 (Q2-18, current quarter) as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year (y-o-y, Q2-17).
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Television | TV Channels

Balaji Telefilms reports improved results; ALTBalaji revenue up

The Ekta Kapoor led Balaji Telefilms Limited (Balaji Telefilms) reported improved consolidated revenue for the quarter ended 30 September 2017 (Q2-17, current quarter) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (y-o-y).
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Television | TV Channels

Kumkum Bhagya, spinoff, SaReGaMaPa help Zee TV dominate Hindi GECs across genres

Two family soaps and a homegrown reality show have been time and again propping up Zee TV's ratings in 2017- one soap - Kumkum Bhagya did it for the channel in the previous calendar year also.
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	HC reserves orders on petitions challenging TRAI regulations
	AT&T vs. Justice: Behind the dispute over Time Warner deal
	Source: ET Telecom

	Tata Teleservices added more new users in August than Reliance Jio : TRAI
	Source: Indian Express

	Monitoring all offers, including bundled and cashback: TRAI
	Source: ET

	Disney Plans to Boost Spending on Parks, `Star Wars' Films
	Source: BQ

	Sun TV continues slow ad growth trend, but subscription fees jump
	Source: Ultra

	Survival bid: Videocon targets surveillance pie
	Source: Fortune India

	Telephone subscribers number shrinks for second consecutive month: TRAI
	Source: Digit

	I&B Ministry won't let you watch Nude and S Durga at film festival
	Source: MM

	Rupert Murdoch twice discussed CNN with AT&T CEO: sources
	Source: Reuters


	Russia plans retaliation against US media as row over RT escalates
	Lupita Nyong'o accuses Grazia of editing her hair to fit 'Eurocentric' ideals
	Source: The Guardian

	Roku Stock Climbs 75% After Strong Earnings, Home Audio Investment
	Alibaba's 'Singles Day' Requires an Event Bigger Than the Super Bowl
	Source: Variety

	Amazon expands its Influencer Program to include Twitter and Instagram, in addition to YouTube
	PayPal takes on crowdfunding with Money Pools, where groups chip in to raise money and buy things
	Source: TC

	FCC's Pai: DOJ Will Do Right Thing With AT&T/TW
	Franken: Edge Providers Need Net Neutrality Rules
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Cord cutting in Q3: 10 largest public pay TV platforms lost 396K subscribers with vMVPDs factored in
	Comcast claims 'double digit' improvement in Net Promoter Score
	Source: Fierce Cable

	ViaSat Sheds Satellite Broadband Subs in Q2
	Pai Pans ATSC 3.0 Framework Critics
	Source: Multichannel

	Smart TVs and STBs fuel Android TV expansion
	Source: Broadband TV News

Movies | Hindi

Golmaal Again: Entertaining suspense thriller

The most successful franchise in Hindi films, Golmaal, strikes again. And, aptly, the title is Golmaal Again. The main faces of the franchise -- Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, ShreyasTalpade and Kunal Khemu are very much there so are the other regulars, Sanjay Mishra, Mukesh Tiwari, Johny Lever, Murli Sharma and Vrajesh Hirjee..
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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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