3 November 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 88   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
Cable TV | MSO
Hathway Cable & Datacom reports improved numbers for Q2-18
The demerged Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited (Hathway) reported standalone profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 140.1 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2017 (Q2-18,current quarter) as compared PBT of Rs 100.3 million in the immediate trailing quarter Q1-18 (q-o-q).
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Television | TV Channels
Sony Networks' Indian channels cross 1 bn subs globally
It has crossed the billion subscriber mark making it a time to pop the champagne at Sony Pictures Networks India. The latest Q2 2018 financials (up to 30 September 2017) announced by Sony Corp reveals that there was a spike in its global subscriber base from 793.2 million to 1.206 billion, courtesy its Indian bunch of channels.
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iWorld | OTT
Hotstar is an important platform for us: ABP's Avinash Pandey
The days of tuning into the news channel at 7 pm in your living room are gone. Today's consumers want news to come to them not vice versa. Taking note of this, ABP News bought a Hotstar ticket, which boasts of 10 million downloads on Android devices.
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Television | TV Channels
Kumkum Bhagya and spinoff help Zee TV to second place in across genres
Over the past few weeks, Zee TV or its network sibling Zee Anmol have been ranked second and/or third in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists for top 10 channels across genre (All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals).
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Television | TV Channels
Ten Sports, Spiderman sequel help drive up Sony revenue in second quarter
Sony Pictures Network India's (SPN) acquisition of Ten Sports Network seems to be working well for parent Sony Corporation's (Sony) financial numbers for the quarter ended 30 September 2017 (Q2-18, current quarter).
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Television | TV Channels
Colors tops urban market: BARC week 43
Zee Anmol continued to dominate the Hindi GEC (U+R) and rural market whereas this week Colors has topped the charts of Hindi GEC urban market and garnered the first position, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data.
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Television | TV Channels
Sony BBC Earth enters top 5 in infotainment
Comedy Central retained its leadership despite a fall in the ratings in the English entertainment genre according to all-India BARC week 43 data. Movies Now emerged as the leader in the English movies genre.
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- Airtel opposes relaxing 50% cap on spectrum holding in a band
- Nasscom announces the year's top ten startups to look out for at EMERGE 10 Awards
  Source: ET
   
- No monopoly in cable biz; will ensure level-playing field for
  Source: Zee Biz
   
- U.S., AT&T discussing conditions for Time Warner deal: sources
  Source: Reuters
   
- Hathway Broadband starts FTTH, data use up 26% in 3 months
  Source: Ultra
   
- TRAI Asks RCom to Explain Why It Stopped 2G Services
  Source: The Wire
   
- Union Minister Smriti Irani launches Myntra's new handloom brand 'Navibhu'
  Source: DD
   
- Why telecom sector needs IUC model
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- Low Earth Orbit satellites to play key role in communication
  Source: The Hans India
   
- Morocco ups space game, set to launch Earth observation satellite
  Source: Zee News
   
   
- BBC chief warns British TV under serious threat from likes of Netflix
- World media chiefs call for EU inquiry into Maltese journalist's murder
  Source: The Guardian
   
- King Bach, Amanda Cerny, DeStorm Power Team to Launch Subscription VOD Service
- Spotify Names New Head of P.R. in Advance of Public Offering
Source: Variety
   
- Apple delivers on its much-hyped promise to Wall Street in spades
- Sidewalk Labs could pilot city-changing tech in Toronto sooner than you think
 

Source: TC

   
- CBS Launching New Version of Twilight Zone on All Access
- Nielsen: 15.8M Watch Episode 1 of Netflix's 'Stranger Things 2'
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Acorn TV now financing original series, SVOD company executive says
- Discovery CEO Zaslav tees off on retransmission fees and sports, pushes for entertainment-only bundle
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- Time Warner Shares Plunge on Reports DOJ Will Block AT&T Deal
- CNN's Great Big Story Lands on Xumo's OTT Lineup
  Source: Multichannel
   
- Unitymedia to roll out Horizon 4K in Germany
  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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IDOS 2017 Opening Remarks
 
Television | TV Channels
AXN leads the game with highest women viewership in its genre
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Ten Sports, Spiderman sequel help drive up Sony revenue in second quarter
 
Television | Production House
Can't force film & TV producers to hire people from trade unions: CCI
 
Television | TV Channels
Viacom names Kelly Day as president of new unit Digital Studios
 
iWorld | Telecom
Vodafone to get new shine from Idea; merger on its last leg
 
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