8 November 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 92   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
Regulators | MIB
MIB, TRAI allay industry fears on sat capacity leasing & content regulations
Indian government officials on Tuesday used an international platform of CASBAA Convention 2017 here to allay some of the industry fears on regulatory challenges involving satellite capacity leasing on foreign satellites and possible content regulations, while stating the country strives to be vibrant, living up to PM Modi's stated policy of ease of doing business.
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Television | TV Channels
How Neeraj Vyas is bringing SAB back to the top of the charts
Four months ago, Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) rebranded its 10-year-old comedy channel SAB TV under the leadership of veteran executive Neeraj Vyas. Vyas, who has been with SPNI for more than two decades and was last seen running the shows of music and movie, was additionally entrusted with rejuvenating the flagging SAB by SPNI CEO NP Singh earlier in February 2017.
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Regulators | TRAI
TRAI pushes DTH cos for BHIM & Bharat QR payments
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked direct to home operators (DTH) to enable digital payments via BHIM/UPI and Bharat QR code by onboarding billers on the Bharat Bill Payment System and print the QR code on DTH bills.
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Television | TV Channels
Hindi News genre versus Indian English News during festival week
Previously, we asked if the Indian English News genre was faced with festival blues – pre, during and post the biggest Indian festival season of Diwali that happened in week 42 of 2017 (Saturday, 14 October 2017 to Friday 20 October 2017).
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Television | TV Channels
Walt Disney elevates Abhishek Maheshwari as country head
The Walt Disney Company has announced the appointment of Abhishek Maheshwari as country head for India. Maheshwari, who joined Disney in 2012, will now be responsible for all of Disney's businesses reporting to Walt Disney International executive vice president and managing director South AsiaMahesh Samat.
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Television | TV Channels
Vice strengthens foothold in APAC, Hosi Simon made CEO
Vice Media has announced a major expansion of its offerings across the Asia Pacific region, with a plethora of new deals that will allow it to reach hundreds of millions of additional viewers. Vice India will launch in early 2018 through a partnership with the Times of India Group, allowing it to produce and distribute local programming for online, mobile and linear platforms.
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Television | TV Channels
Star Sports bags New Zealand cricket rights
Star Sports has acquired the broadcast and digital rights for New Zealand Cricket for all men's and women's international matches being organised in New Zealand for the next three years for the Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia.
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Television | TV Channels
DD Sports & Star Sports gain highest OTS in genre: Chrome DM
The sports genre marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 44 of Chrome Data Analytics & Media with 0.92 per cent growth. In this category, DD Sports gained the highest OTS with 92.7 per cent and Star Sports was the second most benefitted in terms of OTS with 81.7 per cent on an all-India including 1L+ market basis.
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- TRAI tells all DTH operators to enable online payment system
- Veecon Media & Television: Newborn biz
- Fox held talks to sell most of its assets to Disney
  Source: BS
   
- RCom rises on DTH business sale, renegotiation of tower transaction; retreats
- Trai plans to remove 50% limit on telecom spectrum holdings
  Source: ET
   
- Deals Buzz: Broadcom offers $105 billion for Qualcomm, up to be largest tech deal
  Source: Live Mint
   
- Cable TV operators demand time for digitisation
  Source: Nyoooz
   
- Isro plans to scale up outsourcing, double satellite launches
  Source: TOI
   
- RERA is like SEBI, TRAI: home buyers
  Source: The Hindu
   
- Demonetisation was a defining moment in India's journey to a less-cash economy
  Source: HT
   
- New SOP may make govt officers push positive stories & track negative trends
  Source: DNA India
   
   
- Future of Sky News faces review if no Fox deal, says Sky
- Claims of sexual harassment at BBC spike after Weinstein scandal
  Source: The Guardian
   
- Vivendi Debuts Studio+ Subscription VOD Service in U.S., Designed for Smartphones
- Twitter Now Lets Everyone Send 280-Character Tweets
Source: Variety
   
- Snapchat share price craters on weak revenue and user growth in Q3 2017
- Hayley Barna just became the first female GP in First Round's history
 

Source: TC

   
- Pai: More USF Money Needed to Help Puerto Rican Communications
- Tegna Launching Quest, New Multicast Net, With Cooper
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Turner teams with Intel to offer live NBA games in virtual reality
- NAB, CTA launching ATSC 3.0 test station in Cleveland
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- NPR CEO Jarl Mohn to Take Medical Leave
- Amazon Gets Down to Basics With $49.99 Fire TV Stick
  Source: Multichannel
   
- Sky threatens to shut Sky News
- Deutsche Telekom launches 4K TV STB with Zenterio OS
  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
Zee Studio presents the Indian television premiere of Hands of Stone
 
Television | TV Channels
NBA and Dream11 to bring fantasy basketball to India
 
Television | TV Channels
Mittal, Binani cede majority control in B4U Media to Abecross Holdings
 
Television | TV Channels
News is not about cacophony and stirring controversies: ZMCL's Rajiv Singh
 
Television | TV Channels
Indian English News genre facing festival blues?
 
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