Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 9 Nov 2017 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

9 November 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 93

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Television | TV Channels

Double digit growth at Star India helps push Fox's numbers up

	21st Century Fox reported that international affiliate revenue increased 11 percent driven by rate and subscriber growth at both FNG International and Star India for its cable network programming segment for the quarter ending 30 September 2017. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Viacom18's Sudhanshu Vats: Indian media's growth will be similar to China

Even as he said that the growth trajectory of the Indian media space will be similar to that of China, Mumbai-headquartered Viacom 18 Media group CEO Sudhanshu Vats made it clear that both television and digital spaces were complementary to each other having a great future in India.
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Regulators | TRAI

TRAI tightens landing-page norms

Distributors of television channels, according to a directive issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), have been restrained from placing any registered satellite television channel whose TV rating is released by a TV rating agency on the boot-up screen or the landing channel.
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Television | TV Channels

Kids' channels to see laid-back Children's Day celebration

The day dedicated to the children of India isn't far off and kids channels have lined up special programmes to entertain the little ones on 14 November aka Children's Day.
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iWorld | OTT

Hooq Filmmakers Guild is a hot bed for creative talent, says CEO Peter Bithos

Days after announcing five filmmakers from Southeast Asia, who have the chance to submit their scripts for a pilot, Hooq Filmmakers Guild has selected five more submissions. It claims to be one of the top video on demand service in the region.
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iWorld | OTT

Cable & broadcast biggies discuss issues on day 1 of CASBAA Convention

The CASBAA Convention 2017 in Macau kicked off on 7 November 2017 with welcoming remarks from 21st Century Fox CASBAA Board Chairman and SVP Public Affairs Asia Joe Welch, during which he highlighted the association's escalating efforts to curb the on-going regional revenue leakage caused by piracy.
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	TRAI asks DTH operators to enable UPI and Bharat QR and spend money promoting digital payments?
	Zee's Punit Goenka says content deal with Jio doesn't allow mirroring on TV
	Star Sports bags New Zealand Cricket broadcasting rights for 3 years
	Source: Medianama

	Trai hopes to share new telecom policy inputs with DoT in December
	Morocco launches earth observation satellite
	Vice Media plots expansion across Asia for TV shows, web videos
	Source: ET

	Fox Is in Good Shape, Lachlan Murdoch Says Amid Deal Speculation
	Source: BQ

	U.S. demands CNN sale to approve AT&T/Time Warner deal -sources
	Source: TOI

	RCom revamp plan recap: Airtel, Jio eye assets; tower deal to be reworked
	Source: BS

	Smriti Irani joins Bollywood's fight for lower GST
	Source: Mid-Day

	Surya Prakash likely to get second term as Prasar Bharati chairperson
	Source: HT

	Vodafone, Huawei achieve first 5G data connection in Italy
	Source: BGR


	Key Murdoch ally sells stake in 21st Century Fox
	Channel 4 wins second biggest audience ever with Bake Off
	Source: The Guardian

	Eric Leven Joins Hearst Magazines Digital Media as Director of Originals
	Roman Atwood Extreme Stunt Show Coming to YouTube Red
	Source: Variety

	Shernaz Daver, the CMO who helped to turn around Udacity, is leaving the company
	Greta Van Susteren is releasing an apology app called Sorry
	Source: TC

	Fox Reports Higher Profits, Revenue in Quarter
	AT&T CFO Says Timing of Time Warner Approval 'Now Uncertain'
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Charter gets FCC support in Minnesota battle over VoIP service regulation
	Comcast wins one, loses one on muni broadband
	Source: Fierce Cable

	AT&T's Stephenson: 'No Intention' to Sell CNN
	Comcast Adds CuriosityStream to SVOD Lineup
	Source: Multichannel

	Ampere: Pay-TV only subscribers are decreasing
	Polish TV channels seek multiplex switch
	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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