Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 26 October 2017 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

26 October 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 80

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Cable TV | DAS

Broadcasters, DPOs to crack down on piracy, analogue transmission

	There is general agreement among broadcasters and delivery platform operators including direct to home (DTH) as well as digital cable operators that a joint industry task force should be set up to check and report cases of piracy in the third and fourth phases of digital addressable system (DAS). continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Seamus O'Brien to join MP & Silva as CEO in the new year

Indian sports television executives are pretty familiar with this international sports rights veteran. Seamus O'Brien - who was promoter of the World Spots Group when the IPL telecast rights deal with Multiscreen Media (now Sony Pictures Networks India) blew up in the previous decade - has been appointed by leading sports rights firm MP & Silva as CEO effective 1 January 2018.
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Television | TV Channels

Veteran journo Rohit Gandhi sets up news platform for independent reporters

When you have the credentials of having worked for CNN and CBC as an international journalist for several years, what do you do next? Well, you could start a news platform with a difference. Just like Rohit Gandhi has done by incorporating Global Live, which has set up Democracy News Live.
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Television | TV Channels

Zee Cafe to spook you with a Michael Jackson thriller

With the Diwali line-up coming to an end and Halloween just around the corner, English GEC channel Zee Cafe is planning to premiere an animated special featuring the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
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Regulators | TRAI

TRAI recommends liberalised internet telephony and emergency services

Internet telephony services can be provided by access service providers to its subscribers who may be using Internet of other access service providers as Internet Telephony service is un-tethered from the underlying access network.
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	The Lowdown: TRAI's recommendations for Internet Telephony from telcos, ISPs and VNOs
	Source: Medianama

	RCom nears record low on talk of closure of DTH business
	Source: BS

	Barc improves TV viewership measurement via set-top box readings
	Source: Live Mint

	U.S. FCC to loosen TV, newspaper ownership rules
	Source: Zee Biz

	TRAI Issues Recommendations For Internet Telephony
	Source: News18

	Govt exploring mechanism for those who do not want to link Aadhaar with mobile number
	Source: The Hindu Business Line

	Blocked entry to campus for third consecutive day: SRFTI head
	Source: India Today

	Tokyo Broadcasting investor launches activist campaign
	Source: TOI

	Four small satellites set to enter earth's atmosphere in next 20 days, likely to burn up in the sky
	Source: India TV


	Channel 4 move from London could create 7,500 jobs, report says
	Apple has Netflix and Amazon in sight as it hires British TV executive
	Source: The Guardian

	TIFFCOM: Crunchyroll Making First Japan-Korea Coproduction
	Roku Wants to Start Streaming to Third-Party Devices
	Source: Variety

	Snapcart raises $10M to shed light on consumer spending in emerging markets
	Microsoft's Sonar lets you check your website for performance and security issues
	Source: TC

	Pai Commits to No Retribution, Period, Over News Content
	Univision Deportes Nets Broadcast Rights for 18 Liga MX Matches
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	DirecTV Now goes nationwide with CBS on-demand content
	Sony's Hopkins faces austere test: Compete with vertically integrated media giants and Netflix
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Rosenworcel: Pro-Sinclair FCC Policies Deserve Investigating
	Pai Proposes Major Broadcast Deregulation
	Source: Multichannel

	Premier League broadcasting deal change dismissed
	Telekom Austria growth continues
	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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