Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 28 September 2017 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

28 September 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 61

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Television | TV Channels

Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati on SC verdict, pushing DD Sports and DTT

	Shashi Shekhar Vempati is probably one of the youngest CEOs to occupy the Prasar Bharati hotseat. Additionally, he is the first private sector executive to have got the job. So, media observers expect a lot from him, especially considering his background in Infosys, one of India's most respected infotech companies. continue reading...

Cable TV | People

Shaji Mathews appointed as Kerala MSO KCCL CEO

From Gujarat, where he helped steer MSO GTPL towards its IPO, he is now headed back to his home city of Kochi in Kerala.
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iWorld | OTT

Jio and Roy Kapur Films sign multi-year original content deal

Unique collaborations between content companies and OTT and MVOD platforms are marking a milestone in the confluence of rapidly-evolving entertainment, technology and telecom sectors in India.
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Television | TV Channels

Network18 Digital hires Saregama's Mudaliar as chief product officer

Network18 Digital (N18D), the digital arm of the Network18 Group, has appointed Avinash Mudaliar as the chief product officer.
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	Reliance Industries in talks to acquire DEN Networks
	IMC 2017: Incumbents call for urgent government intervention to ease telecom sector stress
	Source: ET

	Uber, Kalanick Sued by Investors for Scandal-Related Losses
	China Growth Is Humming But `Darker Story' May Await in 2018
	Source: BQ

	Telecom Commission to meet on 26 September to discuss the Trai act and financial stress in the sector
	Source: First Post

	Bharti to lead telecom firms in spending ₹50,000 cr. this year
	Source: The Hindu

	Hurt by baseless criticism that questions integrity: TRAI Chief
	Source: BGR India

	Idea CEO says IUC cut will ensure only one technology will survive
	Source: Live Mint

	'Telecom manufacturing to see big upshot by 2020'
	Source: ET Telecom

	UPDATE 1-Telecom Italia set to appoint Amos Genish as CEO - sources
	Source: Reuters

	Airtel's top man Gopal Vittal sees a silver lining in telecom's financial stress
	Amazon India launches wholesale marketplace; now SMBs can buy material in bulk
	Source: FE


	Mark Zuckerberg: I regret ridiculing fears over Facebook's effect on election
	Trump unveils ambitious plan to overhaul US tax system
	Source: The Guardian

	Michelle Williams to Star in 'Venom' Opposite Tom Hardy
	Denis Villeneuve in Talks to Direct 'Cleopatra' at Sony
	Source: Variety

	NASA and Russia agree to work together on Moon space station
	Roku prices IPO at $14, valuing company at $1.3 billion
	Source: TC

	CBS Orders Full Season of 'Young Sheldon'
	Among OTTs, DirecTV Now Most Aligned With Consumers' Preferences: Study
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	NAB balks at T-Mobile's, Qualcomm's fears of an ATSC 3.0 smartphone tuner mandate
	Altice outs Disney's 'dark secret' in TV ad: 'It owns ESPN!'
	Source: Fiercecable

	Hulu Lands Former Seeso Series 'There's Johnny'
	Demand Progress Seeks Donations to 'Fire' FCC's Pai
	Source: Multichannel

	NOS' Pedro Bandeira "OTT is the new pay TV"
	US pay-TV universe shrinks to 79% of households
	Source: Broadband TV News

	Sitcom Star Tops List of Highest-Paid TV Actresses
	Breakout Drama Fuels a Big Night for NBC
	Source: TV Week

Movies | Hindi

Bhoomi....80s revisited

Bhoomi, directed by Omung Kumar, is a throwback to the 1980s era when the villain and his cohorts would rape a hero's sister and he would take revenge against them.
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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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