07 September 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 44   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
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Television | TV Channels
Times Network makes a 180-degree and 3D 360-degree virtual reality move
We all thought virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) are something in the future, right? Well, no, not really. It is here, right here, right now. Take a look at the way in which Indian news television channels are beginning to sprint towards the two innovative ways of delivering content and immersing viewers in news stories.
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Cable TV | MSO
Lower carriage and internet subs fees pull down Ortel numbers in first quarter
A forty four percent year-on-year (y-o-y) decline in carriage fees and a thirty five percent y-o-y decline in internet subscription fees for the quarter ended 30 June 2017 (Q1-18, current quarter, first quarter of fiscal 2018) resulted in decline of some major numbers for Ortel Communications Limited (Ortel).
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iWorld | OTT
TVF's 'ideas man' Tarun Tripathi joins OML
Tarun Tripathi, the brand awareness and brand solution head of The Viral Fever (TVF), the digital entertainment channel for the younger generation which seldom watches television, has joined Only Much louder (OML).
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Cable TV | MSO
Ortel elevates Satyanaryan Jena as CFO as Manoj Kumar Patra resigns
Ortel Communication has made an internal promotion as its chief financial officer Manoj Kumar Patra has resigned. The board of directors has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that the company has accepted his resignation and relieved him of his responsibilities effective from close of business hours on 5 September, 2017.
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Television | TV Channels
Nielsen estimates US TV homes for '17-'18 season at 119.6 mn
Nielsen's latest national TV household universe estimates for the United States says there are 119.6 million TV homes for the 2017-18 TV season. In contrast the total number of Indian television homes estimated by Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC India) earlier this year stood at a shade over 183 million.
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Technology | software
How broadcasters and studios can harness ERP, innovative tech to run content biz
India's Prime Focus, which was in news in connection with the leak of an upcoming episode of 'Game of Thrones' to be broadcast by its partner Star India's Hotstar, recently signed technology deals with prominent traditional and digital broadcasters.
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Television | TV Channels
NDTV Good Times plans bonanza for viewers on tenth anniversary
"The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow," quoting Irish author, playwright and columnist Maeve Binchy who died in 2012. However, viewers are hoping that the same will not be the case with India's long-running lifestyle channel, NDTV Good Times, as it becomes all of 10 today.
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iWorld | vod
Hooq partners Disney to bring Marvel series to South-East Asia
Hooq - a Video on Demand service in South-East Asia, has now got exclusive SVOD rights to bring three of Marvel's latest series - Marvel's Inhumans, Marvel's Runaways and Marvel's Cloak and Dagger - on the same day as the US telecast on their platform for the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, via a newly inked deal with The Walt Disney Company South-East Asia.
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- Telcos oppose Trai view of delicensing airwaves for M2M
- Sun TV shines on IPL fee change, digitisation; party time ahead?
  Source: ET
   
- 50 large utility providers enable BharatQR service
- Supreme Court tells WhatsApp to give details of user data it shared with third parties
  Source: Live Mint
   
- Airtel writes to Trai, claims Rs 6,800 cr loss on lower IUC
  Source: DNA India
   
- Today's Top Europe News: Brexit, Ryanair, Cable, Bahrain
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Satellite, heat shield of Indian rocket to re-enter in 40-60 days
  Source: BGR
   
- Apple, Indian government fight over user data and TRAI anti-spam app
  Source: India Today
   
- Gauri Lankesh murder: Hope justice is delivered soon, says Smriti Irani
  Source: BS
   
- Arianespace aborts satellite launch seconds before lift-off
  Source: TOI
   
   
- Catch-up viewers put Bake Off in Channel 4's all-time top 10
- BBC pay row: female stars demand urgent action to 'rectify injustices'
Source: The Guardian
   
- Spotify Lures Courtney Holt From Disney for Top Content Job
- Networks Beef Up Press-Screener Security as Piracy Increases
Source: Variety
   
- Twitter brings its dark 'Night mode' theme to the web
- Mesosphere adds Kubernetes support to its data center operating system
 

Source: TC

   
- FCC's Pai Gives Broadcasters Shout Out for Hurricane Coverage
- FCC Outlines Irma-Related Dispensations
Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Apple, Amazon in running to snatch up James Bond film rights: report
- Verizon Digital Media Services' Uplynk adopted by Canada's Stadium Digital
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- Peter Rice Named President at 21st Century Fox
- Sling TV To Distribute 'UFC 215,' Alvarez-Golovkin PPV Events
  Source: Multichannel
   
- Quickline attacks UPC and Swisscom with free OTT service
  Source: Broadband TV News
   
Movies | Hindi
Previous releases continue to rule box office as new releases fail
This has been another week of disappointments. Two new releases in Ajay Devgn starrer Baadshaho and Ayushmann Khurrana's Shubh mangal Saavdhan, have failed to meet the expectations. Though the films opened with poor response, both got the advantage of Saturday being a Bakra Eid holiday.
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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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One on One discussion wih Vishal Maheshwari
 
Television | TV Channels
Vh1 to offer K-Popp'd, Lip Sync Battle and X Factor S14 this month
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Radio City starts offering locally relevant content at metro stations
 
Television | TV Channels
Comment: With IPL rights Uday Shankar gambles audaciously, must plan pragmatically
 
DTH | DTH Services
Tata Sky deploys DataMiner to improve customer experience
 
iWorld | Ecommerce
Truecaller introduces number scanning for fast-track payments
 
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