12 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 17   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
iWorld | OTT
Focus shifts to diaspora communities for robust OTT growth
With the Indian diaspora spread out all over the world, media enterprises have found them to be a worthy group to target. Over-the-top (OTT) players, especially, are finding the diaspora audience a rewarding pursuit. Some platforms use Bollywood to grab their attention while others are targeting millennial audiences with original content.
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MAM | Marketing
Adolescent - the company by the youth, for the youth
Acquisitions and mergers seem to have become a norm in the advertising world. The latest agency to join the bandwagon is Indian advertising agency Scarecrow Communications (Scarecrow), which has now been acquired by international advertising network M&C Saatchi.
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IWorld | OTT
SonyLIV aims to provide comprehensive CWG coverage
2018, the year of major sports tournaments including the Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games (CWG) and the FIFA World Cup, is expected to witness a rise in consumption of live sports events on over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The CWG action is currently taking place at Gold Coast, Australia and Sony Pictures Network (SPN) is the official broadcast rights holder for the country.
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Television | TV Channels
Shemaroo board approves incorporation of US subsidiary
The famous line of Travis Bickle, a lonely taxi driver in Martin Scorsese's iconic film Taxi Driver, is known to cinephiles all over the world. In the world of advertising these days, this line is often being repeated by customers, thanks to the prominent rise of chat-based ads as the most effective medium of communication in the millennial world.
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Television | Production House
Applause Entertainment bags rights for three Armoza series
Content and IP creation studio Applause Entertainment has now taken the local rights to three of Armoza Formats' scripted series: the highly acclaimed crime-thriller Hostages and hilarious comedies La Famiglia and Honey Badgers.
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- Analysis: Redstone weighs CBS-Viacom merger with or without Moonves
- After 4 years, Orkut founder to launch 'Hello' social network app in India
  Source: BS
   
- Don't subsidise private channels, review free dish policy: I&B ministry to Prasar Bharati
- Third Eye: BJP Men Want Chole-Bhature in Canteen
  Source: ET
   
- Merging government-funded film bodies may not be the best solution to the grievances against them
  Source: Financial Express
   
- COAI asks Trai to improve MySpeed app tests
  Source: TOI
   
- Telecom firms ask Trai to review results of app tracking data speed
- Reliance absorbs 3 units that own Jio apps, to build single media team
  Source: Livemint
   
- Bombay HC asks Centre to set up ombudsman for telecom sector
- Indian PM reportedly pushing for co's locating servers in India; Our Take
  Source: Medianama
   
- Adverse state policies stall Rs 9,000 cr investment in telecom infra in FY18: COAI
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- Court Dismisses Complaint Against Smriti Irani Over False Declaration Case
  Source: News18
   
- Subramanian Swamy compares fake news to cancer, says we need 'some kind of surgery' to deal with it
  Source: Firstpost
   
   
   
   
- Resolve cartels inquiry before clearing Fox bid for Sky, says Watson
- EU threatens to crack down on Facebook over hate speech
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Declines Compensation in 2017 for Third Straight Year
- Instagram Will Soon Let Users Download All Their Photos, Videos and Messages
 

Source: Variety

   
- Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app support on the Mac
- Former Google CFO Patrick Pichette just joined the world of venture capital
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- CNBC: Redstone Ready to Fire Moonves Over Viacom Tiff
- Discovery Gives New Duties to Execs Schleiff, Page, White
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Google executive details rollout timeframe for AV1
- CBS CEO Les Moonves will be replaced if no deal is reached with Viacom
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Ryan Exit Announcement Draws Crowd
- CNBC: Redstone Ready to Fire Moonves Over Viacom Tiff
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Fox offices raided in EC antitrust investigation
- Telekom Austria targets Serbian incumbent again
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- Pai Tells Broadcasters: More Modernization On The Way
- NDI Central Pavilion To Stream Live From NAB
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
- European Commission confirms unannounced inspections on sports broadcasters
- Amazon 'looking to work with telcos to grow Prime subscriptions'
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
   
   
   
Movies | Movies on mutiple platforms
Biopics & sports-based films help popularise sporting culture in India
"Sattar minute, sattar minute hai tumhare paas ... shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas sattar minute ... (Seventy minutes, seventy minutes is what you have ... may be the most important seventy minutes of your life..)".
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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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'Distribution has always been the challenge for broadcasters'
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Barcelona aiming for new unbeaten mark among records in the mix this LaLiga weekend
   
Specials | Event Coverage
Promaxbda india 2018 announces puja vohra and glenn urquhart as their masterclass speakers
 
Television | TV Channels
Viacom18 Consumer Products launches exciting back-to-school range
 
Television | TV Channels
Peter England is the official 'Style Partner' for Chennai Super Kings
 
Television | TV Channels
Netflix India: New survey reveals that India ranks highest in watching Netflix with pets
 
 
IWorld | OTT
SonyLIV aims to provide comprehensive CWG coverage
 
MAM | Marketing
Scarecrow enters into 50:50 partnership with M&C Saatchi
 
Television | TV Channels
Discovery kids to launch 'Little Singham'
 
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