13 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 18   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
iWorld | OTT
Hotstar packs a punch with IPL 11 opening week user numbers
No longer do people have to stand outside shops on the streets to catch the cricketing action when they're not at home. Technology has brought all the action to people's palms. In 2015, Star India won the digital and media rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) making viewers stick to matches through its over-the-top (OTT) platform Hotstar.
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Television | TV Channels
Four Star India channels among top ten in across-genre list
Four channels from the Star India Network made it to the Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) top 10 channels across genres list–all India: 2+ in week 14 of 2018: Saturday, 31 March 2018 to Friday, 6 April 2018. Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) had three channels,
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DTH | DTH Operator
Dish TV promoter cos offer to buy 26% from public shareholders
The promoter group entities of Dish TV India Ltd (Dish TV) have made an offer to buy an additional 26 per cent equity stake from public shareholders of the direct-to-home (DTH) operator for Rs 3,701 crore. According to a release issued to the BSE today, Dish TV promoter entities World Crest Advisors LLP, along with Veena Investments Pvt Ltd and Direct Media Distribution Venture Pvt Ltd,
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Television | TV Channels
Demand for regional commentary in tier 3 & 4 towns: Chrome DM
From only speaking in English to including Hindi to now giving each region a voice in its own language, cricket commentary in India has progressed over the years. There is a fair demand from consumers to watch and listen to content in their language. Commentary in regional languages not only multiplies the excitement among the viewers but also increases the fun and entertainment quotient of the game.
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- AT&T Witness Attacks `Theoretically Unsound' Merger Case
- Next Up on ESPN: Harvard Lacrosse, Fencing for Only $5 a Month
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Disney forced into takeover offer for Sky by UK authority at £10.75/share
- Telugu actress strip case: NHRC sends notices to I&B ministry, T'gana govt
  Source: BS
   
- I&B Ministry wants more local participation in FM radio e-auctions
- COAI asks TRAI to review MySpeed App
  Source: BL
   
- European Commission Raids Offices in Sports Broadcasting Investigation
  Source: News18
   
- As India looks to regulate Internet content, some issues to consider
  Source: Medianama
   
- TRAI recommends issuing of DTH licenses for 20 yrs, one-time entry fee of Rs 10 cr
  Source: Financial Express
   
- You owe us Rs 250 crore, British company tells Indian government
  Source: TOI
   
- Court Dismisses Complaint Against Smriti Irani Over False Declaration Case
  Source: News18
   
- IPL on Hotstar sets world record; TV ratings too on a high
  Source: Inside Sport
   
   
   
   
- Disney must bid for Sky even if Murdoch offer fails, watchdog rules
- If the BBC is politically neutral, how does it explain Andrew Neil?
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Hulu Starts Selling HBO for $4.99 per Month for Limited Time
- Amazon Prime Video Getting 60-Plus LGBTQ Films From Outfest
 

Source: Variety

   
- FCC declines to punish Sinclair for its 'must-run' segments and scripts
- Uber expands privacy settlement with FTC
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- ESPN Makes Direct-to-Consumer Pitch With ESPN+
- NBA Season Sets Records for Subscriptions, Social
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Fox TV group names Chung as new chief digital officer
- Cox expands Comcast-backed HomeLife automation service nationally, charges $29.99 a month for it
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Comcast Unit Looking to Broaden its Horizons
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Christoph Vilanek remains CEO of Freenet
- Discovery Kids launches on Amazon Prime
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- FCC's O'Rielly: Thank Goodness For Broadcasters
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
- BBC Studios goes on Royal Wedding Watch for PBS
- Regulator tells Disney it must bid for Sky after Fox deal
 

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
VIVO IPL on Star is bigger than ever before… ever!
   
IWorld | Telecom
Jio & Sodexo to accelerate digital transformation
 
Television | TV Channels
Barc India: Star Maa No. 1 telugu entertainment TV channel
 
Television | TV Channels
DSPORT to telecast Grand National, one of the most iconic horse racing events in the world
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Vertuals appoints Mr. Zahid Gawandi as the agency's business head
 
 
Television | TV Channels
PTC Network embraces Amagi's cloud technology for broadcast
 
Television | TV Channels
Discovery promotes Scripps programming execs
 
Television | TV Channels
Toonz Media signs co-production deal for 'Chi-Chi'
 
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