18 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 22   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Star's BCCI rights bid not as astronomical as we all think
Star India has made history by making two of the biggest bids for acquiring cricket rights in India-for the coveted Indian Premier League (IPL) along with the Indian cricket team's home matches. After Star India successfully bid Rs 6,138.1 crore for the home matches, the question on everyone's mind was whether the broadcaster would be able to recover and subsequently make a profit.
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iWorld | OTT
ALTBalaji's Sethi reaffirms faith in originals
Among the plethora of over-the-top (OTT) players that sprung up in the Indian market, we have Balaji Telefilms' ALTBalaji, which is striving to understand content through the eyes of its customers. The platform takes customer feedback seriously to predict which content will work.
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Television | TV Channels
Andrew Jordan resigns as AsiaSat's ED & CEO
Andrew Jordan has resigned as executive director (ED) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd (AsiaSat), one of Asia's leading satellite operators, effective 16 April 2018. He will serve as the senior advisor of AsiaSat until 31 October 2018.
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Television | TV Channels
CNN triumphs in trademark battle against GNN India
Four years on, US cable and satellite television giant CNN has finally won a trademark battle against media company GNN India Ltd (GNN) after taking it to court for using a similar logo. The Chennai bench of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB).
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- TRAI launches portal to compare telecom tariffs
- Nandan Nilekani infuses Rs13cr in e-commerce startup ShopX
  Source: Medianama
   
- Predatory pricing: TDSAT reserves order on TRAI norms
- India had internet and satellites during Mahabharata, claims Tripura CM Biplab Deb
  Source: Indian Express
   
- RCN CEO Holanda Testifies AT&T Merger Will Hurt Competition
- Fox News's Hannity Shares Lawyer With President He Defends
  Source: BQ
   
- In run up to 2019, AIR launches Jan Seva Samvad to help govt connect with masses
  Source: TOI
   
- Telcos take a hit as post-paid subscribers shift to prepaid connections
  Source: BT
   
- Cong calls BJP govt 'surveillance sarkar' for proposal of set-top box chips
  Source: BS
   
- ISRO has a packed schedule as it plans to launch nine missions including Chandrayaan-2 in the next eight months
  Source: First Post
   
   
- WPP hires recruitment firm to help find Martin Sorrell successor
- Netflix's 'new world order': a streaming giant on the brink of global domination
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Fandango Kicks Off VIP+ Rewards Program, Offering $6 Credit for Every Four Tickets Purchased
- Discovery VR, Oculus Veterans Launch New AR/VR Studio Tomorrow Never Knows
 

Source: Variety

   
- Amazon is developing a TV show based on William Gibson's 'The Peripheral'
- Former DreamWorks exec Shawn Dennis joins GoldieBlox as president
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- CBS Forms New Sales Unit for Innovation, Integration
- FCC to Launch 5G Spectrum Auctions
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Comcast, Charter, AT&T push back against California net neutrality rules
- FCC allocates another $742M for incentive auction channel repack
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- International subs prepare to pass Netflix US sales
- Telenet CEO John Porter confirms interest in VOO
 

Source: Broadband TV News

   
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
CNN-News18 Launches '#VoiceOfBengaluru' Initiative
 
MAM | Marketing
Magic Bus associates with ImpactGuru.com to raise funds for underprivileged children
   
Television | TV Channels
ATKT.in associates with Star Movies to showcase youth talent on My Star Movies at 9
 
 
iWorld | OTT
Netflix beats earnings forecasts riding on global user additions
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
MIB moves to regulate online media: various organisations join issue
 
iWorld | OTT
Shilpa Shetty makes digital debut with Amazon dating show
 
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