27 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 30   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Endemol Shine sees scripted shows as new area of growth
Endemol Shine India (Endemol Shine), best known for producing shows such as Bigg Boss, Master Chef, Khatron Ke Khiladi and Dance India, has a lot going for it this year. The company will produce the second season of The Test Case for Balaji Telefilms' OTT platform ALTBalaji after tasting success in the first season.
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Television | TV Channels
Viacom18 channels re-enter across genres list as Sun TV strengthens lead
Two Viacom18 returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) weekly list of top 10 television channels across genres in week 16 of 2018 (Saturday, 14 April 2018 to Friday, 20 April 2018).
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iWorld | OTT
Viu India plans to expand in Tamil market
As over-the-top (OTT) service Viu completed its two-year journey, it launched its latest digital series Kaushiki which is set to release on 27 April. Going forward, the platform plans to deliver more than 20 originals this year along with entering the Tamil market very soon.
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Television | TV Channels
3BL comes to India with Rs 30 cr budget
The fastest growing urban team sport in the world, 3x3 Basketball comes to India for the first time with 3BL - 3x3 Pro Basketball League. 3BL is an intellectual property of YKBK Enterprise that has been granted the exclusive rights contract from FIBA 3x3 for the Indian subcontinent, making it the first ever FIBA recognised basketball league in India.
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iWorld | OTT
YuppTV- Cosmos-Maya partner for kids content
Cosmos-Maya and YuppTV have entered into a partnership paving the way for more kids content on the over-the-top platform. Cosmos-Maya owns a content bank of more than 1000 hours and runs a highly successful bouquet of digital channels under the umbrella brand WowKidz. The latest offering by WowKidz on YuppTV will be available from 27th April.
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Television | TV Channels
NBA, Perform announce multi-year digital media deal
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Perform Media, a leading digital sports content and media group have announced a multi-year partnership that will see Perform manage the league's official websites in more than 15 international markets, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico and Spain.
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- National Digital Communications Policy 2018 draft for public comments soon: Manoj Sinha
- After Delhi, Android app Linq plans to make Jaipur and Dehradun WiFi enabled
  Source: ET
   
- OneWeb: BSNL, SoftBank in talks for leasing LEO satellite-based bandwidth
- Termination cost cut, tariff war led to Airtel's India Q4 loss
  Source: Telecom
   
- TDSAT's interim order is a relief for telcos; they can offer value to customers: Rajan Mathews, COAI
  Source: Zee Biz
   
- Dish TV's Rs3,701 crore open offer to start on 5 June
  Source: Live Mint
   
- Remedies under competition law are largely behavioural: CCI chief
  Source: TOI
   
- Public comments to be sought: Draft national telecom policy likely in a week
  Source: FE
   
- Europe launches seventh Sentinel Earth observation satellite
  Source: DC
   
- EU strikes deal forcing Netflix, Amazon to fund European content
  Source: Reuters
   
   
- Amazon doubles quarterly profits to $1.6bn - and hikes annual cost of Prime
- Online streaming services face '30% made in Europe' law
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- NewFronts Return Slimmer, But No Less Controversial
- Paula Kaplan Exits AwesomenessTV to Rejoin Viacom as Head of Digital Talent and Development
 

Source: Variety

   
- What we learned from Facebook's latest data misuse grilling
- Square is acquiring website builder Weebly for $365M
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- FCC's Pai Won't Commit to Delaying Sinclair Decision for Court Ruling
- IPG Study Finds Roku Ads More Effective Than Linear
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Viacom Digital Studios hires AwesomenessTV alumna Paula Kaplan
- Comcast integrates Tile device tracking into Xfinity Home
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Charter Brings Spectrum Internet Gig Service to 14M More Homes
- MGM Names Lim SVP Strategic Planning, Corporate Development
 

Source: Multichannel

   
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
Striking the right cord, 'The Reunion' trailer grabs 1.7 million Youtube and 1.2 million Facebook views
 
Television | TV Channels
Biggest ever start to IPL, record numbers across screens  
 
DTH | DTH Operator
Netflix deal will help in customer retention, revenue enhancement: Tata Sky's Harit Nagpal
 
iWorld | OTT
Netflix hires Shrishti Behl to build original Indian slate
 
Television | TV Channels
NBA, Perform announce multi-year digital media deal
 
Television | TV Channels
BARC week 16: India TV climbs to top position in urban market
 
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