04 April 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 10   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Regulators | TRAI
TRAI initiates consultation on landing page issue
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the telecoms and broadcast regulator, now wants to discuss the issue of the landing page (the page that appears when one switches on the STB and the TV set) and its many uses and misuses with the industry stakeholders. The regulator issued a consultation paper in this regard today.
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Television | TV Channels
Bidding takes BCCI home matches' media rights to a new high
The race is on to capture the five year media rights to the Indian cricket team's home matches (102 matches in India from June 2018 to March 2023) On offer are the television and rest of the world digital rights (GTVRD), Indian subcontinent digital rights (ID), and the global consolidated rights (GCR). And by end of yesterday (3 April), only three bidders – Reliance, Star India and Sony- were left in the fray in the e-auction for the GCR.
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Television | TV Channels
Swaraj Express SMBC to launch Kannada news channel
The regional news market is witnessing the winds of change. Numerous broadcasters are entering this market by launching free-to-air (FTA) channels in their respective genres.In the regional market, Hindi, with over 20 channels, is leading the race in the number of channels followed by Kannada with 15 channels and Telugu is just a scratch behind with 14 channels.
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MAM | Media and Advertising
WPP board begins investigation of its CEO Sir Martin Sorrel, says WSJ
Once the toast of the advertising industry, investors, and shareholders, Sir Martin Sorrell now faces the ignominy of being probed by a law firm, which has been appointed by the WPP board for a potential misuse of assets and personal misconduct, if a report in the Wall Street Journal is to be believed.
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- DEN to roll out high speed broadband in 100 cities in 12 months
- Mogae Media's Sandeep Goyal picks up 10% stake in Sync Media
  Source: ET
   
- I&B Ministry looks to regulate digital broadcast and news; fake news to lead to de-accreditation of journalists
- Hotstar launches Rs 299 per-year subscription tier for live sports
  Source: Medianama
   
- ATC closes deal to buy telecom towers from Vodafone
- Competition in India's telecom sector unlikely to reduce soon
  Source: Livemint
   
- Karnataka polls: EC asks media to follow its guidelines
  Source: : BS
   
- Reliance Jio impact: Airtel may post its first quarterly loss in 15 years, says report
  Source: Business Today
   
- 'Nearly 84,000 pesky calls despite signing on for DND service'
  Source: BL
   
- BSNL adds over 4 million subscribers in March
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- GSAT-6A Satellite Could Become Space Debris if Link Not Established: ISRO
  Source: News18
   
   
   
   
- Disney offers to buy Sky News to ease Murdoch's £11.7bn takeover
- Women too modest to host Have I Got News For You, Hislop claims
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Talks Public Listing, Taylor Swift on 'CBS This Morning'
- Studio71 Hires Andrew Strauser, Formerly With TLC and Jennifer Lopez, as Senior VP of Unscripted
 

Source: Variety

   
- Apple steals Google's AI chief
- Trump should invest in Amazon, not destroy it
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- CBS-Viacom Deal Hinges on Moonves' No. 2
- Dish Drops Univision's Digital Lifestyle Channels
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Disney wants to buy Sky News regardless of how its Fox deal pans out
- Twitter signs new out-of-market streaming deal with Major League Baseball
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- CBS Makes Formal Merger Offer to Viacom Committee
- HBO Leads NAMIC Vision Award Wins
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Orange confirms interest in Belgian VOO
- ARD/ZDF end cable dispute and pay carriage fees
 

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
Star india signs superstar prosenjit as official ambassador for broadcast of vivo ipl in bengali on jalsha movies
   
Television | TV Channels
Sony BBC Earth intensifies India-centric content, Acquires new shows
 
Television | TV Channels
LaLiga returns with Messi and Castro goals vital at top and bottom
 
Television | TV Channels
MN+ pays Heath Ledger a Gold Class birthday tribute with a special airing of 'The Dark Knight'
 
Television | TV Channels
Africa Channel to Present Zanzibar TV Series Festival 2018
 
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Dream11 assigns creative mandate to Leo Burnett
 
MAM | Marketing
WROGN, IMARA are official lifestyle partners for RCB in IPL 11
 
Television | TV Channels
Star Bharat unveils promo of 'Mayavi Maling'
 
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