Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 10 August 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

10 August 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 19


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Regulators | I&B Ministry

Does govt propose to regulate kids' channels? MIB says no'

	Do watching cartoons have lasting effects on the children? Has the government made any assessment regarding the impact of cartoon channels on kids? Does the government propose to regulate/limit the telecast of cartoon programmes by private channels and Doordarshan in accordance with the examination schedule of children? continue reading...

Television | Production House

21CF tops estimates in Q4 earning

At a point when Rupert Murdoch's media empire 21st Century Fox is preparing to sell the bulk of its film and TV assets to Walt Disney Co (Disney), its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts' expectations.
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Television | TV Channels

Sony Max tops Hindi channels; four Star India channels in across genres list

Sony Pictures Network India's (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max once again topped Hindi channels in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) list of top 10 channels across genres list (across genres list) for week 31 of 2018 (Saturday, 28 July 2018 to Friday, 3 August 2018, week or period under review).
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Television | TV Channels

Times Now dethrones Republic TV after 64 weeks

After a long gap of 64 weeks, Times Now has dethroned Republic TV from its top slot. The Arnab Goswami-led channel's streak was broken as it occupied the pole position since its launch on 6 May 2017.
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	Idea MD Himanshu Kapania to be first vice chairman of Grasim
	OTE Telecom Q2 core profit grows as Greece recovers
	Source: ETTelecom

	Book on 'secret broadcasts' during Quit India movement launched
	R S Sharma reappointed as a Trai chairman, gets two-year extension
	Source: BS

	BSNL to introduce Wi-Fi connectivity in 82 villages
	Source: TOI

	India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) provides these services to individuals: Game-changer? Check it out
	Source: Zee Biz

	Viacom reports revenue below estimates on weak advertising sales
	Source: Reuters

	Deutsche Telekom Raises Forecast on Back of Growth in U.S.
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	Apple's mettle in India tested in squabble with TRAI over anti-spam app
	Source: Indian Express

	Department of Telecom directed ISPs to block more than 11,000 websites since Jan 2016
	Source: BGR


	Tribune scraps $3.9bn buyout by Sinclair and sues for breach of contract
	Laura Ingraham condemned after saying immigrants destroy 'the America we love'
	Source: The Guardian

	Infowars Tweets Deleted After CNN Cites Examples of Twitter Policy Violations
	Hulu Losses Double in Q2 to $357 Million, as Disney Is Set to Take Control
	Source: Variety

	Dropbox is crashing despite beating Wall Street expectations, announces COO Dennis Woodside is leaving
	Facebook now deletes posts that financially endanger/trick people
	Source: Techcrunch

	Tribune Ends Deal with Sinclair, Files Breach of Contract Suit
	Bryan Cranston to Star in Broadway Production of 'Network'
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Viacom says its streaming content business will be worth $1B by 2020
	Fox reports huge 18% jump in revenues during Q4
	Source: Fiercevideo

	TVT and DMC become TVT Media
	Virgin leads in Liberty Global financials
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	BBC Studios appoints new director of content
	Source: Tv Technology

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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