15 August 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 23   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Sony Marathi aims to fill need gap in the market

Sony is taking the plunge into the Marathi general entertainment market to compete with Zee Marathi, Zee Yuva, Colors Marathi and Star Pravah. The channel will be launched on 19 August 2018. Although the genre is pretty cluttered and Sony's entry is pretty late compared to incumbents, Sony Pictures Network India MD and CEO NP Singh feels that it is the right time to enter.
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Television | TV Channels
NDTV India reverts to pay channel from FTA
NDTV has decided to convert its free to air (FTA) channel NDTV India as a pay channel with effect from 15 September. On 8 April 2016, NDTV India, the Hindi news channel, started its FTA journey. Prior to that, the channel was a paid service priced at Rs 3.37 on direct-to-home (DTH) and addressable platforms.
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iWorld | E-commerce
Amazon scaling up investment for Indian marketplace biz
E-commerce giant Amazon has invested additional Rs 2,700 crore for its Indian marketplace unit at a time when it continues to battle its local rival Flipkart along with investing about Rs 100 crore for food retail business in India, according to a report from Mint.
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iWorld | OTT
Netflix CFO David Wells to quit
After a 14-year stint in the company, Netflix chief financial officer David Wells plans to step down. Since 2010 Wells served as the CFO, at a time when Netflix started to see its growth. However, he will leave after helping the company choose his successor.
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- ISRO TV channel, student training camps coming soon to promote scientific mindset
  Source: India Today
   
- Govt put out social media monitoring tenders at least 7 times: Report
  Source: Medianama
   
- After TRAI Chief's Fiasco, UIDAI Is Planning To List Dos And Don'ts Of Sharing Aadhaar Details
  Source: India Times
   
- Reliance JioGigaFiber registration: Expected prices and availability
  Source: Business Today
   
- John Malone, the Cable Cowboy, Isn't Ready to Hang Up His Spurs
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Analyst Corner: ZEE one of the top picks in media space; maintain buy
  Source: FE
   
- Facebook to Broadcast La Liga Games for Free in Indian Subcontinent
  Source: News18
   
- Digital economy challenges the foundation of taxation
  Source: Live Mint
   
   
- Scotland's Sunday Herald merges staff with the Herald
- Facebook buys rights to show La Liga games in India
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Verizon 5G Broadband Will Include YouTube TV, Apple TV in Four Initial Markets
- HQ Trivia Expands Beyond Mobile With New Apple TV App
 

Source: Variety

   
- Firefox now supports the newest internet security protocol
- Airbnb shows off new collaboration features that let co-travelers plan trips together
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Hulu Renews Limited Series 'Castle Rock' for Season Two
- Comcast Lets 'AGT' Fans Vote Via X1 Voice Remotes
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Sling TV, DirecTV Now grew shares while cable subscriber losses widened in Q2
- Global TV and video revenue will hit $559B by 2022: report
 

Source: Fierce Video

   
- TiVo Settles Patent Skirmish with Altice in Portugal
- Comcast Says Its Internet Essentials Has Now Helped 6M Low-Income Americans
 

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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Jasdeep Pannu talks about ESPN India's digital play
 
iWorld | OTT
What's New on HOOQ
 
iWorld | OTT
Laliga lands on facebook in indian subcontinent
 
Television | TV Channels
Changes in Senior Management & Board of Directors of lnduslnd Media & Communications limited, a subsidiary of the Company
 
MAM | Marketing
PrettySecrets Urges Freedom From Boring This Independence Day With Their Campaign #BreakFreeFromBoring
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Publicis Media Exchange appoints Sejal Shah as managing partner and head
 
Television | TV Channels
Epic TV's growth in the infotainment genre
 
Regulators | I&B Ministry
Parliamentary IT report cites high charge by Antrix as hurdle to satellite connectivity
 
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