Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 31 August 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

31 August 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 37


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Television | TV Channels

Sudhanshu Vats unveils Voot's audacious plans in Viacom18 show of strength

	Viacom18 put on quite a show as it offered a peak into what's in store for its OTT platform Voot at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Thursday. Leading the charge was managing director Sudhanshu Vats with key colleagues Monika Shergill, Ajit Andhare, Ravish Kumar and Akash Banerji in tow. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

BTVI says biz news will continue to stay relevant

It isn't easy to make a mark in niche genres but two years post launch, Business Television India (BTVI), the English business news channel, has leveraged on editorial strengths to grab the third spot.
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Television | TV Channels

Zee Anmol leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 34

Zee Anmol and Star Utsav retained their first and second positions this week in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 34 of 2018 in the Hindi GEC (U+R) market.
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Television | TV Channels

Star Maa is 3rd highest viewed channel in the country

Among all the other players in the Telugu general entertainment channels (GECs) space, Star India has led in the already cluttered market consistently over the last few weeks. According to BARC data in week 34 of 2018, Star India's GEC channel, Star Maa, is now the third highest viewed channel in the country.
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	Licensing stifles innovation: Wi-Fi vendors to DoT
	Vodafone adds highest number of subscribers in July
	Source: ETTelecom

	Hathway Cable raises Rs 100 crore from promoter group entity
	Source: CNBC TV18

	Airtel gets approval to offload 15% stake in DTH arm to Warburg Pincus
	Source: Medianama

	RIL's value greater than Airtel, D-mart, Flipkart & 3 media firms combined; should you buy or sell shares?
	Source: Financial Express

	6,150 India Post Payments Bank accounts opened in region
	Source: TOI

	Unsolicited commercial communication: After norms for telcos, Trai may look at OTT players now
	Source: Indian Express

	ISRO's Antrix eyes Rs 1,500-2,000cr revenue from small satellite launchers
	Source: New Indian Express


	FBI arrests man who threatened to kill Boston Globe staff for criticizing Trump
	Kirsty Young to take Desert Island Discs break because of illness
	Source: The Guardian

	CBS Corp. Names Hearst, Sony Alum Philip Wiser as Chief Technology Officer
	What's Coming to Netflix in September 2018
	Source: Variety

	VNTANA CEO Ashley Crowder will talk holograms at TechCrunch Sessions: AR/VR
	Amazon is quietly doubling down on cryptographic security
	Source: Techcrunch

	FCC Boosts DBS Fee, Changes Broadcast TV Calculation
	ESPN Scores Bigger Audience With Little League World Series
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Edge computing will be a hot topic during IBC 2018
	As Comcast's NBCUniversal deal conditions reach their end, DOJ warns it's still watching
	Source: Fierce Video

	fuboTV Adds 3 FS1 College Football Games to 4K HDR Beta
	Trump Goes Off on Media, Big Time
	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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