01 February 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 59   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
Specials | Budget
Industry holds bright outlook for budget 2018
With the D-Day already here, the media and entertainment industry is keeping its fingers crossed after a difficult year that bore the full brunt of the introduction of GST. With things settling and the general elections not too far away, a more populist budget is expected from FM Arun Jaitley and his ministry this year.
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Television | TV Channels
TV18 to increase Viacom18 stake to 51%
TV18 will take operational control of Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd (Viacom18), the joint venture partners in Viacom18, TV18 Broadcast and Viacom Inc, announced today. TV18 will raise its stake to 51 per cent by acquiring 1 per cent of Viacom18's equity from Viacom Inc for a cash consideration of Rs 127 crore (USD 20 million).
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iWorld | OTT
Known actors profitable to web series: ALTBalaji's Manav Sethi
Bollywood actors are seeking refuge in TV and online series. The spurt of content with known big-screen faces points to a trend of getting value out of their established names. ALTBalaji has launched a plethora of shows with A-list names. “It is more profitable to sign an actor when he does justice to the role and the script does justice to the actor.
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Movies | Hindi
PVR numbers up on higher ticket price in third quarter
Despite lower admits and occupancy during the quarter ended 31 December 2017 (Q3 2018, the quarter under review), Indian entertainment and exhibition company PVR Ltd (PVR) reported higher revenue due to higher ticket prices.
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iWorld | Social Media
RoW, APAC revenue grows fastest for Facebook in 2017
Social media giant Facebook (FB) reported 47.1 per cent revenue growth for the year ended 31 December 2017 (FY 2017, the year under review) at USD 40,653 million as compared to USD 27,638 million for FY 2016.
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Television | TV Channels
India leads growth for regional pay-TV networks in Asia
New research on the pay-TV channel ecosystem shows India powering revenue and profit growth for regional pay-TV broadcasters in Asia Pacific. Revenue for pay-TV channel groups owned by global media companies expanded by 4 per cent in 2017 to reach USD 5 billion across the region.
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- Airtel India CEO Gopal Vittal on the two battles being fought in Telecom in India
- Citibank wants call details records, location data, app usage to be treated as personal information
  Source: : Medianama
   
- Budget 2018: Bollywood wants tax break to boost theatre numbers
- 'Our business is truth' - China editor tells BBC to open up on women's pay
  Source: Reuters
   
- Bedi-CM harmony good for UT, says AIADMK
  Source: : The Hindu
   
- Trai weighs regulations for online video streaming platforms like Netflix, Hotstar
  Source: Livemint
   
- TN govt to engage private browsing centres to offer Arasu e-Sevai services
  Source: TOI
   
- Fox Tumbles as Investors Weigh $3 Billion Price for Football
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- Trai cuts mobile number port out charges by 79% to Rs 4
  Source: : ET
   
- Airtel, Reliance Jio commit Rs 74,000 crore to rein in call drops
  Source: : Business Today
   
- 2G scam interview: Manmohan Singh betrayed me, shed tears of regret on my acquittal, says A Raja
  Source: Firstpost
   
- Canada PM Justin Trudeau feels Donald Trump may not pull US out of NAFTA
  Source: Financial Express
   
   
   
- 'Same old fudge': BBC women hit out at equal pay review
- Greg Gianforte, politician who assaulted reporter, to lead communications workshop
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Amid Satellite TV Drop, DirecTV Now Streaming Service Hits 1.2 Million Subscribers
- AMC Networks Names Craig Engler GM of SVOD Service Shudder
 

Source: Variety

   
- Twitter now says 1.4 million people interacted with Russian trolls during 2016 presidential campaign
- SpaceX successfully launches GovSat-1 on a flight proven Falcon 9
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Viacom Launches Campaign Backing #SeeHer Initiative
- FCC Sets Comment Deadlines on 39% Cap
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Did Fox overpay for NFL Thursday Night Football?
- Ericsson sells majority stake in Media Solutions unit
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- AT&T Adds 368,000 DirecTV Now Subs in Q4
- Comcast's X1 Gears Up for Super Bowl LII
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Egypt fines beIN Sports $22m for anti-competitiveness
- Hrvatski Telekom drops Discovery, enhances MAXtv offer
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- UK TV and film production spend hits record high
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
   
Movies | Movies on mutiple platforms
Oddball Motion Pictures gets Rs 250 cr for film production
Oddball Motion Pictures, founded by filmmaker Nitin Upadhyaya, announced its association with Chanda Group where the latter will be funding a seed capital of up to Rs 250 crore for the feature films and original digital video content that will be exclusively developed and produced by Oddball.
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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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Piyush Pandey believes doing great stuff on digital is crucial
 
iWorld | Social Media
Technology at your fingertips to bring a change in the patient care at hospital OPDs & clinics
 
Television | TV Channels
CNN-News18 & News18 india line up extensive Budget Day coverage
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Blink Digital launches limited edition KFO for promotion of KFC smoky wings
 
Television | TV Channels
TV18 to increase Viacom18 stake to 51%
 
Television | TV Channels
India leads growth for regional pay-TV networks in Asia
 
Television | TV Channels
Social media most significant for snackable content: NBA India MD
 
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