02 February 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 60   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
Specials | Years Enders
2017's Top India TV industry leaders - Part I
The year 2017 threw up myriad conundrums and dilemmas for the men and women who are the showrunners of India's media and entertainment (M&E) sector, which is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.9 per cent, to reach USD 37.55 billion by 2021 from USD 19.59 billion in 2016, outshining the global average of 4.2 per cent.
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Television | Production House
'Porus' launched as 'Digvijaya' in Sri Lanka
The maker of the epic mythological show currently running on Sony, Porus, has successfully travelled to Sri Lanka. The 260-episode series has been sold to Maharaja Television (MTV). Swastik Productions, the production house driving the show, also owns the intellectual property (IP) rights for the series.
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Specials | Budget
Digital industry celebrates Union Budget 2018
The Union Budget for 2018 that was finally unveiled yesterday turned out to be a rather disappointing one for the industry at large but Digital India and digitisation got prime time attention. The budget focused on the middle class and rural population, guided by the mission to strengthen India's agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, MSME and infrastructure sectors.
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Television | TV Channels
Star Max returns to top-10 channels in across genre list
After a hiatus of a week, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) list of the top-10 channels across genre (All India [U+R] : 2+ Individuals).
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Television | TV Channels
Republic TV leads English news; ­Aaj Tak tops Hindi news ranking
Deja Vu-that is what one can say about the occupants of the first two ranks in Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) weekly ratings for the English news (All India (U+R) : NCCS AB : Males 22+ Individuals) and Hindi News (HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 15+ Individuals) genres.
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- CBS CEO Moonves Revisits Viacom Union in Wake of Media Megadeals
- HBO's Online Channel Surpasses 5 Million U.S. Subscribers
- Union Budget 2018: The List Of Items With Changes In Custom Duty
  Source: Bloomberg Quint
   
- TDSAT directs Trai to act against Jio for violating tariff reporting rules
- India's 5G adoption will need more than a test bed
  Source: ET
   
- 'Seize equipment of defaulting MSOs'
- ₹10,000 crore to boost telecom infrastructure
  Source: : The Hindu
   
- Notify policy framework for digital radio broadcasting: TRAI
- Former Australian PM Rudd sues broadcaster
  Source: : BS
   
- Argentina's Telecom plans to invest $5 bln through 2020
  Source: : ETTelecom
   
- RCOM net loss down to Rs 130 crore in Q3FY18
  Source: Medianama
   
- TRAI may soon regulate services like Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video
  Source: BGR
   
- TRAI Cuts Mobile Number Portability Charges by 79% to Rs 4
  Source: : News18
   
- Don't think President Trump will pull US out of NAFTA: Justin Trudeau
  Source: Indian Express
   
- SpaceX launches Luxembourg's communication satellite GovtSat-1 for NATO using Falcon-9
  Source: India Today
   
   
   
- Giles Coren quits BBC2's Front Row after admitting he rarely went to the theatre
- Regional UK theatres need more public funds, says leading director
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Dave Rocco Promoted, Rob Harvey Out as Spotify Combines Departments
- Facebook Streaming Deal Comes as Pro Surfing Rides New Wave Technology
 

Source: Variety

   
- Google's Diane Greene says billion-dollar cloud revenue already puts them in elite company
- DreamWorksTV launches its first over-the-top streaming service on Amazon Channels
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Viacom, CBS Directors Form Groups to Study Merger
- Gray TV Draws Crowd to FCC Satellite Carriage Petition
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- AT&T lost nearly 1.2M linear pay TV customers in 2017
- Time Warner's Q4 revenues rise as HBO Now reportedly hits 5M subscribers
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- YouTube TV Tunes in Apple TV
- AT&T CEO: 'We're Very Bullish on Video'
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- TDC buys MTG Nordics to form converged business
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- Details Emerge About 1WTC Transmitter Lineup
- ATSC 3.0 Rollout Can Begin Next Month
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
- BBC Showcase to welcome tech giants
- MediaTech 360 returns for 2018
 

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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Specials | Budget
Digital industry celebrates Union Budget 2018
Specials | Budget
Union Budget 2018: Populist budget fails to excite industry at large
Specials | Budget
Industry holds bright outlook for budget 2018
Specials | Budget
Union Budget 2018: Industry expects govt to favour consumption
 
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Piyush Pandey believes doing great stuff on digital is crucial
 
iWorld | Social Media
Aajtak.in is the Bahubali of Hindi Digital Media
 
Television | TV Channels
Bindaas launches a mobile game on its latest series Tere liye Bro
 
Television | TV Channels
'CNBC-TV18 Mint Budget Verdict' to deconstruct Budget 2018 in the presence of leading economic & financial stakeholders
 
Television | TV Channels
Star Gold delivers the biggest bollywood mremiere Golmaal Again with 12.1 million impressions
 
Specials | Budget
Union Budget 2018: Populist budget fails to excite industry at large
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee Anmol leads urban and rural GECs chart
 
Television | TV Channels
Republic TV leads English news; ­Aaj Tak tops Hindi news ranking
 
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