05 February 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 62   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Doordarshan's R-Day broadcast notches up record TV viewership
Pubcaster Doordarshan notched up record viewership of 38.3 million for the live telecast of India's Republic Day celebrations, including the impressive parade by armed forces and civilian organisations, in the presence of special guests from 10 Asean countries, apart from bigwigs of the country's political system.
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Television | TV Channels
IPL 2018 gets a makeover with Star India
IPL 2018 not only has a new destination channel but has changes that have been requested and accepted for the first time. It all started in September 2017 when Star India won the global IPL media rights for Rs 16,347 crore for the span of five years (2018-22).
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iWorld | OTT
Vikram Bhatt banks on pay per view for new OTT app
Riding on the growing demand for OTT content is producer Vikram Bhatt who recently launched his app VB on the Web. Within two days it got 7000 downloads. But Bhatt is being cautious in over anticipating. He says, “It is quite early to judge the performance of app but it has got around 7k downloads in just two days, which is not bad.
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Regulators | TRAI
TRAI bats for converged regulator & renaming of NTP'18
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has not only suggested that the National Telecom Policy 2018 should be renamed as the Information and Communication Technologies Technology Policy - 2018 but also the regulator's own restructuring so it can function as a converged regulator for the ICT (information and communications technology) and broadcasting sector.
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Specials | Event Coverage
Houseful at Bengaluru leg of MIP India roadshow
All the seats were taken and more had to brought in as the Bengaluru leg of the MIP TV India roadshow ended last evening at the Lalit Ashok. With the theme 'A Seamless Content World', the Bengaluru MIP was addressed by Reed Midem (Paris) Asia Head Paul Barbaro and India representative for Asia Markets and Indiantelevision.com managing director and CEO Anil Wanvari.
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- BCCI website offline after domain not renewed
- I&B min mulls expansion of DD news broadcast to 100 countries
  Source: TOI
   
- Mumbai's Tamilians Skeptical About Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan's Political Forays
  Source: Mid Day
   
- Trai may issue transparent pricing norms this week
- TDSAT order may stop race to bottom on telecom tariffs: COAI
  Source: : ET
   
- RCom seeks withdrawal of Trai directive on subscriber refund
  Source: Business Today
   
- Information and broadcasting ministry mulls expansion of DD news broadcast to 100 countries
  Source: Livemint
   
- Women unsafe in Tripura, says Smriti
  Source: The Hindu
   
- Say it with a cake: Transfers, postings leave PIB officers unhappy
  Source: : BS
   
- Japan launches world's smallest rocket to carry satellite into space
  Source: : India Today
   
   
   
- Studio behind Star Wars and James Bond films considers new London site
- Richard Desmond poised to seal £125m Express newspapers sale
  Source: The Guardian
   
- How Facebook stole the news business
- Storm Ventures brings on two new partners at enterprise-focused firm
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- KAZT Off Dish in Arizona
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- YouTube Go, the company's offline viewing app, expands to 130 countries
- Cox gets $25M BMG verdict tossed on appeal but won't have safe harbor protection at retrial
 

Source: FierceCable

   
- Capex at Alphabet's 'Other Bets' Continues to Fall
- Charter's 'WorldBox' Rollout Exceeds 2 Million Units
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Vodafone in talks to buy Liberty Global assets
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- BT Sport has best quarter since launch
- Sony CEO steps down
 

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
Industry hails doubling of digital allocation
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
Sandro, Bartra, Moreno and Krohn-Dehli among deadline-day movers and shakers in LaLiga Santander
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee TV questions why a bride should have to enrol in a grooming school and change herself before she gets married through its new offering 'Kaleerein'
 
Television | TV Channels
COLORS' Shakti...Astitva ke Ehsaas Ki conquers the Top 5 slot
 
Television | TV Channels
Blush and ITC Vivel collaborates with Pad Man present
 
Television | TV Channels
Adlabs entertainment ltd. bags 'Best Customer Experience in Services Sector'
 
Television | TV Channels
Shekhar Suman and Swati Shah back on TV in Sony SAB's new show 'Saath Phero Ki Hera Pherie'
 
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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