08 February 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 65   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
Regulators | TRAI
Broadcasters, DPOs oppose TV channel auction proposal
Most big and small broadcasting companies owning and operating TV channels in India, along with distribution platforms, have categorically opposed any move by the government to auction satellite TV channels as a complete package similar to FM radio channels.
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Television | TV Channels
Sony to launch Marathi GEC
Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is prepping up to launch a new regional language general entertainment channel Sony Marathi. Sony's Ajay Bhalwankar will lead the channel, according to a source at SET.
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Television | TV Channels
Star India, FNG help prop up 21st CF Q2 numbers
Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate 21st Century Fox has three segments–cable network programming (CNP) that contains Star India and Fox Networks Group International (FNG International), television and filmed entertainment (films).
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Television | TV Channels
Eleven years on, 'Bigg Boss' still bankable as ever
Ever since its launch more than a decade ago, reality show Bigg Boss has never failed to be an entertainment proposition for audiences. The first edition, with Arshad Warsi as the host on Sony Entertainment Television, saw a TRP rating of 2.72. After shifting to Colors for the next 10 years, it got the highest TRP rating of 6.99.
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Television | TV Channels
Disney's Q1 numbers ride on parks and resorts segment
The Walt Disney Company (Disney) reported 3.8 per cent year-on-year (yoy) increase in revenue and 0.5 per cent yoy increase in operating income before taxes for the quarter ended 31 December 2017 (Q1 2018, the quarter under review) as compared with the corresponding year ago quarter (quarter ended 31 December 2016, Q1 2017).
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- I&B Ministry yet to respond on CFSI resignation: Mukesh Khanna
- AT&T files confidentially for IPO of DirecTV Latin America stake
  Source: : BS
   
- Dish TV Videocon d2h merger on track; 3 key things to know
- DoT submits IMG report on financial stress in sector to Cabinet
  Source: Financial Express
   
- TRAI pushes for IoT services, better connectivity in NTP recommendation
  Source: : Medianama
   
- Trai pulls up Reliance Communications for trying to 'pocket' pre-paid balances
  Source: ET
   
- Twenty-First Century Fox tops profit estimates as cable shines
  Source: Reuters
   
- Government plans largest ever spectrum auction of 3,000 Mhz
  Source: : ET Telecom
   
- Jio's Q3 profit too good to believe, says research firm
  Source: Live Mint
   
- Like Space X, Isro too working on reusable rocket stages
  Source: TOI
   
- Idea Cellular suspends interconnect services with Aircel over dues
  Source: BGR
   
   
- Civilisations: new BBC series 'goes to the heart of human creativity'
- Decline of local journalism threatens democracy, says May
  Source: The Guardian
   
- Kylie Jenner Breaks Instagram Record for Likes With Baby Announcement
- NAB Show to Debut Streaming-Video Summit in Las Vegas
 

Source: Variety

   
- EFF founder and internet activist John Perry Barlow has died
- Lyft hires Tesla's president of Sales & Service as COO
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- 21st Century Fox Gets Earnings Boost on Taxes
- Third Circuit Won't Block FCC Broadcast Dereg
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Disney's ESPN+ streaming service to cost $4.99 per month
- DirecTV exploring IPO of Latin America business
 

Source: FierceCable

   
- NBC Olympics, Comcast to Offer Video Descriptions for Winter Olympics TV Coverage
- Dish Rises on Analyst Upgrade, Sale Speculation
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Study Finds Suicides Increased After Robin Williams' Death
- Nicole Eggert Files Police Report Against Scott Baio
 

Source: TV Week

   
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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