10 January 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 41   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
Specials | Years Enders
DTH's year of consolidation
It would be safe to say that this was the year of the big DTH challenge. India's cable TV multi system operators (MSOs) could not go into many phase IV areas and DTH stepped in wherever analogue broadcast signals were switched off following the crossing of the digital addressable system (DAS) deadline.
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Television | TV Channels
Mirror Now aims to be no. 2 Eng news channel in 2018: Faye D'Souza
Within a year of its launch, Times Television Network's news channel Mirror Now has achieved phenomenal publicity. Not only has rapid digitisation and its focus on socio-economic issues spurted the channel's ratings and impact on viewers but also the impressive aura of its executive editor and primetime anchor Faye D'Souza championing the cause of women in media.
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Satellites | Satellites Launches
ISRO eyes 100th satellite on 12 Jan; GSAT-11 launch in April
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its 100th satellite along with 30 others, including those from other countries, in a single mission on 12 January 2018 from Sriharikota It will be a milestone event in the country's space history even as communications satellite GSAT-11 is being prepared for an April launch.
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DTH | DTH Operator
Tata Sky partners Irdeto to secure content
Tata Sky has signed a deal with Irdeto to ensure the safety of the DTH operator's content relayed to any device across its satellite and over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The company will be implementing Irdeto's Cloaked CA and middleware technologies for better customer experience.
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DTH | DTH Operator
Sun Direct may add 20 HD, 100 SD channels
Sun Direct, the DTH service from Sun Network, is likely to add 20 new high definition (HD) and 100 new standard definition (SD) channels and has been allocated 144 MHz of spectrum on the recently launched Measat-3B satellite.
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iWorld | OTT
Kinsane to launch a digital-first kids' entertainment company
Kinsane Entertainment Inc (Kinsane) is ready to storm the kids' entertainment space globally. A digital-first company, Kinsane will create content for kids aged 2-11 years in numerous languages and distribute that content globally through a variety of advertising, subscription and transaction-based revenue models.
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Television | TV Channels
SAB's Markand Adhikari becomes co-producer for 'Total Dhamaal'
SAB Group's Markand Adhikari has tied up as one of the producers for the film Total Dhamaal. The film will be jointly produced by Markand Adhikari, Ajay Devgn, Fox Star Studios, Ashok Thakeria and Anand Pandit. Indra Kumar will be directing the film.
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- India to launch its 100th satellite on Friday
- Telecom Commission clears relaxing spectrum holding limits
  Source: :ET
   
- Hulu Says Subscribers Soared to 17 Million, Up 42% From Mid-2016
- Altice Cable Billionaire Patrick Drahi Keeps on Dancing
  Source: BQ
   
- New Hindi GEC aims to break clutter with purpose-driven entertainment
  Source: :BS
   
- Cable TV operator hacked to death
  Source: : The Hindu
   
- Consumer organisation seeks Trai's action over poor internet speed
  Source: New Indian Express
   
- Niten Malhan to quit as Warburg Pincus India MD, start own investment company
  Source: Live Mint
   
- Telecom Commission may ease spectrum cap norms today: 3 key benefits
  Source: FE
   
- Budget 2018-19: Telecom tower firms demand tax benefits in M&A cases
  Source: ET Telecom
   
- Space X's Zuma satellite launch mission has everyone confounded; no clear idea if it was successful
  Source: First Post
   
   
- Daily Mail accuses Virgin of censorship after trains stop selling its papers
- New culture secretary attacks pay of BBC foreign editors
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- YouTube Responds to Logan Paul Controversy: 'Suicide Is Not a Joke'
- Tom Brady Is Getting His Own Facebook Watch Reality Series
 

Source: Variety

   
- GoPro CEO explains shutdown of company's Karma drone unit
- Google shuts down its CES booth because it's not waterproof
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- CES 2018: 'Offer Surfing' of OTT TV Services a Growing Concern
- TCA 2018: NBC Renews 'Ellen's Game of Games'
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- DirecTV rejected in Supreme Court bid to toss indie installer suit
- Dolby touts Netflix, Amazon support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Comcast Technology Solutions Hires Bart Spriester as GM, Video Platform
- Hulu Ends 2017 with More Than 17 Million Subscribers
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Altice splits European and US operations
- Dutch fibre customers consider switch to cable
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- Executive Shakeup Ends Power Struggle at Warner Bros.
 

Source: TV Week

   
Movies | Hindi
Zee Studios International's Secret Superstar hits it big in Taiwan
Zee Studios International has collected $700,681 from its release of Aamir Khan-starrer Secret Superstar in Taiwan, making the movie the widest Bollywood film in the country. The film, which also features Zaira Wasim, lit up the box office in India.
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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
Specials | Years Enders
2017 a year of rebranding and extending time slots for Hindi GECs
 
Specials | Years Enders
The year of hiccups for marketers
 
Specials | Years Enders
2017: The year OTTs went regional in India
 
Specials | Years Enders
Making the news: A look at what news broadcasters did in 2017
 
Specials | Years Enders
Guest Column: The comeback of full-service agencies in India
 
Specials | Years Enders
Guest column: Taking Indian content to the global market
Specials | Years Enders
Kids genre grows on TV despite digital onslaught
Specials | Years Enders
The year of sex scandals
Specials | Years Enders
Guest Column: How 2018 could become a landmark year for OTT entertainment in India
Specials | Years Enders
The year the telecom sector quaked
Specials | Years Enders
The year of big switch in sports broadcasting
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Television | TV Channels
Sony Pictures Sports Network to telecast the third season of Pro Wrestling League
 
iWorld | OTT
Mumbai hosts the 8th edition of TEDxgateway, riveting talks by 25 remarkable speakers
 
Television | TV Channels
AXN India will premiere the Golden Globe award winning show - The Handmaid's Tale
 
 
DTH | DTH Operator
Sun Direct may add 20 HD, 100 SD channels
 
iWorld | OTT
Kinsane to launch a digital-first kids' entertainment company
 
Television | TV Channels
SAB's Markand Adhikari becomes co-producer for 'Total Dhamaal'
 
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