25 January 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 54   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
 
 
 
Regulators | TRAI
Zee, Star, NBA oppose converged regulator for broadcast and telecoms
Two of India's biggest broadcasters Star India and Zee Network and industry association News Broadcasters Association (NBA) have opposed the TRAI's proposal to have a converged regulator, a concept being debated as part of a consultation paper floated by the regulatory body. 
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Cable TV | MSO
Operating margin, sub revenue prop up Siti financials
Siti Networks Ltd's (Siti) operating EBITDA growth in the third quarter ended 31 December 2017 (Q3FY18, the quarter under review) increased by 225 per cent year-on-year (yoy) to Rs 50 crore.
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iWorld | OTT
Pleased with India progress, says Netflix's Reed Hastings
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings today announced that he was pleased with the progress his streaming powerhouse was making in India. Speaking to Sanford C Bernstein senior research analyst Todd Michael Juenger during a Q4 2017 earnings interview, Hastings said, "We are very pleased with the progress that we're making in India, throughout Southeast Asia and Japan.
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iWorld | Broadband
WEF, Reliance join hands for digital excellence centre
In what could give a major fillip to PM Modi's Digital India dream, which also envisages making available broadband and related services to over 60,000 village administrations, the World Economic Forum has announced a new digital technology centre in Mumbai that would be executed by the Indian government and Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance) jointly.
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iWorld | Social Media
Times Bridge appoints two Twitter execs to leadership roles
Times Bridge has added two more Twitter seasoned professionals to its roster. The global investments arm of The Times Group has appointed Viral Jani and Margot Ling-former executives at the microblogging site-to its leadership team.
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- Arasu cable TV losing customers
- Marathi films, song and plays on demand
  Source: : The Hindu
   
- Comcast Internet Growth Makes Up for Cord-Cutting Defections
  Source: : Bloomberg Quint
   
- I stopped watching television 10 years ago: Ekta Kapoor
- Telcos ask Trai to look into OTT players' licensing, tax this year
  Source: : ET
   
- Silicon Valley, we have a problem! The techlash against Amazon, Facebook and Google-and what they can do
- Cartelisation case: CCI, Jio move Supreme Court against Bombay HC order
  Source: Financial Express
   
- IRS survey delivers mixed news
- Idea Cellular's Q3 loss triples on IUC cut, Jio tariff war
  Source: : Livemint
   
- Shemaroo's digital revenues up 40.8% YoY to Rs 33.1 crores in Q3-FY18
- Srikrishna Committee on Data Protection will not make submissions public; Majority vote?
  Source: Medianama
   
- With Moon Race Called Off, Antrix, TeamIndus Terminate Agreement
  Source: News18
   
- Inflight internet speed in India will be same as ground speed, Gogo CTO says
- Padmaavat row: 48 people detained in Ahmedabad
  Source: TOI
   
   
- C4 to broadcast claim ex-ministers offered Brexit help to Chinese
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Logan Paul Returns to YouTube With Suicide Awareness Video Following Japan Controversy
- AT&T-Chernin J.V. Otter Media Buys Out Remaining Fullscreen, Crunchyroll Owners
 

Source: Variety

   
- SpaceX test fires Falcon Heavy rocket, readies for launch in 'a week or so'
- Mo'Nique calls for a boycott of Netflix
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- CBS Bringing Back 'Murphy Brown'
- FCC Denies KMTP Must-Carry Election Complaint
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Comcast loses 33K pay TV subcribers amid 'new normal in competition for video'
- NBCUniversal Q4 revenue rises amid full-year declines for broadcast TV
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- TPG Completes Wave Broadband Deal
- Xfinity Mobile Starting to See 'Real Momentum'
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Dutch police closes pirate card-sharing operation
- T-Mobile closes Layer3 TV acquisition to attack cable and satellite
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- New Premier League rights deal set to be worth over £10 billion
- BBC R&D delivers "significant value" to UK economy
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
- Revolting Rhymes nominated for an Oscar
- SA Films shine on global stage
 

Source: Screen Africa

   
   
   
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
Specials | Years Enders
2017 for infotainment and lifestyle channels
Specials | Years Enders
Guest column: Digital outlook for 2018
Specials | Years Enders
Content segmentation defines English entertainment, movies in 2017
Specials | Years Enders
DTH's year of consolidation
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
 
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Television | TV Channels
Something has happened that has changed the world of Football forever
 
Television | TV Channels
Vh1 to air the most revered 60th Grammy Awards in india
 
Television | TV Channels
Nickelodeon's Republic Day campaign teach kids the true meaning of #Being Republic
 
iWorld | OTT
Plan date night in with love per square foot, on Netflix this Valentine's Day
 
Television | TV Channels
Celebrate Republic Day special with 'Beats of India' only on MTV Beats
   
 
iWorld | OTT
Pleased with India progress, says Netflix's Reed Hastings
 
iWorld | OTT
Eros Digital ropes in former Google exec Ali Hussein as COO
 
Television | TV Channels
Star India gets IPL to change match timings for 11th edition
 
iWorld | OTT
Shweta Jain joins Amazon Internet Services
 
 
 
 
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