19 July 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 1   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
iWorld | Broadband
Broadband internet subs growth higher in May-18 than previous month

India witnessed 2.91 percent growth in broadband internet customers in the month of May 2018 (May-18, month under review) according Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data for the month ended 31 May 2018. Hence, 122.10 lakh (122.10 million, 1.221 crore) broadband subscribers were added in May-18.
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iWorld | OTT
Former Times Internet CRO Gulshan Verma joins Hotstar
After almost three years in the company, former Times Internet chief revenue officer Gulshan Verma has joined Hotstar. The professional with more than twenty years of experience has taken up the responsibility of client and agency SVP and head (SVP & head, client and agency).
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MAM | Marketing
Reliance plans to raise $6bn for consumer biz
Reliance Industries Ltd has planned to raise about Rs 40,000 crore ($5.8 billion) in fresh debt for expansion of its consumer business, according to a Bloomberg report. The Mukesh Ambani-led company will raise funds through loans and bonds, mostly in the Indian currency.
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Television | TV Channels
Star Vijay launches new game show 'Divided'
Star Vijay, a Tamil general entertainment channel by Star TV, is all set to launch a game show named Divided on 21 July. This show will be hosted by Neeya Naana debate show fame, Gobinath and will be on air every weekend at 8 pm.
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- Access to consumers data will lead to innovative products, says Paytm Advisor R Gandhi
- HT Media, Next Mediaworks to merge radio units
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Current framework not enough for privacy, stop-gap measure needed: Trai
- Isro ropes in pvt firms, inks pact with a consortium to assemble satellites
  Source: BS
   
- Zakir Naik's Peace TV, Pak's GeoTV and 28 other channels banned in J&K
  Source: TOI
   
- Airtel added 36 million users in May after Telenor India buy: Trai
  Source: ET
   
- Zee5: Punit Goenka talks marketing, impact of JioFiber, and original content
  Source: Medianama
   
- Flipkart offers mobile recharge, flight ticket bookings
  Source: Livemint
   
- No proposal before TRAI to amend interconnection usage charges
  Source: ETTelecom
   
- Anand Patwardhan gets Lifetime Achievement award at IDSFFK
  Source: New Indian Express
   
   
   
- Cliff Richard wins £210,000 in damages over BBC privacy case
- ITN reveals BAME staff typically get four-fifths pay of white colleagues
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- VideoAmp Acquires TV-Data Startup IronGrid, Sets Inscape Partnership
- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to Pen Business Book About Streaming Company
 

Source: Variety

   
- Facebook can now sync your Instagram contacts to Messenger
- Apple releases third iOS 12 beta to everyone
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
- Discovery Gives Shark Week TV's Biggest Promo Push
- Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With All-Star Slugfest
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Sinclair changes Tribune deal to assuage FCC concerns
- Viacom leads $15M funding round for kids' media brand Pocket.watch
 

Source: Fierce Video

   
- Fawaz Steps Down as Nest CEO
- House Digital Subcommittee Vets New FTC
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Telekom Srbija plays down A1 take-over report
- Elisa tops Estonian pay-TV league
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
Movies | Movies on mutiple platforms
Biopics & sports-based films help popularise sporting culture in India
"Sattar minute, sattar minute hai tumhare paas ... shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas sattar minute ... (Seventy minutes, seventy minutes is what you have ... may be the most important seventy minutes of your life..)".
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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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Viacom's unique initiative to train technology startups with its property, VStEP.
 
iWorld | OTT
Spuul Now Available at Ola's Connected Car Platform, Ola Play
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee Telugu Announces World Television Premiere of Sai Pallavi and Naga Shaurya Starrer Kanam
 
iWorld | OTT
Viu appoints Bimal Unnikrishnan as india content head
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Republic TV complains to TRAI, BARC on Times Now's genre slotting
 
Mam | Marketing
Understanding the design industry in India
 
Television | TV Channels
Zeel reports higher numbers on improved ad, subs revenues
 
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