Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 01 Mar 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

01 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 82

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iWorld | OTT

Only 3% of Indian households paid subs of SVoD services: Global study

	Ground data doesn't match the hype around streaming video services in India. Only three per cent of Indian households are paid subscribers of such services, while the corresponding figure for the US is 59 per cent, according to a new global market study released recently that was done over 2017. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Will increase ads after sampling phase of Colors Tamil: Ravish Kumar

Viacom18 has forayed into yet another regional language with the launch of Colors Tamil on 19 February 2018. Within 10 days, the network claims to have garnered positive response from the viewers on social media, advertisers and the agencies.
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iWorld | OTT

Reliance Big TV makes pay channels free for a year

In what is likely to boost its rural subscriber base, Reliance Big TV is making its pay channels free for a year while also providing up to 500 free-to-air channels for five years without charge. The pay channels include the direct-to-home (DTH) operator's range of high-definition (HD) entertainment channels.
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iWorld | OTT

Amazon Prime Video inks pact with Disney India for Marvel, ABC titles

Amazon Prime Video announced a landmark content deal with Disney India to make it the streaming home for seven brand new upcoming international titles from Marvel and ABC. These shows will be available to Prime members in India immediately after they premiere in the US.
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	IIS officer who wrote to PMO on transfers, shunted out by I&B ministry
	Consumers should file complaints if they feel channel content violates broadcasting code. Irani
	Source: BS

	TRAI directs Aircel to give port out codes to all users as it files for bankruptcy
	Source: : Medianama

	I&B fires NFDC managing director Nina Lath Gupta
	Source: Indian Express

	Legal challenge to Trai order only option, says Sunil Mittal
	Source: ET

	NBC Vows to Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Shows Less Often
	Source: : Bloomberg Quint

	Comcast informally tells Brussels of intention to bid for Sky
	Source: Reuters

	This DTH company is offering 'free' channels to users for up to five years; here's how you can avail it
	Source: FE

	Satellite imaging nails down house tax evaders in Ludhiana
	Source: TOI


	Max Mosley accused by Daily Mail of publishing racist leaflet in 1960s
	Comcast boss tells of London cab driver's role in £22bn Sky bid
	Source: The Guardian

	Disney Movies Anywhere Shutting Down Today, but Your Movies Won't Be Lost Forever
	Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: 'Not All Interactions in Social Media Are Equally Good for People'
	Source: Variety

	Viber is launching Viber Communities, group chats for up to 1B users
	Virtualitics grabs another $7M in funding to drive its VR data visualization platform
	Source: Techcrunch

	FCC Proposing to Exempt 5G Facilities From Historic, Environmental Reviews
	NBCU Plans to Cut Ads by 10% in Primetime
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	NBCUniversal to cut ad time during primetime shows by 10%
	Netflix will release about 2 shows or movies per day in 2018
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Exploring a Civil Rights Legacy Through The Lost Tapes: Malcolm X
	NBCU Plans to Cut Ads by 10% in Primetime
	Source: Multichannel

	Vodafone Deutschland integrates Netflix in GigaTV
	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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