15 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 93   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
DTH | DTH Operator
Videocon d2h delists from NASDAQ, merger with Dish TV likely on 22 March
Videocon d2h, which is looking at a merger with Indian direct-to-home (DTH) company Dish TV, has announced that it will be delisting from the US bourse NASDAQ. The amalgamation scheme between Dish TV and Videocon d2h is likely to take place on 22 March 2018 after due regulatory approvals from the Maharashtra registrar of companies and the high court.
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Television | TV Shows
Discovery World HD adds Hindi, Tamil, Telugu feeds
Discovery World HD is leaving no stone unturned to tap into India's growing regional phenomenon. It has started Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language feeds for specific markets. Discovery seems to be targeting the mass audience with the three largely spoken languages in the country.
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Television | TV Channels
New GEC Star Prime in the works for Star India
Star India is gearing up to spread its wings by adding a premium-offering channel to its bouquet of offerings. The new general entertainment channel (GEC) will offer premium content to the audience. According to an industry source, Star India has named the GEC Star Prime.
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iWorld | OTT
Hotstar Trends 2017: Women, small town, cross-language consumption rises
Want to get a handle on what kind of traction that India's answer to Amazon and Netflix - Hotstar from Star India – is getting? Well, the OTT service has come out with an India Watch Report 2018 (IWR 2018) – just as the IPL is around the corner in a bid to pique brands' and ad agencies' curiosity and jiggle their memories.
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- Augmenting TV viewership data with RPD tech
  Source: Livemint
   
- Trump's Pick of Larry Kudlow Shows GOP Is Out of Economic Ideas
- Disney Promotes Two Executives in Possible CEO Bake-Off
  Source: BloombergQuint
   
- Shame on the CBI for Marans' discharge
  Source: New Indian Express
   
- Sensex falls for second day, ends marginally down; Nifty holds 10,400
- Market Now: Bharti Infratel, Airtel keep sectoral index down
  Source: BS
   
- Par panel raps I&B min for fund underutilisation
  Source: : India Today
   
- I&B's consultive panel suggests study on integration of media units
- Trai views on promoting telecom equipment mfg in 1 month
  Source: BS
   
- Institutions, personalities who defined change
  Source: The Hindu Businessline
   
- Govt integrates its 3 media wings into one
  Source: TOI
   
   
   
- Russian broadcaster RT could be forced off UK airwaves
- Guardian reports 11.3% gender pay gap
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Lauren Gallo Tapped as Snap Inc.'s New Head of Talent Partnerships
- Netflix Pulls Plug on Patches for Kids Shows
 

Source: Variety

   
- Google explores how light fields shape VR environments in new free app
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- FEC Proposes New 'Net Political Ad Disclosure Rules
- T-Mobile to Help KXAS Move Early
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Which wireless carrier will be Viacom's first mobile partner?
- Ahead of SVOD launches, Disney consolidates direct-to-consumer, international businesses
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Kagan: Pay TV Subs Drop 3.7% in 2017
- Eshoo to FCC: Rescind Spectrum Sales to AT&T, Verizon
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Polish cablecos set to open up networks
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- Amagi appoints new CEO
 

Source: Tvb Europe

   
   
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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'Distribution has always been the challenge for broadcasters'
 
 
 
MAM | Marketing
iCubesWire launches Delta, a Digital Marketing Suite for Marketers
   
Television | TV Channels
Their story begins when it ends - COLORS launches the unique love story, Bepannaah
 
Television | TV Channels
Paytm is the exclusive ticketing partner for Delhi Daredevils' home games in the upcoming VIVO IPL Season
 
Television | TV Channels
ET NOW celebrates the indomitable spirit of Indian entrepreneurship at the 6th annual 'Leaders of Tomorrow Awards' 2017
 
Television | TV Channels
Romedy NOW brings award winning and celebrated edgy comedy show 'Shameless' to Indian television screens for the first time
 
 
 
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Isobar launches commerce practice in India
 
Television | TV Channels
RCB signs Duraguard Cement as principal partner for IPL 2018
 
Television | TV Shows
Living Foodz to add Tamil feed in FY 18-19
 
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