17 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 95   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Sony's 'Dus Ka Dum' gets app boost
After a successful season of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), Sony Pictures Network is reviving Dus Ka Dum, another big reality show with superstar Salman Khan. The show is coming back on air for its third season after 2009. Since its initial airing, the entertainment landscape has changed dramatically. The show now has the opportunity to leverage the power of digital.
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Television | TV Channels
Disney restructures business in the face of digital disruption
Walt Disney Co, on Wednesday, announced a sweeping restructuring aimed at accelerating its global expansion during a period of upheaval for Hollywood. The entertainment giant said it would combine its international media business and its content streaming operation into one unit and create another division to house its consumer products business along with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
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Television | TV Channels
ZEEL scraps 9X Media acquisition
Owing to non-completion of certain material conditions, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has terminated its deal to acquire music broadcaster 9X Media. ZEEL, on 6 October 2017, had entered into an agreement to buy 9X Media and INX Music from New Silk Route (NSR) and other shareholders for an all-cash deal of Rs 160 crore.
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Television | TV Channels
Star India renews BWF media rights till 2021
Star Sports has renewed its Badminton World Federation (BWF) media rights for a four-year cycle. The deal is from 2018 to 2021 as per BWF calendar. Star India-owned BWF's official media rights for India for the previous four-year term (2014-2017) which expired in December 2017.
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- TRAI hopes to conclude OTT, spectrum pricing consultations in 2-3 months
- Days after sack by I&B, NFDC MD gets stay, resumes charge
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Jio DTH set-top box SMS scam on the rise, stealing bank credentials
- Information & Broadcasting Ministry to ban celebs from endorsing pan masala
  Source: DC
   
- TRAI notice to Airtel for non-compliance with new pricing rules
  Source: Medianama
   
- DTH players keen to roll out hybrid set-top boxes
  Source: The Hindu Business Line
   
- Sony Pictures expects sports business to turn profitable in two years
  Source: : ET
   
- Call drops row: What is causing the problem? Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan explains
  Source: Zee Biz
   
- AAI conducts international workshop for utilising GAGAN
  Source: BS
   
   
   
- TV presenter Helen Skelton reveals she was groped on air
- UK could rethink social media laws after Brexit, says minister
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Netflix Worst Offender in Showing Smoking in TV Shows, Watchdog Group Says
- March Madness First-Round Upsets Leave Just 0.036% of ESPN Users' Brackets Perfect
 

Source: Variety

   
- Village Global raises $100M seed scout fund from Zuck, Bezos
- NexGenT wants to rethink bootcamps with programs for network engineering certifications
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- HBO to Premiere 'Elvis Presley: The Searcher' April 14
- Commerce Secretary Ross to Address ACA Summit
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- AT&T vs. DOJ: The antitrust trial of the century is almost here
- Mediacom Missouri outage caused by the 'rarest of rare situations'
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Court Issues Partial Smackdown of Wheeler-Era Robocall Decision
 

Source: Multichannel

   
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'
 
 
 
iWorld | OTT
India's biggest photography reality show - 'Kanan Devan Photography Escapade 3'
   
Television | TV Channels
News18.com's reel movie awards to celebrate new age cinema like never before
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee TV unveils the top 16 contestants of the fourth season of DID Li'l Masters
 
iWorld | OTT
Amazon Prime Video secure exclusive rights to new series of american idol in UK for first time
 
Television | TV Channels
Fempowerment Women Achiever's Award 2018
 
 
Television | TV Channels
ZEEL scraps 9X Media acquisition
 
Television | TV Channels
BARC week 10: Nidahas Trophy catapults Rishtey Cineplex to the top
 
iWorld | OTT
TVF's ImMature first Indian show to reach Canneseries
 
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