21 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 98   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Shemaroo appoints Hiren Gada as CEO in leadership rejig
Gearing itself for the next phase of growth, Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd (Shemaroo) has restructured its top leadership making several timely appointments. According to a release on the BSE website, the entertainment and content company has elevated Hiren Gada as the chief executive officer (CEO) in addition to his existing role as chief financial officer (CFO).

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Television | TV Channels
90s tunes see revival on music channels
Popular music from the 1990s is being revived on music TV channels today. Sony Mix, 9X Jalwa, B4U Music and Mastiii are among channels reintroducing the music on television while keeping the focus sharply on Bollywood numbers.
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Television | TV Channels
Bigg Boss speaks Marathi now
The Bigg Boss voice is all set to boom in Marathi. Viacom18's regional entertainment channel, Colors Marathi announced the launch of the Marathi version of India's popular reality TV show Bigg Boss from 15 April.
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Television | Production House
Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy
The Weinstein Company, producer of movies such as Inglorious Bastards and Lion, has filed for bankruptcy. The move, intended to facilitate a buy-out offer from a private equity firm, came months after ex-chairman Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexual harassment and assault.
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- From direct to home to direct to Bharat
  Source: Brand Equity
   
- Shemaroo Entertainment appoints Hiren Gada as CEO, CFO
  Source: BS
   
- I&B asks CBI to probe graft charges against reinstated NFDC MD
  Source: Indian Express
   
- TRAI's predatory pricing order promises a long legal battle
  Source: : New Indian Express
   
- 10.8 million mobile subscribers added in February: COAI report
  Source: Medianama
   
- Jio tops Trai's mobile data speed test in 2017
  Source: Financial Express
   
- 5 Indian Information Service officers transferred
  Source: India Today
   
- Star India issues disconnection notice to Videocon D2h
  Source: Ultra News
   
- India joins Europe's satellite data sharing pool
  Source: The Hindu
   
   
- Stub it out: Netflix criticised for too many smoking scenes
- BBC stars faced huge tax bills after 'having to set up companies'
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- BidSlate Whistles Up Premiere for Sally Rowe Documentary 'Old Dog'
- China Streaming Giant iQIYI Expands Production in Hong Kong, Taiwan
 

Source: Variety

   
- Zuck and Sandberg go M.I.A. as Congress summons Facebook leadership by name
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- Fox Unveils Summer Premiere Dates
- Fox Sports Strikes Multi-Platform Deal with PBA
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Disney's Bob Iger in line for massive $423M compensation package
- Comcast: beIN Sports jumped gun on FCC filing
  Source: Fiercecable
   
- Rep. Eshoo Wants New Disclosures on Broadcast, Cable Content
- Comcast's MachineQ Unit Gets Down to Business
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Liberty Global in talks with Sunrise about tie-up in Switzerland
- Sky Q: a progress report
 

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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