Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 28 Mar 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

28 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 04


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DTH | DTH Operator

Sep-Dec quarter sees highest pay TV DTH subscriber growth in 2017

	After the debacle created by demonetisation in November 2016 and then the implementation of the new Goods and Services Tax regime in July 2017, the fortunes of the pay TV direct-to-home (DTH) industry seem to be improving in terms of subscriber addition. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

Aditi Bhatnagar to join Network18 as EVP special projects

In a restructuring mode, Reliance Industries-controlled Network18 has not only been shuffling senior executives vesting in them newer responsibilities, but also bringing in professionals from outside. The latest is Aditi Singh Bhatnagar who is joining the group as EVP of special projects.
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DTH | DTH Operator

Tata Sky aims to drive up ARPU with international content

Direct-to-home (DTH) service Tata Sky has launched its newest offering, Tata Sky World Screen—a handpicked bouquet of international entertainment content available from 16 March 2018. Tata Sky World Screen will feature prime content from across geographies and multiple languages.
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Television | TV Channels

Turner appoints IndiaCast as exclusive distribution agent

Turner International India Pvt Ltd (Turner) has appointed IndiaCast Media Distribution Pvt Ltd as its exclusive distribution agent from 1 April 2018 for distribution of Turner channels—CNN International, Pogo, Cartoon Network, WB, HBO and HBO HD—to consumers in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
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	Star India spar with Dish, Airtel Digital TV over fees ahead of IPL
	Star India, Sony Networks set to lock horn in BCCI's cricketing media rights auction
	Source: : Times Now News

	AT&T, Time Warner merger will block content access to competitors: DISH
	Despite DoT support, no penal powers for Trai even after a decade
	Source: BS

	Trai's new portal to compare operator tariffs
	Source: Financial Express

	Telecom sector revenue dips 8%, licence fee by 16% in October-December
	Airtel moves TDSAT against show cause notice
	Source: ET

	'Vodafone-Idea merger in final stages of approval'
	Source: New Indian Express

	Reliance Jio continues to get an outsized share of data traffic
	Source: Livemint

	China's space lab expected to fall to earth this week
	Source: The Hindu


	What Alan Cumming's role as a gay lead means for mainstream TV
	Telegraph Media Group reveals 35% gender pay gap
	Source: The Guardian

	Dominique Delport Named President of International and Chief Revenue Officer at Vice
	ESPN's Jimmy Pitaro on Cord-Cutting, New Takes on Sports Coverage and the NFL
	Source: Variety

	Oracle wins appeal against Google in copyright case
	Nvidia CEO comments on GPU shortage caused by Ethereum
	Source: Techcrunch

	Turner to Launch Streaming Service Bleacher Report Live
	FirstNet Goes Live
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Sling TV's Warren Schlichting: AT&T-Time Warner deal may lead to 'severe bleeding' of subscribers
	Comcast will lose 400K video subscribers this year, UBS analyst predicts
	Source: Fierce Cable

	Endeavor Deals for NeuLion
	Dish Brings Netflix to the Hopper Duo DVR
	Source: Multichannel

	Consumer protectors criticise maintenance of geo-blocking in Europe
	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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