30 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 06   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
iWorld | OTT
OTT players aim to carve a niche with originals
Catch-up content, popular TV shows and a library full of good movies can make an over-the-top (OTT) platform an attractive proposition to viewers but it is a good original show that can turn the viewer into a subscriber. With more than 30 frontline OTT players, platforms are frantically working to create originals to boost subscription or advertising revenue.
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Television | TV Channels
Zee Anmol continues to rule Hindi GECs
The Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd's (Zeel) free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was once again ranked second in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) list of top 10 channels across genres - All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals for week 12 of 2018 (Saturday, 17 March 2018 to Friday, 23 March 2018).
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Television | TV Channels
Sony to be ahead of the curve in regional penetration: Kedar Teny
Sony Pictures Networks (SPN), in collaboration with Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai (SJAM), is attempting to bring fans closer to the Commonwealth Games (CWG) with Hindi commentary on Sony Ten 3 channels and English commentary on Sony Six and Sony Ten 2 channels.
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iWorld | OTT
Netflix announces new Indian original film 'Lust Stories'
In order to connect more with the Indian audience, OTT giant Netflix has announced premier of another new original film for India after huge success of Love Per Square Foot. The new title Lust Stories is directed by the prominent faces of industry, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, and Dibakar Banerjee. Lust Stories consists four short films that deal with real life relationships in modern India.
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- India had 1.012 billion active mobile connections in January 2018: TRAI
- DoT asks telcos to vacate spectrum assigned for 5G
  Source: Medianama
   
- CBS, Disney and TV Chums Need Digital Rethink
  Source: : Bloomberg Quint
   
- Twelve percent of cable customers would switch if Turner went dark, court hears
  Source: BS
   
- Tata Sky World Screen brings international catalogue for only Rs. 75 per month
  Source: Times Now News
   
- Trai to bring out consultation paper on whether apps should be regulated or licensed
- Trai's rules on predatory tariffs to ensure fair play: Manoj Sinha
  Source: ET
   
- Jio beats rivals in 4G download speed in Jan: Trai report
  Source: TOI
   
- Telcos' 2016-17 pre-tax losses broaden to Rs 38,153 crore
  Source: BGR
   
- Govt run press bodies have no information on journalists killed or targeted: RTI
  Source: India Today
   
   
   
   
- Fox News: ads pulled from Laura Ingraham show for mocking Parkland survivor
- Sunrise under investigation over 'highly offensive' panel discussion
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Complex Networks Taps Bauer Xcel Media's Christian Baesler as President
- Startup StreaMe Taps Hollywood Partners for Creator-Focused Content Platform
 

Source: Variety

   
- FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite broadband network
- Tim Cook hits Facebook again over privacy concerns
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- Turner Sports, CBS Sports Share 'TeamCast' Commentator Teams
- Chelsea Handler Signs First-Look Producing Deal With Universal Television
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- NAB Show arrives amid a shifting media landscape
- Time Fox Sports pushing total consumption as better MLB viewership metric
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- IFC Renews 'Brockmire;' for Two Additional Seasons
- JD Power: On Time is On Target for Customer Satisfaction
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Europe opens up pay-TV subscriptions
- Estonia targets post-Brexit broadcast business
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- ESPN Nears Launch Of New Lower Manhattan Studios
 

Source: Tv Technology

   
   
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'
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
India Today Group's Karnataka Panchayat On March 31
   
Television | TV Channels
Get ready for double dose of romance and laughter with Heart Attack 2 on Sony MAX
 
 
 
iWorld | OTT
BBC admits struggling to compete with Netflix, Amazon
 
Television | TV Channels
Regulatory hurdles prompt Star to telecast IPL's Kannada feed on Star Suvarna Plus
 
MAM | Marketing
MPA forecasts India to lead APAC in ad spend growth
 
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