31 March 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 07   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
iWorld | Telecom
Mobile internet rates drop by 93% in three years
Mobile internet rates witnessed a phenomenal drop of 93 per cent while data usage per user surged by more than 25 times in the three years ended 30 September 2017, the Department of Telecom (DoT) said in a tweet today. The mobile data consumption in India is now the highest in the world at 1.3 million GB per month–more than the combined data usage in the US and China.
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iWorld | OTT
OTTs give much needed fillip to stand-up comedy
Even as recently as a decade ago, making a decision to become a full-time stand-up comedian in India was fraught with uncertainty. Today, however, the business of being funny is taken seriously. The genre is still just beginning to get popular in semi-urban and rural areas and the growth of over-the-top (OTT) platforms has given it a much-deserved boost.
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Television | TV Channels
Uday Shankar sole media exec in top-100 powerful Indians list
Sharing the space with the likes of Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Mukesh Ambani and Virat Kohli is the torchbearer of the Indian broadcast sector, Star India's Uday Shankar. Indian Express' list of most powerful Indians has ranked him at 69, making him the sole representative of the entire broadcast industry of the country.
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iWorld | Social Media
Facebook's move to limit use of third party data brokers angers advertisers
As a direct reaction to Camebridge Analytical scandal, social media platform Facebook has decided to block third-party data providers from its advertising platform. To regain people's faith, Facebook is conducting a broad review of all its data practices. Many of the advertising agencies, however, have not welcomed the step very well.
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- What's troubling US after Russia's election hacking? Will Putin sabotage undersea cables linking the world?
- Smriti Irani attacks Rahul Gandhi on data privacy issue, to soon make announcement on digital news policy
  Source: : Financial Express
   
- Dish TV a value buy post its final union with d2h
  Source: ET
   
- 400 in race to solve I&B ministry's 16 problems
  Source: TOI
   
- TV-on-Go without Internet: Doordarshan bets big on app that doesn't require data to stream TV on mobile phones
  Source: India Tv News
   
- 'Vinegar syndrome' ruining film treasure at National Film Archive, reveals data from film assessment project
  Source: Indian Express
   
- Reliance Jio 4G download speed faster than Airtel, Vodafone in February: TRAI data
  Source: Business Today
   
- Ashok Gehlot replaces Janardan Dwivedi as Congress general secretary in charge of organisation, training
  Source: New Indian Express
   
- Sony, Star request BCCI to rethink decision after board demands same amount for India, non-India matches
  Source: Newsx
   
   
   
   
- Agatha Christie reshoot with Ed Westwick stand-in is 'seamless'
- Amazon snaps up Bake Off sponsorship in biggest UK TV deal
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Snapchat Layoffs: Snap's 7% Workforce Reduction Will Save $34 Million Annually
- Twitch Lays Off Two Dozen Employees, But Plans to Boost Headcount 30% in 2018
 

Source: Variety

   
- UberRUSH is shutting down
- Niantic to settle Pokémon GO Fest lawsuit for over $1.5M
  Source: Techcrunch
   
- CBS Readies Viacom Merger Proposal
- Second BDAC Member Quits Over Charges of Industry Influence
  Source: Broadcasting Cable
   
- Charter's NYC tech-worker strike hits 1-year mark with no end in sight
- Comcast executive is latest DOJ witness to get withering cross-examination from AT&T-Time Warner lawyers
  Source: Fierce Cable
   
- ESPN's New NYC Studio is Ready for its Closeup
- Multicultural TV Summit Tackles Business Issues of Diversity
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Asia reached 53.6 million pay TV subs with 4K STB in 2017
 

Source: Broadband Tv News

   
- Aperi To Display Live Remote IP Sports Production Technology
 

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'
 
 
 
iWorld | OTT
Airtel and ALTBalaji join hands to offer exciting digital content
   
Television | TV Channels
Get ready for double dose of romance and laughter with Heart Attack 2 on Sony MAX
 
 
 
Television | TV Channels
Sony to be ahead of the curve in regional penetration: Kedar Teny
 
MAM | Media and Advertising
Axis Bank promotes forex card for overseas travel
 
Television | TV Channels
UTT season 2: Sharath Kamal sold for Rs 3 crore to Yodhas
 
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