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  14 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 44   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Mam | Marketing
Creating an IP in events is tough: Kyoorius' Rajesh Kejriwal
At a time when content, technology and disruption are mentioned in the same breath in every marketing and digital summit, design often takes a backseat. It's an open secret that several marketers, traditional or digital, neglect design, so much so that a couple of years ago the art of creating the right design and its role in aiding brands was practically non-existent.
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iWorld | OTT
Three years down, YouTube Kids unable to make an impact
Generation Z has grown up with mobile phones and even smartphones in their hands. What TV was to the older generations, the phone was to these kids who grow up with YouTube. In 2015, YouTube Kids was launched promising filtered content and parental control but Indian viewers seem to have given it a pass.
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Television | TV Channels
UFC enters into distribution deal with ESPN
UFC and ESPN have entered into a distribution agreement this month according to reports. As a result of this deal, ESPN and its subscription-based broadband service, ESPN+, will offer mixed martial arts fans a new array of UFC matches and special programming under a new rights deal unveiled on Tuesday.
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Technology | Hardware
TiVo exits STB business
TiVo is exiting the manufacturing, sales and distribution of set-top boxes to a yet-undisclosed third party, the company has said. CEO Enrique Rodriguez, talking to analysts on its Q1 earnings call, said that consumers would continue to see TiVo-branded boxes in the retail sector, and specifically mentioned outlets such as Best Buy and Amazon.
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- Telcos ask TRAI not to penalise them over minor service issues
  Source: ET
   
- Media: Zee TV extends lead in the pay GEC space
  Source: FE
   
- Bangladesh launches its first satellite amidst a debate about its commercial viability
  Source: Scroll
   
- Information and Broadcast Ministry to establish web portal for promotion of Audio Visual Services in India
  Source: India TV
   
- Prasar Bharati set to shed staff in DD and AIR?
  Source: Asian Age
   
- NASA Blames Stubble Burning In Punjab & Haryana For Rise In PM2.5 Levels In Delhi
  Source: India Times
   
   
- Ronan Farrow: Woody, Weinstein and me
- Keeping a free and fair press is one of the defining political issues of our age
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- The Biggest News at Google I/O: Google Wants to Augment Everything
- Facebook May Be Building a Bitcoin Competitor
 

Source: Variety

   
- Starting a robotics company out of school? Not so fast, suggest investors
- ConsenSys Ventures invests in six companies and launches its Accelerator
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- TiVo CEO Rodriguez 'confident' Comcast will come to heel
- Google joins Viacom's Streaming Video Alliance
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- YouTube TV is Losing Money, But is There a Path to Profit?
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
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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