25 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 54   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
BTVI to leverage digital mediums for growth
English business news channel BTVI is completing two years in August this year. The company was transformed from Bloomberg TV India after Bloomberg decided not to renew its deal with Business Broadcast News. BTVI got its COO Megha Tata in 2016 at the same time it got its new name. 
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Television | TV Channels
Zee Anmol most watched channel across genres
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol has reached the realm that has been normally occupied by the Sun TV Network's flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV or by one of the Hindi channels that has been airing the Indian Premier League.
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Movies | Hindi
Shemaroo gears up for digital era; adds devotional app Ibaadat
Right at the opportune time, one of India's oldest media companies, Shemaroo Entertainment, has launched a new devotional app called Ibaadat. The Islamic devotional app will contain live feeds, devotional tunes, an e-commerce platform, donation service, etc.
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Television | TV Channels
Star India mulls adding VR to PKL 6
Star India is taking the Indian Premier League (IPL) experience to other sports. After a  phenomenal reception for using virtual reality (VR) in IPL 2018, it is diversifying into Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season six.
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iWorld | BROADBAND
Jio led broadband while Hathway led wired broadband subs growth in 2018
India witnessed 5.24 percent growth in broadband internet customers in the month of March 2018 (Mar-18) according Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data for the month ended 31 March 2018. Hence, 205.4 lakh (20.54 million, 2.054 crore) broadband subscribers were added in March 2018.
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Television | TV Channels
Karnataka election helps news channels increase ratings
The general news channels witnessed a spike in the ratings because of the Karnataka elections. Aaj Tak led the chart in all three Hindi news markets, as per Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) week 20 ratings for 2018. English news genre doubled its ratings in week 20 and Republic TV maintained its top slot.
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Television | TV Channels
Zee Anmol retains leadership in GEC (U+R) in week 20
Star Plus and Star Utsav swapped their sixth and seventh positions in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data of week 20 of 2018 in the Hindi GEC (U+R) market, whereas in rural markets no changes were observed as compared to the previous week. Sony Sab and Star Bharat exchanged their fourth and fifth positions in GEC urban market this week. 
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- News on radio: About time the government relents
- Patanjali group to start channels in three languages
- Akshay Kumar, among the first to start the 'Fit India' movement
  Source: Hindustan Times
   
- Netflix trumps cable TV! Overtakes Comcast in market cap as people switch to video streaming
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Cord cutting is crushing pay TV, and it's glorious
  Source: BGR
   
- Ker HC refers petitions on media restrictions to larger bench
  Source: India Today
   
- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to inaugurate ASEAN India Film Festival on May 25
  Source: TOI
   
- Telephone Subscriber Base in India Increased 2.24 Percent in March: TRAI
- Reliance Jio Added 94 Lakh Subscribers in March, Followed by Idea: TRAI I
  Source: NDTV
   
- Rules on telecom data privacy, security & ownership in two weeks: RS Sharma
  Source: ET
   
- Pakistan imposes temporary ban on screening of Indian films during Eid
  Source: Zee News
   
   
- Katie Hopkins wins complaint against Mirror for ketamine headline
- Mail Online's falling traffic blamed on Facebook's newsfeed overhaul
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- YouTube's New Premium Music Service: Is It Worth It?
- Model Iskra Lawrence to Host 'Mirror Challenge' Docu-Series on Facebook Watch
 

Source: Variety

   
- Snapchat launches less creepy Send and Request Location features
- Uber in fatal crash detected pedestrian but had emergency braking disabled
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- Debra Lee Resigns as BET Networks Chairman/CEO
- E.W. Scripps Stations Renew Affiliations with ABC, CBS
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Comcast already harmful enough without Fox, ACA says
- Moonves thinks Viacom channels are an 'albatross' that would weigh down carriage agreements: report
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- FloSports Nabs The Rugby Channel
- USA Sets Premiere Date for 'Miz & Mrs'
 

Source: Multichannel

   
- Orange Slovakia to launch exclusive sports channel
 

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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'Distribution has always been the challenge for broadcasters'
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee TV the leader amongst GECs
 
Television | TV Channels
Bloomberg|Quint's The Mutual Fund Show marks one successful year of educating viewers on personal finance
 
Television | TV Channels
Cartoon Network Enterprises' new Back to School collection
 
 
MAM | Marketing
F&B cos reduce sugar to target health-conscious customers
 
Television | TV Channels
ITV Network readies Punjabi music channel
 
MAM | Marketing
Kundan Gold Refinery launches campaign for gold coins
 
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