08 May2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 39   Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
Comment: India's NTP 2018 gets digital makeover but needs complimentary policies
Criticism notwithstanding, Indian bureaucratic mandarins-babus as they are referred to in local lingo-do come up with draft policies that are contemporaneous, and at times when it's least expected.
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Television | TV Channels
Lacklustre viewership may force SET to pull off 'Prithvi Vallabh': Aniruddh Pathak
Sony Entertainment Television's (SET) bet on magnum opus Prithvi Vallabh didn't go as planned for the channel. The show, according to its producer Aniruddh Pathak, is likely to go off air from 1 July after completing its 45th episode.
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Television | TV Channels
Lionsgate India partners Azure Entertainment to remake shows
Newly launched Lionsgate India stitching together plans to remake two high-concept international properties in collaboration with Azure Entertainment and Lionsgate affiliate Globalgate. The two remakes, the first titles under the new partnership, are of hit Mexican comedy Instructions Not Included and South Korean action thriller The Terror Live for India.
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Television | TV Channels
Zee Learn numbers up
The Essel group's educational arm, Zee Learn Ltd (Zee Learn), reported 47.9 per cent growth in total revenue and 89.1 per cent growth in EBITDA including other revenue for the year ended 31 March 2018 (FY-2018, year under review) as compared to FY-2017.
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- Trai issued 26 orders for fines on pesky calls in 2017
  Source: ET
   
- I&B ministry allocates work under 4 new sections
  Source: TOI
   
- ISRO develops atomic clock for the indigenous navigation satellites
  Source: India Today
   
- Post Videocon d2h merger, Dish TV plans Rs. 1,700 crore investment
  Source: ET Brand Equity
   
- Transparency in telecom services
  Source: FE
   
- We latched on to a concept of trust, says Sridhar Gundaiah of Storeking
  Source: BT
   
- Trai to Finalise Recommendations on Next Spectrum Auction Soon
  Source: Telecom Talk
   
- Indian Delegation to Push Regional Cinema at Cannes
  Source: News18
   
- Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal - sources
  Source: Reuters
   
   
- BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in talks to create UK streaming service
- Think it's funny that China is cracking down on Peppa Pig? Think again
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Sky Italia, Britain's Channel 4 Board George Clooney's TV Adaptation of 'Catch-22'
- Snap CFO Drew Vollero Is Out, Replaced by Amazon Exec Tim Stone
 

Source: Variety

   
- Microsoft shows off Alexa-Cortana integration, launches sign-up website for news
- Backstage Capital launches $36m fund to boost black female founders
 

Source: Tech Crunch

   
- Disney Lights Up Luminate Advanced Advertising Suite
- Comcast Preparing Cash Bid for Fox Assets: Report
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
- Mediacom Q1 revenue up 3.4% due to HSI and business services growth
- Charter, CBS quietly carve out broad program licensing deal
 

Source: Fierce Cable

   
- Freenet TV selects Media Broadcast Satellite for DTH service
- Belgian ISPs agree to block 450 'pirate' domains
 

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
ITW Consulting bags rights for T20I series against India in Ireland
 
iWorld | VOD
Spuul appoints Krishanu Singhal as CFO for Global Operations
 
Television | TV Channels
BBC announces coverage for the Royal Wedding across TV and radio  
 
 
iWorld | Telecom
Reliance Jio readies Rs 60,000 cr war chest: Report
 
Regulators | TRAI
Spectrum auction: TRAI consulting international agencies
 
Television | TV Channels
We are becoming more platform and screen agnostic: Sudhanshu Vats
 
Television | TV Channels
Mohit Burman willing to look at cricketing leagues globally
 
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