6 October 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 68 Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 
   
 
Television | TV Channels
MTV bolsters original content offering to dominate youth channel space

After Star India had decided to pull the plug on its youth channel Channel V, Viacom18's MTV channel is the only one left to entertain viewers with the original content. The tug-of-war between MTV and Channel V was worthwhile as the audiences were served with the plethora of original content.
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Television | TV Channels
Flower TV enters top two slots in Malayalam market
Flower TV climbed to the second position in the Malayalam space in BARC data week 39. Colors Marathi and Star Pravah exchanged their second and third positions in the Marathi segment. In the Kannada and Telugu market, no changes were observed. Zee Tamil and Star Vijay were at second and third position after interchanging their positions in Tamil market.
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Television | TV Channels
Star Plus leads urban market chart in BARC week 39
ZEE Anmol continues to lead the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 39 of 2018. Star Bharat and Dangal TV again interchanged their respective positions in the rural market. Colors dropped to third place as Star Plus occupied the first place in the urban market. Star Bharat and Sony Pal climbed three slot each in Hindi (U+R) market.
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Regulators | TRAI
DoT to inquire TRAI about 28 GHz band for 5G service
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to initiate talks for new bands to support 5G services in the country. The DoT will soon start discussing with the telecom regulator TRAI for 28GHz band for 5G commercial deployments. As per Economic Times, the DoT will also analyse pricing estimates of such airwaves.
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- NENT takes on Netflix in battle for Nordic streaming market as it readies for listing
- China's Huawei gets DoT support to conduct 5G field trials with Indian telcos, state governments
  Source: ET Telecom
   
- Hathway unveils Android TV-based Play Box
  Source: Indian Express
   
- PIL seeks regulation of web streaming services, HC issues notice to centre
  Source: BS
   
- Nasa satellite images show fewer cases of crop burning in Haryana and Punjab
  Source: India TV News
   
- T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Odds May Rise on Cable Move to Mobile
  Source: BQ
   
- ISRO & ROSCOSMOS to work together for first Indian manned mission
  Source: Financial Express
   
- Facebook to broadcast live matches from Copa Libertadores in 2019
  Source: New Indian Express
   
   
- Facebook viral publisher goes into administration
- Will the last overpaid man at the BBC please turn out the lights?
 

Source: The Guardian

   
- Refinery29 Hires Ex-Time Inc. Exec Nicholas Butterworth as Head of Engineering and Product
- Spotify Founders to Sell Another $100 Million in Shares
 

Source: Variety

   
- Instagram prototypes handing your location history to Facebook
- Elon Musk is trolling the SEC on Twitter
 

Source: Techcrunch

   
  DishLatino Launching Channel to Teach Viewers English
  Sports Stars Renovate Homes in New Series Airing on CBS
 

Source: Broadcasting Cable

   
  Big spinoffs by Cisco, Ericsson and Nokia redraw the media tech sector
  Comcast confirms it's buying Fox's stake in Sky
 

Source: Fierce Video

   
  Discovery promotes Karen Leever
  Sky Deutschland regains Premier League, ousting DAZN
 

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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BBC World service director Jamie Angus on fake news and regional language market
 
Television | TV Channels
Kia Motors India signs four-year partnership with Bengaluru Football Club
 
Television | TV Channels
Zee Telugu captivates your weekend with the World Television Premiere of CoCo Kokila
 
 
DTH | DTH Operator
DTH subscriber growth slow in first half of 2018
 
Television | TV Channels
Kabaddi beats football in popularity among Indian kids
 
Cable TV | Local Cable Operators
Hathway to target existing users for new OTT, cable hybrid STBs
 
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