Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 13 September 2018 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

13 September 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 48


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Television | TV Channels

SonyLIV's amplified focus on English content portfolio

	Sony Network India's (SPNI) OTT platform Sony Liv recently extended its English content portfolio in the premium offering. It also has plans to add originals in regional languages. On the back of SPNI's FIFA World Cup 2018 broadcasting right in India, SonyLIV attracted thousands of football fans across the country. continue reading...

Regulators | MIB

MIB orders CVR Health to go off air for code violation

A health channel named CVR Health had telecast a show named 'healthy nights' in 2016 that was considered unsuitable for the television audience for which it was asked to go off air for three days with effect from 8-11 September 2018.
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Television | TV Channels

NDTV's Prannoy & Radhika Roy get SEBI notice for insider trading

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a show cause notice to Dr Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika, both promoters of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) for alleged insider trading.
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	FX's 'Sons of Anarchy' spin-off 'Mayans MC' is the most-watched new cable TV show so far in 2018
	Source: Business Insider

	CBS Undercuts Sinclair in the Local-TV Giant's Battle With Hulu
	Verizon Planning Launch of 5G Internet and TV Service in October
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	Middle Eastern, North African actors ignored, stereotyped by TV, says study
	Source: New IndianExpress

	Will move SC against I&B Ministry advisory to replace 'Dalit' word, says Union Minister Ramdas Athawale
	Source: Financial Express

	Under SC Scanner, UIDAI Says Ready to Address Concerns on Social Media Wing
	Source: News18

	Airtel, Jio say fined by Trai for slipping on quality norms
	BSNL to get 4G spectrum next month: Official
	Source: ET

	HetNet and small cells are important for telcos in digitally driven economy, say industry experts
	Source: BS

	Reliance Jio to use Hughes satellite to provide 4G services in rural areas
	Source: Livemint

	Africa is not ready for super fast 5G network: MTN's CEO
	Source: ETTelecom


	BBC coverage of Cliff Richard raid was over the top, says Tony Hall
	'Repugnant, racist': News Corp cartoon on Serena Williams condemned
	Source: The Guardian

	Verizon to Launch 5G Home Broadband in Los Angeles, Three Other Cities This October
	Elisabeth Murdoch's Vertical Networks Names Jesús Chavez CEO
	Source: Variety

	Walmart is now selling bitcoins for $1
	Comma.ai's George Hotz ousts George Hotz as CEO
	Source: Techcrunch

	Fox's Abernethy Named Broadcaster of the Year
	Hearst TV Launches Show for Facebook Watch
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	How the Moonves exit could impact CBS' video strategy
	CenturyLink builds AWS into its fiber-based broadcast service
	Source: Fierce Video

	ESPN Serves Up Weekly Cable Primetime Ratings Win
	T-Mobile Signs $3.5B Deal with Ericsson for 5G Gear
	Source: Multichannel

	Sky attacks Amazon and Google with 'free' TV stick
	3SS to showcase Android TV solutions at IBC 2018
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Turner partners with Meta on metadata platform
	Sky invests in content supply chain management company SDVI
	Source: Tvb Europe

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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