Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 15 June 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

15 June 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 73


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Regulators | I&B Ministry

MIB issues advisory to private TV channels to consider showing castings/credit/ titles in Indian languages

	In a move to make TV serials more understandable for mass audience, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has advised all private satellite TV channels to consider displaying the castings or credits or titles of Hindi and regional language TV serials in the respective languages also. continue reading...

iWorld | OTT

Netflix to launch video game on hit show 'Stranger Things'

Streaming giant Netflix is launching another video game. According to media reports, Netflix announced that it entered into a partnership with Next Games to create a third mobile game based on its hit series Stranger Things. The new game is due to arrive next year while the Stranger Things 3: The Game will come out on 4 July, the same day the third season of the popular show premieres.
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Television | TV Channels

Lizol remains top brand in BARC week 23 rankings

The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 1 June 2019 and 7 June 2019. The data reflects top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 23 of 2019.
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	GST anti-profiteering body dismisses complaint against Bharti Telemedia
	Source: Business Today

	Remove cable TV wires from power lines: MSEDCL
	Source: TOI

	Christopher Nolan saved 'Donnie Darko' from straight to cable TV
	Source: Yahoo news

	Aeris hires executives from Vodafone Idea, Aircel, Intel to strengthen India business
	BSNL vendors seek government intervention to get Rs 2.5k crore dues
	Media shares take a hit; Eros International falls 5%
	Source: ET

	UK tells telecom firms to be cautious over Huawei after US warnings
	Source: Indian Express

	Trai gives telcos Sept 30 deadline for revised MNP norms
	Source: BS

	Jio GigaFiber to launch in next few weeks: Here's all you need to know before you get it
	Source: India Today

	Journalist beaten up in Shamli: I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar to seek report on GRP officers assaulting scribe in UP
	Source: First Post


	Daily Crunch: Telegram faces new attack in China
	Source: Tech Crunch

	NATPE Founder and Former President Klein Dies at 91
	A+E Names Gray to Head Human Resources
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Didja, Locast could be saviors of broadcast TV
	Source: Fierce Video

	Evening Standard and Independent could face inquiry over Saudi funds
	Twitter removes thousands of accounts linked to Iran government
	Source: The Guardian

	Netflix Expands Korean Content Commitment as Industry Deepens
	Actor Anthony Ramos Signs With Republic Records
	Source: Variety

	UEFA launches free-to-air OTT digital platform
	NPO Start launches on Android TV
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Hearst's Jordan Wertlieb Elected NAB Joint Board Chair
	Source: Tv Technology

	Comcast Integrates Pluto TV into X1 and Xfinity Flex
	Source: Multichannel

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

MNX announces 'King of Hollywood'

MNX, Hollywood's wild child, launches its biggest property 'King of Hollywood', starting December 17, 2018, Monday to Friday @9pm. MNX, the channel that resonates with the youth through its stylish, edgy, fast-paced, new-age, premium content has crafted the property, 'King of Hollywood' with an aim to find the biggest Hollywood movie buff of all time.
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