Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 12 November 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

12 November 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 97


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Television | TV Channels

The journey of Star India's Uday Shankar through his eyes

	He came. He saw. He conquered. That, in summation, defines how the Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific president, and Star & Disney India chairman Uday Shankar's tryst with members and invitees of the Advertising Agencies Association of India's Subhas Ghosal Memorial lecture "Why I have been in Media for 30 years" on 11 October 2019 went. continue reading...

iWorld | OTT

Strong Netflix growth underlines OTT growth potential in Indian market

Netflix India has just posted its earnings with the registrar of companies and reportedly, the video streaming giant has grown more than 700 per cent in the past 12 months. While the company doesn't share these details publicly, an ET Tech report, quoting Netflix's annual filing, says that the Indian-arm of American video streaming giant recorded overall revenues of Rs 466.7 crore with a net profit of Rs 5.1 crore.
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Television | TV Channels

CNN News18 moves to 3rd rank as Republic TV continues to lead English News

Network18's English News channel CNN News18 has moved over the past few weeks from fifth rank in week 41 of 2019 to third rank in week 44 (Saturday, 26 October 2019 to Friday, 1 November 2019, week or period under review). The channel was ranked fourth in weeks 42 and 43 of 2019.
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Television | TV Channels

Business news genre becomes top gainer in Chrome DM week 45

Business news genre has become the top gainer in week 45 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media data. The genre grew by 1.58 per cent. In this genre, CNBC Awaz channel gained the highest OTS with 81.1 per cent in 6 metro market.
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	Trai starts consultation on making TV set-top-boxes interoperable
	Source: ET

	Price war in India's telecom market: Vodafone may suffer $1.1-bn writedown
	SpaceX launches 60 more mini satellites for global internet coverage
	Source: BS

	Hathway Broadband offers fiber connections starting at Rs 850 with 50Mbps speed
	Tata Sky launches 6 new monthly and annual packs starting at Rs 199 a month
	Source: BGR

	Nearly 70,000 BSNL employees opted for VRS so far: Chairman
	Source: ETTelecom

	Exclusive: Jio set-top box is real, comes free with JioFiber connection and offers tens of channels
	Source: India Today

	Hybrid Set-Top Box Allows Users to Watch Satellite or Cable TV and OTT Content Together
	Source: Telecom Talk

	90 Arrested and Action Taken Against Thousands of Social Media Posts a Day After Ayodhya Verdict
	Source: The Wire

	President Kovind to participate in Prakash Parv
	Source: DD News

	Public Service Broadcasting Day to be celebrated tomorrow
	Source: News On Air


	'We know we're more than a TV show': how Sesame Street made it to 50
	Instagram influencer used secret account to hit back at her critics
	Source: The Guardian

	Hearst Magazines Unionizes With Writers Guild of America East
	Channeling MTV, Vevo Launches Linear Programming on Pluto
	Source: Variety

	Uber CEO stokes #boycottuber fire with 'mistakes happen' comment
	ViacomCBS shakes up its content leadership teams following merger
	Source: Techcrunch

	Former NBC Exec Rick Ludwin Has Died
	Arkansas Backs T-Mobile-Sprint Settlement
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Comcast calls for universal standard for managing ad campaigns
	Roku debuts discounted Showtime and Starz bundle
	Source: Fierce Video

	Disney+ to reach 101m subs
	"Full BBC iPlayer experience" added to Sky
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Webinar To Examine State Of Social Media In TV Newsrooms
	Source: Tv Technology

	Laulis: Cable One Has no 'Large Interest' in MVNO Model
	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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