Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 13 September 2019 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 07

13 September 2019 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 49


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Television | TV Channels

BARC week 36: Dingdong struggle for top slot between Dangal and Sun TV

	Enterr 10 Television's free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network's flagship pay TV Tamil GEC Sun TV have been interchanging ranks one and two in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms over the past few weeks. continue reading...

Television | TV Channels

BARC week 36: Regional space witnesses two new entrants Zee Keralam, Aakash Aath

In the week 36 of BARC India ratings, regional segment witnessed two new entrants in Bangla and Malayalam spaces. Zee Keralam entered the top five Malayalam channels table in week 36 of BARC India ratings. The channel garnered 62298 weekly impressions (000s) and replaced Asianet Movies at fifth position.
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Television | TV Channels

Nikhil Gandhi quits Times Network as COO & president: reports

Times Network COO and president Nikhil Gandhi has resigned from his role, as per reports. Gandhi joined Times Network in February 2017 as revenue head and in July 2019 he was promoted as COO and president.
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Television | TV Channels

Zee Media CFO Sumit Kapoor steps down

Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL) chief financial officer (CFO) Sumit Kapoor has resigned from his position. His resignation will come to effect from 13 September.
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	Ericsson flags security risks as telcos seek clarity on Huawei
	Source: ET

	Unraveling GST in the telecom sector
	Source: ETTelecom

	Trai gets it wrong: Bundling beneficial for both consumers, producers
	Source: Financial Express

	BJP seeks nationwide ban on Colors TV's serial 'Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush'
	Source: The Print

	Piyush Goyal asks Indian industry to be prepared for bold decisions, shed fear of free trade agreements
	Source: Business Today

	TRAI says new mobile number portability (MNP) fee will be effective from September 30
	Source: BGR

	Melting Arctic Means New Undersea Cables for High-Speed Traders
	Source: Bloomberg Quint

	I&B Secy attends valedictory function of 2017 batch of IIS Group 'A' Officer trainees at IIMC
	Source: News On Air

	BARC Ratings: Star Sports, PKL make considerable gains
	Source: Inside Sport

	BARC Ratings: Star Sports, PKL make considerable gains
	Source: Inside Sport


	Tanzanian journalist could face up to five years in jail without trial
	Twitter blocks accounts of Raúl Castro and Cuban state-run media outlets
	Source: The Guardian

	WarnerMedia's Rooster Teeth Cuts 13% of Staff, Laying Off About 50
	Boat Rocker Media Buys Platform One Media to Expand Scripted TV Operation
	Source: Variety

	The MIT Media Lab controversy and getting back to 'radical courage', with Media Lab student Arwa Mboya
	Source: Techcrunch

	HBO Max Jumps into Reality With Two Competition Shows
	Petterson Replaces Jones as Fox Business President
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Imagine offers AWS-powered OTT monetization service
	AT&T says broadcast retrans battles could cost it over 1M video subs in Q3
	Source: Fierce Video

	Ukraine tops CEE pay-TV growth
	Swiss competition authority could demand open access from UPC in Sunrise merger
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Prime Focus Technologies, Channel 4 Sign Agreement For Media Processing, Content Ops
	Source: Tv Technology

	Dish, Meredith End Retrans Dispute
	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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