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09 May |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Why NDTV chose to re-subscribe to TAM |
| NDTV saw the writing on the wall: it could lose revenues without detailed programming and TV commercial viewing data being provided by TAM, if it did not subscribe to its service. |
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MAM | Media and Advertising |
| Publicis-Omnicom's $35 billion merger terminated |
| The announcement comes after the meeting of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe that decided on the action to be taken regarding the proposed merger of equals with Omnicom Group. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| "Running behind 100-crore revenue for every film is not very healthy" |
| Viacom18 Motion Pictures VP marketing Rudrarup Dutta speaks to indiantelevision.com about the production house's marketing mantra for Queen and its forthcoming project, Manjunath |
| MOVIES | Hindi |
| 'Hawaa Hawaai' ...Sweet Ride Film Review |
| Hawaa Hawaai is worth a watch, for kids and grownups alike. Having opened to weak response, some word of mouth may help it do better over the weekend. |
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08 May |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| NDTV 24X7 hops on to Time Warner Cable in the US |
| Subscribers of 'Hindi Passport Pack' and 'Hindi Pass Plus Pack' will now be able to catch the English News channel. |
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IWORLD | Social Media |
| Modi most popular, even as negative sentiments grow |
| To The New has created a social media analysis report studying how politicians and political parties are faring in the social media. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Incubation costs, one time write-offs, event postponement widen NDTV loss in Q4-2014 |
| New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) reported a negative PAT of Rs 31.39core in Q4-2014 as compared to a loss of Rs 10.43 crore in the immediate trailing quarter Q3-2014, and a profit of Rs 27.81 crore in the year ago quarter Q4-2013. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Star Pravah invites viewers to its 'Dhabal' |
| The mega marketing effort is to ensure that viewers get acquainted with the meaning of 'Dhabal' before they watch the show. |
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07 May |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| MSM elevates Saurabh Yagnik to head English entertainment channels |
| Yagnik will be the business head for both the channels - AXN & Sony PIX. Sunil Punjabi will continue to manage AXN and will report to Yagnik. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| ETV2 and ETV3 renamed to ETV Andhra Pradesh and ETV Telangana |
| The channels will broadcast stories of the respective states while yet operating out of Hyderabad. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Naresh Ramnath joins Pioneer Channel Factory as COO |
| With a set of channels planned for launch, Pioneer Channel Factory is looking at first bringing out a live concert channel/service. |
| MAM | Marketing |
| Emami q-o-q ad and sales promo spend down 44 per cent in Q4-2014 |
| At 11.11 per cent of net sales, Emami's Q4-2014 Ad & SP percentage of net sales was the third lowest over a nine month period starting Q4-2012 and ending Q4-2014. |
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06 May |
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REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| Ad cap case adjourned till 15 July |
| The adjournment came after News Broadcast Association (NBA) sort more time to file a rejoinder. |
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REGULATORS | TDSAT |
| TDSAT adjourns DTH licence fee case to 22 May |
| The DTH operators were given time by chairman Aftab Alam and Kuldeep Singh to file their rejoinders following the reply by the government. |
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TECHNOLOGY | Hardware |
| BroadcastAsia 2014 to focus on 4K technology and monetisation of second screen |
| One of Asia’s largest information and communications technology events, BroadcastAsia, returns this year between 17-20 June at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. |
| REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| MSM gets licence for two new HD TV channels |
| News channels in the country almost equal general entertainment and non-news channels. |
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05 May |
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TECHNOLOGY | Hardware |
| Indigenous STBs, courtesy ABS Productions |
| Promoter Atul Saraf sees opportunity in digitisation Phase III and Phase IV; hopes to sell 5 million MPEG2 and MPEG4 set top boxes - which are being manufactured at the Videocon group STB plant in Aurangabad - within a year. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Gurjeev Singh to head Star India international distribution |
| TS Panesar will head national distribution for DTH and digital while Summit Grover will handle the emerging markets in DAS phase III and IV. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Sarthak TV giving a taste of reality to Oriya viewers |
| The GEC from Sarthak Entertainment Group will launch two new reality shows: 'Mu Be Heroine Hebi' will give aspiring actresses a platform to make it to the silver screen while 'Sadhaba Pua' will be a.... |
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MAM | Marketing |
| Brands piggyback the selfie |
| What constitutes use or abuse of the self portrait is something brands across categories have to decide for themselves. |
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Movies | Hindi |
| BO: A disastrous week Box Office |
| It has been a week of multiple disasters at the box office as all the movies released have failed to attract audiences... |
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03 May |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Elections 2014: Live from Ground Zero Special Report |
| An increasing number of news channels have changed their formats this election season. From a studio based show, the format has evolved to shows being both produced and broadcasted at ground zero. |
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CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| MPA issues Asia Pacific pay TV slowdown warning |
| India, China, and other major cable TV markets are losing steam as the region deals with the changing TV and video consumption landscape. India could continue to see healthy growth in net additions over the next two years before slowing down again. |
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MAM | Marketing |
| Everybody loves the Amul girl! |
| Indiantelevision.com spoke to a few industry experts to understand their views on Amul's iconic advertising so far and the way the brand's mascot conducts herself... |
