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| 12 September |
| Cable TV | Multi System Operators |
| Ortel Communications files DRHP with SEBI for IPO worth Rs 360 crore |
| The LMO is looking at a public issue of 1.42 crore equity shares and private placement of up to 25 lakh equity shares. |
| REGULATORS | High Court |
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Delhi HC extends stay on Kantar, case pushed to Feb 2015 |
| The decision was taken on personal ground of the petitioner's lawyer. |
| REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| I&B Ministry explains to PMO its reasons for postponing digitisation dates |
| The Ministry has responded to TRAI chairman Rahul Khullar, who feels the extension will create a setback to Digital India Plan. |
| MAM | Media And Advertising |
| McCann Worldgroup promotes Prasoon Joshi to APAC chairman |
| He will focus on delivering integrated approaches and communications solutions for clients by leveraging all of McCann Worldgroup's broad capabilities and resources. |
| Cable TV | Multi System Operators |
| NBA, Sony Six and Jabong.com partner to expand NBA JAM in India |
| The event which will take place from 22 September to 6 December 2014 features a 3-on-3 tournament format with more than 3,000 teams participating. |
| MOVIES | Hindi |
| 'Finding Fanny'...Some fun some yawn Film Review |
| Finding Fanny will find its appreciation in select cities at elite location multiplexes. |
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| 11 September |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Rajdeep Sardesai joins India Today Group as consulting editor |
| He will be hosting a prime time show on Headlines Today. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
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NBA condemns Telangana CM for threatening media |
| It has appealed to the CM to desist from making such inflammatory charges against the media and keep the discourse civil and sane. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| "India is an incredibly important market for us with no dearth of stories to tell": Ravi Agrawal |
| The CNN International bureau chief, shares his insights on the focus of CNN International in India and what Indian stories mean to the world. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Hero ISL launches campaign heralding birth of a footballing nation |
| Titled 'C'mon India, Let's football' it has been conceptualised by Ogilvy & Mather. |
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MAM | Media And Advertising |
| Narendra Ambwani is the new chairman of ASCI |
| Benoy Roy Chawdhuri, was elected vice-chairman while Shashidhar Sinha was appointed the honorary treasurer. |
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MAM | Media And Advertising |
| ISA elects Marico's Saugata Gupta as chairman |
| He takes over from Hemant Bakshi as he relocates to Unilever Indonesia as the CEO. |
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| 10 September |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| IBF appoints Uday Shankar as the new president |
| He replaces Man Jit Singh, who held this position for the last two years. |
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REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| Prakash Javadekar confirms the new digitisation deadline |
| Speaking at an IBF AGM, he says that digitisation is on track as per the new schedule. |
| REGULATORS | TDSAT |
| Star India commits to renew agreements with MSOs only on basis of RIO, hearing concludes |
| It said the RIO would commence three months after the expiry of the erstwhile agreement. |
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CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| Hathway gets board approval to raise Rs 150.40 crore |
| The MSO will be allotting 47 lakh shares to CLSA Global Market PTE pursuant to preferential allotment for Rs 150.40 crore. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Ten Sports signs mega five year deal with WWE |
| The company will start operations from London from this month end. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Will KBC 8 sustain high numbers? |
| The promos and theme woven around social issues have helped the show, feel media analysts. |
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| 09 September |
| REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| Digicable Network among MSOs denied permanent licence, three new MSOs get licence this month |
| The licence of Digicable Network India was cancelled on 3 September because of denial of security clearance by the Home Ministry. |
| Cable TV | Multi System Operators |
| LCOs in Kolkata to submit interconnection agreement to MSOs soon |
| Sources said that MSOs like Siticable and Manthan among others have executed the interconnection agreement with their affiliated LCOs. |
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Regulators | TDSAT |
| MSOs prepared to accept RIO if broadcasters assure parity, MSOs' counsel tell TDSAT |
| Hathway’s counsel said that Star India had been wanting a RIO deal while the MSO was then dealing in CPS. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Wave World Kabaddi League claims better TV ratings than HIL and IBL |
| A month since its launch, the League has attained an all-India rating of 0.05 average rating points as compared to 0.03 average rating points for HIL's last edition and 0.028 average rating points for Indian Badminton League’ s last edition. |
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MAM | Marketing |
| Amagi's new identity reflects its global outlook |
| The company will start operations from London from this month end. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Zee TV to tell a unique story |
| Christened 'Bandhan... Saari Umar Humein Sang Rehna Hai', the show presents a unique bond between man and animal brought together in the most fascinating manner. |
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| 08 September |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| "Any model that guarantees 70% of your revenue is a great business to be in": Fraser Castellino |
| The COO of Kings XI Punjab after a great IPL season is looking forward to Champions League Twenty2O. |
| REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| I&B Ministry may relax FTA channels from proposed 10+2 ad cap |
| The I&B Minister at several forums has assured FTA channels that he would favourably consider their plea of scrapping the proposed 12 minute ad cap. |
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iWORLD | Social Media |
| Content creators see value in social media data |
| Panelists at the TV.Nxt conference were persistent that social media data for TV content was necessary to be taken into account along with mainstream TV viewing. |
| DTH | DTH Operator |
| Going FTA suits most broadcasters and advertisers |
| A session at the TV.Nxt conference saw various parts of the media industry debate on how justified is the revenue from the FTA market especially Freedish. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| 9XM celebrates Bollywood with '9XE' |
| The 30-minute show will be a first for the channel dedicated only to Bollywood music. |
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MOVIES | Hindi |
| Mary Kom fails to earn big bucks at BO Box Office |
| Media critics did not quite favour the film as was expected and panned it liberally. |
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| 06 September |
| MAM | Media and Advertising |
| The future is about reinventing and recasting: Rohit Ohri |
| In the coming months, the agency aims to bring some of the technology platforms it has in Denstu Inc to India. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Star Sports receives permission to broadcast in regional languages, 4 new channels to be launched |
| The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has granted the broadcaster the permission to uplink in regional languages from India. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| MIB gives licence to 12 new channels |
| This includes one news and 11 non-news channels. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Dare 2 Dance: A step further to dance |
| The show will be aired from 6 September, every weekend at 8.30pm. |
| IWORLD | Social Media |
| 95% of the worlds online public conversation about TV is on Twitter: Rishi Jaitly |
| At a recently held conference, Jaitly spoke about the relationship between the social media platform Twitter and TV and how they work together. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| NDTV Good Times turns 7! |
| The channel on the occasion of its seventh anniversary is launching an array of new shows. |
