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| 14 February |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Ecstatic
India is all set for World Cup 2015 |
Right from PM Narendra Modi to the media fraternity, everyone is geared up for the biggest sporting event of the year.
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| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| TV channels celebrate the season of love |
| From special events to romantic blockbuster
movies, TV channels have created a special line-up for the Valentine's Day. |
| TELEVISION
| Production House |
| Q3-2015: Eros International q-o-q PAT, revenues more than double |
The Company reported more than double (up 2.18 times) PAT at Rs 109.34 crore.
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| Regulators
| I&B Ministry |
| MPs push for fresh guidelines to promote India as film destination |
| Arun
Jaitley was chairing a meeting of the
Consultative Committee of Members of
Parliament attached to the I&B Ministry
to discuss the issue of "India
as a soft power - As a Filming Destination." |
| iWorld
| Social Media |
| Cricbuzz
targets 75 million users with new World
Cup section |
| Cricbuzz
adds new content and features, targeting
smartphone users across India. |
| Movies
| Hindi |
| ‘Roy’:
Shot in the dark |
| Roy is a waste of lot of resources with
no hope of returns. |
| 13 February |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| Subscription
rates in DAS phase III & IV expected to be half
of that in first two phases |
| This was stated during the fifth Task Force
meeting on phase III and IV held recently. |
| Regulators
| High Court |
| IBF
asked to file affidavit in Kantar case;
matter put off to 12 May |
| The case had been filed by Kantar Market
Research challenging the Policy Guidelines
for Television Rating Agencies in India,
and in particular on the clause relating
to cross-media ownership. |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| Maxus
wins media mandate for ICC Cricket World
Cup 2015 |
| Maxus
has previously handled four campaigns
in India for the ICC. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| ICC
World Cup 2015 takes cricket into next
generation of digital coverage |
| International
Cricket Council (ICC) announced a creative
series of innovative digital activations
for the flagship tournament. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Zee
TV back to third spot; Star Plus the
only gainer |
| In
week six of TAM TV ratings, Star Plus’
five offerings were the most watched
shows in the genre. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Ten
Sports acquires exclusive rights to
MotoGP for five seasons |
| Ten Sports will also be offering multi-screen
feeds on its digital platforms and will
develop a dedicated section on www.tensports.com |
| 12 February |
| Cable TV | Multi System Operators |
| Q3-2015: Hathway reports 2 per cent y-o-y revenue growth |
| The MSOs broadband income was up 13 per cent at Rs 51.3 crore in the current quarter from Rs 45.4 crore in Q2-2015. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| BARC
to rollout Spot Monitoring Services
from March |
| The launch date of the service has been
brought ahead in keeping with the speculation
of a rating dark period. |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| SK
Gupta moved to broadcasting in TRAI,
N Parameswaran to look after network
services |
| The
term of TRAI chairman Rahul Khullar
is also expiring in May this year. A
1975 batch IAS officer of Delhi cadre,
Khullar succeeded J. S. Sarma in May
2012 for a three-year term. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Star
India acquires broadcast business of
Maa TV |
| The
acquisition would give Star India access
to the highly attractive Telugu TV market,
where it has a very limited presence
till date. |
| Cable
TV | PEOPLE |
| Den
Networks appoints Manish Dawar as Group
CFO |
| The
appointment has come at a time when
the company is stepping up its transformation
into a diversified B2C enterprise. |
| Regulators
| I&B Ministry |
| Fresh
attempt underway to study convergence
of communications & broadcasting |
| The new Bill proposes a super regulator
- Communications Commission - with defined
powers, procedures and functions for
regulatory and licensing functions,
and an Appellate Tribunal. |
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| 11 February |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| AAP hurricane demolishes BJP and Congress |
| AAP secured victory in 67 of 70 seats. Delhi gives historic mandate to AAP; all eyes on Kejriwal now. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Star
India bags online rights for IPL |
| Novi Digital Entertainment, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Star India has bagged
the rights for the next three seasons
of IPL. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| DD
can share World Cup signals with cable
operators: Supreme Court |
| The
leave petition will meanwhile be heard
on 17 February by when ESPN and Star
Sports will submit their replies. |
| iWorld
| Social Media |
| Facebook
& Reliance tie-up to launch Internet.org
in India |
| The
idea behind the launch is to provide
free access to 33 popular websites to
Reliance consumers without any cost. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Zindagi
appoints Star Plus’ Bharti Sharma
as programming head |
| The
channel has roped in former Star Plus
executive producer Bharti Sharma, who
has already started her new role with
the company on 9 February. |
| iWorld
| Telecom |
| Mobile
internet revenues in India growing at
40 per cent annually: Study |
| Even in most mature mobile markets,
such as Japan and South Korea, mobile
Internet revenues are growing at 10
per cent a year, much faster than overall
GDP. |
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| 10 February |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| "I
hope to convince BJP to connect with electorate
throughout the year”: Sam Balsara |
| After bagging BJP's election mandate last
year, the year 2015 too has begun on a good note as the agency won an array of new accounts in the last two months. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Prasar
Bharati moves SC against Delhi HC judgment
on World Cup telecasts |
| The leave petition presented by Attorney
General Mukul Rohatgi is expected to
come up for hearing on 10 February. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Pro
Kabaddi League season 2 pushed to July |
| With
the ICC Cricket World Cup being held
from 14 February to 29 March 2015, the
second edition of the league will kick
off from July to August 2015. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| News
channels gear for Delhi election judgment
day |
| Channels
have come up with special counting day
coverage programme. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Star
Plus to launch new ‘Killer’
singing game show |
| Produced
by SOL Production, it is an international
adaptation of the British Game show
- Killer Karaoke. |
| Movies
| Hindi |
| '‘Shamitabh’
delivers weak opening at box office |
| The film ended its opening weekend with
a figure of Rs 12.45 crore which is
not enough to help it recoup its high
price. |
| 09 February |
| MAM
| Marketing |
| "Zomato
adds value to users and restaurant owners alike:”
Pankaj Chaddah |
| From a living room in 2008 and to now over
1000 people across markets, the food search
engine has a lot of its platter. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| "Working
with channel partners globally to make
this a widely covered WC”: Uday
Shankar |
| Meanwhile ICC chief executive David
Richardson said that he expects the World Cup to be the most viewed cricket event in the history of the game. |
| DTH
| DTH Operator |
| “Govt.
should reconsider extending excise duty
concessions to consumer durables”:
Anirudh Dhoot |
| He
also points out that infrastructural support should be favoured to electronic components and panel manufacturing in India. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Life
OK gets a new marketing head |
| The
channel has elevated Star India VP business
strategy and consumer insights Rakesh
Chakraborty as Life OK VP marketing. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Media
gives AAP an upper hand as Delhi goes
to poll |
| News
channels discuss Delhi elections with
esteem sophistication. Pre polls, opinion
polls and panel discussions in the offering. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| 'Puthiya
Thalaimurai’ digitises newspaper |
| As a go green initiative New Gen Media
has launched its digital smartpaper
''Puthiya Thalaimurai Indru.'' |
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