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| 21 February |
| Regulators
| Supreme Court |
| DD
to continue showing World Cup 2015 matches: Supreme
Court |
| Supreme Court ruled that Doordarshan will
continue to show the World Cup 2015 cricket
matches and share the feed with cable operators. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Cricket
World Cup: Over 100 million Indian viewers
tune in on opening day |
| 67 per cent of the viewership for the
opening day’s game, Australia versus
England, came from Hindi plus vernacular
feeds with English at 33 per cent. |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| 'Fail
often, fail fast': Sam Balsara's advice
to the ad sector |
| He
was speaking at the release of Madison
Media Advertising Outlook 2015 report. |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| DDB
Mudra wins creative mandate for Pepsi
IPL 2015 |
| MSM
awards creative responsibility of Pepsi
IPL to DDB Mudra for the 2015 edition. |
| MAM
| Marketing |
| FY-2014:
Imax reports 0.9% higher revenue; net
income down 19.1% |
| The
company’s adjusted net income after
non-controlling interest in the current
year fell 19.1 per cent to $24.23 million
from $30.80 million last year. |
| Movies
| Hindi |
| Badlapur:
Don’t Miss The Beginning….Noir
has its limits |
| Badlapur is a noir film where the hero
is the anti-hero taking same route as
the criminals who destroyed him. He
blurs the line between good and bad. |
| 20 February |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Star
Sports incurs Rs 290 crore annual loss by sharing
signals with DD; SC reserves order |
| Star Sports said in its affidavit that
it had incurred loss of Rs 290 crore last
year for sharing sports signals with Doordarshan
and was expected to incur a further loss
of Rs 120 crore for the World Cup telecasts
alone this year. |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| Cisco
Video Technologies India bullish on
growth in phase III & IV of cable
TV digitisation |
| It is looking at achieving the same
market share (51 per cent) in the remaining
phases of digitisation, i.e. phase III
and IV, which is mandated to be completed
by end of December 2016. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Decision
on Nick proposal for buying entire holding
in Prism TV deferred |
| The
Finance Ministry on the recommendation
of the Foreign Investments Promotion
Board (FIBP) approved a proposal of
Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. for the deletion
of one condition in the amendment. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Anil
Kumble to be inducted into ICC Hall
of Fame |
| Anil
Kumble along with late women cricketer
Betty Wilson will be inducted into the
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during the
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 match between
India and South Africa at the MCG on
22 February. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Rohit
Sharma wins ODI batsman of the year |
| ESPNcricinfo
Awards 2014 announced: Mitchell Johnson,
Rohit Sharma, Brendon McCullum amongst
winners. |
| MAM
| Marketing |
| December
quarter: P&G Healthcare marketing
spends down 10 per cent, PAT up 18.4
per cent |
| Though in terms of absolute rupees,
P&G Health’s ASP shows an upward
linear trend, in terms of percentage
of TIO, the linear trend is downwards. |
| 19 February |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| “IPL
8 will be bigger and better in every aspect including
brand valuation”: Rohit Gupta |
| The network will be hiking the ad rate
by 10-15 per cent for this edition. |
| DTH
| DTH Services |
| Dish
TV fortifies sports packaging for ICC
Cricket World Cup |
| The DTH platform has decided to fortify
its sports packaging to offer a maximum
of 12 sports channels during the gala
event. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Colors
bets big on cookery show with Farah
Khan as host |
| Hosted
by filmmaker Farah Khan, the new cookery
chat show will air from 22 February
every Sunday at 8 pm. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Paritosh
Painter joins Reliance Broadcast as
network creative director |
| He
will report to RBNL CEO Tarun Katial. |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| WB
govt to work with private cos to remove
cable cobwebs from Kolkata skyline |
| CTMA
has requested the government to reduce
service tax as well. |
| MAM
| Marketing |
| Q3-2015:
Godrej Consumer Products marketing spends
down 4.2 per cent; all categories grow |
| Q3-2015: Godrej Consumer Products marketing
spends down 4.2 per cent; all categories
grow. |
|
| 18 February |
| Regulators
| Supreme Court |
| SC
adjourns Doordarshan’s telecast of WC 2015
case to 19 Feb |
| The pubcaster has rejected the formula
proposed by ESPN and Star Sports with regards
to not sharing the telecast of ICC Cricket
World Cup with cable operators. |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| Cricket
World Cup 2015: A festive ground for
new TVCs |
| While Star Sports emphasised on rivalries,
Piyush Pandey depicted bonding with
the Pidilite ad. This World Cup, versatility
is the name of the game for ad blitz. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| 12
years on, 'Roadies X2' continues to
enjoy strong audience base |
| The
show had an impressive opening as it
clocked around 175 TVTs compared to
other shows like Sadda Haq on Channel
V with 165 TVTs in its opening week. |
| iWorld
| Social Media |
| Social
media: An alternate playground for World
Cup 2015 |
| Besides
seeing constant and engaging conversations
on Twitter and Facebook, these platforms
have also launched a slew of micro properties
to garner traction this World Cup. |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| CTMA
to organise Cable TV Show 2015 in Kolkata
from 18 Feb |
| The
three day event will see thousands of
cable operators, traders, manufacturers,
channel partners, distributors and broadcasters
from across the country, Bhutan, Nepal,
and Bangladesh participating. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Q3-2015:
Saregama reports lower results; television
production segment disappoints |
| The company’s net sales income
in Q3-2014 at Rs 14.05 crore was 8.3
per cent less than the Q2-2015 sales
income of Rs 15.33 crore. |
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| 17 February |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Barkha
Dutt to step down as NDTV group editor |
| She will now be the consulting editor of
the network. |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| Does
Yuvraj Singh deserve Rs 16 crore?, asks
adman Pratap Bose |
| As the IPL auction takes place, adman
Pratap Bose shares his views on what
disgusts him about it. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Kevin
Vaz to now head Channel V too! |
| Industry
sources say that he took charge of the
youth general entertainment channel
about 10 days ago. |
| Movies|
Hindi |
| CBFC's
Nihalani defends diktat banning use
of certain words & scenes in films |
| Reacting
to the tweets, Nihalani said he stood
by his directive and wondered why such
obscenities had been permitted so far. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| MTV
India strengthens team |
| IThe
channel has roped in Shalini Sethi and
Keegan Pinto as programming and creative
heads respectively. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| IPL
Auction: 67 players sold, Yuvraj again
tops the list with Rs 16 crore |
| A total of Rs 87,60,00,000 was spent
by the franchises. Zaheer Khan purchased
by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4 crore. |
| 16 February |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| ‘The mantra of new age loyalty is employability’:Abhinav Chopra |
| In an interview with Indiantelevision.com,
Viacom18’s HR executive VP talks about
how he searches for the ‘right’
talent and what makes an organisation an
ideal place to work at. |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| Q3-2015:
Den Network reports 18 per cent y-o-y
growth in cable subscription revenue |
| Den Networks recently launched its high
speed broadband service, which is gaining
great traction having achieved an average
ARPU of Rs 740 per month in Q2-2015. |
| DTH
| DTH Operator |
| DD
Freedish revenue from e-auctions to
reach Rs 120 crore by March |
| The
DTH platform, which was telecasting
59 channels until recently, is planning
to up the channel offering to 64 soon. |
| iWorld
| Over The Top Services |
| “Couldn’t
have asked for better timing”:
The Viral Fever’s Arunabh Kumar |
| The
Viral Fever founder and CEO talks about
the online networks recent guest Arvind
Kejriwal and the networks plans ahead. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Zee
raises voice against new-age dowry via
new show ‘Service Wali Bahu’ |
| Its
latest early primetime offering - Service
Wali Bahu is produced by Village Boy
Productions. |
| MAM
| Marketing |
| Q3-15:
Dabur q-o-q marketing spends up 15.4
per cent |
| Dabur’s TIO in Q3-2015 was 7.7
per cent higher at Rs 2079.02 crore
more than the 1929.58 crore in Q2-2015
and 9.2 per cent higher than the Rs
1904.56 crore in the corresponding year
ago quarter. |
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