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| 28 February |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| TRAI
suggests interoperability methods for DTH consumers;
issues draft tariff order |
| The Authority says the interests of subscribers
can be largely protected through the provision
for commercial interoperability of CPEs. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Over
3000 posts in AIR, DD revived for filling
through direct recruitment |
| Rajyavardhan Rathore admitted that there
are 16,764 vacancies in All India Radio
and Doordarshan as against a sanctioned
strength of 46,756. |
| DTH
| DTH Operator |
| Dish
TV aims to boost ARPU with differential
pricing strategy |
| As
part of the first phase, metro cities
such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Pune
will be targeted. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Big
Magic Ganga’s aspirational connect
helps spike viewership |
| The
channel saw a hike of almost 51 per
cent in week eight of TAM TV ratings
as compared to week seven. |
| iWorld
| Telecom |
| Tech
trends to watch out in 2015 |
| IntelliGrape VP Engineering Narinder
Kumar lists down the top 5 tech trends
which can take off in 2015. |
| Movies
| Hindi |
| ‘Dum
Laga Ke Haisha’….Missing audience |
| Though watchable, Dum Laga Ke Haisha
has not been given due publicity and
has opened poorly with very little chance
of catching up. |
| 27 February |
| SPECIALS
| EVENT COVERAGE |
| ‘Budget
2015’ is a budget of aspirations: News broadcasters |
| Broadcasters await budget with utmost aspiration
and expectation. Will Arun Jaitley deliver
or will the media industry face another
disappointment? |
| iWorld
| Broadband |
| National
Optic Fibre Network cost escalates by
Rs 10,000 crore |
| While the government had set a budget
of Rs 20,000 crore for the project,
Ministry sources claim that this has
already escalated to Rs 30,000 crore. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| India
- Pakistan match registers 288 million
viewers |
| The
India vs Pakistan bout became the most
viewed, second only to 2011 World Cup
finals between India and Sri Lanka. |
| Specials
| Event coverage |
| Online
start-ups pin hopes from Budget 2015 |
| Business
executives of online start-ups like
iTiffin.in, iSpyprice.com and Youshine.in
speak about their wishes from this year’s
financial budget 2015. |
| Specials
| Event coverage |
| On-board
entertainment, SMS alerts, Wi-Fi on
cards with tech friendly Rail Budget
2015 |
| While presenting his first maiden Budget,
Indian Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu
presented a slew of measures that introduced
mobile friendly facilities for passengers. |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| FM
Radio phase III: TRAI to hold Open House
on reserve price for auction |
| TRAI suggested reserve price of Rs 5
lakh per city, for FM Radio channels
in 11 border cities in phase-III. |
| 26 February |
| SPECIALS
| EVENT COVERAGE |
| News
channels’ budget special |
| Every channel has roped in a series of
exclusive programming for the union budget
2015 coverage. |
| SPECIALS
| EVENT COVERAGE |
| FICCI
pushes for 10-year tax holiday for AVGC
industry |
| The body also feels that Digital Cinema
Services should be included under the
Negative List for Service Tax exemption. |
| REGULATORS
| I&B MINISTRY |
| No
role in CBFC’s decision to put
list of offensive words on hold: I&B |
| A
Ministry official said that any decision
in this regard may have been taken at
the level of the Board or by its chairman
Pahlaj Nihalani, who had issued the
list leading to protests from some members. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| “The
programming strategy of Sony Pal is
very hypothetical currently”: Anooj
Kapoor |
| Sony
Pal, which is currently running repeats
and content from Sony and Sab, has got
onboard DD Freedish, hoping for better
viewership. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Sony
Six extends deal with TNA Wrestling
till 2022 |
| The channel has been showcasing TNA
since 2013. |
| IWORLD
| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Axis
Bank tops Twitter Brand Index for week
2 of ICC Cricket World Cup |
| The list has been compiled using an
aggregate of re-tweets, favourites and
replies, to come up with the Twitter
Brand Index to acknowledge the top five
brands from over 50 brands. |
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| 25 February |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| Ortel
to increase cable TV penetration, broadband with
IPO funds |
| The LMO has announced the price band of
Rs 181- Rs 200 per equity share. |
| Cable
TV | People |
| SN
Sharma joins Reliance Jio |
| The man who is credited with creating
one of the biggest MSO network, Den
Networks, will now be looking into the
day to day operations of Reliance Jio. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Star’s
'Mauka' becomes victory anthem for Indian
cricket fans |
| A
video created for a particular match
turns out to be one of the largest spoken
campaign. Mauka is a result of impeccable
mixture of creativity and combativeness. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| MTV
revamps Coke Studio format; to air all
year round |
| The
success of the property lies in the
fact that filmmakers have started asking
music composers to produce songs, which
have a Coke Studio feel to them. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Age
of superannuation for all employees
continues to be 60 years: Prasar Bharati |
| In October last year after talks of
voice modulation tests raised controversy,
All India Radio had said it will not
consider the age of its radio jockeys
when conducting skill and voice modulation
tests. |
| Movies
| MEDIA AND ADVERTISING |
| Chatter
around India-SA match 30% lower than
India/Pak match: MEC report |
| The hashtag #IndvsSA garnered only 0.2
million mentions as compared #IndvsPak
at 0.3 million mentions. |
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| 24 February |
| Regulators
| I&B MINISTRY |
| Infrastructure
status for b'cast industry, reduce customs duty
on STBs: FICCI budget wish-list |
| The FICCI wish-list submitted to the government
covers television and radio broadcasting,
cinema and animation and gaming, apart from
suggestions relating to advertising in the
media. |
| Iworld
| Social Media |
| India
- South Africa match garners 2 billion
impressions: TO THE NEW report |
| The report also states that compared
to the pre-match buzz, there were around
7,384 per cent increase in mentions
around the hashtag #INDvsSA |
| CABLE
TV | MULTI SYSTEM OPERATORS |
| Reliance
Jio awaits security clearance for pan
India MSO licence |
| The
I&B Ministry in the meanwhile has
written a letter to the Home Ministry
to expedite security clearances to meet
DAS targets. |
| iWorld
| Video On Demand |
| Eros
International launches Trinity Pictures;
Ajit Thakur to head |
| Eros
has appointed Thakur as CEO to lead
the company’s focused production
initiatives. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| President
Pranab Mukherjee outlines Govt’s
policy initiatives in electronic media
& IT |
| President
Mukherjee was speaking at the Central
Hall of Parliament addressing the joint
sitting of Parliament at the start of
budget session. |
| Movies
| Hindi |
| Box
Office: ‘Badlapur’ gets thumbs
up |
| The film managed the opening weekend
of Rs 23.6 crore at the box office. |
| 23 February |
| Regulators
| Supreme Court |
| Supreme
Court to hear Cricket World Cup live telecasts appeal
in July |
| However, the Court said it was ‘not
inclined’ to consider the suggestion
made by Star Sports that Doordarshan should
set up an extra/special channel, which has
been contended by Prasar Bharati to be unviable
and technically unfeasible within any reasonable
period of time. |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| Ortel
Communications files RHP for public
issue |
| The issue is scheduled to open on 3
March. |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| TV
ad spends to grow to over Rs 15,500
crore in 2015: Pitch Madison report |
| The
report further states that for last
year television grew by 14 per cent
on par with its projected growth rate
of 15 per cent and maintained its contribution
to the total advertising pie at 38 per
cent. |
| iWorld
| Video On Demand |
| India
Vs Pakistan match creates digital viewership
record |
| With
more than 25 million views on Star’s
digital platform Hotstar and Starsports.com,
the match registers highest ever views
for a single game in any sporting event
across the globe. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Sony's
Uday Sodhi upbeat about VoD platform
Liv Sports |
| Liv
Sports aspires to grow bigger with exclusive
content and creative innovations. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Repackaging
propels Zee Studio up the ladder |
| Zee Studio content and marketing head
Sharlton Menezes says that in the last
two weeks (weeks 05-06) of 2015 the
channel holds sway at the number three
position with 15 per cent market share. |
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