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| 10 January |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Ajay Trigunayat turns entrepreneur, to launch VOD platform in October |
| The platform will be called Action Quality Time. |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| TRAI ready to consider proposal for e-commerce but says it is already over-burdened |
| The need for an e-commerce
regulator was felt after the Confederation of All India Traders sought
the Commerce Ministry's intervention over 'predatory pricing' strategies
of e-tailers. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| INX Music's proposal for a new GEC deferred by FIPB |
| INX Music aggregates and distributes music content for TV channels, having 70.85 per cent indirect foreign investment. |
| MAM
| Marketing |
| ChocOn the top brand on movie screens: CAM report |
| The
brand has a presence in 4/5th of the screens followed closely by Parle
Marie and Manyavar. Also, it continues to be the most recalled brand
followed by Pepsi. |
| iWorld
| Broadband |
| Broadband users rise to 82.22 million in November |
| The
top five service providers constituted 86.97 per cent market share of
total broadband subscribers at the end of November 2014. |
| Movies
| Hindi |
| 'Tevar'….Bad attitude! |
| Though the film may feel a bit
lengthy at two hours and 39 minutes, director Amit Ravindernath Sharma
has done a worthy job in his debut feature film. |
| 09 January |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Doordarshan’s
Freedish to switch to an upgraded platform to increase
capacity |
| The migration would result in increase
of TV channels from 59 to 64 and radio channels
from 22 to 24. |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| Hathway
Cable gets board nod to hike FII limit
to 74 per cent |
| After becoming the first MSO in cable
TV sector to cross the $1 billion mark,
Hathway now looks at attracting overseas
capital. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Network18 enters into an agreement with
Carnival Cinemas |
| The
agreement was done through the company’s
venture capital arm, Capital18 Fincap,
which will now divest its entire stake
in Stargaze Entertainment. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Race
for TRPs is blood pressure raising points,
says Prasar Bharati chairman |
| Communication
professionals started off the Global
Communication Conference in Bengaluru. |
| iWorld
| Broadband |
| ACT
to focus on broadband, cable ops acquisition |
| ACT
withdrew its application for permanent
registration as an MSO in September
2014. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| SC
instructs BCCI to pay service tax for
recording matches |
| The cricket board had moved to court
after CESTAT had directed it to pay
Rs 18 crore for the period from 2006
to 2010. |
| 08 January |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| Date extended for MSO registration for DAS phase III |
| While the earlier date was 21 December, the MIB has now extended it to 6 February. |
| iworld | Over The Top Services |
| Broadcom India eyes huge growth potential in cable broadband & OTT services |
| Bengaluru-based broadband giant eyes a big chunk of the OTT and DTH pie. |
| MAM
| Media And Advertising |
| Predictions: 2015 will see a spurt in the usage of digital media solutions |
SVG
Media co-founder and CEO Manish Vij pens down how escalating use of
digital media platforms will impact advertisement industry.
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| Regulators
| I&B Ministry |
| 142 MSOs get 10 year DAS licence for specified areas, 26 denied permission |
| A total of 11 MSOs from all over the country have been granted permanent registration for 10 years to operate the DAS areas. |
| Regulators
| I&B Ministry |
| Govt. plans no change in regulating advertisements on private television |
There
is no proposal under consideration of the Government to amend Section 6
of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 in this regard.
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| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Liverpool FC's - DSK Shivajians - gets shot in the arm with investment of Rs 50 crore |
| The CEO of the International
Football Academy, Ardeshir Jeejeebhoy, is confident that the investment
will help in the grassroots development of the game. |
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| 07 January |
| Cable
TV | Multi System Operators |
| Hathway
Cable becomes India's first $1bn enterprise valuation
MSO |
| The MSO is looking at monetising the investments
it had made in phase I and II DAS markets. |
| Cable
TV | People |
| DEN
Networks gets new CEO in Pradeep Parameswaran |
| Parameswaran joins DEN from McKinsey
and Co |
| DTH
| DTH Operator |
| SEBI asks for clarification from Videocon
d2h for its proposed Rs 700 crore IPO |
| The
observations on the draft offer document
may be issued by the board within 30
days from the date of receipt of satisfactory
reply from the lead merchant bankers. |
| Regulators
| I&B Ministry |
| Rs
64,840 crore expected as revenue from
spectrum auction |
| Payment
terms, eligibility criteria and auction
objectives shall be as in the previous
auction of February 2014. |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| TRAI
issues new tariff order to balance consumer
rate and broadcaster demands |
| The
order has specified that if air channel
is converted to pay channel after the
first day of January 2015, then the
ceiling shall not apply. |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| TRAI
simplifies definition of AGR for license
fee and spectrum usage |
| The regulator clarified that gross revenue
shall comprise revenue accruing to the
licenced entity by way of all operations/activities
and inclusive of all other revenue/
income on account of interest, dividend,
rent, profit on sale of fixed assets,
miscellaneous income etc. without any
set-off for related items of expense. |
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| 06 January |
| MAM
| Media and Advertising |
| Leo
Burnett aims to be amongst top 5 agencies in the
world by 2017 |
| As the New Year commences, the creative
agency is ready for the future with its
set of agendas and blueprint. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Pratik Seal quits Star India, joins Housing.com |
| Former vice president at Star
India Jyotsna Viriyala has been elevated to business head of the
channel. |
| Regulators
| TRAI |
| MSO's request govt to set up regional units to facilitate DAS registrations |
| Speaking
at the task force meeting last week, several stakeholders also wanted
online registration for MSO's wanting to enter their names for phase
III. |
| MAM
| Media And Advertising |
| #fame raises $10 million in follow-on financing from TTN Ventures |
| Funding to drive scale-up of the digital networks' original video content, talent network and regional expansion. |
| MAM
| Marketing |
| ASCI
upholds complaints against 113 out of
144 ads in Nov 2014 |
| Out
of 113 advertisements against which
complaints were upheld, 61 belonged
to personal and healthcare category,
followed by the education category with
33 advertisements. |
| Movies
| Hindi |
| 'PK' continues to reign at the BO |
| With no powerful opposition,
Aamir Khan starrer PK added another Rs 94.4 crore this week. |
| 05 January |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| "Media
will be different in 10 years from now": Dr.
Subhash Chandra |
| The media mogul shares his views on management
and media with entrepreneurs and students
in the Mumbai. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Sony
Pal set for a revamp in 2015 |
| The channel which launched on 1 September
2014 with nine shows has shut five of
them. |
| DTH
| DTH Operator |
| RC Venkateish’s top 5 predictions
for 2015 |
| After
an eventful year, the DTH industry is
looking forward to welcoming 2015 with
more innovations and technologies. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Ban
on live anti terror ops a good move,
feels news industry |
| The
Home Ministry is considering banning
live coverage of anti-terror operations
by television channels. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Sony
to mesmerise audiences with spine-chilling
nights of ‘Aahat’ |
| After
a gap of four years, it is set to air
this January. |
| TELEVISION
| TV Channels |
| Focus
Bangla aims to capture its audience |
| The focus of this Bengali news channel
has clearly been on fresh and exciting
programming and content. |
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