2017-01-05

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Thursday 5 January 2017

COVER STORY

Salman’s ‘Sultan’ vs Aamir’s ‘Dangal’ mark 2016 contest in lacklustre Bollywood year

For the biz of Hindi films, 2016 was largely an average year as it witnessed several shocking flops and mediocre performances at the box office. The jolt spread to studios and darkened their outlook on the future profitability of Bollywood movies unless course corrections were made.
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MAIN STORIES

‘If infotainment genre has to expand, it has to look at localisation’

If the infotainment genre has to grow beyond 1% of total TV consumption, channels have to look beyond global content. Sangeetha Aiyer also…
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Colors’ new shows in early 2017

Colors will launch a weekday show ‘Dil Se Dil Tak’ in January, replacing ‘Bigg Boss Season 10’. It will also release two…
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Other stories

Jagdish Chandra leaves ETV News Network for Zee Media

WB govt to lay underground cable TV network

2016 a testing year for English movie and entertainment channels

MIB advises private FM players to air 2 jingles on positive portrayal of women

Zee Action to host world TV premiere of ‘2 Headed Shark Attack’ on 7 Jan

travelxp 4K joins Eutelsat’s Hotbird platform

Voot launches original series “UNTAG”

Irdeto, Wyplay to offer integrated security solutions to operators

Dish partners Amazon to deliver Alexa voice control on Hopper DVR

Yearender

‘BARC has to reflect the correct size of the market’ – Interview with Saurabh Yagnik

T20 dominates as sports broadcasting ad rev almost touches Rs 3,000 cr in 2016

INDIA STORIES

The plots of Hindi TV serials seem as sensible as some TV news headlines

Dangal box office collection day 13: Aamir Khan film to enter 300-cr club, give company to…

Source: Indian Express

Qyuki Digital Media in talks to raise $10 million in series a funding this year

TRAI to meet telecom CEOs on Friday; broadcasting heads on January 10

Dear Zindagi! Multiplexes just Dangal-ed with cash ban, stare at slower Q3 topline growth

Over time you will see more global products that are developed in India first. That’s…

Trai seeks views to define net neutrality in consultation paper

India wants Google to play ‘meaningful’ role, help in cyber security: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Jio, Tata oppose Airtel, Voda plea on TRAI’s interconnect usage charges rules

iPhone ranked India’s most reputed mobile phone followed by Samsung: Study

Ex-Telenor executive Rajeev Sethi joins Airtel Afirca as Chief Commercial Officer

Airtel launches ‘superfast” broadband service ‘V-Fiber’ in Bengaluru, Hyderabad

Source: Economic Times

Zee-owned TV channel Zindagi eyes more international shows

Source: Hindu Business Line

Sourav Ganguly should be BCCI president. Here’s why

December release ‘Dangal’ saves face for whole of 2016

Megyn Kelly to leave Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News for NBC daytime show

Apple confirms $1 billion investment in SoftBank tech fund

Source: Livemint

BCCI in turmoil: Names of office-bearers wiped off body’s official website

Jio, Tata oppose Airtel, Vodafone plea on Trai’s IUC rules in Delhi HC

Isro to launch record 103 satellites in one go in February

Source: Business Standard

GLOBAL STORIES

Film and TV streaming and downloads overtake DVD sales for first time

Source: The Guardian

Will This Demographic Trend Save the Cable TV Sector?

Source: The Motley Fool Canada

STB market players need to prepare for HEVC, Hybrid STBs, says TMR

Source: Broadband TV News

WGA Awards: How Did ‘Deadpool’ Get a Nomination and What Does It Mean For the Oscars?

Former Weinstein Co. Exec Dan Guando Joins Bloom as President of Production

CMT Unveils Details for ‘Nashville’ Aftershow

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Here Are the 12 TV Shows We’re Most Excited to See in 2017

Source: Ad Week

UKTV looks to catch ITV Digital as ad share beats Channel 5 and Sky again

Viacom taps MTV exec to lead Nickelodeon’s marketing team

BT picks AnalogFolk for digital content

Source: Media Week

Eutelsat scales up Ultra HD content

Record viewership tipped for UKTV

The Force awakens UK video spend

Source: Advanced Television

Hulu to Live-Stream the CBS Network

A+E Networks Launches Creative-Led Ad Agency

Hollywood’s Surprising New Strategy to Fill Theater Seats

Source: TV Week

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