2017-02-08

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Wednesday 8 February 2017

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Star India’s entertainment biz sees $30 mn ad rev fall in Oct-Dec quarter due to demonetisation

Yet another media firm has become a victim of the govt’s demonetisation bullet. Star India’s entertainment biz has seen a $30-mn decline in ad revenue during the quarter ended 31 Dec versus the prior year due to slowdown in ad spend following the govt’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000…
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MAIN STORIES

Viacom18 plans to launch Hindi movie channel Cineplex HD

Cineplex HD, priced at Rs 25 on RIO, is likely to launch on 4 March. It will be available for subscription on free preview until 31 March.
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Zee targets 500 mn foreign viewership base by 2021; French channel launch soon

New channel launches and localisation are part of the strategy as ZEEL seeks to grow its foreign viewership over two fold with a base of…
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Satish Menon joins Kings XI Punjab as CEO

Times Now reaches 100 countries with launch in 8 European countries

Zee launches Telugu movie channel Zee Cinemalu in the US

Discovery enters sports broadcasting in India with launch of DSPORT

NDTV’s tech head Jay Chauhan joins Arnab Goswami’s Republic

Conax to push its cloud-based content protection platform in India

Fox Life to air new show ‘Spirited Traveller’ with Chef Kiran Jethwa

Leo Burnett elevates Rakesh Hinduja to head of Mumbai ops

Cinekorn Entertainment to distribute ‘The Ring’ in India

Yearender

‘Sports is a genre that we are looking at’

‘ Segmented brands are the future for the English genre’

2016: A mixed bag for Hindi GECs

2016: Jawahar Goel kick-starts DTH deal machine

2016: More localisation and scripted content in infotainment genre

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

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

2016 a testing year for English movie and entertainment channels

‘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

Zee Entertainment eyes 500 m foreign viewership base by 2021

Telikos showcases video processing solutions

Reliance Jio denies claims by Airtel

Disney revenue unexpectedly drops as ESPN, studio business weighs

Why Facebook is most vulnerable to proposed changes in H1B visa scheme

Source: Business Standard

Amazon spends top dollar to win prime spot in digital content race

Bharti Airtel knocks on PMO door against Reliance Jio ‘rhetoric’

YouTube takes on Facebook Live, introduces mobile live-streaming feature

Reliance Jio’s freebies make rival telcos voice and data revenue slip: ICRA

Broadcaster dangles new technology for Winter Olympics

Bharti Airtel files complaint about ‘malicious’ campaign

BSNL awards Rs 1,000-crore Wi-Fi contract to L&T-led consortium

Reliance Jio users can now transfer money instantly on chat

Source: Economic Times

Pakistan bans Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ citing inappropriate content

How ‘Baahubali’ paved the way for films like ‘The Ghazi Attack’

Kishore Biyani’s Future Consumer to spend Rs100 crore in ad blitz

Twitter plans to hide abusive tweets, block repeat offenders

Murdoch’s ‘Fox News’ tops profit estimates on sports, political ads

Flipkart still India’s top start-up, shows analysis

Fortune Oil campaign rides on election fever to promote purity of its mustard oil

Source: Livemint

Raees box office collection day 14: Shah Rukh Khan film crosses Rs 300-crore mark worldwide

Source: Indian Express

Disney revenue unexpectedly drops as ESPN, studio business weighs

Source: Financial Express

GLOBAL STORIES

5G TV could surpass cable, satellite and IPTV, says strategy analytics

Source: The Drum

Nielsen Receives Media Rating Council Accreditation for Its Digital TV Measurement

Source: SocialTimes

Time Warner’s Q4 Earnings Preview: What To Expect?

Source: Nasdaq

KATU, Portland’s ABC affiliate, returns to Frontier’s cable TV system

Source: OregonLive.com

Melania Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Mail Media Moves to New York

ICM Agent Josh Pearl, Next Gen Class of 2016, Exits for CAA

Hollywood Pantages Unveils the Lineup for Its New Season

Source: Hollywood Reporter

MillerCoors Sends Its $450 Million U.S. Media Business to Publicis Groupe After a Review

Source: Ad Week

WPP-backed Refinery29 agrees VoD deal with Sky

Maxus UK appoints head of data as first chief strategy officer

Omnicom returns to revenue growth after global P&G and Volkswagen wins

Source: Media Week

VIZIO fined $2.2m in Smart TV privacy case

Murdoch: ‘OTT an option’

Australia: Netflix subs watching less commercial TV

Source: Advanced Television

Disney Having a Hard Time Finding a New CEO

Four-Time Oscar-Nominated Actress Joins Cast of FX’s ‘American Crime Story’

Paramount Pulls the Plug on ‘Friday the 13th’

Source: TV Week

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