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Lokmat to merge Sunday supplement with main issue from Feb 10
From February 10, Marathi daily Lokmat will offer its Sunday supplement ‘Manthan’ as part of the main newspaper. The move comes after the newspaper found during in-house research that the readership numbers of its supplement was de-growing.
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DSport to telecast fourth season of Pakistan Super League in India
DSport, the premium sports channel of Discovery Communications, will broadcast live the fourth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2019 in India this year.
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Colors launches crime-legal drama ‘Courtroom – Sacchai Haazir Ho’
Colors is set to launch its new show ‘Courtroom’, a crime-legal drama that explores the essence of the Indian legal system and affects the collective consciousness in a positive way.
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How broadcast networks are fighting to win consumers in new tariff regime
Leading broadcasters such as Viacom18, Star India, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Sony Pictures Networks India and Times Network are leaving no stone unturned in order to win every single consumer under the new tariff regime.
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ISA anticipates six weeks of instable and unusable viewership data after implementation of TRAI NTO
New Delhi: The Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA) has issued an advisory to all its members, notifying a scenario where it expects six weeks of instability in viewership ratings after the implementation of TRAI’s New Tariff Order.
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Cabinet approves Rs. 1054.52 cr scheme for Prasar Bharti, amendment to Cinematograph Act
MUMBAI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) regarding Prasar Bharati’s ‘Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development’ scheme at a cost of Rs. 1054.52 crore for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
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TRAI chairman debunks Crisil report, cites IMCL data on ARPU decline in DAS markets
MUMBAI: RS Sharma, the chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has debunked the Crisil report stating that the average revenue per user (ARPU) has actually gone down based on the report provided by multi system operator (MSO) IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd (IMCL).
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Sahara's Tamil news channel Bharat Today awaits MIB nod
MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB)published the status of application for new channels in regional languages on 5 February 2019. In the last two quarters of 2018, six companies applied for 10 regional channels in total.
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Dish TV repeats profits in Q3 2018 post merger
BENGALURU: Indian direct to home (DTH) behemoth Dish TV India Ltd (Dish TV) reported profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 152.69 crore for the quarter ended 31 December 2018 (Q3 2019, quarter under review) as compared to loss of Rs 168.29 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter and a profit of Rs 19.73 crore in the immediate trailing quarter Q2 2109.
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Disney makes direct-to-consumer biz top priority after strong Q1 earnings
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company (Disney) started financial year 2019 on a strong note by smashing Wall Street expectations. Sales increases in media networks and theme parks businesses helped the giant media conglomerate to post total revenue of $15.30 billion. However, the revenue came in slightly lower than the first quarter of 2018.