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MUMBAI: The Gujarat High Court issued a notice to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the centre on 1 February 2019, over a petition filed by local cable operators (LCOs) challenging the decision to fix the ratio of profit sharing between LCOs and multi-system operators (MSOs).
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The launch of Harvest TV News (HTN), the new English Channel owned by Veecon Media and Broadcasting Group, has once again brought back the question—why a news channel at this stage in an already cluttered TV news marketplace?
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With the new Telecom Regularity Authority of India’s (TRAI) tariff regime coming into force, there is a sense of cautiousness among the various stakeholders, particularly the advertisers and media planners, who anticipate disruption during the initial phase.
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MUMBAI: Rajat Sharma-promoted Independent News Service, which owns and operates Hindi news channel India TV, has seen double-digit growth in top line and bottom line in FY18.
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MUMBAI: Set top box (STB) manufacturer My Box Technologies is positioning itself as a tech-driven company through futuristic products and solutions. The company will soon be going live with two of its products with Google and Amazon Alexa, informed My Box Technologies MD Amit Kharbanda.
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MUMBAI: Star Plus and Star Bharat interchanged their third and fourth positions in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 4 of 2018. Colors and Star Plus interchanged their eighth and ninth positions respectively iron the rural market. Star and Sony Entertainment Television exchanged their first and second positions in the urban areas.
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MUMBAI: The government today announced the interim budget for 2019 in the parliament and has been gaining a lot of praise from the people for its pro-poor and pro-middle class approach. However, the media and entertainment section received little attention this time. Apart from a slight reference to anti-piracy laws and single-window clearance for ease of shooting films, the budget speech refrained from mentioning the industry.
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MUMBAI: Dominating the English news genre from early 2018 with Republic, Arnab Goswami is ready to take on the bigger Hindi news genre now. The Goswami-led network is launching a free-to-air (FTA) Hindi news channel, Republic Bharat in a cluttered market of more than 20 channels. The network’s target is to reach 150 million people on day one.
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ChildFund India has launched a nationwide campaign “Khilta Bachpan” in line with its focus on Child Protection. It aims to provide children aged 6 to18, in underprivileged sections of the society.
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MUMBAI: E-commerce giant Amazon beat analysts' expectation for the fourth quarter of 2018 after falling short of revenue expectations for the last two quarters. The company posted revenue of $72.4 billion and a record net profit of $3 billion. Despite the strong result, Amazon’s weak guidance for quarter 1 in 2019 dragged the stock down in after-hours trading.
