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Times Now has launched a new documentary series titled ‘Kashmir: The Story’. 71 years ago, on October 26, 1947, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir formally acceded to India and requested the Indian army to defend its territory.
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India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) believes that Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL; IND AAA/Stable) acquisition of majority stakes in two multiple system operators (MSOs) – Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd and DEN Networks Ltd - is a win-win situation for all three players while impacting broadcasters and direct-to-home (DTH) players negatively.
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Bangalore: Grey Group, a WPP company, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Autumn Worldwide, a leading independent social media and digital marketing agency, based in India.
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Mumbai: Starcom has won the media duties of Nykaa, the Indian multi-brand beauty retailer selling cosmetics and wellness products. The business was won as part of a hotly contested pitch, in which leading agency groups participated.
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MUMBAI: Direct to home (DTH) operator Tata Sky has said it will remove 26 channels from its platform due to expiry and breach of agreements. The DTH operator has issued a public notice stating that the 26 channels will cease to be carried on the platform with effect from three weeks from the date of publication of the notice.
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MUMBAI: Media conglomerate ZEEL has pushed the launch of its Punjabi GEC and regional movie channels to FY20. In the current fiscal, the broadcaster will only launch Malayalam GEC Zee Keralam in SD and HD.
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MUMBAI: Zee Anmol and Star Utsav swapped their first and second positions in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 42 of 2018. Zee Anmol retained its leadership position in the rural market. No changes were observed this week in the urban market.
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BENGALURU: The Sunil Lulla-led Indian film and media company Eros International Media Ltd (Eros) reported a 9.2 per cent jump in operating revenue for the quarter ended 30 September 2018 (Q2 2019, period or quarter under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (y-o-y comparison).
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MUMBAI: Republic TV continued to lead the English news genre as per All India BARC data week 42. No changes were noticed this week in the English news and English business news genre. Aaj Tak maintained its lead across every Hindi news genre for yet another week.
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BENGALURU: The Sunil Mittal-led Indian telecom major with operations in 16 countries, Bharti Airtel Ltd (Airtel) reported a year on year (y-o-y) drop in numbers for the quarter ended 30 September 2018 (Q2 2019, period or quarter under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q2 2018).
