MUMBAI: Setting aside their differences, IndiaCast Media Distribution Pvt Ltd (IndiaCast) and Hathway Digital finally came to an agreement on Wednesday and signed a deal. As a result, IndiaCast, the content monetisation arm of TV18 and Viacom18, has switched on the signals of its channels to the multi-system operator (MSO).The deal came to fruition after the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), on Wednesday, ordered the companies to restore signals.The parties have agreed to sign a one-year fixed fee deal until 31 March 2019.

Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC India), set up by industry to accurately measure television viewership across the country, has received feedback from its subscribers regarding certain malicious, baseless and grossly inaccurate statements made in public regarding its operations and organisation structure. Although the allegations do not merit a response, in keeping with the spirit of transparency, BARC India feels it is essential to highlight a few points to its stakeholder community.

In BARC week 16 (April 14-20) ratings, in the overall market, Zee Anmol retained its hold over the GEC market with improved 714895 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Bharat on the second slot with 629922 Impressions (000s). Rishtey moved up to the third spot with 626201 Impressions (000s).

MUMBAI: Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are known for loosening their purse strings when it comes to production cost. The threat of driving up costs is already looming over the Hollywood industry. As the OTT giants have begun to mark their territory in India, there is a concern that production cost may rise here as well.

Taking her proposal to install a chip in the new set-top-boxes which can give data about channels watched and their duration forward, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani recently met major Multiple-System Operators (MSOs) to discuss various issues, including government's plan to collect and distribute sampling data itself. 

MUMBAI: Hindi GEC Star Plus is hoping to reclaim the leadership position in urban HSM by strengthening its prime-time with two new shows. As part of a strategic move, it is also shifting its tentpole show ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ to the late prime-time slot.

MUMBAI: TV distribution behemoth Dish TV, which now includes Videocon d2h, is planning to launch an expanded over the top (OTT) offering to allow the subscribers of the two DTH brands to access content on the go.

New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), today, informed in a regulatory filing that its Board of Directors have decided to transfer a part of its subsidiary to AR Chadha and Co (India) Private Limited, the landlord of their office premises in New Delhi.

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India’s (SPNI) video streaming platform SonyLIV has entered the news genre with the addition of Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV.

MUMBAI: Star India’s video streaming platform Hotstar has identified sports as the fourth pillar of its growth apart from shows, movies, and sports.