MIB further tweaks TV ratings rules, tightens governance norms 
Odisha mulls starting TV channel dedicated to Lord Jagannath 
MIB extends by 4 weeks ban on news channels’ TRP by BARC India 
Reliance eyes LEO satellite play to rival Starlink in India: ET report 
FIFA offered $20mn for WC’26 broadcast rights for India market 
Mohit Suri inks multi-film deal with YRF 
Discovery, Animal Planet mark David Attenborough’s 100th birthday 
Netflix announces ‘Florida’, sequel to 2024 global hit ‘La Palma’ 
CNBC-TV18’s ‘Future. Female. Forward.’ S4 kicks off 
Rohit Sharma set for entertainment debut on SPNI platforms 
Tesla Inc. top boss Elon Musk revealed a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter Inc., worth nearly $3 billion, likely making him the biggest shareholder in the micro-blogging site and triggering a more than 20 percent rise in its shares.
Tag: technology
1 in 3 UK Internet users fail to question misinformation: Ofcom
More than a third of internet users are unaware that online content might be false or biased, according to a new Ofcom research.
It reveals that 30 percent of UK adults who go online (14.5 million) are unsure about, or don’t even consider, the...
63 MPEG2 TV channels hop on to FreeDish; several genres expanded
That Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s FreeDish is a growing competition to pay TV platforms got reiterated when after some fierce bidding, 63 channels managed to find slots for a year on the free DTH platform.
Media Concepts’ 8pmnews.com to launch today
Media Conceptshas announced the launch of the 8 PM news portal, an online portal covering a whole gamut of news. It’s supported by Radico Khaitan Limited.
The English language portal promises to bring round the clock credible news and fill in the gap created by the absence of portals...
Sony extends NTO 1.0 distribution agreements till May-end
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), an Indian unit of Japan’s Sony Corp, has sent an advisory to distributors of TV channels that the Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) that was issued under TRAI’s NTO1 regime has been extended till May 31, 2022 as the new tariff regime would come into effect in June.
BCCI floats tender for IPL media rights
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has floated the tender for Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights for the 2023-27 as the governing body is expecting a windfall with 10 teams in the fray. The cricket board said there will be an e-auction for the media rights— a first in the league’s history. According to media reports on...