‘Aashram 3’ now releases in 33 countries

‘Aashram 3’ now releases in 33 countries

‘Aashram 3’, the blockbuster web series, produced by MX Player, hit screens in 33 countries on Tuesday. The success of MX Player’s ‘Ek Badnaam… Aashram 3’ traveled across the globe and as per the makers, the global audience has been demanding the much-awaited third season. With the first two seasons seeing a major rise in...


DD, AIR News score high on consumer trust, authenticity

DD, AIR News score high on consumer trust, authenticity

That India trusts its good old public broadcaster has been corroborated again by a recent report of the Reuters Institute, which revealed the news network of Doordarshan and All India Radio enjoys highest trust, the public broadcaster said Wednesday. “India registered a small increase in news trust, improving its overall position among the 46...


Airtel Xstream reaches two million paid subscribers mark; to double down on regional content strategy

Airtel Xstream to target 20mn paid subs; up regional content game

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has said its video streaming service, Airtel Xstream, has achieved a two million paid subscriber mark, demonstrating a strong pace of growth as an OTT aggregator platform.

Airtel Xstream offers a bouquet of OTT platforms to consumers across mobile and large screen formats.
“We are the fas...


IPL: Digital in spotlight; premiums expected

IPL: Digital in spotlight; premiums expected

By Karan Taurani /Elara Caps Win win for BCCI; premiums in line with expectations IPL media rights have fetched INR 484bn, which is largely in line with our estimate of INR 500bn; this is driven by 30%/70% premium on TV/digital base price, which too was in line. In terms of split, 49% of media rig...


Republic Media raises alarm over fake company SM handles

Republic Media raises alarm over fake company SM handles

Arnab Goswami-led Republic Media Network has hit out at social media handles that have been impersonating as the real one and indulging in plagiarism, while warning such deviants of legal actions.

The media company also said that it has flagged such impersonators with social media pl...


IPL to have two-and-a-half month window: BCCI secy Jay Shah

IPL to have two-and-a-half month window: BCCI secy Jay Shah

Attracting astronomical bids that eventually translated into mind-boggling revenue of Rs 48,390 crore for a five year period through IPL's media rights has not surprised BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who asserted that cricket's most talked about T20 league has potential to deliver way more.