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Wurl brings Hollywire to Samsung TV Plus India

Wurl has partnered with Hollywire to distribute and provide monetisation services for the digital channel. Wurl has now secured distribution for the service on Samsung TV Plus India, adding to previous launches facilitated by Wurl on Samsung TV Plus platforms in the US, Mexico and Brazil. Hollywire is a global, 24/7 celebrity news channel that […]

August 3, 2021

India’s ISRO to work with ESA and Israel

India’s Space Research Organisation has confirmed it is in discussions with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Israel’s Space Agency (ISA) on cooperating and identifying projects where the organisations could work together. The Secretary in the Department of Space and ISRO Chairman K Sivan held virtual meetings with DG of ISA Avi Blasberger and DG […]

August 2, 2021

AEW on Eurosport India

Eurosport India has acquired the broadcasting rights to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). This partnership will bring viewers in India weekly wrestling programmes from the popular wrestling league. Eurosport India will begin airing AEW’s weekly flagship show, AEW Dynamite, from August 15th. On the same day, AEW’s newest show, AEW Rampage, will make its debut on […]

August 2, 2021By Nik Roseveare

SES transponder deal with NewSpace India

SES has announced a contract with NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL) for 9 transponders on its SES-8 satellite. SES-8 was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in December 2013 to the 95 degrees East orbital slot. It has 33 Ku-band transponders so this nine transponder deal represents more than 25 percent of the satellite’s overall […]

July 29, 2021By Chris Forrester

India: Ad market shows signs of recovery

With the economy showing steady signs of recovery, India’s advertising community continues to place their faith in television, indicates BARC India’s latest THINK report titled TV Ad Volumes Insights – The Mid-Year Analysis. Committed to measuring What India WatchesTM, BARC India’s latest report indicates, Ad Volumes registered in June 2021 is the highest if compared […]

July 22, 2021

Voot Select brings direct to OTT Film Festival to India

As a platform that celebrates thought-provoking narratives, with its brand promise ‘made for stories’, Voot Select is set to host one of the biggest and first of its kind direct-to-OTT film festivals, the Voot Select Film Fest. Specially curated with some unique and varied films and anthologies from across the country, the film fest starting […]

July 22, 2021

The Q bolsters original content offering

The Q, India’s fast growing Hindi general entertainment channel with presence across platforms continues to engage viewers with its compelling and clutter-breaking content through its multi-genre shows. With an aim to further strengthen and expand its library, The Q is all set to lure viewers with the addition of their first TV original – Crime Aur Kanoon, further […]

July 20, 2021

Planetcast opens content production facility in Mumbai  

Planetcast media services, a global player in digital media technology has launched a content production facility in Mumbai to offer content services to the film industry, production houses and the all the media content-intensive industries. Planetcast aims to offer services across the media value chain through its Mumbai facility to India, Middle East, and Southeast […]

July 19, 2021

Voot orders Poker Mantra docu-series

Indian AVoD platform, Voot, has partnered with Poker Sports League to launch an exclusive poker docu-series in India – Poker Mantra presented by Pocket52. Sidharth Mishra, Co-Founder and CMO of Minds Sports League, commented: “The five-part docu-reality series, Poker Mantra directed by Sreetama Ray will take the viewers through the story of Poker in India, […]

July 15, 2021

Starlink to use India for antenna production

Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband by satellite service is planning to use Indian manufacturers to build its customer antenna and user modems and terminal devices. Starlink is expected to launch in India in 2022. “SpaceX is excited to find ways to work together with the Indian industry for manufacturing products for its Starlink devices,” said Matt […]

July 14, 2021By Chris Forrester