Superstar Salman Khan has pledged to donate for 25,000 daily wage artistes of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), whose livelihood has been severely affected owing to the lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak, reveals its president, BN Tiwari.
According to a new report by The Economic Times, the company is planning to launch JioFiber free basic broadband offer. Under this offer, the company will offer data speed of 10mbps with FUP of 100GB. After exhausting 100GB, the speed will switch to 1mbps.
The broadcasting fraternity believes that this will provide people who are restricted to their homes, entertainment will help provide relief during the period of lockdown.
It remains to be seen how Sagar’s Ramayan is received now by the public considering Doordarshan’s monopoly over television viewership has long been broken and the serial itself lacks the accouterments of a televised epic that TV and the more recent OTT audiences have become used to.
Meetings are also being held at the Film Chamber to decide the course of action regarding the daily wage workers and other issues, as the lockdown is going to continue till April 16 in Telangana with the number of coronavirus positive cases on the rise.
The lockdown is set to worsen the precarious finances of power discoms, as electricity demand load has shifted to homes, resulting in lower realisations.
In a memo to staff, John Stankey says HBO Max is on track for its May launch and also addresses strategic pivots on advertising and theatrical windowing.
Members may make a one-time hardship withdrawal in response to the coronavirus crisis.
Such was the appeal that a remake by Sagar’s company was aired on NDTV Imagine in 2008, and on Zee TV in the mid-90s and on Star Plus and Star Utsav in the 2000s.
Confined to their homes thanks to the national lockdown on account of the coronavirus outbreak, Indians have increased engagement with television, growing viewership not only volume, but also in the average time spent per viewer.