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    I&B ministry forms Joint Working Group for audience measurement sampling

    • 13.01.2022
    • IndianTelevision

    The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has formed a Joint Working Group to formulate a mandate for exploring data capturing capabilities in Set Top Boxes (STBs) for audience measurement sampling. With Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati as the chairman and DTH association president Harit Nagpal as a member, the joint working group will have one.

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    Digital platforms help unlock up to 30 pc more value for micro-entrepreneurs: Report

    • 13.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Digital platforms help unlock up to 30 per cent more value for microentrepreneurs who are associated with them by helping overcome challenges like market access and credit, a report said on Wednesday.

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    Cyber-crime getting more sophisticated: Rob Lefferts, security expert

    • 13.01.2022
    • BusinessToday

    As the risk for breaches and attacks keeps rising and becoming more sophisticated, defending our cyberspace has never been tougher and more critical. The second day of Microsoft’s Future Ready started with a keynote by Rob Lefferts, corporate vice president, program management, M365 Security and Compliance, who spoke about managing security in an ever more threatening world and how the landscape is evolving.

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    I&B ministry directs BARC to restart news channel ratings

    • 13.01.2022
    • LiveMint

    The ministry of information and broadcasting has asked television monitoring agency Broadcast Audience Research Council India (Barc) to release viewership ratings of news channels with immediate effect

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    Broadcast industry must stick together to survive

    • 13.01.2022
    • LiveMint

    Unanimity has never been the strong point of India’s media and entertainment sector, especially, broadcasting. The differences between members of news channels representative body News Broadcasters Association (NBA), leading to the formation of a splinter group, News Broadcasters Federation, is only one such example.

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    Digital adoption brings digital divide to the fore, says Google India MD Sanjay

    • 12.01.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    As India enters its golden phase of entrepreneurship and innovation, the pace and acceleration of digital divide that exists in the country, said Sanjay Gupta, Vice President and Managing Director, Google India.

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    IAMAI, CII, Producers Guild tell TRAI cable TV, OTT need different rules

    • 12.01.2022
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Three powerful industry organisations, IAMAI, CII and Producers Guild, in a clear pushback to demands from the cable operators to bring in economic regulations for streamers, have said that cable TV and OTT services are not ‘interchangeable’ and would require differing competition assessments.

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    Marathi films announce theatrical release dates

    • 12.01.2022
    • LiveMint

    To take advantage of openings in respective states, regional film industries have started announcing dates for the release of their new movies in cinemas.

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    ‘TV media sees stable growth led by festive; large content drives recovery in cinema’

    • 12.01.2022
    • exchange4media

    According to Elara Capital SVP Karan Taurani, radio as a medium is estimated to report the slowest growth vs other forms of traditional media

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    Global App downloads totalled 36.1 bn in Q4 2021

    • 12.01.2022
    • indiantelevision

    Global app downloads reached 36.1 billion in Q4 2021, a 2.7 per cent year-over-year increase on Google Play, according to the latest data published by Sensor Tower.

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