MUMBAI: Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has disconnected the supply of satellite signal to direct to home (DTH) operator Independent TV.

The DTH operator’s satellite signal was switched off from 13th June after it failed to clear the dues as directed by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

In a message to its customers, the DTH operator has stated that the service is expected to resume only after 22nd June. “Dear customers, our services are suspended on account of satellite signal disconnection. Same are expected to resume only after June 22nd, 2019. Inconvenience is regretted,” Independent TV stated.

For the past two decades, Star Sports, the sports broadcaster has continued to entertain football fans in India with top flight English football. The broadcaster has announced that it will continue its partnership with Premier League for the next three years running up to the 2021 - '22 season.

The renewal reinforces Star Sports' and Hotstar's commitment to football in India, with the best of global and Indian football action. Star Sports will broadcast more than 250 Premier League games live across the network and beam All 380 games live on Hotstar.

Commenting on the partnership, Gautam Thakar, CEO, Star Sports, said, "We are excited to continue our partnership with the Premier League and are proud to showcase the best of football on Star Sports. As the Home of sports , we are delighted to bring the Premier league to passionate fans in India and look forward to many fantastic seasons of football in the years ahead."

MUMBAI: Match 22 of the 2019 ICC World Cup is the mother of all contests. India take on Pakistan in what promises to be the match of the World Cup so far. India are unbeaten in the tournament with two wins and a draw from three games. Pakistan has three points so far with one win, two defeats , and a draw. India go into this tie as the clear favorites. In fact, the Men in Blue have never lost a World Cup match to Pakistan. A win for Virat Kohli’s men will virtually guarantee them a place in the semi-final. Pakistan on the other hand need the win to get their campaign back on track and break into the top four.

MUMBAI: Streaming giant Netflix is launching another video game. According to media reports, Netflix announced that it entered into a partnership with Next Games to create a third mobile game based on its hit series Stranger Things.

The new game is due to arrive next year while the Stranger Things 3: The Game will come out on 4 July, the same day the third season of the popular show premieres.

“Shortly after season one of Stranger Things, we realised this is a phenomenon. It was our first attempt at doing consumer products and merchandise. We had never done anything like that before,” Netflix interactive games director Chris Lee said as quoted by Fortune.

MUMBAI: In a move to make TV serials more understandable for mass audience, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has advised all private satellite TV channels to consider displaying the castings or credits or titles of Hindi and regional language TV serials in the respective languages also.

“To promote Indian languages we are asking TV channels to also give titles in their programmes in the Indian language in which they broadcast,” Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said.

In the release, MIB said it has noticed that several Hindi and regional language TV channels display the castings or credits or titles only in English. According to the ministry, this practice tends to deprive people versed with Hindi and regional languages of the valuable information about casting of TV serials/programmes.

MUMBAI: As a result of alleged insider trading regulation violations, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy from accessing the securities market for a period of two years. They have also been barred from holding any management position in NDTV for two years, as per a Moneycontrol report.

A complaint received from an NDTV shareholder Quantum Securities led to the investigation and the subsequent order. It was alleged that RRPR Holdings, Prannoy and Radhika Roy, all promoters of NDTV, violated SEBI norms by not disclosing crucial information to the shareholders about loan agreements entered into by them with Vishvapradhan Commercial (VCPL).

Mumbai: NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy Were barred by Market regulator SEBI from accessing the securities market for two years.

The order comes after it found both Pranoy and Radhika guilty of not disclosing information to the stock market about the loan agreements they entered into. It has also restrained them from holding or occupying any key managerial position in NDTV for two years or in any other listed company for one year.

The order prompts Prannoy and Radhika to step down from their current positions in NDTV and cannot involve in buying, selling or deal in the securities market for two years and all the existing shares they may hold, including all units of mutual funds will be frozen.These directions come into forcwith immediate effect.

GroupM has released a global version of its This Year Next Year report. The report predicts that downward revisions notwithstanding, India is expected to grow 7.1 per cent - 7.5 per cent in FY 2020-2021 (Fitch/IMF), with an investment cycle revival and sustained consumption being the key drivers. Downside risks remain: rising protectionism, a possible slowdown in global economy, and bad debt on bank balance sheets continue to hamper domestic investment. Inflation and deficits will mostly remain largely under control, as public investment will grow only modestly.

MUMBAI: No changes were observed in the Bengali, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Marathi markets in BARC data for week 23. Star Suvarna and Udaya Movies exchanged their fourth and fifth positions, respectively, in the Kannada space. Star Maa Movies emerged as the new player in this space at fifth position by replacing Zee Cinemalu, in the Telugu space. Star Vijay Super emerged as the new player in the market by replacing Sun Life on the and fifth position, in the Tamil space.

BENGALURU: The combined viewership ratings of the top 5 English news channels in week 23 of 2019 (Saturday, 1 June 2019 to Friday, 7 June 2019) plunged to an all-time lowest total since Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) recommenced publishing of ratings in the public domain after implementation of TRAI’s new tariff order in week 13 of 2019. The combined ratings of the top 5 English news channels were just 2.087 million weekly impressions as compared to the highest ever ratings attained by them in the previous week (week 22 of 2019) at 6.442 million weekly impressions and the 4.984 million weekly impressions in exit opinion poll and election results week – week 21 of 2019. The previous nadir was in week 17 of 2019 when the top 5 English news channels - All India (U+R): NCCS AB: Males 22+ Individuals - had garnered a combined total of 2.101 million weekly impressions.