The opening match of the FIFA World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia garnered 6.5 million impressions as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data of week 24.

Chennai: The Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) had threatened to go on a strike against the Producer of the show, Endemol Shine India, accusing that the company has failed to employ their members in various crafts of show production that resulted in less than 10% of their members being employed in the show and vast majority of the crew working on the show are from outstation.

MUMBAI: MediaCom has been named Media Network of the year at the 2018 Cannes Lions Festival.

Mumbai: ZEE5 launches ‘The Story’, a web series that gives you a quirky peek into the lives of celebrities through incidents that are either their worst nightmare or their favourite fantasy. For the series, ZEE5 has featured Swara Bhaskar and Sumeet Vyas’s stories, & the episode featuring Mallika Sherawat will release on June 26,2018.

Mumbai: ‘Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story’ a romantic love story that continues its blockbuster dominance in many parts of the world. Zee Studios International announces to distribute the film in Singapore. Released on 21st June, 2018, the film has received immense love from the regional, as well as non-regional audience.

MUMBAI: Viacom18 Motion Pictures has announced five films which is scheduled to release by the end of 2018.

MUMBAI: Over-the-top (OTT) platforms have become the new opium for millennials. According to a new report from the analyst firm Parks Associates, more than 85 per cent of millennials in the US subscribe use at least one OTT video service. Interestingly, the number of OTT subscribers among other generations is also growing gradually.

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures TV is set to merge international TV operations to bring its television networks, home entertainment and distribution businesses together. This shuffle may lead to some job cuts, with many senior executives from Sony having already departed.

2017 was a roller-coaster ride because of two radical economic initiatives - currency exchange and the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax. Both were aimed at modernizing the economy and the tax system but created short-term disruption. However there is now consensus building on the recovery from these temporary disruptions and IMF forecasting the growth to rebound in 2018 to 7.4% and 7.8% in 2019 (6.7% in 2017) is a positive sign for the market. India remains the fastest-growing market among large developing countries in Asia. Meanwhile consumer price inflation will accelerate, from +3.6% in 2017 to +5% in 2018 and 2019.

Vimal Elaichi Pan Masala dethroned Lizol to dominate BARC’s Top 10 Brands for Week 24 (June 9-15, 2018) with 195,938 insertions. Honda X Blade entered the category at second spot with 13,088 insertions.