Diwali is all about spending time with your loved ones and what better way to bond than watching a movie together? Treating movie aficionados with Hollywood mega-hits this festive season, Movies NOW, MNX and MN+ is all set to add extra sparkle to the celebrations with the premiere of ‘Fighting With My Family’, for the first time on Indian Television screens on November 15, Sunday at 1 PM and repeat at 9 PM.

Narrating the incredible real life story of Saraya-Jade Bevis aka Paige, the youngest daughter in the Knight family from a small town in UK who became a WWE star, the heart-warming biopic sports comedy ‘Fighting with My Family’ is based on a 2012 documentary of the same name. The film follows her from the start of her WWE stardom, including all the hardships the whole family had to go through in order for her to succeed and traces Paige’s relationship with her brother Zak Zodiac, who also tried out to train with the WWE but failed to achieve a similar success like his sister.

New Delhi: News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) wholeheartedly welcomes the decision of the Apex court to uphold the principle of personal liberty by directing the release of Mr. Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of Republic Media Network, on Interim bail by quashing the Bombay High Court order. The bench also reiterated that no successive FIRs/complaints on the same cause of action shall be maintainable. NBF strongly believes that justice and truth always triumph in the end.

News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), India’s largest industry association TV news channels upholding editorial independence and representing the business interests of news broadcasters from across the length and breadth of the country.

Mumbai: Sony SAB has unveiled a new campaign around the thought, ‘Sapno Ka Koi Gender Nahi Hota’ for its upcoming show Kaatelal & Sons. The campaign also features a video that challenges deep rooted gender stereotypes with a message ‘Khol Dimaag Ka Shutter’. The music video, starring show’s protagonists Jiya Shankar and Megha Chakraborty, is set to a foot-tapping number composed by Mayur Jumani who also features in it. Mayur Jumani is a popular music producer who has composed, mixed and produced for a range of projects and is also the man behind several viral mashups. The catchy lyrics of “Khol Dimaag Ka Shutter” take a cheeky spin to question clichéd notions of gender biases in careers and job roles.

Inspired by a real story, Kaatelal & Sons will narrate a heartening tale about ‘un-gendering’ your dreams. It brings forth the story of two sisters, Garima (Megha Chakraborty) and Susheela (Jia Shankar), who take on their father’s business of running a local men’s hair salon in Rohtak when adversity strikes. While their father, Dharampal, (Ashok Lokhande) believes that his ancestral shop, aptly named ‘Kaatelal & Sons’, cannot be passed on to his daughters since girls are not meant to pursue such a profession, the daughters are adamant on keeping the shop in the family and taking the business to new heights.

KOLKATA: Witnessing two consecutive quarters of growth, India’s DTH subscriber base grew by 3.2 lakh during the April-June quarter, as per the Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators April-June 2020 by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The sector saw better, albeit marginal growth compared to the January-March quarter.

Currently, pay DTH subscriber stands at 70.58 million, compared to 70.26 million in the previous quarter.At the end of 2019, pay DTH subscriber base was 69.98 million.

KOLKATA:  The Ekta Kapoor headed content production house Balaji Telefilms on Monday reported a consolidated revenue of Rs 78.3 crore in the second quarter, up 123 per cent from Rs 35.05 crore in the first quarter. The company has narrowed down EBIDTA to a negative Rs 12.4 crore from the negartive Rs 26.3 crore in the previous quarter. The company has posted a net loss of Rs 19.5 crore again an improvement over Rs 27.9 crore in Q1 2020.

In a regulatory filing, Balaji Telefilms has stated that content production has resumed slowly leading to higher production cost of Rs 60.5 crore. 176.5 hours of TV content have been produced in the quarter. Six shows were on air during the quarter and the company is expected to launch two new shows in the coming quarter.

News18 India and News18 Bihar-Jharkhand from Network18 Group have lined up extensive programming for counting day of Bihar Assembly polls on November 10 from 6 am as the people of the state, along with the entire nation, await the final outcome of the fiercely fought political battle.

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The channels aim to bring the fastest results and trends, first reactions, in-depth analysis and a 360-degree view throughout the day until the final results are announced.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released ‘The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators’ data for the April- June 2020 quarter. Maintaining its pole position for the four quarters in a row, Tata Sky once again has emerged as the market leader with 32.09% market share, increasing from 31.61% in Jul-Sep ‘19 quarter. During these four quarters, Tata Sky has gained ~0.75mn subscribers in line with the growth of the DTH sector. While DTH sector grew during Apr-Jun’20, the top 13 cable operators with more than 1mn subscribers each, maintained their overall subscriber base.

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Commenting on the report, a Tata Sky spokesperson said, “We remain the No. 1 DTH and No.1 Pay TV platform having increased the lead over our nearest competitor. It is heartening to see the overall DTH sector maintain its resilience even in this quarter.”

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released ‘The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators’ data for the April- June ’20 quarter. Maintaining its pole position for 4 quarters in a row, Tata Sky once again has emerged as the market leader with 32.09% market share, increasing from 31.61% in Jul-Sep ‘19 quarter. During these 4 quarters, Tata Sky has gained ~0.75mn subscribers in line with the growth of the DTH sector. While the DTH sector grew during Mar-Jun’20, the top 13 cable operators with more than 1mn subscribers each, maintained their overall subscriber base.

Mumbai: Balaji Telefilms Limited, India’s leading media and content powerhouse, today announced its financial results for the second quarter and half year ended 30th September 2020.

ALTBalaji’s continues to go deeper into mass India and saw good success during the quarter to improve consumer retention and push deeper engagement of library. Watch time grew on the platform despite only two new show launches and consumers slowly getting back to work and other social commitments. Total revenue for ALTBalaji at Rs 14.7cr for the quarter and Rs 29.6cr for H1 FY21. The total library of original shows available on ALTBalaji was at 65, and the pipeline for new shows getting much stronger, with production resumed across multiple shows.

Media conglomerate ZEEL has said that its ad revenue is on an uptick due to the growth in ad spend by advertisers buoyed by growing consumer demand. The company expects Q3 FY21 ad revenue to be on par with the third quarter of the previous fiscal.

Speaking with analysts during the Q2 FY21 earnings conference call held on 2nd November, ZEEL CFO Rohit Gupta noted that the ad revenue situation is improving with each passing month and Q3 FY21 is expected to be at the same level as Q3 FY20. The third quarter is important for broadcasters due to the festive season.

“Each month has seen an improvement over the previous month and we expect to reach last year's levels in Q3, which will set us up nicely for driving growth in the next fiscal. During the quarter, most of our advertisers have seen a strong rebound in demand for their products and the festive season has started on a good note. This should translate into healthy growth in ad revenues going forward," he said.