SEBI seeks amendments to SAT’s order in Punit Goenka Case

If a reply along with a stay vacation application is filed, WTM (whole-time member) will fix a date within a week from date of filing the reply by appellants. (Representative Image: Agence Olloweb via Unsplash)

On July 10, the SAT requested a replacement of the Whole Time Member (WTM) in the case.

Is Star making up for loss in IPL through hiked ad rates in ICC World Cup?

All six teams who competed in MLC’s historic inaugural season will feature again in 2024. Returning superstar players already announced to compete include Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (MI New York), South Africans Faf du Plessis (Texas Super Kings), Marco Jansen (Washington Freedom) and Quinton de Kock (Seattle Orcas), Pakistan’s Haris Rauf (San Francisco Unicorns) and Sunil Narine (LA Knight Riders) of the West Indies. (Image source: Unsplash)

Last month, Disney+ Hotstar also announced free streaming of the upcoming ICC World Cup 2023 and Asia Cup on mobile devices, a move to mirror JioCinema’s winning strategy during FIFA and IPL 16.

Kingshuk Mitra moves on from Essence to join Star Sports

At Essence, Mitra’s role entailed reporting into the Global COO, ensuring the ongoing success and profitability of the agency by delivering consistent work quality to their clients across APAC, and making sure their business strategy translates into smart day-to-day operational decisions.

At Star Sports, Kingshuk Mitra would be reporting to Ajit Varghese, Disney Star’s Head of Network Advertising Sales. Mitra’s appointment comes after Ambarish Bandyopadhyay’s departure from the company in March during the IPL season.

3-tier grievance redressal mechanism lives up to expectations; 90% complaints settled at level one

The four-week rolling average was initially implemented upon the resumption of news genre ratings after a 17-month hiatus prompted by the alleged TRP scam (Representative Image: Jesus Loves Austin Via Unsplash)

OTT experts say majority of user complaints get promptly and satisfactorily resolved at the initial stages of the grievance mechanism itself. In the past year, only one complaint had to escalate to level 3.

ICC and BCCI launch World Cup campaign featuring Shah Rukh Khan

For the ‘It Takes One Day’ campaign, ICC and BCCI has worked 85 content creators, from across India, in an event organized by Meta, ICC’s official digital content licensee (Image sourced from ad)

The campaign also stars JP Duminy, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, current Men’s Cricket World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jonty Rhodes and Jemimah Rodrigues.

Drive-in theatres with car stereo synced audio could soon become a reality in India

There are 388 operational private FM Radio channels in 113 cities operated by 36 private FM radio operators, according to TRAI data.(Representational image by Alexey Ruban via Unsplash)

The regulatory body initiated an open consultation in April on PVR’s proposal to provide drive-in theatre services utilising small-range FM broadcasting. However, certain media companies oppose this initiative, and expressed concerns that it could adversely impact smaller FM channels in the region.