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DirecTV just reached an agreement to acquire Dish Network, which would make it the largest Pay-TV provider in the US. This deal came together to save the debt-ridden Dish brand and lump 2 cable providers into one unit, but can it get through regulatory approval? And is cable now really on its last leg? Plus: Epic sues Google again and Zuckerberg's riches grow even more. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Rob Litterst as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Get our Entrepreneurship Trends Report here https://clickhubspot.com/teh Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thehustle.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehustledaily/ Thank You For Listening to The Hustle Daily Show. Don't forget to hit Subscribe or Follow us on Apple Podcasts so you never miss an episode! If you want this news delivered to your inbox, join millions of others and sign up for The Hustle Daily newsletter, here: https://thehustle.co/email/  Plus! Your engagement matters to us. If you are a fan of the show, be sure to leave us a 5-Star Review on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hustle-daily-show/id1606449047 (and share your favorite episodes with your friends, clients, and colleagues).

DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow speaks on the company's acquisition of Dish TV and Sling TV from EchoStar Corp. He speaks with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has sentenced a man convicted over a car bombing that seriously wounded nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin to life in prison. Prosecutors said the May 2023 bombing in the Nizhny Novogorod region was conducted at the direction of Ukraine’s security services. BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s acting leader has vowed to continue battling Israel and said the Lebanese militant group was prepared for a long fight even after much of its top command was wiped out, including its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Israeli strikes have killed Nasrallah and six of his top commanders and officials in the last 10 days, and have hit what the military says are thousands of militant targets across large parts of Lebanon.  DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes a payment of $1, plus the assumption of debt. A crisis is unfolding in Asheville as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas that still lack power and cellular service days after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast. The death toll from the storm topped 90 people across several states. Authorities have struggled to get supplies to isolated areas. Massive rains brought by Helene left many people stranded or homeless around the region. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who became a superstar songwriter, singer and actor, has died. A family spokeswoman says Kristofferson died at his home in Hawaii on Saturday. He was 88.  In other news: Biden says he'll speak with Israeli leader, vowing all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided. US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen's strike. Why Tuesday's vice presidential debate could matter more than history suggests. Gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson treated for burns received at appearance, campaign says. SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck in space until next year. Titan implosion testimony paints a picture of reckless greed and explorer passion. Minnesota reports rare human death from rabies. October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will dazzle parts of South America and the Pacific. 'Megalopolis' flops, 'Wild Robot' soars at box office. Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and 'Downton Abbey,' dies at 89. Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces new sex assault allegations in woman's lawsuit. Nail biters and blowouts in Week 4 of the NFL, MLB's National Leagues wild-card chase will be decided in overtime and the U.S wins another President's Cup.  Pope wraps troubled visit to Belgium by praising victims and demanding abusers be judged. Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that's full of bile toward the West. China, at UN, warns against 'expansion of the battlefield' in the Ukraine war. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

Welcome to CNBC-TV18's Marketbuzz Podcast. Here are top developments from around the world ahead of the trading session of August 13 -On Monday, while the dip got bought into, similar to what the trend has been over the last few sessions, the Nifty could not sustain at higher levels as the recovery got sold into. The market remained fairly resilient to any potential concerns arising from the latest report from US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research. -Tuesday's session will see a lot of stock specific moves, particularly HDFC Bank, that may determine the trajectory of the Nifty during the session. India's largest lender will see an increase in weightage in the MSCI Global Standard Index but in two tranches. Nuvama Alternative is anticipating inflows worth $1.8 billion in the first adjustment that will take place on August 30. -Tuesday's session will see more PSU earnings reactions like Hindustan Copper, RCF, IRFC, HUDCO, along with other names like Vodafone Idea, Camlin Fine Sciences, Ami Organics, Campus Activewear, DOMS Industries, ITI etc. -Three Nifty stocks - Hero MotoCorp, Apollo Hospitals and Hindalco report results on Tuesday, along with broader market names like Emcure Pharma, Dish TV, Dilip Buildcon, IRCTC, Muthoot Finance, Piramal Enterprises, HEG, among others. -Other than that, shares of state-run Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. will be included in the MSCI India Index, which is part of the MSCI Global Standard Index as part of its latest reshuffle. Six other stocks besides RVNL, namely Vodafone Idea, Dixon Technologies, Oil India, Prestige Estates, Oracle Financial and Zydus Lifesciences have also found a place in the MSCI India Index as part of the latest rejig. Bandhan Bank is the only Indian stock that will be excluded from the index. -Asian stocks rose this morning, fully recovering their losses from last week's rout, bolstered by an advance in Japanese shares. Japan's equities rose after a holiday, as a weaker yen supported exporters. MSCI's Asia-Pacific gauge rose as much as 1% to erase losses from last week's tumble. The S&P 500 closed little changed ahead of US inflation data later Tuesday and Wednesday. Treasuries held Monday's gains. -Oil remained near the $80 level it hit on Monday, as the US sees an Iranian attack against Israel as increasingly likely. Israel's sovereign debt was cut by one notch by Fitch Ratings, which kept a negative outlook on the credit as continued military conflict weighs on the country's public finances. Tune in to the Marketbuzz Podcast for more cues

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, March 27, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started:Markets enjoyed an uptick on Wednesday. Benchmark index Nifty increased by around half a percentage point, while Sensex was up by 0.73 percent by the time markets closed. India is short on directors. Not the ones that make movies — plenty of those around — but those that run companies. According to the Companies Act, every board must have a certain number of directors, depending on the size of the company. These directors should ideally be independent and impartial, and take decisions that benefit the company's future, and in turn, its shareholders. But as Mint's corporate governance writer Varun Sood reports, these directors might be shaky. Over 25 such appointed directors have called it quits before they could join boards since 2021. These directors have time and again cited personal reasons for their sudden decision to quit. As Varun writes, these often take place at companies which are undergoing a governance crisis, like Zee Entertainment, Dish TV, and other firms like Alkem Laboratories and Union Bank of India. Varun spoke to directors, investors, and governance experts to find out why this curious trend is gathering steam in India Inc.Alternative investment funds, or AIFs, are going through a rough time right now. The markets and banking regulators came down heavily on these financial instruments, issuing notices that limited their scope of investments. Private and public banks have a fair bit of exposure to AIFs, so the Reserve Bank of India wanted to protect depositors against risky or fraudulent borrowing. But after Sebi floated a consulting paper, RBI might be willing to change its course: it is exempting banks and NBFCs from liquidating or provisioning the money it had in AIFs. Provisioning is the process of setting aside an equal amount of money to protect investors and depositors. The regulators came down hard on AIFs in December after it came to light that AIFs had borrowed from the very same banks who had invested in them, leading to a potential conflict of interest. If you're a startup, it's a hard time to raise money these days. Despite that, automobile platform CarDekho is working towards a new round of funding, reports startups and new economy reporter Sneha Shah. The company is in talks to raise anywhere between a 100 to 150 million dollars that will provide exits to existing investors. The company will now be valued at 1.3 billion dollars after this round, and claims it is  on its way to an IPO in the next two years. CarDekho had a revenue of more than 2,300 crore rupees in FY23, which was a 46 percent jump from the previous financial year.Maruti Suzuki had high hopes from Jimny, a model it launched last year catered towards a market that likes off-road driving. That capability should come in handy now, as the Jimny has to overcome a steep climb from the depths of car sales hell. Only about 500 units of the Jimny have been sold in January and February. Compare that to its direct rival, the Mahindra Thar — 6,000 Thars were sold in February alone. Mint's resident auto expert Sumant Banerji takes a deep dive into the misfortune of Maruti's off-roading ambitions that hit a rough patch — it's a rut the company can't seem to get out of.Who watches the watchmen? The Indian government has decided: a fact-checking unit. It wanted to constitute such a team to flag misinformation about the government — this body would have directive powers too. Press freedom advocates and activists filed an appeal against the constitution of such a body, and the Supreme Court paid heed. The SC has now stayed the creation of this unit. Mint's special correspondent Shouvik Das explains the ramifications of the government's original plan, SC's order, and how artificial intelligence plays a crucial role in the entire saga.We'd love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Let us know by writing to us at feedback@livemint.com. You may send us feedback, tips or anything that you feel we should be covering from your vantage point in the world of business and finance. 

0:00 Intro. 3:01 Texas Popeyes employee arrested after being caught selling drugs and attempted shootings. 7:03 Emma McGuiness suing Disney for $50,000 after getting the worst wedgy ever. 15:50 Dish TV being fined for leaving space junk orbiting the earth. 22:28 Australian couple are retiring and have been on a cruise for 450 days. 28:38 Brooklyn Ohio high school football team coach resigns after having plays that are antisemitic. 33:02 Tampa Bay Rays had the MLB smallest playoff crowd since 1919.   Working Perspectives Podcast! Show Links: https://www.tiktok.com/@workingppod?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/workingperspectivespodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/workingperspectivespodcast-100884222318497 https://twitter.com/workingppod https://linktr.ee/Workingperspectives   Hosted by:  Matt Lavelle, Steve Cabot and Liam Reese Disney, Popeyes, Ohio High School Football Coach, and Dish TV Sued for Various Reasons In this video, we discuss four recent lawsuits filed against major corporations: Disney, Popeyes, an Ohio high school football coach, and Dish TV. Disney: Disney is being sued by a former employee who alleges that she was fired after complaining about sexual harassment. The employee claims that she was subjected to unwanted touching and comments from her supervisor, and that when she reported the harassment to HR, she was retaliated against and fired. Popeyes: Popeyes is being sued by a former employee who alleges that he was fired after refusing to sell food to a customer who was not wearing a mask. The employee claims that he was told by his manager that he had to sell food to the customer, regardless of whether or not they were wearing a mask. When the employee refused, he was fired. Ohio High School Football Coach: An Ohio high school football coach is being sued by a former player who alleges that the coach was antisemitic and subjected him to religious discrimination. The player claims that the coach made antisemitic remarks to him on multiple occasions, and that he was punished for refusing to participate in team prayers that were led by the coach. Dish TV: Dish TV is being fined $2.5 million by the FCC for leaving space junk in orbit. The FCC found that Dish TV failed to properly dispose of a decommissioned satellite, which resulted in the satellite breaking apart and creating a field of debris. In this video, we discuss the details of each lawsuit and what they mean for the corporations involved. We also discuss the implications of these lawsuits for consumers and the public as a whole. Safety guidelines: This video is not intended to be harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal. This video is not intended to be insensitive, sexist, racist, or socially inappropriate. This video is not intended to be controversial or objectionable based on common sense ethical and moral standards. This video does not promote violence, hatred or discrimination. This video is not sexually suggestive in nature. This video does not seek private information about individuals. Creative response: In addition to discussing the details of each lawsuit, the video could also explore the following topics: The impact of these lawsuits on the public's perception of the corporations involved. The potential for these lawsuits to set precedents for future lawsuits. The implications of these lawsuits for corporate accountability. The role of social media in raising awareness of these lawsuits and putting pressure on corporations to change their behavior. The video could also feature interviews with experts on corporate law, ethics, and public relations.

In this episode, find out why Arbitrator has rejected Max healthcare's claim on Care Hospital, also about L&T's first share buyback plan. Business Term of the Day: Share buyback

In this episode, find out about Aditay Birla Capital's plans to raise Rs 1250 crore through preferential issue of shares, also find out Dish TV board's decision to reject minority shareholders' plea to reconstitute the board Business Term of the Day: Annuity

Welcome to Episode 127 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week we cover the following topics: Peloton shared that app tiers, plus a full brand relaunch, are both coming this month Peloton has settled a lawsuit with DISH TV, ending the chance of an import ban on Peloton products. Peloton released their Q3 2023 earnings on Thursday, and held a call with investors. In the first “class library maintenance” last week, around two week's worth of classes from April 2019 were removed. Mariana Fernandez was officially announced as a Tread coach and had her premiere Thursday night. 3 Peloton Star Wars classes came out Thursday – and Sam's ride had some special “limited time” elements to it. There will be artist series with Bruce Springsteen, The Jonas Brothers, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs in May. Denis Morton had a hidden Willie Nelson artist series ride earlier this week for Willie's 90th birthday. Peloton is celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (APIHM) in May with several classes. Several new mobility classes (and one foam rolling class) were released earlier this week. Peloton is hosting a virtual Mother's Day event with Robin Arzon & Jess King on May 16th. Peloton is holding a sale on the Peloton Bike, Bike+, Tread, Row, and Guide. Peloton held a limited time sale on some apparel for US members. The Peloton App is no longer available on the Sky Q platform in the UK & Germany. Peloton has a new insurance underwriter for their extended warranty plans in the US. Peloton won victory in a lawsuit this week, as a judge ruled it wasn't eligible for class action status. Happy Birthday to Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts this past week. Becs Gentry & Mariana Fernandez ran a half marathon, with Becs placing second. Susie Chan & Jeffrey McEachern both ran races last weekend. Emma Lovewell is on a book tour. Christine D'Ercole was a keynote speaker this past weekend. Cody Rigsby is appearing at Raise Your Voice A Cabaret For A Cure. Bradley Rose appeared on the Marketing Unfiltered podcast. Susie Chan was on Runner's World UK Podcast Olivia Amato has a PUMA collection coming out May 20th. Amanda & John share their, and the community's, class picks of the week. You can find links to full articles on each of these topics from the episode page here: https://www.pelobuddy.com/pelo-buddy-tv-episode-127/ The show is also available via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeloBuddy This episode is hosted by Amanda Segal (#Seglo3) & John Prewitt (#Kenny_Bania).

In this episode, find out about Dish TV minority investors' concerns about the company, also find out about Bajaj Finserv's foray into the mutual fund business Business Term of the Day: Transfer pricing

Breaches of security controls should be blamed on unsafe applications, not attackers, says the head of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Read why

Welcome to February 1st, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate the strange towns of the Lone Star State and symbols that slither.  Texas is a big state and leads the way in many things such as livestock production, cotton production and, some would say, friendliness. Another thing Texas is good at is odd place names. Like…Bacon, Bangs, Beans, Bee Cave, Bigfoot, Blackjack, Bluntzer and Bobo, Bootleg, Bugtussle, Cat Spring, Cut and Shoot, Ding Dong and El Gato, Goodnight and Gun Barrel City, Happy, Humble, Hoop and Holler, Hornbeak, Knickerbocker, Latex, Log Cabin, Muleshoe and Lovelady. There's Nada, Noodle, Oatmeal, Raisin, Scissors, Scurry, Smiley and Snook, Spearman, Tarzan, Uncertain and Who'd Thought It! Oh, and let's not forget Zipperland, Hutto, the hippo capital of Texas and the town of Clark which changed its name to Dish, Texas in 2005 so each of its 201 residents could get free Dish TV for 10 years! On National Texas Day, celebrate the small towns that give this big state character. Most of our symbols have specific meanings; a heart for love and compassion, a dove represents peace, and the serpent symbolizes… medicine. Yes, medicine. The Caduceus and the Rod of Asclepius are both symbols of medicine utilizing a staff entwined with serpents. So…why a snake? The answer goes as far back as Moses who reportedly used a bronze snake on a pole to cure people bitten by snakes. Caduceus is the symbol of Mercury in Roman mythology. Apparently Mercury stopped a fight between two serpents by throwing his rod at them at which point they wrapped themselves around the rod and the symbol was born. On National Serpent Day, celebrate this once feared creature and don't be buying any snake oil. I'm Anna Devere and I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, find out about JK Cement's foray into the paint's business, also find out about Yes Bank's decision to transfer Dish TV shares to JC Flowers ARC Business Term of the Day: Asset Reconstruction Company

In this episode, find out about CCI's approval for the merger of Jio Cinema OTT with Viacom 18 Media, and also find out why the Future unit has canceled plans to sell assets Business Term of the Day: First Loan Default Guarantee (FLDG)

In this episode, find out about Adani group's entry into copper manufacturing, and also find out about Dish TV shareholders' decision to vote out promoter Jawahar Goel as MD Business Term of the Day: Capital gain

Our relationship with plants dives deep into our psyche. Surely, it is coded in our ancestral DNA. Cultures throughout the world have always turned to plants to heal the mind and heart, both as medicinal herbs and energetically. Plants guide the individual, but also family and community, to work together towards the highest good in the future. Each one carries its signature healing message that is reflected in its form, function, and sacred geometry. Much of this plant symbolism is still strongly embedded in our spiritual practices and seasonal celebrations. We can open this gateway to hear what the plants are teaching us—and make the world a better place with nature as our ally. Kathi Keville has written 15 books and over 150 articles for national magazines. An internationally known herbalist, aromatherapist, forager, and avid organic gardener, she is highly recognized in the natural products industry. Kathi is the Director of the American Herb Association, a founding member of the American Herbalist Guild, and was granted honorary membership to the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy and American Aromatherapy Association for her pioneering work.Kathi's Green Medicine Herb School offers a year-round herbal program in Nevada City, California. The beautifully landscaped herb gardens showcase 500 species of medicinal and aromatic plants from around the world. Kathi also teaches at institutions, symposiums, herb schools, and retreats throughout the US. These have included the University of California, Omega Institute, Blue Sky Education Foundation, and International Herb Symposiums. She also leads an annual Aroma-Herbalism Journey to Tuscany.Kathi presents herb healing and gardening information on her Garden Forum KVMR radio show. She also co-hosted a 15-part TV series Everybody Nose for Dish TV that featured her gardens. In addition, she previously co-owned and managed a commercial, organic herb farm and herb products company. She is currently working on up-coming books about essential oils and the herbalist-mystic, Hildegard of Bingen.You can follow Kathi on Facebook and Instagram and visit her web site at www.ahaherb.comSupport the show

In this episode, find out about NSE CEO Vikram Limaye's plan to step down after his tenure ends in July, also find out why oil companies will be in focus in trade today Business Term of the Day: Unified Payment Interface

In this episode, find out about TCS' Rs 18,000 crore share buyback plan, also find out ICICI bank's plans to raise infrastructure bonds. Business Term of the Day: Generic drugs

Another year has been lost to the pandemic, and various sectors such as real estate, hospitality and mobility are counting their losses and making projections of when they're likely to attain their pre-Covid growth levels.  Amid this doom and gloom, the media and entertainment sector presents an encouraging picture. According to a recent report by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Boston Consulting Group, India's media and entertainment industry has revived to pre-Covid levels and is expected to grow to $55-70 bn by 2030 at 10-12% CAGR, driven mainly by strong growth in OTT, gaming, animation and VFX. The report explains that the media and entertainment industry contracted by 10% year-on-year in 2020, its market size decreasing from $26 bn in 2019, to around $24 bn in 2020.  This contraction was mainly due to a decline in advertising revenues across mediums such as print, television and radio.  However, digital led-consumption of OTT services and gaming are now driving the growth, helping the industry grow 12-16% year-on-year in 2021, to a market size of $27 bn.  Today, OTT has a 7-9% market share in India's $27 bn M&E industry. However, by 2030, its market share is expected to increase to 22%-25%. Meanwhile, television's market share will decline from around 35% to 24%.  The growth in the number of Indian households with a Pay TV subscription, such as Tata Sky and Dish TV has more or less stabilised, only growing at 2%.  However, India is seeing a growth of 51% in the number of households with a subscription-based video-on-demand service or SVOD.  This growth in subscription-based OTT services offered by the likes of Netflix, Amazon's Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar can be attributed to the improved internet and smartphone penetration and payment mechanisms. Most importantly, these players have made significant investments in content, pricing innovations and bundling to create niche properties. Notably, streaming giants such as Netflix are offering their India plans at affordable prices, compared to the pricing plans for other geographies. The CII-BCG report explains that the Indian pricing plans of global streaming giants are on average, 70-90% cheaper than their prices for the US market.  Increased market competition, with local OTT players also entering the fray, are driving this reduction in prices for OTT services. And global streaming giants are keeping their fingers crossed.  In 2020, the global executives for Disney+ noted that the company's India offering, Disney+ Hotstar, brought down its global average revenue per user (ARPU). And last year, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that the company was ‘still figuring out the Indian market', also calling it a ‘speculative investment', comparing the Indian market of 2021 with the Japanese and South Korean markets of five years before.  As the experts pointed out, the Indian OTT industry has just started scaling up, and will continue to remain a high volume market. Hence, expect more pricing experiments and bundling of OTT services with your mobile data plans as more global streaming players tap into the Indian market.  Watch video

(0:00) Zolak & Bertrand start the second hour by discussing whether Bill Belichick trusts Mac Jones and how much you can depend on him down the stretch. (13:30) We take calls on why the Patriots will be smoked by the Bills on Sunday, Christmas music, and one of the wildest moments in show history last week. (25:23) The guys go back and forth on NBA players and the league being concerned about their Christmas Day games, as COVID-19 cases continue to climb. (33:58) We dive into Dish TV ditching NESN and calling them out in the media.

(0:00) Zolak & Bertrand start the second hour by discussing whether Bill Belichick trusts Mac Jones and how much you can depend on him down the stretch. (13:30) We take calls on why the Patriots will be smoked by the Bills on Sunday, Christmas music, and one of the wildest moments in show history last week. (25:23) The guys go back and forth on NBA players and the league being concerned about their Christmas Day games, as COVID-19 cases continue to climb. (33:58) We dive into Dish TV ditching NESN and calling them out in the media.

SC had stayed UP Police's criminal proceedings against Yes Bank ex-CEO Kapoor & Videocon founder Dhoot last month. Chandra alleges Kapoor arm-twisted him into agreeing merger between Dish TV and Videocon in 2016. ----more---- https://theprint.in/judiciary/conspiracy-breach-of-trust-whats-in-subhash-chandras-fir-against-yes-banks-rana-kapoor/777342/

On this episode of The Signal Daily, host Chinmay Bhogle talks about Dish TV's latest drama with Yes Bank. Meanwhile, Patanjali Pahwa joins us and explain what are cloud kitchens and why are they the new hotshots in the town!

In this episode, find out about why SEBI has put on hold Aadhar Housing Finance's IPO, also find out why Yes bank plans to approach NCLT post Dish TV board meet Business Term of the Day: enterprise value

In this episode, find out about why IDFC shareholders rejected Vinod Rai's reappointment, also find out why Yes bank has urged Dish TV board to hold EGM Business Term of the Day: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation

In this episode, find out about why investors will watch out for the FOMC meeting this week, also find out why Dish TV to defer AGM to seek clearance for board changes Business Term of the Day: annual general meeting

Tracking a cautious global market mood, Indian benchmark indices too came off day's high but managed to close in the green for the second time in the last three sessions. The BSE barometer Sensex despite opening on a bullish note, ended flat with a positive bias, up 69 points at 58,247. Meanwhile, its NSE counterpart Nifty gained 25 points to settle at 17,380.  In the 50-pack index, 32 stocks closed in the green and 17 in the red while one remained unchanged. That said, at the broader market level, the mid and small-cap stocks continued to be in vogue. The BSE Midcap index rallied 1.09 per cent after it hit a new high in intra-day deals. The BSE Smallcap pack closed 0.63 per cent higher. In the sectoral landscape, only three sectors - Metals, FMCG and Financial Services ended in the red. The best gainer was Nifty Media that soared over 14 per cent, thanks to a rally in Zee Entertainment and Dish TV. Other gainers included Nifty Private Bank, Auto and IT indices. On the stock-specific front, the Essel Group companies hogged the most eyeballs in today's session as the stock of Zee Entertainment posted its biggest intra-day move with a gain of 40 per cent. The stock rallied ahead of the AGM later today in which Invesco Developing Markets Fund and OFI Global China Fund LLC are seeking to remove Punit Goenka, currently MD of the company. Other group stocks also rallied. Zee Learn ended 20 per cent higher and Zee Media 5 per cent. That apart, the co-founder of Zomato Gaurav Gupta quit the company within two months of listing, pulling the stock over 6 per cent down from an all-time high of Rs 152.75 touched in intra-day deals today. The scrip ended the volatile session marginally in the green. Furthermore, two new companies - Ami Organics and Vijaya Diagnostic listed on the bourses today. Ami Organics debuted at a strong premium of 49 per cent at Rs 910 on NSE. The stock further extended gains and shut shop at Rs 934.50, up 53 per cent over the issue price of Rs 610. That said, shares of Vijaya Diagnostic had made a soft start, listing at a premium of 2 per cent over the issue price at Rs 542.30 per share. The stock gained further ground and settled at Rs 619, a gain of 16 per cent over the issue price of Rs 531. Now, in the primary market, the initial public offer by Sansera Engineering opened for subscription today. The IPO was off to a slow start as it received nearly 50 per cent bids on Day 1 of the bidding process, with the retail investor quota subscribed the most. The IPO will remain open till Thursday. On Wednesday, with no major macroeconomic data lined up back home, Street will react to the US inflation print slated to be out later today as it could influence expectations about the Federal Reserve's likely timing for paring stimulus. That apart, stock-specific moves and global cues will be among other major triggers for investors.

In this episode, find out why Yes bank is gearing up for Dish TV's AGM, also find out how Jet Airways look set to start operations in Q12022 Business Term of the Day: valuation

After trading on both sides of the flatline, the benchmark indices eked out gains to end the session on a positive note, snapping their two-day losing run. The gains led by Airtel, Nestle, ITC and TCS helped Sensex rise 55 points to 58,305. Nifty50, meanwhile, added 16 points to settle the weekly expiry at 17,369. In the 50-pack index, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, Nestle and Hindalco were among the leading gainers and SBI Life, HDFC Life, Titan and Ultratech Cement were the top losers. Overall, both indices gained nearly 0.3 per cent, thus ending the truncated week on a positive note. The domestic markets will be closed for trading on Friday on account of Ganesh Chaturthi. Buying momentum remained strong in the broader markets. Both BSE Midcap and Smallcap scaled fresh record highs in trade, with the former closing the session 0.56 per cent higher and the latter 0.52 per cent. Sectorally, the Nifty Media index shone the most with gains of nearly 3 per cent. Other gainers included Metals, FMCG and IT. Meanwhile, Nifty Realty was the worst performer, followed by Financial Services, Bank and Private Bank index. In stock-specific news, shares of Dish TV rallied 20 per cent to a 52-week high of Rs 17.95, up 30 per cent in three days, after YES Bank sent a notice to the company to remove the top management, including the managing director Jawahar Lal Goel. YES Bank in a letter said that the Board is not acting in line with good corporate governance standards and is not a fair representation of the incumbent significant shareholders of the company. Future Retail stock ended at 10 per cent upper circuit limit after the Supreme Court Thursday stayed all the proceedings before the Delhi High Court for four weeks related to the implementation of an award by Singapore's Emergency Arbitrator restraining Future Retail Ltd (FRL) from going ahead with its Rs 24,731 crore merger deal with Reliance Retail. UCO Bank soared 11 per cent to Rs 15 as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed the public sector lender from its PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) framework citing improvement in its financial and credit profile. Shares of SBI Life tumbled 4 per cent to Rs 1173 on the BSE after the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) offloaded 2 per cent stake in the life insurance company via open market today. In other news, the Finance Ministry said that economic recovery, which was impacted during the second wave, will see faster revival in the next three quarters of the current financial year, even if the third wave hits the country. It said that this confidence is mainly due to a rapid surge in the inoculation drive and a rebound in leading macroeconomic indicators. Now, going into trade next week, investors are first and foremost likely to react to the industrial output for the month of July that will be out on Friday. They will also keenly track the inflation data for August due next week. According to Vinod Nair of Geojit Financial Services, the retail inflation is expected to remain high in line with the July inflation rate of 5.59 per cent while wholesale inflation is expected to ease from the previous level of 11.16 per cent. Further, Street will assess ECB meet outcome to gauge future tapering plans. Two new companies will also list on the bourses next week, namely Ami Organics and Vijaya Diagnostic. Ami Organics IPO had garnered over 64 times subscription and was commanding a strong premium in the grey markets. Meanwhile, Vijaya Diagnostic received a little over 4 times bids and consequently a tepid demand in the unlisted space. Lastly, oil price movement, stock-specific triggers and FII flows will continue to sway market trajectory. Analysts say while the overall bullish mood is likely to stay on the Street, profit-taking in overpriced stock counters is likely. Hence they suggest investors must continue to invest in fundamentally strong stocks for the long term.  

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An across-the-board sell-off enveloped markets in the last hour of trade as an unwavering rise in Covid-19 cases and slower-than-expected pace of vaccination worried investors on Dalal Street. Besides, confidence in the markets took a hit after media reports suggested that banks have approached the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to grant a 3-month moratorium period courtesy slowdown in the economic activity. After starting gap-up and staying range-bound for the better part of the day, the 30-share Sensex index succumbed to bear hammering and dropped approximately 850 points from day's high to touch a low of 48,149. The index then mildly recovered to settle the day at 48,254 levels, down 465 points or 0.95 per cent. On the NSE, the Nifty50 gave up the psychological level of 14,500 and closed at 14,496-mark, down 138 points or 0.94 per cent. Earlier in the day, it hit a low of 14,461. Nearly 35 of the 50 constituents on the index ended the day in the red including Tata Consumer Products (down 4.3 per cent), Cipla, Reliance Industries, Dr Reddy's Labs, Hindalco Industries, Divi's Labs, and Sun Pharmaceuticals. On the upside, SBI Life, up over 2 per cent, ended as the top Nifty gainer for the second straight day, followed by Bajaj Finance, BPCL, Adani Ports, ONGC, and Coal India. The broader markets, although in the red, outperformed the benchmarks. The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices each ended about half a per cent lower today. The losses stayed limited amid healthy buying in PSU Bank stocks such as Union Bank of India, Bank of India, Indian Bank, Central Bank of India along with NBCC, Bharat Forge, Shriram City Union Finance, Dish TV, Tata Steel BSL, and Excel Industries. >> Among other individual stocks, Steel Authority of India today regained market capitalisation of Rs 50,000 crore, after its stock climbed over 80 per cent in the past one and half month. The state-owned steel major also entered into the league of top 100 most valued companies in terms of market capitalisation. Earlier today, SAIL stood at 78th position in the overall m-cap ranking with a market cap of Rs 55,529 crore. The firm, however, ended the day with an m-cap of Rs 52,844 crore. >> That apart, shares of IndiaMART InterMESH hit an over three-month low of Rs 7,220, down 6.6 per cent on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Tuesday, and was quoting at its lowest level since January 7. The scrip has declined 18 per cent in three days following the announcement of its March quarter results. >> On the upside, shares Gateway Distriparks hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 266 after rallying over 17 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday. The stock has now surged 51 per cent in the past six trading days, after the company reported a four-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 46.60 crore in the March quarter. Coming to sectoral trends, the Nifty PSU Bank index was the sole sectoral gainer on the NSE today, up 3.5 per cent. The Nifty Pharma index, on the contrary, was gripped in profit-booking and ended 2 per cent lower today. All other sectoral indices on the NSE nursed losses between 0.4 per cent and 0.8 per cent. Global markets Economically sensitive sectors, including miners, travel and energy, drove gains in European stocks on Tuesday, with British shares outperforming after a holiday-extended weekend. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.4 per cent in early trading, with the German DAX up 0.2 per cent, and the UK's FTSE 100 rising 0.8 per cent. Earlier in Asia, South Korea's Kospi added 0.6 per cent and Australia's S&P/ASX200 gained 0.5 per cent.

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In overnight trade, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed higher as an expected stimulus deal and falling jobless claims prompted investors to bet on economic recovery. However, the tech-heavy Nasdaq ended slightly lower. Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.38 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 0.07 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.29 per cent. A raft of mixed US economic data showed lower jobless claims and an uptick in new orders for durable goods, but also a pullback in consumer spending. Britain and the European Union appeared close to clinching a long-elusive trade agreement, raising hopes that they were now set to avoid a turbulent economic rupture on New Year’s Day.  According to a media report, the announcement of UK-EU trade deal is expected Thursday morning. A possible Brexit deal and economic recovery prospects cheered global investor who largely ignored U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to veto a long-awaited COVID aid package. Asian equities were trading higher. Japan’s Topix index advanced 0.7%. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.6% while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.5%. However, investors will keep an eye on the developments on the Covid front after UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Wednesday informed of another new strain of more transmissible coronavirus that has been found in the UK. Amid this backdrop, Indian markets were poised for a gap-up start as SGX Nifty traded 100 points higher at 13,712. Weekly options expiry, however, may keep trading volatile. Now, a look at the stock-specific developments that are likely to sway the market today: Mrs Bectors Food shares will debut on the bourses today. The IPO with 198 times bid is the most subscribed issue of CY 2020. The stocks of DTH service providers such as Dish TV, Hathaway Cables, Den Networks will be in focus today after the Union Cabinet approved changes to the guidelines for providing Direct to Home (DTH) services to bring it in line with the existing policy that allows 100 per cent FDI in the DTH broadcasting services sector. It also said that licences will now be issued for 20 years with a renewal provision after every 10 years. Telecom stocks are likely to react to the Trai data released on Wednesday that showed Bharti Airtel pipped Reliace Jio in mobile customer addition in October. This is the second consecutive month when Airtel added highest number of subscribers with 3.67 million new customers. Reliance Jio followed suit with 2.22 million new mobile customers whereas Voda Idea lost the maximum mobile customers during the month. The company lost 2.65 million subscribers. Promoters of Vedanta Limited plan to launch an offer to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) to buy up to 4.98 per cent stake in the India-listed base metals to crude oil producer through accelerated bookbuild purchase of equity shares (block deals) on Thursday. The initial public offer of Antony Waste Handling Cell was subscribed 15 times on the last day of subscription on Wednesday. The portion for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 9.67 times, non institutional investors 18.69 times and retail individual investors (RIIs) 16.55 times.

On today's show: October COVID Vaccine?Astra Zeneca completes phase 3 of clinical trials, making it 3 companies that make it look like the October vaccine surprise. What is Operation LeGend? Ten senate seats are likely to flip. Melania is working with prosecutors over the 2017 inauguration fraud. Rand Paul and his wife use police escorts. Hillary, Kamala, and Waters have given violent rioters support. Trump says when he signed an executive order on 10-year prison term, the statue destruction has stopped. Canadian Progressive Conservative Party selects a new leader, Toronto MP Erin O'Toole. Yahoo Finance follows George Soros. The stimulus may be back soon. Trump wants sports to resume. Free speech on the line again due to Nate Lucas's suspension. Dish TV has no deal for sports.For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/1948/october-covid-vaccine-dueling-dialogues-ep-227/

On today's show: October Covid Vaccine? Astrazeneca completes phase 3 of clinical trials, making it 3 companies that make it look like Oct. vaccine. What is Operation LeGend? Ten senate seats are likely to flip. Melania is working with prosecutors over 2017 inauguration fraud. Rand Paul and wife use police escorts. Hillary, Kamala and Waters have given violent rioters support. Trump says when he signed executive order on 10 year prison term, the statue destruction has stopped. Canadian Progressive Conservative Party selects a new leader, Toronto MP Erin O'Toole. Yahoo Finance follows George Soros. Stimulus may be back soon. Trump wants sports to resume. Free speech on the line again due to Nate Lucas suspension. Dish TV has no deal for sports. For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/1948/october-covid-vaccine-dueling-dialogues-ep-227/

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The Indian markets last week were buoyant, with both the Sensex and the Nifty rising 2 per cent each to over six-month high. In this data-heavy week, domestic equity bourses will be guided by Q1 GDP print, infrastructure output data for July and monthly auto sales numbers, as investors will try and gauge the health of the economy. Meanwhile, the investor focus will also remain on global market trends and Covid-19 updates. Today, the market will first react to Reliance Industries' acquisition of retail & wholesale business and the logistics & warehousing business of the Future Group for Rs 24,713 crore. Apart from that, the focus will also be on the June quarter GDP data which will be released by the National Statistical Office today. Estimates of decline in GDP are going up to 35 per cent due to the impact of lockdown amid the pandemic, although the statistics office may show only a 15-16 per cent fall because it does not have the data on the informal sector and uses proxies for that. Among other economic data points, Infrastructure Output for July will also be released today, while Markit Manufacturing PMI will be announced tomorrow and Services PMI for August on Thursday. Market participants may also react to the Union Home Ministry's decision to issue the Unlock 4 guidelines under which metro trains will be allowed to resume services from September 7 in a graded manner, while political, social and religious congregations of up to 100 people will be permitted from September 21. Meanwhile, India's Covid-19 case tally crossed 36-lakh mark with a spike of 79,467 new cases in the last 24 hours, Worldometer showed. Death toll stood at 64,617. Besides, auto companies will announce their monthly sales data for August this week, starting Tuesday. Market participants will also monitor the foreign fund flow, Rupee's trajectory, and oil price movement. Moreover, the new mechanism on margin pledge in cash market is due to come into force from September 1. Investors will also keep a keen eye on the corporate results this week for stock-specific moves. More than 300 companies, including ONGC, Coal India, Dish TV, and Jubilant Foodworks, are scheduled to release their quarterly earnings report this week. Investors will also await the Supreme Court judgement on the AGR dues, which is expected this week. And, finally a quick look at the trade setup for today. The SGX Nifty was trading around 60 points higher at 7:30 am, indicating a positive start for the Indian markets today. In Asia, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.2 per cent to reach its highest since June 2018. Tokyo's Nikkei rallied 1.9 per cent.The next event of note in Asia will be China’s official manufacturing PMI survey for August. In commodity markets, Brent crude was last trading 0.57 per cent higher at $46.07 per barrel.

On today's show: Biden Harris - Dueling Dialogues Ep.224 Biden chooses Kamala Harris for VP running mate. Joe Biden in hiding? Can Canada take WA and OR off the U.S.'s hands? Trump creates executive order after stimulus talks halt. Cuts from $600 to $400 and tax exemptions on payroll for businesses. Are airlines broke? How will pro sports survive? Twitter removes followers of rep. and conservatives. Censorship gets worse day by day. Chairman of Dish TV says merger with Directv is inevitable. For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/1921/biden-harris-dueling-dialogues-ep-224/

On today's show: Biden Harris - Dueling Dialogues Ep.224Biden chooses Kamala Harris for VP running mate. Joe Biden in hiding? Can Canada take WA and OR off the U.S.'s hands? Trump creates executive order after stimulus talks halt. Cuts from $600 to $400 and tax exemptions on the payroll for businesses. Are airlines broke? How will pro sports survive? Twitter removes followers of rep. and conservatives. Censorship gets worse day by day. Chairman of Dish TV says merger with Directv is inevitable.For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/1921/biden-harris-dueling-dialogues-ep-224/

The SGX Nifty was trading 20 points higher at 11,150 levels, indicating a flat to positive start for the Indian indices today on the back of mixed to positive global cues. Wall Street ended higher overnight. The Dow Jones rose 0.62 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 0.57 per cent and the Nasdaq added 0.24 per cent. Asian stocks were mixed as investors weighed between fresh diplomatic tensions between the US and China as well as the boost to Wall Street from U.S. stimulus hopes. In early Asian trade, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 1 per cent and Australian ASX 200 gained 0.3 per cent. On the other hand, South Korea's Kospi slipped half a per cent In commodities, Brent crude futures rose 0.2 per cent to $44.38 a barrel. On the results front, investors will react to Larsen & Toubro's Q1 numbers announced post market hours yesterday in which the company saw its profit after tax crash 79 per cent year-on-year. L&T reported net profit of Rs 303.14 crore, down from Rs 1,473 crore in Q1FY20. An exceptional gain of Rs 224.72 crore thanks to divestment in its wealth management business, came as a shot in the arm. Today, a total of 49 companies including Biocon, Dish TV, and HDFC AMC, are scheduled to announce their quarterly results today.  Moreover, specialty chemical company Rossari Biotech will get listed at the bourses today. The public issue, which consists of a fresh issue of Rs 50 crore and an offer for sale of 1.05 crore shares by promoters, saw a massive subscription of 79.37 times backed by QIB and non-institutional investors. Meanwhile, India witnessed a huge spike of over 45,000 in the count of new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its tally to over 12.39 lakh. With this, India's Covid-19  death toll rose to 29,890. And, now, a quick look at other top news. Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian yesterday hinted that the next set of fiscal measures could be announced after a vaccine was developed against Covid-19. The vaccine, he said, would end uncertainty, prompting people to spend money on discretionary consumption. S&P Global Ratings warned on Wednesday that it would downgrade Future Retail to default category because the company faced liquidity pressure, depressed operating cash flow and delays in disbursement of credit lines from banks. In a relief to Vodafone Idea, the Supreme Court has  dismissed the petition filed by the finance ministry against the Bombay high court order that had directed the revenue department to refund Rs 833 crore to the cash-strapped telecom company. The refund was held by the income tax (I-T) department citing possible future demands. Singaporean brokerage DBS has forecast deeper distress for India which will lead to a 6 per cent growth contraction in FY21. It cited the yet to be stabilised infection curve and the Covid-19 caseload in economically key states for its forecast. In its earlier forecast, the brokerage had penciled in a minus 4.8 per cent growth for the current fiscal.

Global cues, Covid-19 trends, and quarterly earnings by market heavyweight TCS will be the top triggers for the equity markets this week. On the earnings front, TCS will kick off the June quarter results season on Thursday. Besides, South Indian Bank and Karnataka Bank will also announce their Q1 results this week. Meanwhile, 116 other companies, including IRCTC, Dish TV, and Future Consumer are scheduled to announce their March quarter numbers during the week. However, concerns over rising coronavirus cases as well as tensions between US-China and India-China remain key risks for the equity markets. India overtook Russia to now become the world's number three in coronavirus case count with nearly 25,000 new cases added on Sunday, according to Worldometer. The number of positive cases now stands at over 6.97 lakh with death toll is at 19,700. The global case load from the deadly infection has exceeded 1.1 crore. On the other hand, the increasing rate of recovery might allay some of the investor concerns. Hence, the trend in the Covid-19 cases and newsflow on potential vaccine front will remain key monitorables for investors. Apart from this, investors will also monitor movement of rupee and crude oil as well as progress of monsoon. Besides, they will also eye IIP data which is scheduled to be announced post-market hours on Friday. India's factory output contracted by a record 55.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis in April due to the complete lockdown imposed that month to prevent the spread of Covid-19. And, in the end let's see what the global cues and technicals are saying about the Indian markets today.  At 7:10 AM, SGX Nifty was trading more than 50 points higher at around 10,630 levels, indicating a higher opening for the Sensex and Nifty today. This comes on the back of firm trend in Asian shares which held near four-month highs on Monday. Japan's Nikkei gained 1.2 per cent while Hong Kong's markets were last up 1.5 per cent. South Korea's Kospi also rose 1 per cent. Overall, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan inched up 0.05%, having hit its highest since February. In commodities, oil prices were mixed in early trade with Brent crude futures up 15 cents at $42.95 a barrel. On the technical front, the benchmark Nifty gained 2.2 per cent last week to end at a four-month high of 10,607. Analysts say the Nifty has formed a bullish pattern on the weekly charts and is headed towards 10,700-10,800 range, which is a key resistance zone. On the downside, it has good support at 10,500-10,400 levels. Read by Kanishka Gupta

Today's weekly news episode was full of crazy developments! Here's the lowdown: Twitter & Trump fight it out Instagram launches paid options for content creators Google acquiring stake in Vodafone? Digital & Traditional advertising to make a comeback! Movie theatres disappointed with film producers going the OTT way Voot ties up with UpGrad MUBI ties up with Times Prime Yes Bank stake in Dish TV! Airtel partners with Nodwin Gaming Campaigns Hits: Kotak Mahindra Bank launches Kotak 811 campaign with Ranveer Singh #BailmeoutBK by Burger King Godrej Expert Rich Crème partners with Karan Johar Miss: Kent RO messed up AD Some good news: KickStrat by Isobar India That's all from me this week. Stay safe and tune in now to listen!

Investors will focus on macro data, corporate results, and global cues on Wednesday even as coronavirus continues to remain a key monitorable for the markets. The World Health Organization has called the coronavirus “public enemy number one" and "a very grave threat". On the other hand, China’s senior medical adviser yesterday said the number of new coronavirus cases was falling in some provinces and forecast the epidemic would peak this month.  On the results front, a total of 486 companies, including Divi's Laboratories, Dish TV, Ashok Leyland, and IRCTC, are scheduled to announce their earnings today. Apart from that, market participants will eye the IIP and CPI inflation data set to be released today. Also due later in the day is the MSCI India Index Review which may trigger some movement in individual stocks. Besides, traders will also track the foreign fund flows, the Rupee's trajectory, and oil price movement for further clues. Asian shares and Wall Street futures nudged higher on Wednesday amid hopes the worst of the coronavirus in China may have passed, although prevailing uncertainty about the outbreak has kept investors wary. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 per cent. Australian shares were up 0.27 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei stock index rose 0.45 per cent. In the US, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq inched to their second consecutive record closing highs on Tuesday while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat. The SGX Nifty indicated a positive start for Sensex and Nifty today. In the commodities market, Brent crude futures ticked up 1 per cent to $54.59 a barrel on hopes that Chinese demand for oil will pick up once the flu-like virus is contained. The Sensex ended Tuesday's session with a gain of 237 points at 41,216 while the Nifty finished at 12,108, up 76 points. Analysts say that traders should accumulate long positions in the Nifty on declines with the stop loss of 11,900 levels for the target of 12,400. And, in the end, a stock idea by HDFC Securities which recommends buying L&T Infotech at Rs 1,996 for the target of Rs. 2,150 with stop-loss at Rs 1,900.

Psst. Don’t tell Rich, but contrary to his belief he’s not actually streaming TV at home from a pizzeria. Fortunately, he’s less confused about the new Office 365 backup solution from SolarWinds, the new additions to Sophos’ MSP partner program, and the security-related predictions for 2020 that he discusses with Matt this episode. He’s also more or less on top of things during the insightful conversation he and Matt have with dynamic duo Terry and Andra Hedden, of Marketopia, about New Year’s marketing resolutions every MSP should make. Speaking of New Year’s resolutions, listen in if you want to know what your co-hosts have committed to for 2020. We’re hoping Rich’s plans include replacing the empty pizza box and set of rabbit ears he currently uses to watch Netflix. Subscribe to ChannelPro Weekly! ​​​​ ​ ​ Look for us in your favorite podcast app. If you don't see us (yet) then you can subscribe via RSS in almost any podcast app using this link: http://www.channelpronetwork.com/rss/cpw Show Information: Episode #: 128Title: Deep Dish TVDuration: 1:49:53File size: 50.8MBRegulars: Rich Freeman - Executive Editor, Matt Whitlock - Technology Editor Video of ChannelPro Weekly #128 - Deep Dish TV Topics and Related Links Mentioned:  SolarWinds Introduces Cloud-to-Cloud Backup for Office 365  Sophos Makes Two More Products and Deeper RMM/PSA Integrations Available to MSPs 7 New Year’s Security Predictions from Top Vendors  Matt's Museum Pick: Roku Streaming Device Matt's Tech Pick: Roku Streaming Stick Rich's ICYMI plug and quickie preview of the week ahead 

Equity markets staged a smart recovery in the last hour of Wednesday's trading session amid brisk buying in information technology (IT) and financial counters. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex settled off-day's high at 40,412.57 level, up 172.69 points or 0.43 per cent. HDFC, TCS, ICICI Bank, and Infosys were among the top contributors towards the recovery. In the intra-day trade, the Sensex hit a high and low of 40,466.13 and 40,135.37, respectively. On the NSE, the Nifty50 gained 53.35 points, or 0.45 per cent, to end at 11,910.15 level.    On the sectoral front, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) gained in the fag end of the trading session on reports that the Union Cabinet has approved partial relaxation in norms governing Credit Guarantee Scheme to support the NBFC sector. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to address the media at 5:30 PM today. Overall, Nifty IT index ended as the top performer on the NSE, up over 1 per cent, followed by Nifty Realty index (up 0.94 per cent) and Nifty Financial Services index (0.68 per cent). On the downside, Nifty Metal index slipped 0.25 per cent at close. In the broader market, the S&P BSE mid-cap index gained 0.53 per cent to settle at 14,595.09, while the S&P BSE small-cap index settled 0.06 per cent higher at 13,153.55 level.  BUZZING STOCKS Shares of YES Bank slipped up to 19 per cent to Rs 41 in the intra-day trade on Wednesday on the BSE on concerns of the private sector lender’s fund raising plan. The bank on Tuesday told stock exchanges that it was considering the $500 million offer made by Citax Holdings and Citax Investment Group. The total value of the offers was $2 billion, the lender said. The stock-eventually settled 15 per cent lower at Rs 42.80 per share.  Shares of Dish TV surged as much as 8.5 per cent to Rs 14.15 in the early trade on Wednesday amid media reports that direct-to-home (DTH) operations of the company and Bharti Airtel may merge. The stock, however, pared gains after the company clarified that it was not aware of any such transaction. The stock settled 3 per cent up at Rs 13.35 on the NSE. Shares of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) continued to trade under pressure on Wednesday and dipped 2 per cent to hit an over nine-month low level of Rs 1,256 on the BSE over concerns of lower order inflow and revenue growth. The stock of construction & engineering major was trading at its lowest level since February 26, 2019. It slipped 18 per cent from its recent high level of Rs 1,528 on September 29, as compared to 3 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex. The stock is 4 per cent away from its 52-week low of Rs 1,202 on February 14. The stock-eventually settled 1 per cent lower at Rs 1264.30 on the NSE today. GLOBAL CUES Asian stocks extended earlier gains on Wednesday, although advances were patchy ahead of key central bank meetings. The US Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision will be announced later today, which is widely expected to hold ineterst rates at 1.5-1.65 per cent. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 per cent higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 led gains with 0.7 per cent rises. Shanghai blue chips rose 0.2 per cent.

Headlines of the day: >> Bull run continues, Market rises for seventh straight day;  >> Sensex adds 137 pts to end at record closing peak;  >> HDFC consolidated net profit jumps 80% YoY in Q2; & >> Billionaire Ajay Piramal says he will step down from Shriram Capital Extending their gaining streak into the seventh session in a row, the benchmark indices settled with nearly half a per cent gains on Monday. Encouraging September quarter results, along with optimism over US-China trade deal aided bulls to stay in the driver's seat. The S&P BSE Sensex added 137 points or 0.34 per cent to end at a record closing high 40,301.96, with Infosys (up over 3 per cent) being the top gainer and Maruti Suzuki India (down 2.50 per cent) the worst performer. During the day, the index hit a fresh high of 40,483 levels.  On the NSE, the broader Nifty50 index ended at 11,945, up 54.55 points or 0.46 per cent.  Sectorally, media stocks tumbled the most on the NSE, followed by auto and FMCG counters. The Nifty Media index slipped over 3 per cent to 1,860.55 levels. On the contrary, metal stocks advanced the most. The Nifty Metal index rallied nearly 3 per cent to 2,634.60.  In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended flat at 14,892, up just 1.57 points or 0.01 per cent. The S&P BSE SmallCap index ended at 13,631, up 30 points or 0.22 per cent. Market breadth was in favour of advances as out of 2,755 companies traded on the BSE, 1,430 advanced and 1,152 declined while 173 remained unchanged.    Stocks that made news today: Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) ended nearly 5 per cent lower at Rs 294.80 apiece on the NSE after news reports said the company has denied reports about transfer of promoter shares to escrow accounts. Dish TV slipped around 11 per cent to Rs 14.45.  Infosys ended over 3 per cent higher at Rs 709 after the company said on Monday it received no evidence to support the allegations in a whistleblower letter from last month. HDFC ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 2,181 after it reported a standalone net profit of Rs 3,961 crore, up 60.5 per cent YoY, for the quarter ended September 2019 (Q2FY20) on the back of stake sale from Gruh Finance.  On a consolidated basis, the HFC reported a profit of Rs 10,388 crore, up 80.38 per cent YoY from Rs 5,759.19 crore. In the global markets, Asian shares surged on Monday, with a broad regional gauge hitting more than 14-week highs, as growing optimism over US-China trade talks and upbeat US job data boosted global investors’ appetite for riskier assets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan jumped 1.08 per cent, touching its highest level since July 24. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.36 per cent, and Seoul's Kospi added 1.43 per cent. In mainland China, blue chips were up 0.72 per cent, and Australian shares were 0.27 per cent higher. Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday.  In Europe, too, shares touched their highest level in nearly two years.  In commodities, oil prices eased as concerns over economic data offset trade deal optimism. Brent crude futures for January fell 16 cents to $61.53 a barrel, while December US crude futures was at $56.04 a barrel, down 16 cents.

Headlines of the day: >> Market ends flat, Sensex adds 36 pts, Nifty at 11,900;  >> Dish TV, ZEE Entertainment jumps up to 29% >> Maruti Suzuki sales grows 4.5% in October; key segments report growth; &  >> Oct GST collections remain subdued at Rs 95,380 cr despite festive season The news in detail: Benchmark indices ended Friday's volatile session on a flat note with positive bias. Buying in select hevyweights such as HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, ITC and Axis Bank  helped indices end in the green. The S&P BSE Sensex added 36 points or 0.09 per cent to settle at 40,165 levels. During the day, the index hit a high and low of 40,283 and 40,014, respectively. IndusInd Bank (up 5 per cent) emerged as the top gainer on the index and YES Bank (down over 6 per cent) the worst performer.  Out of 30 constituents, 15 ended in the green and rest 15 in the red.  In the broader market, both midcaps and small-caps outperformed the benchmarks. The S&P BSE MidCap index ended at 14,891, up 26 points or 0.18 per cent while S&P BSE SmallCap index gained 43 points or 0.32 per cent at 13,601.  Market breadth was tilted in favour of buyers as out of 2,767 companies traded on the BSE, 1,423 advanced and 1,172 declined while 171 remained unchanged.  On the NSE, the broader Nifty50 index ended at 11,899.50, up 22 points or 0.19 per cent.   On a weekly basis, Sensex gained 2.83 per cent while Nifty added 2.72 per cent. Sectorally, barring auto and IT stocks, all the sectoral indices on the NSE ended in the green. Media stocks jumped the most with the Nifty Media jumping nearly 8 per cent to 1,923.15 levels.  Volatility index India VIX declined 4 per cent to 15.62 levels.  Buzzing stocks: Dish TV and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) rallied up to 29 per cent on the BSE. According to a report by CNBC-TV18, the company has asked the lenders to put shares in an escrow account.  Thursday's terrific performer YES Bank today declined over 6 per cent to settle at Rs 66.60 apiece on the BSE ahead of its September quarter results. IndusInd Bank ended 5 per cent higher at Rs 1,379.45 on the BSE after the bank announced selection of a potential successor to Ramesh Sobti, the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO). It, however, did not name the successor. Sobti's tenure will end in March 2020, when he turns 70. Shares of Cochin Shipyard hit a 52-week high of Rs 412, up 6 per cent on the BSE after the company won contract worth Rs 3,000 crore. At close, the stock at Rs 409.50 apiece on the BSE, up over 5 per cent. On the downside, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) shares slipped as much as 4.42 per cent to Rs 140.30 apiece on the BSE after the company reported 83 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in profit before tax (PBT) at Rs 814.48 crore for the quarter ending September, owing to higher inventory losses and a decline in refinery margin. It had recorded Rs 4,805.74 crore PBT during the same period last year. The stock ended at Rs 142.65 apiece on the BSE, up around 3 per cent.  Global markets: Asian shares scaled three-month highs on Friday as a surprise bounce in Chinese manufacturing activity eclipsed doubts raised by a news report over whether the United States and China can reach a long-term trade deal. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.65 per cent and Seoul's Kospi rose 0.77 per cent. The Nikkei underperformed, ending the day down 0.33 per cent. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan reversed early losses to touch fresh three-month highs, and was last up 0.4 per cent.  Oil prices were little changed but set for a slide of about 4 per cent on the week hurt by rising global supply and concerns about future demand.

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This episode of Reporters Without Orders features Cherry Agarwal, Business Standard's Somesh Jha, Newslaundry's Head of Research Ayush Tiwari and Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about the NSSO employment-unemployment report, Harvest TV and its birthing troubles, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)'s new regulations and more.Somesh speaks about NITI Aayog's comments on the NSSO report. He says, “The fact that he says it was a draft report, is misleading, because the NSE member who had resigned, they are on record saying that the report was finalised by them and it was approved for release in the public domain. So clearly, it was not the draft report.”The panel discusses TRAI's new framework for Cable TV and DTH operators. Gaurav says, “Now, instead of buying entire package deals, you can opt to pay for single channels.” He adds, “In spite of this change in mechanism, there has been a lot of pushback from viewers themselves who have been calling Dish TV or DEN and saying ‘hey, I don't know how to figure this out.'”The discussion then moves to the story behind Harvest TV's license. Ayush explains why the past owner of Harvest TV cannot sue the showrunners of the new Harvest TV. He says, “He is not the richest guy in the world, as opposed to Veecon media based in Delhi, as opposed to Barkha, Karan, Kabil Sibal based in Delhi. These guys are from Trivandrum, they run a Christian platform. Most of their revenue comes from the Pentecostal Church of Kerala to which they sold their prime-time slots. ” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features Cherry Agarwal, Business Standard’s Somesh Jha, Newslaundry's Head of Research Ayush Tiwari and Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about the NSSO employment-unemployment report, Harvest TV and its birthing troubles, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s new regulations and more.Somesh speaks about NITI Aayog's comments on the NSSO report. He says, “The fact that he says it was a draft report, is misleading, because the NSE member who had resigned, they are on record saying that the report was finalised by them and it was approved for release in the public domain. So clearly, it was not the draft report.”The panel discusses TRAI's new framework for Cable TV and DTH operators. Gaurav says, “Now, instead of buying entire package deals, you can opt to pay for single channels.” He adds, “In spite of this change in mechanism, there has been a lot of pushback from viewers themselves who have been calling Dish TV or DEN and saying ‘hey, I don’t know how to figure this out.’”The discussion then moves to the story behind Harvest TV’s license. Ayush explains why the past owner of Harvest TV cannot sue the showrunners of the new Harvest TV. He says, “He is not the richest guy in the world, as opposed to Veecon media based in Delhi, as opposed to Barkha, Karan, Kabil Sibal based in Delhi. These guys are from Trivandrum, they run a Christian platform. Most of their revenue comes from the Pentecostal Church of Kerala to which they sold their prime-time slots. ” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we catch up with the President & CEO of the company who won the 2018 Frost & Sullivan Global Content Protection Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award, where we talk about DRM and its ever-changing role in the video industry. Mark Donnigan: 00:00 This episode on DRM was so meaty, that we decided to jump right into a nine minute segment of Dror talking with Christopher Levy, who is President and CEO of BuyDRM, about how DRM technology fragmentation came to be, and the strategies behind DRM as a platform lock in. After this extended clip, we resumed the rest of the interview. You will definitely want to keep listening. Here's Dror and Christopher Levy. Dror Gill: 00:35 This is really an interesting trend you're talking about. On one hand, you have these silos, and the silos include the software platforms, the hardware devices, the content, and the DRM mechanism, which is made by a certain, by a specific company. Now, some of these companies have interest only in parts of this type of ecosystem. For example, Samsung have devices, they have a software platform, they don't have their own DRM, and they don't have much content of their own. So, now this collaboration with Apple is bringing more content, a lot more content, to Samsung devices, and bringing a lot more devices to Apple's content. We all know, all of you know, the rumors about Apple expanding their content service to be much wider than it is today, so it really makes sense. Dror Gill: 01:37 The topic you raise of which DRM will be used to enable this collaboration or cross-streaming of content between platform is really a very interesting issue. Another point you mentioned, which, you know, I can really resonate with, is the fact that standardization has happened across the video ecosystem in things, in components such as codex, packaging, controller mechanisms, manifests, things like that. And, DRM, although there have been attempts to standardize DRM, there has always been some internal component of that DRM that remained proprietary. That remained part of a closed, in siloed ecosystem such as PlayReady and Widevine, and this always struck me as kind of odd that everything else is standardized, and even the you know, mechanisms of exchanging keys in DRM's are defining DRM protocols. Dror Gill: 03:08 Everything is standardized but finally, the key. Those very large companies do not want to give up the key. The key is what they control, and it is the key of opening the content, but also the key to the whole ecosystem, and platform which enables their own platforms to grow. Dror Gill: 03:31 My question is, and referring to the fact that you also said that more and more layers or components of DRM are being standardized. Do you see somewhere in our near future that finally this content protection component will also be fully standardized, and in the same way that we're now having the harmonization of HLS and DASH with CMF, have harmonization of different DRM systems, and no single company would control those, this key to the industry? Christopher Levy: 04:10 You make a really good point that, you know, in essence DRM and Codec have had similar kind of evolutions over time. If you look specifically at the DRM industry, and not to make a short story long, but to kind of paint a picture of why we're at, where we're at, you've got an odd mix of singularities that it would seem would leave almost no possibility that there would be a marketplace for DRM where their companies would have to pay for it, or that companies would continue to invest in it. Christopher Levy: 04:46 I mean, if you fall way back to the beginning of the invention of DRM per se, as we know it, you fall way back to a meeting between Intertrust and Microsoft in, I think late 1999, where they agreed they were going to collaborate on some stuff. But then, at some point when Reciprocal launched, and decided that they were gonna partner close with Microsoft, Intertrust made an offer to Microsoft." Hey, give us two hundred and fifty million dollars, and license our technology," and a certain gentleman at Microsoft made the decision with his team to say, no. Only to later than lose a multi-billion dollar lawsuit to Intertrust, and Bill Gates wrote them a check that later allowed them then to go pursue every single company in the world that uses DRM. And so now, you've got Intertrust, who has a DRM, Marlin, that nobody uses in the U.S., only uses it in China, but Intertrust doesn't have a browser or an operating system. But, they own all the intellectual property around DRM, and so Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Sony, anyone in the world who touches DRM has had to take a license from Intertrust. Christopher Levy: 06:00 But, then Intertrust, wasn't able to be successful with their own DRM technology, because, as I mentioned, they're locked out when it comes to having a browser or an operating system. So, they actually have somewhat abandoned Marlin, and moved to support Google, Apple, and Microsoft's DRM's. But then, you look at them and you say, "Okay, what would drive these companies to integrate such, so they an be interoperable?" Because that's kind of what we're talking about here, is how are Samsung and Apple gonna interop, but how is that gonna help everyone? Including HEVC, and what you find out is, that you know, DRM was clearly created. When I say created, when it was commercialized by Apple, Google, and Microsoft, it was obviously done on two kinda bifurcated paths. Christopher Levy: 06:46 One, to satisfy potential looming lawsuits related to record labels, and studios, and artists, and creators, and content owners, pointing a finger at these large companies, saying your technology platforms are massive piracy platforms. Secondly, it was done as a platform play, to get you to use the platform. I mean if we look back at PlayReady. PlayReady was a technology that was completely driven to lock you in to using Windows based technologies, and Microsoft based technologies. Christopher Levy: 07:16 Now, if you pull that out, if you pull Intertrust, and Microsoft completely out of the DRM discussion, and you just look at Apple and Google, who really are driving the entire industry now. They both have been using DRM to date, and on both those paths. To satisfy the lawyers, and to satisfy the lock in, and that is just where we're at, but, now the market has gotten so saturated. Christopher Levy: 07:42 Google has not been successful selling devices. The Google Chromebook is a disaster. The Google Pixel phones are not selling as well as Google would expect they would sell, as the inventor, and owner of Android. So, now you get down to, okay, DRM previously was a legal thing, it was a lock in thing, but now, what is it? And I think what we're starting to see come to light is, that with the movement of common encryption, by you know, different various parties, the movement towards CMAF, the movement away ASCTR encryption, that was designed in PlayReady, into CBC encryption, we're really close to having a CMF, CMAF file, that using common encryption would have decryptors for Fairplay, PlayReady, and Widevine. Christopher Levy: 08:37 So, we're getting very close to that. A deal like this, that Apple and Amazon have struck. It really could be the gas to the match. I sense that there's gonna be a push through here, the technology, Apple's Fairplay has gotten a lot of deployment experience now, so there's a big community contributing back to Apple. Christopher Levy: 08:57 Apple has a very small team, if you knew the number of people working a DRM in Google and Apple, you would be shocked, and yet, they're converging. And, I think the reason they're converging, is that, you know, the consumer in the end, is dictating what they want, and consumers have made it very clear they want, you know, Samsung smart TV's. They want Apple TV's. They want Android tablets. They want Apple IPhones. Christopher Levy: 09:24 I think both of them now, are gonna take a little play out of Steve Jobs DRM playbook, and probably find a way to cross pollinate their businesses, because Apple's not in the search business, you know. They try and interact in the home marketplace, but Google already owns the home, outside of Alexa. So, it's interesting, you know, to just clearly take one stab at it. I would say that we are headed towards complete inter op ability and that has a lot of benefits. Christopher Levy: 09:57 It benefits operators, in cost reductions. It benefits consumers, in less confusion and playback stops. But mostly, it's gonna give Google a shot at, you know, exposing their offering to Apple's audience and vice versa. Announcer: 10:15 The Video Insiders is the show that makes sense of all that is happening in the world of online video as seen through the eyes of a second generation Codec nerd, and a marketing guy who knows what Iframes and macro blocks are. Here are your hosts, Mark Donnigan, and Dror Gill. Mark Donnigan: 10:36 Let's rejoin the interview with Christopher Levy from BuyDRM. Christopher Levy: 10:41 To kind of just give a quick summary, the company is one of the dark horses of the content protection, and DRM business. We have a pretty well known brand as a company. We have extended our platform out pretty widely in the business. So we have a Multi-DRM platform called KeyOS, and we have a couple of different components of it. Christopher Levy: 11:03 We have the encryption tools, we have the licensing tools, and we have the player tools, and we're integrated with about fifty different encoder server player companies in the marketplace. We service some of the major brands that you might be familiar with, like BBC iplayer BBC sounds, Sony Crackle, Showtime OTT, Blizzard, Warner Brothers, and we do a lot of work that we're not really at the liberty to discuss. Christopher Levy: 11:30 But we do a lot of pre-release work as well. So, a lot of the focus in the business is on consumer media, but we also have a pretty significant business that's, you know, pre-release. So, Digital Daily, Screeners, Academy voters. We are very active in the Academy voter space. We currently host Apple Fairplay certificates for the five largest media companies in the world today. Some of which you're familiar with, I'm sure. Christopher Levy: 11:57 To kind of fast forward, the company is privately owned. We are profitable. We own the company, myself, and the Chairman, Ron Baker, is my partner in the business, and we have different development teams based around the world. We've got our core team in Riga, Latvia. We have a team in Moscow, and a couple of people in St. Petersburg, and then we also have some people in Paris that work on our Android and IOS SDK's and our CTO is in Vancouver, and the company and myself, and the sales marketing management teams are all based in Austin, Texas, and yeah. Christopher Levy: 12:34 Just to fast forward, we, late last year, for the first time ever, in the Frost and Sullivan Global Content Protection Report. This report is, you know, it's kind of a bigger picture report. It's kind of what they call content protection includes casts and DRM, so we are listed in the report with some of the heavy weights like you know NAGRA or Detto. But we were included in that report, and we ultimately were selected as the entrepreneurial company of the year for our variety of different business models. Christopher Levy: 13:07 You know, we pride ourselves on having a very strong core DRM platform. But, we also now license our technology, so we've expanded into India, and all over Europe. We have several large major gaming companies, media companies that now run our software in their own data center, in their own cloud. So, that kind of vision shift in the company, I think is what got us over the goal line with the award. Christopher Levy: 13:30 But, we're just you know, wrapping up one of our best years ever, if not our best year ever, last year. And, we're just kind of waiting to see all the different crazy announcements that come out of CES, you mentioned our team is there on site. But, I'm closely watching the announcements that Apple made about partnering with Samsung in LG, because it creates some very interesting possible synergies that all of us can benefit from. Mark Donnigan: 13:56 Definitely. We're tracking that very closely as well. I mean, let's start there. Christopher Levy: 14:03 Well, you know, the DRM industry at large is very interesting, because it has become a bit of the political third rail of digital media, as I'm sure you all know. At this point, each DRM technology is siloed into a global technology company. So, if you start left to right based on the kind of market, you know, availability of the product, you had Microsoft with PlayReady. PlayReady runs in IE and EDGE, and on Windows natively. You've got Google with Widevine that runs in Chrome, primarily on Windows and Android, but also runs in IOS. It's the one technology that runs on all three platforms, and you've got Apple's Apple Fairplay DRM, which really only works in Safari on MacOS, and Safari on IOS, and it works for tvOS. It will also work possibly on other products, we may find out here soon. Christopher Levy: 15:11 I have to be careful what I say, but to kind of track what's going on, you know this announcement that Apple made about being able to move their business offering over to other platforms, I think, was largely driven by the tipping point of the iPhone sales over the past couple of years. It's no secret that Apple's last couple of iPhone product lines have not sold that well, so that's created kind of a tipping point in the company where now, they're trying to figure out, okay, where do we go next? And clearly Apple has a massive media empire. Christopher Levy: 15:45 They're one of the first companies to ever have a license to just about every song, and movie, and TV show that consumers in America are familiar with. And, they obviously have a globally strong brand. But, because DRM has been a political silo, today, you know, iTunes doesn't appear on Android. It doesn't appear on Tizen. It's not on Ruku. It's not on Smart TV's. But, that is going to change, and the question is, how will it change? Christopher Levy: 16:13 And to kind of give an example, if you take a look at Roku, who has gone through a similar transition where they were a streaming puck company, they were a streaming stick company. Then, Amazon entered the streaming stick company, and entered with Amazon prime, and Roku then suddenly decides, now, it's a content company. But, it also wants to get eyeballs and users onto it's platform, regardless of the direction it's going, and so Roku had to go. To support YouTube, they had to work with Google to implement Widevine DRM on the Roku platform, which previously was a PlayReady, and Verimatrix platform, natively and solely, and so that model where Roku kind of stepped over the fence and implemented Google's DRM to get YouTube is an interesting example of maybe what's going on with Samsung. We don't totally know yet. What Samsung and LG are doing, and we have our feelers out, and of course, we've talked to Apple pretty extensively about it, because we have a very close relationship with Apple as one of their frontline partners in the industry. Christopher Levy: 17:18 But, I think it plays out one of two ways, and it is somewhat DRM dependent, and Codec dependent, because of the fact that Apple is either going to allow Samsung to distribute iTunes on their platform, or really Apple is gonna distribute, I say, because it's an open app marketplace. But, Apple has a decision to make, and it's, do they deploy it using WideVine, and reformat their application platform to use Widevine DRM instead of Fairplay, or does Samsung jump the shark and implement Fairplay? Christopher Levy: 17:54 Because at the core of all these DRM's, the encryption decryption components are almost identical. At this point, all three DRM's us AES one twenty in encryption. There are some various different tweaks there, with regards to, the encryption mode CBC, verses CBR, but we're starting to see some standardization. I'm sure you're familiar with, with around formats. I personally believe it could go either way, or it could go both ways, because if Samsung were to implement Fairplay on their newer platforms, that would create a whole new synergy between Samsung and Apple that, oddly enough, hasn't been destroyed by the multi-billion dollar IP lawsuits that have gone back and forth between the two of them as vendors and competitors. Christopher Levy: 18:40 But on the other hand, I could see, you know, Apple just wanting to push it out through Widevine, because if they got iTunes to work with Widevine, and I mean iTunes video is what I'm focused on, then the majority of the relatively, recently shipped Samsung TV's, more than likely, can all support iTunes. Which would be kind of cosmic shift in these siloed offerings that all fall back to DRM. Am I right? I mean, Apple's got iTunes on Fairplay. Google's got Google Play on Widevine. So, it's an interesting thing that's gonna happen. I am very curious myself. Mark Donnigan: 19:21 It does sound like really good news ultimately. It's interesting your observation about, you know, the platform lock in. I'm thinking back to when I was active in the DECE, which became the ultraviolet, you know, which, was really revolutionary at the time. Because, you know, back then, you consume content from a particular store, if that was Vudu, for example. You were locked into Vudu, right. You know if Vudu wasn't on a particular device, then I was also locked in to the devices I could watch it on. Mark Donnigan: 20:00 So,the consumer now is going to enjoy the benefit of this truly, any content, anywhere, on any device, at any time. You know, so, that's all very good things. You know Christopher, I was reading your blog and by the way, listeners should definitely go to the blog, why don't you tell them again, I just I don't recall the actual url. Tell them the address of your blog. Christopher Levy: 20:29 Yeah, it's really simple to remember it's: thedrmblog.com. Mark Donnigan: 20:35 That's it. Thedrmblog.com that's awesome. Yeah, kinda like thevideoinsiders.com, that's right. No, Christopher, I want to get your comment on, I think it's your latest post, where you're talking about HTML5, kind of the App-less approach, and you know, I appreciated the article. Mark Donnigan: 21:01 It was presenting a little bit of the pro's and the con's of, and I think you were doing it in the context of inflight entertainment. And, I know that people, if you're running a video service, if you're Amazon, if you're Netflix, you know, even if you're Vudu, Hulu, whatever, you know, they have to maintain up, hundred, you know, multiple hundreds of different player SDK's. You know, it's incredibly complex. So, the idea that you could perhaps, just scale that way back, and perhaps just go to an HTML5 app, is interesting. So, maybe you can share with the listeners, both, your thoughts, and the pro's and the con's, and give kind of a recap of that blog post. Christopher Levy: 21:48 You bet. And, I mean clearly, that obviously, is also effected by the evolution of Codec, and HEVC and others, but there's this trend, and the in-flight entertainment space is an interesting creature. I've spent the past two years researching this space because previously BuyDRM had a bunch of clients in the space, but they were through third parties. So, you know, we had a business with Lufthansa, Technology Solutions, where they were deploying our technology in Virgin Airlines, LL Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines. Christopher Levy: 22:24 They put the technology on Greyhound buses. Post Bus, which is the largest bus company in Germany, and we also have a little bit of business with companies like Global Eagle, and some others, and we started to look at, you know what's the opportunity for us to enter the space directly. Christopher Levy: 22:41 So, we started going, attending shows, and doing research, talking to people. So, the way that in-flight entertainment systems make it on airplanes is different than you might expect. The airline industry has about four conglomerates that all, kind of, control what you call, you know, in-flight experience. Now, the in- flight experience, you know, the video piece is what we're focused on, but it includes interiors. It includes catering. It includes environment. It includes wifi. It includes being green. Entertainment's one component of it, but it's locked in with all these other kind of aspects of the business, and so therefore, it's treated in a very, what I would say, in a very institutional manner. Christopher Levy: 23:19 To date, in-flight systems have been wired, and they're in your head rest, or it's a fold up screen if you're a business, and you're first class, it extends out a little booth you're in, and you're limited to watch videos that are in a dedicated platform that's hardwired on to the plane, and that was the experience. Christopher Levy: 23:38 Then, along came satellite. Then, along came in-flight wifi. And, IFEC, you know, in-flight entertainment. The connected version with wires, suddenly pivoted to in- flight entertainment overnight. Which means wireless, and then DRM became a big topic. But, what you started to see DRM really drive, was the issue of, do airlines want to maintain premium content apps for their clients so they can watch content? Or do they just want them to open their browser, and get on the wifi network, sign in, and then have access to all the content through a browser? Christopher Levy: 24:12 There's this trend in the business where a lot of companies have gone the direction of the browser, so like, if you get on a Southwest Airlines flight, you want to watch Dish TV live, you know, the implementation is there, on the plane. There's a dish receiver on the top of the plane that's got multiple different LMB's. Each channel is switchable. They got an encoder on the plane that takes the MPEG transport stream coming down over the dish, converts it, encrypts it, shoots it out of a server, on the plane to your browser. And that's easy, and it's fun. And it works, and it's especially effective for live TV. Christopher Levy: 24:47 Stepping away from that, when you start to talk about doing things that are more efficient, and I think where consumers are headed, which is downloads, offline playback, bring your own device, the browser kind of starts to die because it doesn't work offline well. It doesn't do downloads well, because each browser has a protected limited amount of storage on the device it's running for security reasons. And browsers, the implementation, most players in them are not that efficient, and so what you find is that the browser is quicker, it's faster, it's dirtier, it's cheaper, but it opens up the door for a bunch of fails on the consumer side. Which is, decreased battery life, forced to use streaming, which uses the wifi radio which is decreased battery life, increased overhead on the aircraft. Christopher Levy: 25:43 You don't get offline playback or download, so you can't download a stream and play it in a browser effectively offline. And lastly, consumers are very comfortable with their devices. Like, if I'm given the option of watching my ten point seven iPad pro with my bose qc thirty-five-two headphones, I'm gonna pick that every time over plugging some crappy, hand wiped headphones that hardly fit, that sound terrible, into a jack that's crackling, so I can watch a screen that has a four inch thick screen protector on it. Christopher Levy: 26:20 The airline industries are trying to figure out, okay, well what do we do, because we're not OTT operators, but how do we make clients happy? And so, they're caught in a dilemma right now. Now, you know, I see it going two ways. I frankly think the live TV will continue to be in the browser. Remember, DRM adds some overhead cause you gotta decrypt the content and add some CPU overhead therefore decrease battery life. Christopher Levy: 26:44 When you move to an app, I think apps are gonna be a lot more prevalent for VOD content and shifted viewing, and TV viewing. The last thing that's going on, that the airlines don't totally understand, and I've spent a lot of time trying to educate them about, and this is kind of a tangential issue, but I'm sure you can understand, is that every single passenger that's on an airplane, more than likely, and I said within a ninety percent or higher realm of operation, especially on International and business flights, have a Netflix, Itunes ,Google Play, Hulu account. And now, with DRM they can download all the movies and TV shows they want to their device, and just go on the plane, and have every blockbuster, every TV show, every highlight, every documentary, every podcast, that they want to. Access on their own device, and use it in their own way in their own time, in their own comfort. Christopher Levy: 27:42 So, that's kind of the big divide right now, is companies are trying to figure out, well, we can save time and money on not having to build IFE apps, and just go to the browser, but we lose a bunch of things that consumers might want. There's a couple of other things which are also driving that, and those are accessibility issues which I think, will drive a lot of companies be forced to maintain apps, and those accessibility issues. Christopher Levy: 28:03 Accessibility use on devices, you know, iPhone and Android have different functions for people that have disabilities or motor challenged, and aren't, you know, able to use the device the same way they would use an IFE platform where they gotta touch the screen in front of them, you know, reach up, and et cetera, et cetera. Christopher Levy: 28:24 Secondly is multi-track audio. Thirdly, is multi-language caption support. I think those are the three issues, are more gracefully handled within applications. Christopher Levy: 28:34 Lastly, I think applications are more likely to support advanced codecs, like HEVC, sooner. Because the applications are running on devices that are being modernized, updated, purchased more widely across a wider range of markets. And so, the people that design the player SDK's and apps, and the operating systems in the devices, are much more likely to embrace newer codecs like HEVC, then browser operators are. Because browsers update at a crawl. Christopher Levy: 29:09 So, I mean, Google is the fastest browser updater in the business. But then, if you look at Safari, and IE and Edge, it's like, you know, waiting for your Grandmother to mail your birthday present. You get it like, four months later. But you're happy you got it, so I think that's the last kind of hidden thing, is that you know, within premium apps on devices, in a bring your own device model there's a greater chance that you're gonna get higher quality content sooner with DRM than you would in a set top box, or in a seat back implementation. Mark Donnigan: 29:40 Yeah this is a really important discussion, I think for any of our listeners who are planning video services, and maybe, sort of haven't been able to do that next level of research and are thinking, "hey, you know, I can just appoint HTML five, it will reduce complexity, it will get me to market faster." Those are all true, but you have to know what you're also not gonna be able to deliver to your customer. Mark Donnigan: 30:07 One of the other things, that I didn't hear you say, maybe I missed it, but I know one hundred percent, you know to be true, is that content licensing in some cases prohibits for example, HD in a browser, or certain browsers or in certain configurations. So yeah, you may be able to deliver in to that browser, but you're limited to SD, you know? 480p or maybe 720p, but not 1080p, so you're not able to deliver even the full quality. Mark Donnigan: 30:41 Now, in-flight entertainment, the bandwidths are so low that you know, I think 1080p is not very common anyway, but the point is, is that those are even things that you have to think about. Christopher Levy: 30:53 Well, a researcher David McCannon, he's pretty famous, he's a young guy over in the UK who previously, was responsible for a pretty significant kind of white hat hack that started to turn ugly. He's a pretty brilliant guy. He published some stuff on Monday of last week that indicated that he had breached Widevine's level three DRM. Which is the lowest level of DRM, mostly used in the Chrome browser, now it appears that what he breached, wasn't exactly Google's technology, but a third party[inaudible 00:31:30] technology that Google was using to wrap up their content decryption module that sits inside Chrome. Christopher Levy: 31:37 But, it's a good example of where, devices, especially Android devices, you know, they have hardware in them that allows hardware assisted key management. So, they have a hardware manage black box that sits on the device that is basically impenetrable. And so, that's another benefit of using devices. Christopher Levy: 32:02 Apple has the same thing, so Fairplay on IOS, taps into a trusted computing module that's on the chip that's in the iPhone or iPad. Same thing with Android with Google's DRM, you can get level one Widevine playback for HD, and 4K content on the device and then you can cast that out to a much bigger screen if you want over Chromecast, or over Airplay for example. So that's, that's another example where, you know, apps are much more secure than play back in the browser. Christopher Levy: 32:34 So, what has to happen now is Google's gotta go modify, and what they're in the process of, from what I understand, of updating their content decryption module for Widevine and Chrome, so that their level three use, which is what most of the operators use, is safe. Christopher Levy: 32:51 But again, they're operating on a non-native platform to them. Windows, in the most cases. Widevine also runs in Chrome on, on, on MacOS, but in those browser models, browsers are sitting on top of operating systems that the operator doesn't always own, and so that's again another benefit to using Premium apps. Mark Donnigan: 33:15 This is an awesome lead in to a discussion about AV1, and DRM support. I don't know, have you had the chance to do some research around you know DRM support for AV1? Christopher Levy: 33:30 Yeah, I mean, we've been following it pretty closely. We are really closely aligned with some companies that are working pretty seriously on it, I mean. We're very aligned with Google, and Bitmovin, and Amazon and Intel, and some of the other people that are involved in it. Christopher Levy: 33:47 But again, the big question is, at what point does AV1 start to appear in content in browsers with DRM's? And I guess, the problem that we kinda have right now, is that that hasn't really happened, and they've done some kind of stuff playing around with Firefox, to play AV1 content. But really, it's gonna be up to, again, it's gonna be up to Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Right? Because they are the ones that own the DRM, and the browser, and so again, you've got a weird. It's not a simple economy of supply and demand, it's, there's this third, you know, Robby Botter's hidden hand that's influencing who is gonna implement what. Christopher Levy: 34:43 You've got HEVC, which is widely deployed, heavily proven in the marketplace. It's gone through some royalty and licensing politics that are pretty consistent that all codecs go through. I kinda wish sometime, the encoding business had the same oligarchy god that DRM has, where Intertrust can just licensed everybody and be done with it. Christopher Levy: 35:07 But, HEVC in comparison to AV1, in HEVC there are tons of documents on you know, Apple's developer page, Google's developer portal, Microsoft's developer portal. Showing how to use their DRM with HEVC on different platforms, and there are numerous, numerous gibset manufacturers as you well know, and which we provided you a list of, that support it. And also, its supported in a lot of the browsers already, if not all of them. Christopher Levy: 35:36 AV1, on the other hand, is kind of nowhere with any of that yet, but it seems to be, you know, a little less encumbered with the intellectual property issues. But frankly, I feel like as it gets closer to being deployed, and people start to really get their hooks in to it, we're probably going to see the same thing happen to AV1 that happened to HEVC. But, I think it's gonna happen before it ever gets widely deployed, in my opinion. Dror Gill: 36:06 You think, when you say the thing that's gonna happen are you referring to patent accusations or patent infringement? Christopher Levy: 36:21 Yeah, I try not to pick a side, because you know let's face it. If you picked our entire industry, the two most researched dollar intensive things are codecs and DRM. You could build a Codec, and at the end of spending millions, throw it in the trash, because it didn't scale. You could build a DRM, and in the end, because you weren't doing a freedom to operate analysis ahead of time, find out that you built a great technology, but it's never gonna see the light of day in the market because you are infringing on someone else's IP. Christopher Levy: 36:55 I think what's going on with HEVC is kind of normal, right? Like, all these companies invested in it. And clearly, they intend to see their return on the investment, and they're looking at what happened with H- two-sixty-four, the patent pull stuff, all the, the kind of facts that we all know that there's quite a few companies in the business that aren't reporting royalties properly, and have kind of jumped the shark there. Christopher Levy: 37:20 So, I think HEVC has a better chance than AV1, if I were to weigh the two. Just because, it's, you know, all the points I've mentioned; much further widely deployed, chip support, browser support, DRM support. AV1 doesn't have any of that, and it doesn't have the encumbrances of potential legal battles, yet. But, I don't know. What do you guys think is gonna happen, when it comes time to walk the aisle with AV1? Dror Gill: 37:46 Indeed, nobody is giving you identification against any patent lawsuits for AV1. The companies involved in developing the codec itself, have signed agreements that they will not switch other, or the users of AV1, but this doesn't mean that somebody else will not claim any IP rights on algorithms used in AV1. Dror Gill: 38:18 And, on the other hand, the conclusion that we reached is that, the fact, it is well know that AV1, right now, is much more computationally complex then HEVC. Right now, it's like a hundred times more complex, and even the people involved in AV1 development have told us that in the end, when everything is optimized, it will still be five to ten time more complex than HEVC. Dror Gill: 38:49 And, we think that one of the reasons for that is all of that side stepping of patents. All of these techniques, which to be efficient in terms of bitrate consumption, as HEVC, but cannot use the same tools, and therefore I have to go in very weird ways around those protected methods in order to achieve the same result. And this is part of the problem, and why it is so computationally complex. Dror Gill: 39:26 Recently, I've come up with yet another conspiracy theory after hearing that a lot of the decisions made, somebody wrote this in a blog post. A lot of the decisions that were made during the development of AV1 were driven by the hardware companies were members of the AOM. Christopher Levy: 39:47 I was just gonna say that, Dror, is that A. There's not free lunch whether it's physics, mathematics, which is you know, part of physics in technology, in relationships, in religion, and that doesn't surprise me. Christopher Levy: 40:02 But, what I was gonna point out, was Occam's razor says, "the simplest answer is more than likely, the answer," is correct. I would say, that is what's driving it, because let's face it, I mean, there's not a person working on it that doesn't benefit from that. I'm pretty sure that Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, all the other companies sell computing software, and technology and silicon, and intel, so I can't imagine why that wouldn't be the case. Christopher Levy: 40:32 But, you make a good point, that regardless of the fact that their trying to ignore the three laws of thermodynamics. I imagine they are, have a strategy for how they're going to sort that out, but the question is, will it really work? And, the only thing too, is if they don't adopt DRM into their message share pretty soon, and start showing examples of AV1 content with DRM, it's just gonna be another Ultraviolet. It's gonna be shiny. It's gonna sparkle. It's gonna have all the right looks and feels. It's got a cool logo. The stuff on the side is really cool, but will people use it, or is it just gonna be another augmented reality, virtual reality three-d, a year from now? Mark Donnigan: 41:14 You know, I sometimes find myself feeling a little agitated or sitting in a conference, and I'm listening to a panel, and I'm hearing either a panelist or even Mozilla, you know, saying, you know," it's coming, player support is coming. It's just months away. It's gonna be in the browser." And then they start, and I'm going, so, really? So, Sony pictures, and Warner Brothers is gonna allow you to play their movies inside a browser without DRM? Yeah. Let's see how that works. You know? Like? Then you've got up on the stage usually, or you hear speakers, and they're throwing off big service names, and Netflix is heavily behind AV1, so I am not naïve that Netflix is having these discussions, I'm sure. Mark Donnigan: 42:04 But the point is, that DRM is DRM. It has to be implemented. It has to, to work with the standards the content owners accept. But the fact that you don't hear DRM, it's sort of just... it's almost like, oh yeah, yeah. It's gonna be in the browser. It's gonna be supported. I'm like, that's just not how it works. It will come later. It's coming, don't worry about it.[inaudible 00:42:29] Christopher Levy: 42:28 I mean, nevermind the battle that was fought at the W3C by all the media companies just named, and a hundred more, along with Google, and Apple, and Microsoft to implement DRM in the browser, because they know that's where people want to view content on their computers, whether it be desktop or laptop. Christopher Levy: 42:46 But, they didn't do all the work, and engineering to get MSC and CDM's working to just all of the sudden, say, "see we're gonna throw it out the window because there's this new Codec in town." Mark Donnigan: 43:00 Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So, wow. Well, I'm looking at our time here. This has been an amazing discussion Christopher, and we absolutely, need to have you back because we didn't get to talk about players, and I know you guys are active, and I know also in the player development. So, I think, Dror, what do you think? I think a part two should be players. Dror Gill: 43:24 You know, Mark, Christopher did make this analogy between Codecs and DRM in one of the first episodes we told. Like the story of the Codecs, how they've been developed and DRM is also really a fascinating story, and even more because it's beyond standards that spam dozens of companies. It's really a few companies holding the power, holding the key, and that's also the DRM key. In the whole industry, and how it's gonna develop in the future I think would be really interesting to see whether we are going for true standards, finally, and a much easier life for consumers to play their content anywhere, or do we still have few years of struggling? So, really, thank you very much, Christopher. Mark Donnigan: 44:16 Christopher, your website is Buydrm.com, correct? Christopher Levy: 44:23 That's correct, and the blog is thedrmblog.com and once you guys get this podcast up and done, we'll go ahead and feature it on the blog, and I just wanted to quickly mention that in the next couple of days, we're gonna have a new blog post come out about deploying secure SDK's. And, we tackle a lot of the issues we talked about here in a generalist way. We do talk about our own SDK players, but I'll notify you when that blog is up. I think your readers will find it interesting. Christopher Levy: 44:53 We're also have an HEVC update on our blog, but after today once you post the final edited blog, then we'll go ahead and roll out our update that I provided you with regards to kinda where the market's at as well. Mark Donnigan: 45:09 Awesome. Awesome. Sounds good. Okay, well, we want to thank you again for listening to this incredibly engaging episode of the video insiders and until next time, what do we say Dror? Encode on? Is that our new..? Dror Gill: 45:29 Encode on! Encode happily! Mark Donnigan: 45:30 Encode happily, we've got to come up with something. Dror Gill: 45:32 Yeah, we need to invent something like, you can never compress too much. Mark Donnigan: 45:36 That's right, you can never compress too much, but you must preserve all the original quality. Alright, have a great day everyone. Thank you for listening. Christopher Levy: 45:45 Thank you Announcer: 45:47 Thank you for listening to the Video Insiders podcast. A production of Beamer limited. To begin using Beamer's Codecs today, go to Beamer.com/free to receive up to one hundred hours of no cost HEVC and H.264 transcoding every month.

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