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Headlines in the month of May

*	Colors to telecast 12th Indian Telly Awards on 25 May at 9 pm
*	Zee News & DNA: Merger on the cards?
*	David Janollari in first-look development deal with NBC Entertainment
*	CNN’s Piers Morgan to pen book on career
(24 May 2013 )
*	West Bengal's plan to take over defunct TV channels may face central ire
*	Ford to shut all production in Australia by 2016
*	Facebook, Google asked by Delhi high court to keep a check on under age users
*	Delhi police chief has stated more IPL players will be probed
(23 May 2013 )
*	Zee Entertainment notches up stellar results in FY 2013
*	Viacom study reveals how social media impact TV consumption
*	Six bags rights for Uefa Euro 2016
*	Press Club to present Lifetime Achievement Awards to Kuldip Nayar, N Ram
*	Zee Learn raises $20 million through GDRs
*	ICC appoints Opta as its official data provider
*	PIL seeking govt takeover of BCCI, IPL filed in Madras HC
*	BBC World Service looks at 'The Truth About Mental Health' from 31 May
*	Disney, LucasFilm announce 'Star Wars' TV show
*	Deborah Turness is NBC News president
*	Tony Lai is Singapore's MediaCorp MD Experiences, Outreach
*	'River Monsters' returns to Animal Planet on 27 May
(22 May 2013 )
*	Sahara withdraws from the IPL; not to renew India cricket sponsorship
*	Nautanki Films & Life Ok target 9 pm slot with Do Dil Ek Jaan
*	SC refuses to stay IPL; gives a 15 day deadline for BCCI's investigation
*	Complaint against BCCI for use of word 'India' without proper sanction
(21 May 2013 )
*	First Take: News Nation
*	BBC Worldwide announces a new show 'Really Cool Stuff'
*	PIL filed in SC seeks stay on IPL
*	Sky wins Guardian Sustainable Business Award
*	Jennifer Lopez is NUVOtv chief creative officer
(20 May 2013 )
*	Media houses to make revision in norms for media ownership
*	Trai may issue consultation paper on TV channel aggregators
*	Radiocaster ENIL reports fab FY 2013 results
*	Big Magic strengthens fiction line-up with two new shows
*	Asian Television Awards invite entries from Asian countries
*	US Open Tennis Grand Slam moves from CBS to ESPN in the US
*	Badminton World Federation in four year deal with IMG
*	CBS unveils eight new shows; renews 20 at upfront
(18 May 2013 )
*	Peter Hutton leaves ESS; to join MP & Silva
*	Sun TV group shows brighter results for FY 2013; announces ad rate hike
*	Zee TV forays into peep-show TV with Connected Hum Tum
*	Warner Bros realign Television, Home Entertainment ops
*	RTL's Group's operating profit up by 8.4 per cent
*	BBC secures live radio commentary rights for 2013/2014 Ashes in Australia
*	AETN to launch two channels in Southeast Asia
*	Star boosts English portfolio with Star Movies Action launch on 2 June
(17 May 2013 )
*	BCCI suspends three Rajasthan Royals players for spot fixing
*	Renowned Pakistani comic-duo Irfan Malik and Ali Hassan to act in Indian series on Doordarshan
*	Epic TV to experiment with long and short duration content
*	Movies OK says it did not go off air
*	Big CBS Love to air American Idol's grand finale live in India
*	What the media & govt ecosystem is doing on potrayal of women in advertising
(16 May 2013 )
*	India returns to the Olympics fold
*	Why Pogo and CN got a ratings spike in TAM week 18
*	Movies OK faced 24-hour closure for telecast of adult film earlier this month
*	I&B Ministry launches multi-media campaign prepared by DAVP on flagship schemes
*	Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb pushing for Sony spin off
*	Sky Sports bags rights for Uefa Euro 2016, Fifa 2018 WC Qualifiers
*	Fox to spend more on content
*	BBC to make a comedy film on Shakespeare
*	Former Walt Disney India head Mahesh Samat opens up about Epic TV
*	Discovery looks at hidden infrastructures of cities
*	Casbaa to hold forum on Thailand's TV industry
*	Marvel's foray into television drives ABC's upfront
(15 May 2013 )
*	DD News and Samachar beat pvt news channels: Prasar Bharati CEO Jawahar Sircar
*	Ganesh Jain gets chairman's post at IMI, PPL
*	Vidyut Patra joins Times Center for Learning
*	News channels can air 5.5 minutes of Champions Trophy footage a day
*	Zee News renamed to Zee Media
*	AIB launches ninth annual awards edition
*	Discovery Kids to showcase Tintin movies
*	Ajay Chacko takes over as Network18 COO
(14 May 2013 )
*	Network18 Media on a turnaround trail
*	Hindustan Media publishes pleasing Q4 2013 results
*	Reliance MediaWorks continues to bleed
*	DD Kendra in Jagdalpur district of Chattisgarh attacked by suspected Maoists
*	CNN could take three years to beat Fox News: Zucker
*	US Senator John McCain introduces cable TV legislation
*	A+E NetworksI TV18 elevates Sangeetha Aiyer to VP & head marketing
*	Linda Yueh to make on-air debut on BBC World News today
*	Reasons for under-utilisation of funds by I&B Ministry unacceptable: Parliamentary Committee
(13 May 2013 )
*	Veteran votary of women’s television Jai Chandiram loses battle with cancer
*	Sony turns profitable after five years
*	115.6 million TV homes in the US
*	Nick announces first 'SpongeBob SquarePants' global film competition
*	Levine, Feldstein in development deal with NBC
*	BBC Worldwide re-jigs senior team for Australia, New Zealand
*	AIFF extends deadline for submitting bids for new i-league teams to 15 May
*	CNN ties up with Robert Redford for doc series on Chicago
*	CBS renews 'Criminal Minds'
(11 May 2013 )
*	FIAPF to focus on copyright issues relating to the visually impaired
*	Disney 2Q profit jumps by 32 per cent
*	Film, TV drives News Corp's 3Q revenue growth by 14 per cent
*	Sab brings back Lapataganj with its second season
*	Big Magic ropes in actors Varun Badola & Rajeshwari Sachdev
*	Intl networks boost growth in Discovery 1Q revenues, net income
(10 May 2013 )
*	Court rejects PIL seeking to stay telecast of Race 2 on Zee TV
*	Big CBS Love to air best episodes of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' from 10 May
*	Caribbean Premier League engages IMG
*	Asianet to air grand finale of Mylanchi season 2 on May 19
*	BBC Worldwide Asia executive VP, GM Joyce Yeung names her senior team
(9 May 2013 )
*	Saban Capital group eyes investments in Indian media
*	Adam Bonnett promoted as Disney channel worldwide EVP original programming
*	Virgin Media appoints News Corp's Tom Mockridge as CEO
*	Roger Mosey is BBC editorial director
(8 May 2013 )
*	Recruitment in media, advertising, entertainment witnesses increase in April 2013
*	News TV industry opposes parliamentary committee recommendation to muzzle media
*	BSkyB executive and father-of-four killed in speedboat misfortune
*	Coke Studio@MTV returns, to launch a pre event talent hunt gig
*	ETV Bangla ropes in Mithun Chakraborty as host for Bigg Boss
*	History TV18 elevates Sudheer K G to VP & head programming
*	IBN Network launches special shows tracking Karnataka Polls
*	Revamp Press Council or set up statutory body to check paid news: Parliamentary Committee
*	Another TV executive bites the TV producer bullet
(7 May 2013 )
*	Discovery Channel to air Body Bizarre
*	Media freedom faces greatest challenge since the Cold War
*	Premiere telecasts of award-winning films to get Rs 2.5 million on Doordarshan
*	Ken Ehrlich is 65th Primetime Emmy Awards executive producer
(6 May 2013 )
*	Nab opens 2013 Marconi Radio Awards nomination window
*	AMC, Scott Free Productions in first look deal
*	HBO US renews 'Veep' for a third season
*	Time Warner 1Q revenues flat; operating income up by seven per cent
*	Sky reports adjusted operating profit of £994 mn
(4 May 2013 )
*	Comedy Central's laughter riot
*	Cintaa elections '13: Johnny Lever romps home, Rakhi Sawant second
*	TLC to air Extraordinary Moms on Mother's Day
*	Sky creates 550 new UK jobs
*	Obama nominates Tom Wheeler as next FCC chairman
*	CBS' quarterly revenues cross $4 bn for the first time since split
(3 May 2013 )
*	Comcast 1Q revenues up; NBCUniversal's down
*	BBC lines up live streams from 17 locations for coverage of Commonwealth Games
*	FremantleMedia Intl to give 'Lawrence of Arabia' the small screen treatment
*	Film negatively impacts Viacom's 2Q results
(2 May 2013 )
*	Mahuaa faced 24-hour closure for telecast of adult films earlier this week
*	Pix strengthens library with MGM content deal
*	DD Urdu continues to utilise allocated amounts, DD Kashir slow on expenditure
*	Animal Planet to air special on Mother's Day
*	Jai Maharashtra goes live on Maharashtra Day
(1 May 2013 )

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