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* Reliance Broadcast raises Rs 2.83 bn via preferential allotment
* MGM okays Spyglass restructuring plans
* Chad Hurley to quit as YouTube CEO, stay on as adviser
* Fox renews carriage deal with Dish
* IBN Lokmat revenue stagnates, net loss widens
* Merlin commissioned for a fourth season by BBC
* BBC Worldwide Channels boosts India team
* Sara Geater is TalkbackThames CEO
( 30 Oct 2010 )
* IndusInd Media board approves Rs 5 bn fund-raising plan
* Rajasthan Royals HC case postponed till 15 November
* SES Astra announces RTL2 launch in HD
* Nat Geo ties up with the Indian Army for new 'Mission' property
( 29 Oct 2010 )
* Sun TV Q2 net up 28% to Rs 1.67 bn
* Zeel Q2 net at Rs 1.26 bn on revenue of Rs 7.12 bn
* Neo Cricket in deal with US cable major Comcast
* Big TV to offer iConcerts on SVoD service
* IT raids offices linked to CWG projects
* ET Now elevates Sridharan to executive editor
* Times TV Network set to launch Movies Now
* Suvarna to run 14-hour reality show marathon on 31 October
* Videocon d2h crosses 2 mn subscribers
* Sony CEO Howard Stringer to be honoured at 2011 Consumer Electronics Show
* GlobeCast’s 'Digital Ecosystem' is spreading in Asia
* Pay-TV revenue to touch $30 bn in Asia: Casbaa
* Zee Cafe to start 'Dancing On Ice' from 30 October
* Fox rejects Cablevision offer, blackout continues
( 28 Oct 2010 )
* Maa TV to air 10 UTV blockbusters in Telugu
* Zee News Ltd Q2 net at Rs 2.2 mn on revenue of Rs 615.9 mn
* CEOs bullish about pay-TV industry: Casbaa
* Big CBS to launch in phases; Prime to start in November
* Yahoo! launches Yahoo! Mail Beta
* Sab extends primetime programming to Fridays
* Animax to be available in Thailand on Truevisions service
* Vivek Law to join Bloomberg UTV as editor
* MTV launches youth insights portal MTV Play.in
* Tiger Gate enhances reach in Hong Kong for Kix, Thrill
* Rajasthan Royals case adjourned till 29 October
* SC adjourns Lalit Modi case till 11 November
* IPL: Kochi gets 30 days reprieve to get act together
* NDS appoints Jayant Changrani to head India operations
* Mahuaa TV ropes in Star executive for CEO post
* CAG handed over files of Prasar Bharati-SIS LIVE deal
* DQE in deal with Israeli firm for home video of Jungle Book
* Venky's set to buy EPL club Blackburn for £46 mn
( 27 Oct 2010 )
* Big CBS signs carriage deal with Digicable
* IBN18 narrows standalone net loss to Rs 170 million
* TV18 Q2 standalone net at Rs 90 mn, revenue up 5%
* Viacom18 Q2 net at Rs 140 mn, revenue up 36%
* Dish TV plans to raise $200 mn via equity
* Zee TV announces 4th season of Dance India Dance
* Disney Channel partners Apalya TV to provide content on mobile networks
* Star World kicks off 'Royal Pains' on 30 October
* Ozone Media sets up vertical for branding
* Govt defines terms of reference of CWG committee
( 26 Oct 2010 )
* 9XM enters social gaming arena with Bade and Chote
* I&B Ministry approved broadcast deal with SIS: Lalli
* Al Jazeera waits for govt nod for launch in India
* Enforcement Directorate's notice improper: Modi
* Times Group channels launch in Africa
* Nat Geo's Steve Burns to debate on science and factual content
* PBS announces new apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
* BBC unveils integrated multiplatform structure
* Rajasthan Royals moves court against BCCI for contract termination
* CBS gives full season orders for new shows
( 25 Oct 2010 )
* Carriage market to stay buoyant
* Shareholding issue still to be resolved: Gaikwad
* NAT GEO to put revenues into global green mission
* Paramount Digital Entertainment signs first-look deal with Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films
* Celestial Pictures in output deal with Emperor Motion Pictures
* BBC One to launch in HD on 3 November
* UK govt should reward risk taking: Murdoch
* HBO to stay 'Hung' from 31 October
* Dainik Bhaskar Q2 net up 25% to Rs 551 mn on ad revenue growth
* Tips Q2 net down 51% to Rs 22 mn
* BSkyB touches 10 mn subscriber mark
* FCC asks Fox and Cablevision to engage in positive negotiations
* Star Pravah launches new primetime property
( 23 Oct 2010 )
* Sameer Manchanda quits IBN18 as joint MD
* Spice Digital ties up with Reliance and Radio Mirchi
* CWG: Prasar Bharati clarifies stance on deal with UK firm
* Colors gets HC relief for Bigg Boss
* Google launches music service in India to combat piracy
* DeGeneres extends relationship with Warner Bros TV
* Ralph Rivers is BBC director, digital media
* UTStarcom acquires 75% in Stage Smart for $30 mn
* Sahara appoints Atul Saraf's firm to distribute entertainment channels
* NDS, Conax aim to expand biz in India
( 22 Oct 2010 )
* Hungama partners Imade for UGC in casual games
* Vijay TV to air 16 episodes on Yuvan Shankar Raja
* SC asks BCCI, Modi to work out compromise
* Vivitek introduces D5 series of digital projectors in India
* BBC to launch HD Sound for radio
* Ofcom not to open an investigation into Project Canvas
* Fashion One expands HD in Asia on Measat-3
* Pix to air 'The Hurt Locker' on 30 October
* Karan Thapar to analyse role of media on CNN-IBN
* Zee Cafe to air Miss World on 30 October
* Airtel digital TV launches mobile service for vehicles
( 21 Oct 2010 )
* IPL: Kochi owners reply to BCCI's showcause notice
* Isro plans satellite launches to boost transponder space
* Rajasthan Royals seeks BCCI meeting, claims Rs 400 mn in dues
* Vh1 kicks off seven shows
* CWG: Govt confiscates Emaar-MGF's Rs 1.83 bn bank guarantee
* M.A.D. back on Pogo from 24 October
* Big TV offers free connection with Beetel instruments
* Obama to appear on Discovery's 'Mythbusters'
* Scat to focus on digitisation, conditional access systems
* DQE's Peter Pan off to Israel
* Big Animation to co-produce Shaktimaan
( 20 Oct 2010 )
* Content providers have to find ways to re-sell product
* Industry concerned over govt's intent on digitization
* Value added services will drive digitisation on TV
* Pizza Hut appoints Hungama as their social media agency
* Strategic investors eye scale in Indian cable TV firms
* BBC cuts senior managers pay by 12.2%
* CPB, PBS to receive $72 million grant
* WB celebrates Diwali with illusions, love, comedy
* ABC's 'Skating With the Stars' to begin next month
* Next 5 years crucial for digitisation in India: Sarma
( 19 Oct 2010 )
* Anil Uniyal is CNBC-TV18 and Awaaz CEO
* Industry gears up for sixth India Digital Networks Summit
* NBC Universal Q3 operating profit down 15% to $625 mn
* Endemol, Hulk Hogan sign online gaming deal
* Lionsgate, Hulu, Microsoft, Google hit the Casbaa trail
* BBC in cost-cutting mode, trims executive board
* Kings XI Punjab CEO Anil Srivatsa quits
* Garg to represent Asia on ITU Radio Regulation Board
( 18 Oct 2010 )
* Animal Planet to air Michael Jackson and Bubbles on 31 October
* Lifeis begins operations in India
* 2011 Banff World TV Festival calls for entries
* BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle acquire content
* CBeebies to air content from DHX Media
* Cartoon Network bags global rights to 'How to Train Your Dragon' TV show
* BSkyB approaches Ofcom against launch of YouView TV
* BCCL names strategic investment biz as Brand Capital
* Govt aims to align Indian Copyright Laws with global standards
* AT&T launches U-verse TV on Xbox
* Vodafone Essar selects Nokia Siemens to provide 3G
( 16 Oct 2010 )
* Colors clarifies to Shiv Sena, channel back on air
* 'Doctor Who' to film in US for the first time
* MediaGuru assists relaunch of The Independent in Dhaka
* TPG, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts approach Seagate for buyout
* ED making it tougher for Modi
* Eros in Rs 640 mn movie syndication deal with Zee
( 15 Oct 2010 )
* UTV Q2 net up 384% at Rs 402 mn
* Sea TV surges 6% over IPO price on debut day
* Zoom to launch three new shows
* Disney channel to show Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam on Dussehra weekend
* Suvarana to launch mega soap Beedige Biddavaru
* Network18-AETN JV appoints Ajay Chacko as president
* Kevin Crull is CTVglobemedia COO from January
* BBC Worldwide in deal with Australia's 7TWO
* AOL mulls buying out Yahoo!
* New season of 'American Chopper' kicks off on Discovery Turbo on 29 October
* Rajiv Takru assumes charge as additional secretary I&B
* ICC for measures to clean up Pakistani cricket
( 14 Oct 2010 )
* Reliance Communications to live stream ICC World Cup
* ICC approves creation of a Test League
* Gujarat High Court asks Tata Sky to deposit entertainment tax with state govt
* Star to premier MasterChef online on 14 October
* Cable ops switch off Colors in Mumbai
* BECIL presents dividend cheque to Ambika Soni
* Videocon D2H to show UTV movies on VoD platform
* BCCI lodges criminal complaint against Lalit Modi
* Nat Geo speaks Bengali from 3 November
* Vijay TV to launch new game show on 16 October
* Big CBS prices 3 channels at Rs 21
* Icahn nod for Lions Gate merger with MGM
* Mark Byford to quit BBC after 32 years
* ICC Global Cricket Academy opens in Dubai
( 13 Oct 2010 )
* DQE in co-production deal with MoonScoop for Casper's Scare School
* Tikona Digital launches first digital campaign
* Tata Sky has invested Rs 35 billion in DTH venture
* Discovery to present 'Worst Case Scenario' from 18 October
* Entries open for Big IMA Awards 2010
* Encore chooses Robosoft for distribution of Mac Games, Apps
* MTV launches 3 multi-platform properties
* Zee TV to put up fresh show at 7 pm from 25 October
( 12 Oct 2010 )
* Neo Sports Broadcast FY'10 revenue at Rs 4 bn
* The IPL economy may take a hit
* Tata Sky launches TruChoice packages
* DD apologizes to Malawi for 'derogatory' remark by commentator
* Adarsh Gupta to head Saregama's music biz
* Excel releases DVDs of SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer
* India's adoption of digital ways higher than the US: TNS
* Asiasat, ILS announce Proton launch of Asiasat 7
* Nitin Vaidya quits Zee
* Tips ropes in Sahas Malhotra as biz head for music
* AXN to kick off lifestyle show on 13 October
* IPL: Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab get the boot
( 11 Oct 2010 )
* What's On India gets govt nod for foreign investment of Rs 22.4 mn
* Prakash Jha ventures into TV serial production
* BBC Knowledge loads up factual content
* GlobeCast invests in MPEG4 solution for HD delivery of EPL
* Zee Café to 'Flash Forward' at 10 pm on 11 October
* Airtel digital TV offers Commonwealth Games live update on iSports app
* Warner Bros in output deal with TV4
* Singapore pay-TV regulations won’t work: Casbaa
( 9 Oct 2010 )
* Rajeev Takru appointed additional secretary in I&B Ministry
* BBC director Thompson warns against Murdoch’s plan to gobble up BSkyB
* Network18 to honour new generation of Indian leaders
* NewsX to launch weekly auto show 'Living Cars'
* Samsung targets 40% growth during festival period
( 8 Oct 2010 )
* Star Ananda to air Spanish European Cup qualifiers
* DTH ops launch price war on STBs
* Manhattan Communications appoints Rajesh Misra as COO for BTL biz
* Netflix strikes 28-day release window pact with Sony
* Comcast inks licensing deals in Asia Pacific
* BBC Worldwide relaunches its channel websites
* 15 countries competing at the 38th Emmy Awards
* Star World to plot crime drama at 10 pm from 12 October
* GlobeCast acquires HD playout facility in Singapore
* Boston Red Sox set to buy Liverpool Club for £ 300 mn
( 7 Oct 2010 )
* Ayodhya verdict: Aaj Tak leads the pack
* Star Gold launches in the US on DirecTV
* BBC Worldwide picks up HBO content
* BSNL LiVe to provide specialised CWG content; slashes Hello TV rates
* Turner launches kids’ branded block on Tata Sky
* DQE in co-production deal for Lassie and Friends series
* Google TV in deals with HBO, NBA
* India has 23.77 mn DTH subs: Trai
* CBBC unveils content for new season
* Arvind Mahendru joins ESPN Star Sports as director digital media
* Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods and The Defenders to air on Big CBS
* Disney, UKTV in licensing deal for No Ordinary Family
( 6 Oct 2010 )
* OnMobile snaps up US-based firm’s 3G video technology
* Nimbus plans to raise Rs 3.5 bn via IPO
* MTV to turn pay in Germany from January
* Zee Turner appoints Virad Kaul as CEO
* Zee picks up rights of ABC’s No Ordinary Family
* Spain's Antena 3 in deal with Disney for films
* 'The Amazing Race: China' gets renewed for a second season
* Star Movies in deal for first runs of Disney movies in Asia
* Discovery unveils properties at Mipcom
( 5 Oct 2010 )
* DQE in co-production deal with ZDF Group for Peter Pan
* Galli Galli Sim Sim on Cartoon Network and Pogo from 4 October
* ABC cancels 'My Generation' after two episodes
* Fox International Channels acquires 'The Booth At The End'
* Den floats arm, enters into JV with BFTV for launch of BabyFirst channel
* Odyssey Pictures launches new service at Mip
* Sony's 'Dr. Oz Show' commissioned in China
* Prime Focus' new $11 mn order book is from 2 Hollywood studios
* Disney Interactive appoints co-presidents
( 4 Oct 2010 )
* TPG takes stake in CAA; combine to float $500 mn fund
* BCCI may skip ICC Awards next week
* KCA to have dialogue with Kochi franchise next week
* Fashion TV selects RRsat for HD distribution
* CNN anchor Rick Sanchez is fired
( 2 Oct 2010 )
* Reliance Big Ent, Tom Hanks’ Playtone JV to launch Electric City
* Star One to launch 2 new shows on 18 October
* Dish Nepal selects Latens cardless CAS solution to secure content and revenues
* PWC, Paulini, Smith look at the future at Mipcom
* Sky News, Channel 4 triumph at Intl Emmy Awards
( 1 Oct 2010 )
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