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Headlines in the month of June

*	MSN Messenger TV to stream MTV Splitsvilla episodes
*	Sony aims to double revenues in India, China, Russia, Brazil
*	Alfred Haber goes platinum with Grammy Awards
*	Kalyani chosen among Best Communication strategies on HIV/ AIDS in Asia
*	Disney ABC-ESPN TV announces key promotions for distribution in EMEA
*	Euronews selects Satlink's Asiasat 2 platform for broadcast in Asia
*	UCC annual conference week gets underway in Dubai
*	BBC starts test transmission for HD on Freeview
*	Atas draws up drama, comedy finalists for Emmy Awards
*	NDTV plans to list news, entertainment businesses separately
*	Eurovision contracts Asiasat for Olympics
*	Sun TV FY'08 consolidated net up 36% at Rs 3.26 billion
(30 June 2008 )

*	Digicable acquires 51% in CableComm
*	Vijay TV to kick off Super Singer's 3rd edition on 7 July
*	News Corp in deal with Permira to take NDS private
*	Harris exhibits new products at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008
*	UTV's World Movies to create 'Friday Premieres' slot
*	Michael Delman is Microsoft VP global marketing, interactive entertainment
*	Next generation BBC iPlayer launches
*	SMG, Intel to develop online TV platform in China
*	CNN to air documentary 'Darfur: Out of Control' in July
*	CNN Chile prepares for year-end launch
( 28 June 2008 )

*	Disney to revamp website
*	Disney’s High School Musical to open in Australia in December
*	Animation network aniBoom raises $10 mn
*	BBC to shut Romanian radio service
*	Amrita TV to air Classic Kathakal from 30 June
*	MTV relaunches comedy website Atom.com
*	HDIL Infra makes open offer for Live India at Rs 36.50 per share
*	Star appoints JC Giri as head of regional channels
( 27 June 2008 )

*	MTV launches Roadies Battleground on Orkut
*	Market speculates on Astro buying Star's stake in Balaji
*	Discovery to air Ultimate Olympics from 14 July
*	Disney sells Movies.com to Fandango
*	Sakaal to foray into broadcasting, plans Marathi channel launch
*	B4U Movies acquires movies from Indian Film Company
*	Radio Indigo elevates Prabhu to MD, Bhokare joins as COO
*	Zee Muzic to premiere two shows at 7.30 pm band
*	Veoh adds ABC, ESPN content
*	Rediff.com invests in SMS content sharing community Vakow.com
*	Nickelodeon unveils Dora merchandise in France
*	BBC to add channels in Australia
*	European HD faces content gap: Screen Digest
*	Murdoch gets nod from EU for stake in Premiere
*	UTV News CEO Arun Anant resigns
( 26 June 2008 )

*	Trai rejects ESPN's price contentions
*	Eros holds 24% in B4U, plans India listing
*	Rajshri Media launches made-for-mobile show
*	NDTV Imagine partners Bigflix for Ramayan downloads
*	TV Today Q4 net profit up at Rs 135.1 million
*	World Movies channel to showcase classic westerns
*	Ekushey TV chooses Chyron for newsroom upgrade
*	Discovery in deal with home video major Blockbuster
*	NCsoft to use Allegorithmic for games development
*	Adobe Media Player brings new content online
*	Vh1 brings 'Ministry of Sound' on tour to India
*	CNN goes green in hunt for environmental solutions
*	Apple offers TV shows on iTunes store Australia
*	Nat Geo to launch 3 shows with focus on deadliest animals, cuisine, adventure
*	Playin’TV launches Tweezle Lab for casual players
*	Children watching Sesame Street in Kosovo more likely to respect other ethnicities: Study
( 25 June 2008 )

*	Bindass to launch Bindass Champ on 27 June
*	DD to air live semi-final and final matches of Euro Cup
*	HDIL to foray into broadcasting, buy 51% in Live India & Mi Marathi
*	Star Plus extends SRK's Paanchvi Pass to digital platform
*	Fever FM lines up special shows for Star Cricket Asia Cup
*	James Murdoch reshuffles senior management at News International
*	Rive Gauche TV licenses shows to 7 broadcasters in Asia
*	UTV Movies acquires Jannat; to air Aamir in July
*	NCsoft to use Allegorithmic for games development
*	GlobeCast upgrades infrastructure for HD content in US
*	Bigadda designs mobile blog for Amitabh Bachchan
*	Anil Ambani group to launch FM station in Singapore with MediaCorp
*	Prime Focus to merge subsidiary, fixes swap ratio
*	LG Electronics showcases interactive solutions at Infocomm 2008
*	HDTV to boost ARPUs of pay TV operators: Study
*	CBBC kicks off film initiative with Bafta
*	Dailymotion to enter India, strikes alliances
( 24 June 2008 )

*	Delhi HC sends back Tata Sky-ESPN case to Tdsat
*	Post IPL, Hindi GECs line up big ticket shows
*	Nick launches Toon Jockey initiative
*	Ten Sports ropes in Idea Cellular as title sponsor for India-Sri Lanka series
*	Indiagames launches gaming team Indian Inferno
*	IMG close to buying 50% in Burnett Productions
*	Universal Music Group, last.fm partner for music videos
*	BBC Worldwide creates a mobile game for Top Gear show
*	Canada’s National Film Board in deal with Youtube for Oscar shorts
*	CBS, Ecomedia to 'Green' cities across US
*	Robin Schwartz is The Oprah Winfrey Network president
*	MTNL floats Rs 2.5 billion tender to boost IP network
( 23 June 2008 )

*	MSOA demands tax waiver and rationalisation from MIB
*	Tandberg launches MediaModeler Content Management System
*	Raj to launch Tamil news channel on 23 June, invest Rs 200 mn
*	Disney Channel to air Disney Channel games on 27 July
*	SPTI signs production deal with VTL Marketing for 'Power of 10'
*	Sab to reposition as comedy channel from 30 June
*	David Kaplan is Warner senior VP, intellectual property counsel
*	Youtube's homepage gets a makeover
*	Mediacorp teams up with StarHub to push HD5
*	M&E industry to reach $2.2 trillion by 2012: PwC
*	ITV, Fox Television in global production partnership
*	WWIL chooses Asiasat 4 for HITS platform
*	Animal Planet to unveil new show 'Animal Icons'
( 21 June 2008 )

*	Star Majha to celebrate first anniversary with best of the shows
*	ESS using Asia Cup to push Star Cricket
*	Zee Cinema ties up with Jane Tu Ya Jaane Na to promote ‘Shanivaar Ki Raat’
*	Cartoon Network Enterprises launches Love Story 2050 merchandise
*	NeoMagic, Innofidei launches mobile TV solution for China
*	MSM Discovery to offer DTH players rates as per Tdsat order: Trai
*	Nick to air High Noon at Mega Mountain on 22 June
*	Bartaman editor Sengupta dies after prolonged illness
*	Dish TV appoints Vinay Agarwal as CEO
( 20 June 2008 )

*	9X to launch Mahaabhaarat on 7 July
*	Xytech launches Asian language version of software at Broadcast Asia 2008
*	NDTV Imagine launches in Middle East and North African region
*	Worldwide Home Entertainment brings ‘American Idol’ on DVD to India
*	Civil Aviation secretary gets additional charge of I&B
*	NASA, Disney come together to promote Wall-E
*	Net has double the influence of TV among Europeans: Study
*	NDTV Imagine EVP Manoj Vidwans quits
*	Zeel's film subsidiary to raise $200 mn with 10-20% dilution, plans AIM listing
( 19 June 2008 )

*	Yahoo! gets Idea, MTNL on board to strengthen mobile presence in Asia Pacific
*	NDTV 24x7 to air Oscar winning documentaries in June
*	Nick's Kids and Family Group forms games, virtual worlds divisions
*	Dish TV Q4 net loss at Rs 1.15 billion
*	Verimatrix announces mobile TV content security solution
*	Scopus introduces solution for DTV transition in US
*	11 billion videos viewed online in US in April
*	Four new members join Casbaa on board
*	CNN to focus on racism in sport
*	Reliance's Big Broadcasting hops on board Asiasat 3
*	Chitkara to debut Cube 3 on Asiasat 2
*	Eurosport unveils Beijing 2008 Olympics programming
*	HBO to sell select documentaries on Amazon.com
*	Tech Mahindra enters into IPTV global alliance with Microsoft
( 18 June 2008 )

*	DTH to provide natural disasters alert
*	WWIL sees Rs 937 mn boost in carriage revenue for FY'08, net loss at Rs 1.53 bn
*	Consumer electronics, IT firms sign technology MoU with cable ops
*	Casbaa announces speakers for Convention 2008
*	NBC Sports, WCSN partner to launch Universal Sports
*	MTV lodges police complaint against ransackers
*	Zeel launches movie channel Zee Aflam in ME
*	Walt Disney Home Entertainment unveils 2nd edition of Jungle Book
*	Middle East to get INX Media’s 9X and 9XM
*	Globecast Asia to open playout centre in Singapore
*	CDI, Singapore’s Golden Games to invest Rs 450 mn in gaming software studio
( 17 June 2008 )

*	EMI Music signs distribution deal with Earthsync
*	Star One to launch dance-based reality show Zara Nach ke Dikha
*	MIB monitoring centre to aid regulator when it comes
*	Sharada Sunder joins Turner-Alva Bros JV as president
*	Nancy Kanter is Playhouse Disney Worldwide senior VP
*	Walt Disney to bring Panda for Chinese kids
*	Ten Sports extends deal with WWE till 2014
*	Sony Pictures Entertainment joins UGC coalition
*	Anna Vivian is IMG Entertainment VP emerging markets
*	Harpo, Sony Pictures TV in deal to launch 'Dr. Oz'
*	HC bars operators from illegal telecast of Euro 2008
*	Anne Pick wins doc pitch at Banff
*	AMPTP, Sag stand off continues
*	Amee Sanghvi appointed head of INX Studio
*	Alfred Haber Dist. strikes multi-country sales deal for Miss Universe 2008
*	Aksh, MTNL announce icontrol innovation for IPTV service
( 16 June 2008 )

*	Karan Hukku, Sara Khan and Parul Chauhan are best new talents on Indian television
*	Parliamentary committee seeks IBF’s views on TRPs
*	Aaj Tak’s executive editor Deepak Chaurasia quits
*	BBC Trust announces public value test into local video proposal
*	Turok, Touchstone’s sci-fi shooter game releases in India
*	Satellite interference growing worse
*	Global satellite services revenue touches $73.9 billion in 2007
*	Raj TV channels to be available on Sun Direct
*	Shah Rukh Khan is the “Kewlest Dad” at Nick’s Daddy Cool contest
*	Sun Microsystems provides computing platform for Love Story 2050
*	Intelsat to transmit Olympics in HD for the EBU
*	EMI, BBC Worldwide in deal to unlock music archive
*	Nat Geo Intl bags rights for 'Long Way Down'
*	Over 60,000 attendees expected for BroadcastAsia 2008
*	Broadband infrastructure grows 68% in FY 2007-08
*	Becil sets up channel monitoring cell for I&B ministry
*	Lifespan of content is opening up in every direction: BBC's Roly Keating
( 14 June 2008 )

*	New Talent Awards to honour new Indian telly stars
*	Malayalam channel Jai Hind TV starts Gulf operations
*	Warner TV Group in web distribution deals
*	Intelsat renews CCTV contract for US DTH services
*	Time Warner Cable, Sprint and Verizon to block child pornography
*	Broadcasters to offer channels a la carte, at DTH rates to IPTV: Trai
*	Al Jazeera English news show wins award at Monte Carlo TV Fest
*	Disney-ABC renews content deal with South African broadcaster
( 13 June 2008 )

*	India TV complains to MIB on `India News'
*	NDTV Profit partners with Reliance Money for 'Money Mantra'
*	Salman Khan's 'Dum' pulls Sony to third spot
*	Disney’s Camp Rock to air on Disney Channel US
*	Sony India launches Video MP3 Walkman
*	IPL final clocks 9.8 TVR, Mumbai watches the most
*	EMI inks deal with BBC Worldwide for music archives
*	Neo Sports to air Le Mans 24 hour race
*	Ten Sports signs 3-year deal with Hong Kong Cricket Sixes
*	Indian Institute of Mass Communications to be upgraded
*	Sun TV’s SFM to launch in Shillong on 13 June
*	Firangi expands programming with Love is in the Air
*	BigBand showcases video ad innovations at KCTA 2008
*	Tangerine, Swisscom to supply HD TV content in hotels
*	Voom HD Networks launches VoD for Voom and Rush channels
*	Bertelsmann asks $1.5 bn for its 50% stake in Sony BMG
( 12 June 2008 )

*	UTV takes NDTV Imagine's 'Ram' to Sun channels
*	Blue Frog Records to launch McLaughlin's Floating Point
*	Indian Meteorological Department to launch TV channel
*	ZoomTV.in, Vdopia ink ad deal
*	Yahoo! India launches local information portal
*	Gary Davey is News Corp Stations Europe COO
*	Bebo, Universal Music partner for online drama
*	AOL launches AOL Radio experience
*	BBC launches channels in Africa
*	Cisco acquires DiviTech for digital video
*	Disney.com to stream free movies
*	UTVi.com partners Apnaloan for personal finance info
*	MySpace, Paulo Coelho tie up for user generated movie
*	BBC Global News maintains record 233 million audience
*	IEC in Sports to handle TV marketing for Portuguese soccer league
*	Dish TV in marketing tie up with ESS to add subscribers
( 11 June 2008 )

*	Global broadcasters of cricket to pay tax in India: CIT
*	MyToons to bring HD animation technology online
*	Bandai America is toy licensee for Kamen Rider Dragon Knight series
*	Nick to kick off new contest for kids
*	MIB may allow Dish TV, Tata Sky to stay on MPEG 2
*	Big FM promotes Sudesh Iyer to regional director South
*	Neo appoints Naina Toor Singh as on-air promo head
*	US Open golf on mobile phones
*	Ignou goes online, offers webcasting facilities
*	India to host World press meet in 2009
*	ETV Marathi to revamp prime time with 3 shows
*	Star appoints Sumantra Dutta as country head, Middle East, Africa & Pakistan
( 10 June 2008 )

*	Yojana journal now available on world wide web
*	Miditech appoints Sachin Mohite as fiction creative director
*	NCPCR seeks I&B help against Balaji's Aarushi episode
*	Sports channels approach DD for Olympic signals
*	Youtube content available on Sony Bravia net video link
*	Sahara One to launch Mata Ki Chowki
*	Jetix Europe, Disney-ABC International TV sign distribution deal
*	Four cities in race for hosting 2016 Olympic Games
*	Viacom to receive leadership award for Aids work
*	Oscar winner 'Crash' to make the transition to TV
*	BBC Worldwide to distribute Canadian drama 'The Session' globally
*	Al Jazeera’s Wadah Khanfar to deliver MGEITF worldview address
( 9 June 2008 )

*	Tata Sky to restore ESPN channels in basic package
*	Ibibo, FTV launch contest for fashion photographers
*	Bindass launches reality show for college kids
*	Cricketnirvana.com to stream Kitplay Cup live
*	Real Image to raise Rs 800 million in 3rd round of funding
*	Yahoo rubbishes Icahn's $34.375 a share sell plan
*	Animated titles from Toei to be available on internet
*	News Corp sells its 19% stake in Macrovision
( 7 June 2008 )

*	Music constitutes 67% of prime time content on FM Radio: E&Y
*	Nick launches Dady Cool contest
*	China TV ropes in DataDirect Networks for 2008 Olympics
*	CBS Network TV signs 2-year deal with Uppity Films
*	NBC Universal to sell German FTA channel Das Vierte
*	BBC announces programming policy for bbc.co.uk
*	Disney World on Google Earth
( 6 June 2008 )

*	"The future is in music" - Tero Ojanpera
*	Making music matter
*	Dissecting the 'Live' experience
*	94% Indians passionate about music: MTV Study
*	Sony Pictures Entertainment acquires 2waytraffic for $223 mn
*	Wind River, Intel tie up for mobile internet device
*	Infogain partners with Manthan for retail biz intelligence solution
*	Essel Group adopts SAP media solution
*	CNBC-TV18 to probe into consumers mind with Lessons in Excellence
*	Discovery to restructure for going public
*	Disney, Screenvision ink agreement for film promotion
*	Aol launches Indian version of lifestyle website Asylum
*	MTV Europe fined for using offensive language
*	GlobeCast to acquire Pacific Century Matrix
*	Rohit Sarma to head ad sales at Turner India
*	Govt accepts Trai recommendations on satellite radio
*	Disney merges digital media and gaming unit
*	Harper Collins CEO Friedman resigns
*	BBC strikes best deals for talent on TV: O&O report
( 5 June 2008 )

*	Delhi HC issues notice to Yahoo for infringement of copyright
*	Tata Sky withdraws HC petition against Dish TV
*	Asia Pac music market grows despite slump
*	MTV study results released at Music Matters
*	MTV to premiere second season of 'On The Job'
*	ISPs should embrace the future: McGuinness
*	NDTV to launch environment reality show India’s Environmentalist
*	Star, FedEx join hands for relief work in China
*	Disney to release Nightmare on Blu-ray
*	Apple offers films on iTunes in UK
*	Star Majha to launch 'So Kool' on real life heroes
*	Virgin Media to launch BBC iPlayer
*	Tdsat issues notices to Zee Turner, Sony on signals to Ortel
*	Adam Ware joins ImaginAsian TV
*	Fox orders 20th season of The Simpsons
*	BCCI, UB Group to felicitate World Cup team on 25th anniversary of win
*	Blueprint Entertainment to receive award at Banff
*	Vintage Studio launches TV channel, uses AsiaSat 2
( 4 June 2008 )

*	Big Animation installs Foundry Networks switches for animation production network
*	Colors to have 'Jai Shri Krishna' in armoury
*	Aksh ties up with BSNL for IPTV in 20 cities
*	Zee Turner elevates Dinesh Jain to CEO
*	UTV Movies inks syndication deal with Star for 17 films
*	ESPN Star Sports revamps website
*	Sony BMG brings Columbia Records to India
*	Bindass to air Kiss Kiss Bang Bang from 5 June
*	CNN to launch global weekly show Fareed Zakaria – GPS
*	Virgin Radio executive chairman Richard Huntingford quits
*	Nick to air Buddy on 8 June
*	Time Warner cable to meter internet usage
*	Sun TV's SFM launches at Gulbarga and Asansol
( 3 June 2008 )

*	Star One launches laughter helpline 'Dial-a-Smile'
*	Tata Sky drops subscription fee
*	Nickelodeon launches Qwikies games for Verizon users
*	284 new journals got FDI in past five years: Dasmunsi
*	Networks in US collaborate to fight cancer
*	MRTP refuses relief to Tata Sky, issues notice to Dish TV
*	BBC Trust completes review of site bbc.co.uk
*	French TV content made available on iTunes
*	AXN Beyond expands footprint in Asia with Singapore launch
*	'Transformers' triumphs at MTV Movie awards
*	Online video viewers to quadruple to 1 bn in 2013: Study
*	IndusInd Media disconnection issue: Delhi HC grants stay
( 2 June 2008 )

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