26 August 2011 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 32 - Issue No: 53
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Isro initiates RFP for foreign satellite leasing

Isro has initiated Request for Proposal to obtain responses from foreign satellite operators for leasing satellites and transponders working in Ku and C-band frequencies.
KBC helps Sony sprint ahead of Colors

KBC opens with 5.24 TVR, making it the year's biggest non-fiction launch; Sony adds 50 GRPs to take its total to 245 for the week ended 20 August. UPDATED!
P&G cuts ad spend by 11%

The FMCG major has cut its spend on ad & sales promotion by 10.82% to Rs 453.1 million for the quarter ended 30 June compared to Rs 508.1 million a year-ago.
 
 
UTV-Disney deal gets Competition Commission nod
 
Anuj Singhal joins Bloomberg UTV as stocks editor
 
Confronting is OWN's new docu-series
 
Record 23 TV shows being filmed in New York
 
Twitter boss unveils new social app venture
 
BBC America launches on Cablevision
 
 
Affleck to direct Warner’s Line of Sight!
Elizabeth Taylor ranked most photogenic
 
CBS, Panasonicteam up for US Open telecast in 3D
 
UK pay TV revenues reaching their peak
 
Google sites are top online video property in the US
 
Film based on RD Burman in offing
 
Mithun Chakraborty to star in Malayalam film
 
Mangesh Hadawale film to screen at Busan fest
 
News Releases

Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor are looking for bodyguards on Star News

Fast and Furious 5

Shemaroo releases 101 Mohd. Rafi Hits
 
TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (07/08/2011 to 13/08/2011)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (07/08/2011 to 13/08/2011)
Zee TV
Colors
Star Plus
MAX
Sony Entertainment TV
SAB
Sun TV
Zee Cinema
Imagine TV
Gemini TV
Star Cricket
Star Gold
Star Pravah
Zee Marathi
Star Jalsha
ETV Marathi
 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Salman Khan's ' Bodyguard' comes with Rs 22-crore marketing budget
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• TRAI asks mobile operators to explain tariff hike
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Kollywood to Bollywood, celebs endorse Anna campaign
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One, Don 2 in 3D
    Source: koimoi
       
    		• Anna Hazare drives up news viewership
    Source: Livemint
    		• Sony pips Colors to take second spot in entertainment space
    		• News channels strike it rich amid anti-corruption stir
    		• Arasu Cable TV to take over private operators
    		• ISRO to launch 3 nano spacecraft aboard PSLV
    		• CCI okays UTV Software-Walt Disney merger
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• KBC 5 helps Sony claim second spot in GEC pecking order
    		• Multiplexes blink on revenue sharing, start negotiations
    		• Dark horses disrupt DTH race order
    		• Telcos under Trai scanner for hiking tariffs
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Shyam Benegal ropes in Bipasha Basu for his next
    		• Big B and Prakash Jha team up for 'Satyagraha'
    		• China bans songs by Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• MSNBC Tweaks Its Anchor Lineup
    		• Network Bidding War Over CMAs Appears to Be Settled
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Sky Italia first 3D movies, sports
    		• Brazil biggest pay-TV growth
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Chilli Music launches Facebook payment facility
    Source: Your-Story.org
       
    		• Brazil is the world's most dynamic pay TV market
    		• New Digi sports channel set to launch
    Source: Broadband TV News
       
    		• CBS moves to terminate £1bn London Underground ad contract
    Source: Media Week
    		• ABC15 to launch Live Well HD Network
    Source: ABC15.com
       
    		• Celebrity Big Brother proves a ratings hit for Channel 5
    Source: The Guardian
       
    		• New US Open Multiview Interactive TV App to be Available on AT&T U-verse TV
    Source: TMC Net
       
    		• Simon Cowell's gameshow lands Sept 3
    Source: RTE.ie
       
    		• Clevver Media Joins the Billion Views Club
    Source: Tubefilter News
       
    		• UKTV readies Made by Dave campaign
    Source: CampaignLive
     
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