1 Aug 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 35 - Issue No: 36
 
 
 
Headlines
Discovery launches kids channel, prices it at Rs 13.75

Discovery Kids to be available in English, Hindi, and Tamil; channel now available on Videocon D2H and Dish TV.
NDTV sues TAM, Nielsen for manipulation of data

NDTV files lawsuit in Supreme Court of New York and alleges the rating agencies for manipulating viewership data in favour of channels providing bribes; NDTV seeks $810 mn for fraud and $580 mn for negligence. UPDATED!

Sun TV to gain after distribution deal with Arasu Cable

Intervention of Madras HC prompts Arasu to stitch a 1-year deal with Sun TV to carry all its channels, ending months of negotiations that affected its viewership & subscription rev.
 
 
IFCI files for winding up DCHL
 
ESS extends FIM Superbike Championship deal till 2018
 
Raj TV Q1 net jumps 71.66% to Rs 32.1 mn
 
Big Magic to launch 'Pyaar Ya Dehshat' on 27 Aug
 
James Dumlao joins SPT as head of Philippines office
 
Sharapova top earning female athlete: Forbes
 
FremantleMedia sells Bindi's Bootcamp to Discovery Kids
 
 
Release of Avatar 2 deferred to 2015
Crowe to direct film with Stone in female lead
 
Cisco completes acquisition of NDS
 
InMobi acquires Metaflow Solutions
 
Sony Six launches social media contest
 
Adobe powers Reliance's animated film Krishna aur Kans
 
MAMI announces new Indian competition section
 
Bollywood Festival of Norway from 7-14 Sept
 
News Releases

Global Advertisers promotes Yeh jo Mohabbat hai

Home Video of Rowdy Rathore out

 
TV Ratings

Top 10 Programmes (27/05/2012 to 02/06/2012)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes


Top 100 Programmes (27/05/2012 to 02/06/2012)
SONY MAX
Star Plus
Z Zee TV
Colors Viacom18
SONY ENTERTAINMENT TV
SONY SAB
Life OK
Sun TV
Star Pravah
Star Jalsha
Disney XD
GEMINI
Star Gold
ETV Marathi
Z Marathi
 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• NDTV sues Nielsen, Kantar Media Research for tampering viewership data
    		• Sun TV network ties up with Arasu Cable Television Corporation
    		• NDTV sues Nielsen for viewership data manipulation
    		• Microsoft relaunches Hotmail as social-friendly Outlook
    		• Google acquires social ad start-up Wildfire
    		• Google delays launch of widely-panned 'Nexus Q' orb gadget
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• NDTV sues Nielsen for viewership data manipulation
    		• Sun TV gains after tie-up with Arasu Cable
    		• Facebook re-designs photos section
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• State-run cable network to air Sun TV channels, shares rise
    		• NDTV sues Nielsen for manipulating TV ratings
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Sun TV's popular channels for Arasu subscribers soon
    		• NDTV says TV ratings manipulated
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• TV actor Rithvik Dhanjani wants to shatter stereotypes
    Source: NDTV
       
    		• Sun TV seals deal with Arasu at Rs 3cr a month
    		• NDTV sues Nielsen for fraud, negligence
    		• Ronit Roy rubbishes fallout with Ekta Kapoor rumours
    		• Facebook revamps photos section
    		• Sukhwinder Singh & Gulzar team up for 'Lakhon Mein Ek'
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Nielsen faces $1.3-bn legal blow from NDTV
    		• NDTV net loss widens to Rs 23 cr
    		• Zynga accused of failing to disclose key data
    		• 'Nielsen said would check for tampering, took no action'
    		• Microsoft relaunches Hotmail as social-friendly Outlook
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• NDTV sues Nielsen for manipulation of viewership data
    		• Govt may step in to revamp TRP model
    		• Olympics soundtrack races into British charts
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Deepika Padukone to get Smita Patil Memorial Award
    		• Amitabh Bachchan remembers Mohammad Rafi on death anniversary
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• ABC's Reality Lineup Crushed Under the Weight of NBC's Olympics
    		• VH1 Revives a Fondly Remembered Concept From the '90s
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• UK Lords propose online terrestrial broadcasting switch
    		• Netflix suffers sharp decline in approval rating
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Yahoo's interim CEO Ross Levinsohn departs
    Source: Media Week
    		• Hulu Plus Debuts on Apple TV
    Source: PCWorld
       
    		• Pay-TV Olympic share deal cushions Nine
    Source: The Australian
       
    		• TV Station Staffed By Fully Veiled Women Launches In Egypt
    Source: The Frisky
       
    		• Sky reveals new SPL TV deal for five years
    Source: BBC Sport
     
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