21 Aug 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 35 - Issue No: 51
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
TAM proposals fail to enthuse broadcasters

Broadcasters find 6-point action plan far short of measures needed to address the ills plaguing the TV ratings system; mixed response from advertising and media agencies.
LCOs ask for separate regulator for cable operators

LCOs say Trai is ill-equipped & ask for setting up of Cable TV Regulatory Authority of India to deal with broadcasting issues; want I&B, not post offices, to issue licences.
Ek Tha Tiger's thunderous roar to Rs 1 bn in 5 days

Breaks all previous records of an extended weekend release; the film races to Rs 1 bn in 5 days bettering Salman Khan's own Bodyguard which had netted Rs 889.5 mn. BOX OFFICE!
 
 
CCI clears Sony's buyout of Indian promoters in MSM
 
Former ESS MD Sawhney to join MU as director
 
Asianet to air special programmes for Onam
 
Myanmar ends media censorship after nearly 50 years
 
Fox, HBO extend film output deal
 
UPC to continue Sky channels' distribution in Ireland
 
BBC expenses down by 4% in Q4
 
 
Dark Knight Rises on top in 5th consecutive week
Top Gun creator Tony Scott commits suicide
 
Web pages with morphed images of violence blocked
 
You On Demand in pact with cable op Dalian Tiantu
 
WWE expands digitally with new app
 
Verizon adds BBC America HD to Fios TV lineup
 
Ananth Mahadevan's short film awarded at Kolkata festival
 
Vivek Oberoi hopes his two films will not release together
 
Muhurat of Sajid Khan's Himmatwala to be live on YouTube
 
News Releases

Star Pravah launches 'Panchnama'

 
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
    		• Salman Khan's 'Ek Tha Tiger' roars at box office, his fourth consecutive Rs 100 crore hit in a row
    		• CCI probing Google for abusing its dominance by adopting anti-competitive practices
    		• Asia gets its fastest undersea data cable system
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Asia gets fastest undersea data cable system
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Myanmar ends direct media censorship
    		• Cable TV operations in Madurai go haywire
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• Vietnam limits Chinese TV, radio programmes
    Source: Zee News
       
    		• Compulsory digitisationCable operators to move TDSAT
    Source: Deccan Herald
       
    		• TV stars celebrate Eid
    Source: DNA
       
    		• Russia's first Muslim TV channel goes on air
    Source: Yahoo
    		• Aamir-Imran to share screen space in Hirani's next film
    		• Bhansali to make a film on Mary Kom's life
    		• Karan Johar to replace Dharmendra on India Got Talent
    		• Govt orders blocking of more than 250 websites
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Companies break the bank to buy Bollywood movie rights
    		• Nothing novel in Bollywood
    		• Facebook investors brace for more dip in share value
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Ek Tha Tiger fastest R100-crore grosser at box office
    		• Trai may cancel licences over TV digitisation
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• TAM data faces questions from radio operators
    		• Myanmar abolishes direct media censorship
    		• Captive Audience | Gangs of Wasseypur finds a fan in NTPC
    		• The three ‘R’s of Hollywood in India: revisit, rehash, re-release
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kumble at India day parade in New York
    		• Vivek Oberoi hopes for resolution over box office clash
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• Kardashian Kid Set to Make Acting Debut
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Netflix to challenge BSkyB for movie rights
    		• Olympics “London Legacy” channel on Sky
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• X Factor opener drops to 9.9m viewers but ITV wins primetime
    Source: Media Week
       
    		• Fox promotes broadcast TV exec Kevin Reilly
    Source: Reuters
       
    		• NBC Lands Michael J. Fox Comedy Series
    Source: Broadcasting & Cable
       
    		• NRL set to sign $1 billion broadcasting deal
    Source: Stuff.co.nz
       
    		• DHX Media to acquire Halifax’s Cookie Jar, creating global kids’ entertainment superpower
    Source: National Post
     
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