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18 February 2012

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Volume 33 - Issue No: 98

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Unlocking new opportunities via satellites SES Sr VP Commercial Asia-Pacific and the Middle East Deepak Mathur

By 2016, India will have 141 mn pay TV homes & pay TV households will create revenues of $10.3 bn; including DTT and free DTH, India will have 117 mn digital households, or 70% of total TV homes.YEARENDER!

Jawhar Sircar to take charge as Prasar Bharati CEO

A 3-member selection panel, headed by Vice-President Hamid Ansari with Press Council chairman Justice Katju and I&B secy Uday Varma, recommends Sircar's name.

Ekk Deewana Tha is a tedious romcom

The script is so loose it could easily have been compacted into a 25-min TV episode; as the lead pair dominates most of the film, challenge proves too much for them. FILM REVIEW!

Comic Con: RK Laxman gets Lifetime Achievement Award

BBC World Service to celebrate 80th birthday

NBC orders 'Hannibal'

Let’s differentiate 'News' from ‘Views' channels: Mahendra Mishra

Year of flux for English movie channels: Sunder Aaron

Destroying myths in English movie chnnl space: Ajay Trigunayat

Coming Soon- A Tsunami of Creativity: Jagdish Kumar

Building leagues and searching for life beyond cricket

Carving out a space for independent agencies: Raghu Bhat

Sports broadcasting at the crossroads of survival and glory: Atul Pande

10 Key trends in the movie biz : Siddharth Roy Kapur

When creative entrepreneurship saw a renaissance: KV Sridhar

Fresh opportunities for Prasar Bharati

Size does not matter: Priti Nair

Infotainment & lifestyle genre in a new wave of evolution

Getting ready for the next growth phase: Rahul Johri

2011: Defining year for the music genre

2011: Pure music, regional key trends: Punit Pandey

BBC Entertainment kicks off Year of Adventure on 19 Feb

NDTV acquires mobile rights of The Art of Living

Silicon Image opens R&D centre in Hyderabad

Streep, Roberts to play mother daughter

Aniston to get Hollywood Walk of Fame award

Cinepolis breaches late night show norms in Ahmedabad; screenings suspended for a month

Anjunaa Beach to release on 24 February

Mahesh Manjrekar’s Hindi version of anti-education film with Akshay Kumar

News Releases

Amrita TV's Udayamritham accomplishes a landmark 2500 episodes

Live your dream at MTV Captain's Shack

Times Now invites entries for Youth Debates Delhi

TV Ratings

Top 10 Programmes (05/02/2012 to 11/02/2012)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (05/01/2012 to 11/02/2012)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Colors
Sony Entertainment TV
SAB
Star Cricket
Life OK
Sun TV
MAX
Star Gold
Imagine TV
Gemini TV
Star Pravah
Sahara One
Zee Cinema
Star Jalsha
Udaya TV
ETV Marathi

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News

	Silicon Image opens R&D centre in Hyderabad
	Reliance MediaWorks in pact for Ninja Hattori series
	Channel [V] to roll-out branded mobiles, apparel range
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Network18 jumps 20% on Independent Media Trust buy
	Alibaba says foreign M&A not its main focus in coming years
	Cable sector needs to be given 'Infrastructure' status, says FICCI
	10 years tax holiday required for animation industry, says FICCI
	Multiplex industry should take full credit of certain 'input services', says FICCI
	Reliance MediaWorks partners with Japan's TV Asahi
	Source: Economic Times

	BCCI set to give TV rights to IPL broadcaster Sony
	Source: India Today

	TV regulator tells channels to dilute content
	Source: Hindustan Times

	Raveena Tandon to host Issi Ka Naam Zindagi
	Source: Times of India


	Thorny issues loom over Sahara, BCCI compromise
	Murdoch to launch new British Sunday tabloid
	Source: Business Standard

	Reliance MediaWorks partners TV Asahi
	HRD min plans to launch 1,000 education channels
	Google’s bid to be everything to everyone
	Twitter begins self-serve ads for small businesses
	Source: Financial Express

	Silicon Images opens R&D centre in India
	Twitter unveils self-service advertising system
	Source: Livemint

	Private TV channels not to be banned in Karnataka House
	Source: Oneindia

	Kareena Kapoor may direct film for Karan Johar
	Nana Patekar and Shreyas Talpade in 'Malamaal Weekly 2'
	Madonna named 'Greatest Woman in Music'
	Source: Indian Express

International News

	Discovery Renews Series, Adds Behind-the-Scenes Specials
	Source: TV Week

	BBC Worldwide partners with Hulu Japan
	Hollywood looking to reshape anti-piracy message
	Source: Advanced Television

	New Fox Sports San Diego to launch around March 5
	Source: U-T San Diego

	MGM Launches Channel Aimed at US Hispanic Women
	Source: Multichannel News

	Murdoch promises Sun on Sunday 'very soon'
	Source: Media Week

	Russia to probe independent TV channel
	Source: Financial Times

	Hulu Plus Added to Nintendo Wii
	Source: PC Magazine

	University of California Launches YouTube Channel
	Source: socalTech.com

	Russian Channel CTC-International Launches With GlobeCast on HOT BIRD
	Source: Broadcast Newsroom

	Sky Sports F1 set for March 9th launch
	Source: Cable.co.uk

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