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24 February 2012

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Volume 34 - Issue No: 3

Headlines

The opportunity and challenges of taking Indian TV content overseas Viacom18 head - distribution & International Business and Sun18 COO- North

Indian broadcasters earn over Rs 10 bn a year from subscription and ad revenues and content sales from the International markets, says Gaurav Gandhi. YEARENDER!

Bridgestone ups marketing budget by 20% in 2012

Bridgestone India ups its marketing spend to Rs 300 million, 40 per cent of which will be for TV; the tyre manufacturer bets big on sports.

Film industry divided as multiplexes run while single screens join strike

One-day strike called by Film Federation of India on the service tax issue gets lukewarm response with multiplexes staying open; most single screen theatres remain closed.

Sharad Pal moves to Reliance MediaWorks

Life OK launches new fiction Amrit Manthan

ACK Media launches title on creator Anant Pai

UTV World Movies to telecast Film Independent Spirit Awards on 26 Feb

International business is growth area for players with long-term plans: Bharat Ranga

Advertising to grow 8% in 2012: Shashi Sinha

New opportunities via satellites: Deepak Mathur

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

RealNetworks, Idea Cellular partner for RBT service

Cisco's mobile Internet data traffic forecast for 2016

Prime Focus to digitise Associated Press video archive

Vashu Bhagnani to remake Telugu hit Ala Modalaindi

Anubhav Sinha to launch two films soon

Fox to have limited release of Ben Zeitlin film

ICS honours Ashgar Farhadi film

Makers of Jodi Breakers cleared of plagiarism charges

Zoya Akhtar to pay tribute to Bollywood in next

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close to release on 2 March

Star Movies in marketing drive for the Oscar Awards telecast

News Releases

Catch the World TV premiere of Rockstar only on Star Gold

Indian tennis legend Leander Paes hosts our Indian special from Chennai

The Chinese Olympic team premieres with Champions on Movies Now

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

	Microsoft files complaint against Motorola, Google
	London Olympics: comScore to keep score with Google for NBC
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Apple, Google, Amazon, smartphone makers sign privacy accord
	Google to become top online ad seller in US by 2013
	Salman Khan sets a Rs 50cr record by selling satellite rights for Dabangg sequel
	Bollywood posters go dare bare with women
	Source: Economic Times

	Google plans to launch TV service via Google Fiber
	Source: Hindustan Times

	Reality show or staged reality on Colors?
	Charlie Sheen set for TV comeback
	Shekhar Suman to be back with 'Movers & Shakers'
	Source: Times of India

	Pune Warriors unlikely to get fifth foreigner in IPL-V
	Source: Business Standard

	Sony Max expects to rake in R1,200 cr from IPL-5
	Facebook’s investors limit IPO by pushing $100-bn value
	Source: Financial Express

	Agent Vinod comic book and PS3 game to be launched
	Salman Khan shoots advertisement for Cuban tourism
	Source: Indian Express

International News

	CMT Announces Early Renewals for Two New Series
	Source: TV Week

	Deutsche Telekom major losses, IPTV fares well
	DISH Network reduces sub losses
	Source: Advanced Television

	Sky TV advert aimed at Anytime+ customers banned by watchdog
	Source: The Guardian

	Comcast Partners With 'Diddy' for New Music Network
	Source: PC Magazine

	Google to launch pilot pay-TV program in US
	Source: The Australian

	Viewers give CBS most-watched show last week
	Source: Boston.com

	'X Factor' finalist Rachel Crow signs Nickelodeon, Sony deals
	Source: Los Angeles Times

	Nickelodeon Preschool Channel Launches in Thailand
	Source: World Screen

	BBC Three launch new comedy dating show
	Source: British Comedy Guide

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