18 January 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 33 - Issue No: 72
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Zee News Ltd Q3 net up 61% to Rs 99.7 mn

Advertising revenue dips 4.2 per cent as the effect of festival season overlaps with previous quarter; total revenue up 5.1 per cent to Rs 782.7 million.
 
Comedy Central to launch on 23 January

The 6th channel from Viacom18 will launch on analog and digital platforms; in India, brand to go beyond TV and will have live events and merchandising. UPDATED!
India yet to have a cogent national media policy: Ansari

Vice-President Hamid Ansari regrets cross-ownership & emergence of handful media conglomerates spanning entire media spectrum; there is also erosion of strong editors.
 
 
TV18, NDTV sweep Ramnath Goenka Awards
 
Indo-Pak battle on kitchen-field on NDTV Good Times
 
Zee Café to launch Outsourced on 19 Jan
 
Govt mulls e-auction for mobile TV
 
Dish TV adorns new tagline 'Dish Sawaar Hai'
 
UTV Indiagames crosses 50m downloads on Nokia Store
 
Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in Q3 to 54.4 mn: Study
 
New study charts evolution of footage industry in US
 
 
Avatar 2 will release in 2016
Cecil B DeMille award for Freeman
 
Chaalis Chaurasi nets Rs 13.5 mn at BO BOX OFFICE!
 
Ramesh Sippy is NFDC chairman
 
Bhandarkar mulls movie on film awards
 
Release of Blood Money rescheduled to 30 March
 
Comic version of Sholay now in Marathi
 
PVR Pictures to release Man On A Ledge
 
Aparajita Tumi releasing this month
 
News Releases

Wake Up To A Changed Day As NDTV Profit Introduces Exciting New Shows

Delhi-based Teamwork Communication bags best PR agency award in Healthcare

Reliance Home Video & Games releases home video of Contagion

B4U Music celebrates birthday of Javed Akhtar

 
TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (01/01/2012 to 07/01/2012)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (01/01/2012 to 07/01/2012)
Star Plus
Sony Entertainment TV
Colors
Zee TV
SAB
Life OK
Star Gold
Sun TV
Star Cricket
Gemini TV
Sahara One
Star Jalsha
Imagine TV
ETV Marathi
Star Pravah
MAX
Zee Bangla
Zee Cinema
 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		•  'Dhobi Ghat' out of BAFTA race
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Facebook unveils Koobface virus perpetrators
    		• Wikipedia to go dark against U.S. anti-piracy bill
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• I&B Ministry declares citizen charter
    Source: IBNLive.com
       
    		• Hulu challenges cable with first original drama
    Source: Hindustan Times
       
    		• Viacom 18 to launch Comedy Central
    		• HT Media launches ‘HT Mini’ for Delhi Metro commuters
    		• Radio stations gung-ho about phase III auctions…
    Source : Hindu Business Line
    		• Race for Nimbus hots up, Sahara joins the fray
    		• Media ownership and independence
    		• Facebook may launch IPO in May: report
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• 24-hr Wiki blackout to oppose piracy Bill
    		• Trai to meet telecom operators on pesky SMSes
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Asha Bhosle to find best singers from India and Pakistan
    		• Star Jalsha launches Bodhu Kon Alo Laglo Chokhe
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• 'Agneepath' to carry trailers of 5 movies
    		• 'The Artist' leads BAFTA nominations with 12 nods
    		• Lady Gaga lands 18 million Twitter followers
    		• Ramesh Sippy appointed NFDC chairman
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• TNT Drama Cleared for Broadcast on CBS-Owned Stations
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Lions Gate launches film on Facebook
    		• MagtiSat launches Georgia DTH via Astra
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• YouTube Debuts Two Entertainment Channels
    Source: Multichannel News
       
    		• New CME channel for Bulgaria
    Source: Broadband TV News
       
    		• Sky Media could sell Zeebox ads against BBC shows
    Source: Media Week
    		• LoveFilm signs streaming deal with ABC TV
    Source: The Guardian
       
    		• Channel 4 begins Skins promotion with Facebook initiative
    Source: Internet Marketing News
       
    		• GMA Network will open 2012 with a loud roar through Golden Dragon-themed trade launch
    Source: Philippine Entertainment Portal
       
    		• French digital TV auction attracts 31 bids
    Source: Reuters
       
    		• Swedish TV viewers get 24 hour 3D channel
    Source: 3D Focus
     
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