24 July 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 35 - Issue No: 29
 
 
 
Headlines
Mahuaa TV directors held for cheating banks

CBI arrests Mahuaa Media directors PK Tewari and Anand Tewari for allegedly using forged documents to procure loans of nearly Rs 1 billion from 3 nationalised banks.
Zeel's outlook for FY'13

Ad growth to be above industry's 7-9% due to improved ratings performance but content costs to rise as original hours of programming expand; sports losses to narrow after Rs 300 million spent on launch of Ten Golf and Ten HD.
CFSI fails at the box office with Gattu

The award-winning Gattu fails to win theatrical audiences, disappointing CFSI's commercial attempt made after a 16-year gap; other 2 Friday releases also tank.BOX OFFICE!
 
 
Vivek Bahl is Set chief creative director
 
ESPN Star Sports bags Sri Lanka Premier League rights
 
UTV co-founder Zarina Mehta quits
 
Nachiket Pantvaidya to head Star Plus
 
Sahara takes Lucknow franchise for Hockey India League
 
No adult humour award shows before 11 pm: BCCC
 
Three women centric fiction shows to replace Kannada KBC
 
CN co-produces mytho film with Amar Chitra Katha Media
 
 
Sleeping Beauty set for a big screen treatment
The Dark Knight close to top foreign b-o
 
Murdoch steps down from News International boards
 
Videocon d2h to offer Asianet Movies
 
Hulu, BBC to co-produce political comedy The Thick Of It
 
Mobile integration key to 57 mn smart STB mkt: Study
 
Dark Knight Rises generates Rs 250 mn in opening weekend
 
Reliance Entertainment plans Namastey London sequel
 
Fox Star Studios associates with 7 brands for Ice Age 4
 
News Releases

Max to air 'Max Super Kool Comedy Night' on 27 July

Amrita TV Observes Ramadan With ‘Al Manar’

ApnaCircle augments its Header Footer & upgrades your social activity on the site

 
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
    		• ESPN STAR Sports bags multi-year broadcasting rights for Sri Lanka Premier League
    		• Indian programming on the rise at Disney channel
    		• Facebook spent $960,000 on lobbying
    		• Superheroes battle it out at the box office
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• ESPN-STAR Sports to air live coverage of SLPL in India
    		• Shekhar Kapur to head VIFF jury for debut film award
    		• After Yahoo debacle, Scott Thompson to head ShopRunner
    		• Facebook alumni line up $28 million for workplace app Asana
    		• Amazon plans to expand mobile platform, broaden its offering
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Mahuaa TV directors held for forgery
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• Kareena Kapoor not to star opposite SRK in 'Chennai Express'
    		• Shekhar Kapur to head VIFF jury for debut film award
    		• Madhuri Dixit invokes rain gods with 'Chak dhum dhum' song
    Source: Indian Express
    		• Sun TV CEO retires
    		• News Corp promotes Rice, Hill in shake-up before split
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• The Men Behind IPL
    		• Cable Wars
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Olympics Telecast | Stringent norms for news channels
    		• The Dark Knight Rises grosses Rs. 25 crore in first three days
    		• Shot in India, feted by Venice
    		• London Olympics mascots: menacing or magic?
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Om Puri returns to TV with crime show
    Source: Hindustan Times
       
    		• Sandalwood stars' filmi journey from small screen
    		• Facebook: The new battlefield in Bengal politics
    		• Heroine's first look shows Kareena in different shades
    		• Shaheer Sheikh & Deblina in Mahabharat?
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• DreamWorks Animation Acquires Casper, Lassie, Lone Ranger, Rocky & Bullwinkle and Much More
    		• Fox Renews Unscripted Show
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Amazon,Warner Bros. agree distribution deal
    		• Conditional green light for Canal Plus deals
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Murdoch's sale of UK newspapers moves a step closer, says media analyst
    Source: Media Week
    		• TV watchdog slammed as Britain's Got Talent avoids censure over pre-watershed screening of Burlesque performance
    Source: Daily Mail
       
    		• DreamWorks buys classic TV library owner
    Source: HeraldNet
       
    		• French regulator OK's Vivendi's Bollore TV deal
    Source: Reuters
       
    		• Canada's Shaw Media Gets CRTC Okay to Launch 24/7 News Channel
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
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