6 July 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 35 - Issue No: 15
 
 
 
 
Headlines
DTH players up pricing to cushion against losses

Hurt by forex losses and rise in operating costs, leading DTH players up prices of channel packs and STBs; hope ARPUs to climb but volume growth and churn may be impacted.
DD's commercial income falls short of target for last 5 years

DD earns just Rs 7.94 bn, a little over half the projection of Rs 12 bn, during 2011-12 through commercial means; DD is not meeting commercial revenue targets since last 5 years.
 
Mogae Media launches mobile creative agency

Mobocracy will tap into the next wave of advertising; with a team of 12, it will offer clients strategies to reach target audiences through smart phones in a unified way.
 
 
Zee TV to launch Rab Se... at 8 pm slot, shifts Hitler Didi N
 
ACK Media brings National Geographic Traveller to India
 
Sab forays into reality genre with 'Nanhe Superstars'
 
Star China forms joint venture with Puji Capital
 
Time Warner ups stake in Bermuda’s CME to 49.9%
 
BBC appoints George Entwistle as DG
 
 
The Amazing Spider-Man beats Transformers opening Tuesday performance
 
Google to kill its 5 products
 
LA India Film Council announces LA-India Connect contest
 
Last track of Kishore Kumar among artifacts set to be auctioned
 
Harud promo faces Censor hurdle
 
Euro 2012: Spain vs Portugal match delivers 2.04 TVR for Neo
 
News Releases

Seventynine clocks record growth

Jason Mraz on CNN's 'Talk Asia'

BBH India launches ad campaign for Airtel’s Rising Stars

 
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
    		• Eros Intl begins marketing Rajnikant starrer ‘Kochadaiyaan’
    		• 3G roaming: DoT seeks legal view on taking action against operators
    		• Microsoft, Qualcomm Ventures join hands to identify start-ups
    		• Discovery Kids launch by month-end
    		• Yahoo! India launches Olympics site
    		• Wall Street shrugs off Microsoft's aQuantive write-down
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Google phasing out 'iGoogle' in latest purge
    		• The Amazing Spider-Man rakes in biggest Hollywood opening in India
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Britain's YouView Internet TV service launches
    		• BBC accused of hacking website
    Source: Hindustan Times
       
    		• Dish TV raises pack, subscription prices
    Source: DNA
       
    		• Twitter goes the Google way on user data
    Source: Hindu
    		• Videocon looks to sell DTH biz to rival firms
    		• DoT seeks clarity on TDSAT’s split verdict on 3G roaming
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• TV show organiser told to pay Rs 11 lakh
    		• Yahoo! India launches grid computing lab
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Telecom panel sees auction missing 31 August deadline
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Internet may go down for thousands on July 9
    		• 'Twitter refuses govt's request to pull down tweets'
    		• Shilpa Anand to romance Viraf Phiroz in Star Plus’ telefilm
    		• Vikrant Chaturvedi to be featured in ‘Nai Soch’
    		• Sab TV steps into reality zone with 'Nanhe Superstars'
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• TV show organiser told to pay Rs 11 lakh
    		• Randeep Hooda does a cameo in Saif Ali Khan's 'Cocktail'
    		• Playing Veronica in 'Cocktail' was challenging: Deepika Padukone
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• FX Gets Rights to CBS Hit for 'Bargain Basement' Price
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• RTL, Al Jazeera potential Mediaset pay-TV buyers
    		• Google Nexus 7 to launch with no TV content
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Ofcom looks to agencies for branded content research
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• Dubai to launch six free TV channels to cover Olympics
    Source: gulfnews.com
       
    		• NBC and Sprout team up for preschooler lineup
    Source: New York Daily News
       
    		• Markiza eyes new channel
    Source: Broadband TV News
       
    		• M77 buys additional DTH capacity with SES
    Source: Rapid tv news
     
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