26 Oct 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 5
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Dossier
'Sun will breakeven from the first year of IPL operations'

Interview with Sun TV Network CFO V.C. Unnikrishnan
Headlines
New IPL valuation set by Sun TV to deter deals

If the current franchise owners wanted to exit or sell stakes at high valuations, they should have done it earlier. "That ship has now sailed," laments Mohit Burman.
Suspension of TAM data to aid universal acceptance of digitisation By NAGESH ALAI, Draftfcb Group Executive Director –India operations

There was an obvious fear amongst many about loss of viewership and consequent commercial implications, says Nagesh Alai of Draftfcb. COLUMN!
 
Sun TV bags IPL franchise for Rs 850.5 mn a year UPDATED!
 
Prasar Bharati gets back ABU administrative council seat
 
MTV Roadies modifies format in season 10
 
CNBC-TV18 to telecast 'Diamond Rush' on 27 Oct
 
Foxtel signs HBO deal
 
ESPN, Fiba ink pact for multi-year, multi-platform rights
 
BBC, Science Channel to co-produce Challenger explosion
 
 
Liz Taylor is highest earning dead celebrity
Fogelman delighted to have Pacino, Moore in debut film
 
Pay-TV market to notch up $236 bn this year: ABI
 
Halo 4 most eagerly awaited game in the US: Nielsen
 
iStream.com to stream Brazilian football league
 
Chakravyuh: A let down from Jha FILM REVIEW!
 
Edinburg Napier University honours Sharmila Tagore
 
Mukta Arts announces three film projects
 
News Releases

Berlin School of Creative Leadership announces the 'Piyush Pandey Creative Leadership Scholarship'

Advertising Council of India launches website

 
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
    		• Sun TV charges into Deccan, bags Hyderabad’s IPL franchise
    		• Easy game for Sun TV, but runs may take a while to come
    		• Zee News rejects Jindal’s ‘sting’ CD
    		• An IPL team can create valuable asset for our shareholders: Sun CFO
    		• Indian firms may take time to migrate to Windows 8
    		• Microsoft launches Windows 8 in India
    		• Digitisation deadline nears; control room flooded with calls
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Kalanithi Maran's Sun TV wins bid for Hyderabad IPL Franchise for Rs 85.05 cr per year
    		• Microsoft unveils Surface tablet
    		• Jindal accuses Zee News of extortion, channel hits back
    		• Naveen Jindal releases tape to 'prove' blackmail by Zee News
    		• Apple chief Tim Cook slaps Microsoft tablet as iPad sales soar
    		• Microsoft enters hardware business with Surface tablet
    		• Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer buys mobile-app developer Stamped
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Community newspapers still maintain a significant hold on the news-seeking audience
    Source: Media Newsline
       
    		• Jindal says sting shows ‘extortion bid’ by Zee
    		• Sanjay Dutt to play Sher Khan in 'Zanjeer' remake
    Source: Indian Express
       
    		• Sun TV Network wins Hyderabad IPL franchise for 85.05 crores per year
    Source: AIR
    		• Microsoft unveils Windows 8, Surface tablet
    		• Sun TV wins IPL Hyderabad franchise, shares down 3.46%
    		• Naveen Jindal makes alleged Zee extortion videos public
    		• Actor Jaspal Bhatti dies in road accident
    		• Bhaskar Das joins Essel Group as CEO
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Jindal plays CD, claims Zee editors demanded Rs. 100 crore
    		• Sun TV bags IPL's Hyderabad franchise
    		• Comedian Jaspal Bhatti dies in road accident
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• Deccan’s loss is Maran’s gain as Sun TV wins IPL team at R85 cr/year
    		• Jindal airs Zee sting, media its dirty linen
    		• Microsoft unveils Windows 8
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Sun TV Network buys new IPL franchise
    		• Jindal plays clips to show Zee 'blackmail'
    		• Sun TV takes the field in IPL
    		• Microsoft unveils Windows 8, Surface tablet
    		• 'The show is about entertainment'
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Jindal's Zee TV sting is a great favour to Indian media
    Source: Firstpost
       
    		• Sun TV buys IPL's Hyderabad franchise for Rs 425 crore
    		• BCCI gets no bids for eleven other cities
    		• Microsoft unveils Windows 8, Surface tablet
    		• Additi Gupta returns with Zee TV’s next?
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• NBA Commissioner David Stern to Step Down
    		• World Baseball Classic to Air on MLB Network
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Spike TV Offering Largest Prize in Reality TV History With 'Big Foot' Series
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
       
    		• Microsoft to usher in 'new era' with $500m+ global marketing blitz
    Source: Media Week
    		• TV networks, AP changing exit poll strategy in Texas, 18 other states
    Source: Dallas Morning News
       
    		• Sky-ANBL TV deal fails to meet expectations
    Source: Stuff.co.nz
       
    		• Raha TV, Iranian opposition channel, launches in London
    Source: GlobalPost
       
    		• LG rolls out 84-inch Ultra HD TV for $19999.99
    Source: Los Angeles Times
     
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