14 Feb 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 94
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
MSM enters film production biz; inks co-production deal with Eros

Multi Screen Media identifies film production and distribution biz as the company's new growth area & plans to co-produce Shashant Shah’s Bhajathe Raho with Eros; to produce medium & big budget movies, says MSM CEO Man Jit Singh.
BIS certification mandatory for all STBs from 3 April

Placing set-top boxes in the market without clearance by the Bureau of Indian Standards will be illegal from 3 April; cable TV networks will, thus, need to have their STBs conformed to the standards set by the BIS.
DD to launch English news channel by July

DD to split existing bilingual news channel into DD Samachar in Hindi and DD News in English; Sharan says programmes would be in one-hour formats on both the channels.
 
 
Discovery and India Today Group launch magazine
 
Salman and Katrina top most popular actor list: Ormax
 
Comcast acquires GE's stake in NBCU for $16.7 bn
 
SPE inks output pay TV deal with Starz
 
Music channels sing growth tune : Punit Pandey
TV industry immune to 2012 slowdown : Rohit Gupta
Sports broadcasting: A sticky 2012 wicket
2012: Fighting for change in the media and ad biz
2012: The pace of change showed no signs of slowing in India : Peter Hutton
India heading towards oligopoly in sports broadcasting : Atul Pande
2012 : A year of agency consolidation
2012: Industry unites to avert deadlocks : Arvind Sharma
Recapping 2012
Kids TV genre needs to expand amid more channel launches : Monica Tata
Digitisation the potential game changer for kids TV : Nina Elavia Jaipuria
Kids broadcasters gear up to play in India's digital era
Infotainment, lifestyle genre gets sprightly
Specialised channels: The growing flavour of entertainment
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BBC Worldwide appoints Liam Keelan as Global Editorial Dir
 
Sportsnet extends deal with NHL team Vancouver Canucks
 
Times Internet launches Speaking Tree app for iPad
 
CBS in content licensing deal with Amazon
 
 
Sandra Bullock to play Scarlet Overkill in Minions
Helena Bonham Carter to play Elizabeth Taylor
 
Netflix teams up with DreamWorks for Kids series
 
Film industry wants entertainment tax to be subsumed in proposed GST
 
PVR releasing Zero Dark Thirty on 14 February
 
News Releases

History (USA) emerges as the No. 1 media brand in the US

COLORS launches Sanskaar - Milaye Aapko Apno Se Contest

 
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
 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Egypt pressurise Google after YouTube ban
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Media companies cheer as Amazon takes on Netflix with CBS Deal
    		• DoT slaps fresh notices on Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Communications
    		• Google hits back against BT with patent lawsuits
    		• Yahoo to cement Facebook ties, bolster mobile applications
    		• Budget 2013: Exempt multiplex operators from import duty on cinema exhibition equipments, says FICCI
    		• Budget 2013: Give ten years tax holiday to animation & gaming industry, says FICCI
    		• Budget 2013: FICCI seeks exemption of service tax on digital cinema services
    		• Budget 2013: FICCI demands infrastructure status for cable sector
    		• Budget 2013: FICCI seeks rationalization of entertainment tax across states
    		• Budget 2013: Rationalise tax structure for DTH & cable services, says FICCI
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Google to pay Apple $1 bn in 2014 to remain iOS default search engine
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• 4G networks in Britain could disrupt TV signals in 40,000 homes
    Source: CIOL
    		• MSM signs production deal with Eros International
    		• Discovery Networks along with India Today Group to launch magazine in India
    		• Govt considering 8% licence fee on telecom tower firms
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Western Digital launches $69.99 WD TV Play media player with built-in Wi-Fi
    Source: gadgets.ndtv
       
    		• TV is a regressive medium: Prachi Desai
    Source: Zee News
       
    		• Hero ends innings with cricket sponsorships
    		• Gulzar pulls out of Karachi Literature Festival
    		• India Ratings maintains negative outlook on media sector
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Broadcasting pioneer NBC has long, storied history
    Source: Indian Express
       
    		• Saroj Khan replaces Shilpa Shetty in Nach Baliye 5
    		• Amitabh Bachchan all set to act in a daily soap
    		• Rohit Roy is the new lead of Hitler Didi
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Aamir Khan dons traditional Rajasthani attire for P.K.
    		• Not scared of doing character roles: Akshay Kumar
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• Top Local NBC Broadcasting Veteran Moving to Head Up Tribune's Local Broadcasting Unit
    		• New CNN Show Gets a Name
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Comcast buys remaining NBCUniversal stake
    		• Lagardère claims €1.6bn from Canal+
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Facebook fights back in battle with Twitter for second screen dominance
    Source: Media Week
    		• Wert leaves NBC5 to lead Tribune's WGN TV, radio, other stations
    Source: Chicago Sun-Times
       
    		• Comcast, Fox reach new terms on TV distribution
    Source: Businessweek
       
    		• Intel working on TV set-top box to replace cable
    Source: CBC.ca
       
    		• Participant, Doha Film Institute Launch $100 Million Film Fund
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
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