20 Feb 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 99
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Big CBS Prime launches Hindi feed

The English entertainment channel, owned by RBNL and CBS Studio, is launching a Hindi feed to widen its reach; it will first be available across the top eight metros in digital platforms and then extend to all 38 cities of DAS Phase 2.
Marico in list of top advertisers by volume as Bharti Airtel slips out

Bharti Airtel ups its ad inventory on other mediums like digital and on ground in 2012, a year marked by slowdown and tough market condition for telecom firms; Marico enters TAM AdEx's top 10 list in 2012.
Madison wins Ruchi Soya media biz

Madison Media Sigma will handle traditional media planning and buying for the client with an approximate spend of Rs 300 mn; the incumbent agency is MEC.
 
 
Life OK’s ‘Devon Ke Dev Mahadev’ launches on DVD
 
Zee Khana Khazana changes positioning, refreshes content
 
Chutti TV acquires rights for 'Little Krishna'
 
SRK's Red Chillies Ent appoints Venky Mysore as CEO
 
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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Press Council of India report kicks up political storm
 
Bloomberg opens new office in Malaysia
 
BIG CBS LOVE brings Beauty and the Beast to India
 
Contextual mktg with web content is the next big thing
 
 
Afghan kid heads for Oscars
Child's Pose wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Fest
Kelly R to present at Oscar awards pre-show
 
Vserv.mobi partners Marmalade
 
Broadband Asia & TV Connect Asia 2013 returns to HK
 
Salman Khan to unite with Wanted team for sequel
 
News Releases
The maverick director, a writer and India’s most successful producer – Vidhu Vinod Chopra this week on Teachers Achiever Club only on StarWorld
 
India wakes up to reality with ET NOW
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
    		• BBC journalists’ strike leads to cancelling flagship shows
    		• Childhood TV addicts more likely to commit crime: Study
    		• With Reliance Jio getting voice, telcos pitch for more 3G spectrum
    		• Microsoft switches Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com
    		• Google doodle celebrates Nicolaus Copernicus birthday
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Indian comic industry: Big-bucks mantra
    		• KKR’s CEO Venky Mysore to head Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies as well
    		• Malaysia lifts ban on 'Vishwaroopam'
    		• Chinese military unit tied to hacking against US
    		• Hackers target Jeep's Twitter account
    		• Microsoft switches Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com
    		• Microsoft's Outlook takes aim at Google's Gmail
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Apple TV listed on Apple India website for Rs. 8,295
    Source: NDTV
       
    		• Broadband Asia & TV Connect Asia 2013 Returns to Hong Kong
    Source: IT News Online
       
    		• Michael Jackson's teenage son lands US television gig
    Source:Money Control
       
    		• SMIT Corp to launch STB-free viewing of pay channels in India
    Source: Daiji World
       
    		• Cable operators in Bengaluru protest; set top box mandatory from April 1
    Source: Think Digit
    		• DigiVive ties up with Videocon to offer mobile TV service
    		• We aim to reach 1 billion viewers: Punit Goenka
    		• Red Chillies appoints Venky Mysore as CEO
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Political TV
    		• Gmail releases new 'Mailbox' app to fix email problems for users
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Going digital, but it’s a slow fadeout from analog
    		• Outlook gets $30-million boost to take on Gmail
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• LinkedIn sets 80 million member goal for India
    		• Malaysia lifts ban on Vishwaroopam
    Source: DNA
       
    		• Reliance Capital Trustee buys 0.83% stake in Hathway Cable
    		• Apple, Mac computers hit by hackers who targeted Facebook
    		• Microsoft’s Outlook takes aim at Google’s Gmail
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Priyanka Chopra turns Badmash Babli for Shootout At Wadala
    		• Anurag Kashyap brings 'Gangs of Wasseypur' to the UK
    		• 'Have a dark and intense character in Krrish 3', says Vivek Oberoi
    Source: Indian Express
       
    		• Life OK brings India's Greatest Stories on DVDs
    		• DigiVive partners with Videocon Mobiles for nexGTv
    		• Kids addicted to TV likelier to commit crime
    		• Pratigya gears up for season-2
    		• Gurdeep Kohli is turning chef!
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• Top Obama Strategist Joins NBC News
    		• Michael Jackson's Son Joins Popular TV Entertainment Magazine Show
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• BBC2 HD in March; 6 more for Freeview
    		• ITV premieres US drama on ITV Player
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Haymarket's Kevin Costello takes industry lead role as PPA deputy chairman
    Source: Media Week
    		• Sony Pictures Television Will Shoot at Least 3 Pilots in 4K
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
       
    		• Com Hem chooses Verimatrix to secure TiVo platform
    Source: Digital TV Europe
       
    		• Xenophon urges local news quota for SA broadcasters
    Source: ABC.net
       
    		• DirecTV, Sinclair Retrans Battle Smolders
    Source: B&C
     
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