1 Mar 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 37 - Issue No: 7
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
How the industry looks at the customs duty hike on STBs

Doubling the customs duty on imported STBs to 10% amid digitisation will hurt the the MSOs and DTH service providers. But how deep will the impact be?
Budget: Phase III FM radio auction to take place in FY14

Finance Minister P Chidambaram says in his Budget speech that the government will auction 839 FM radio channels; all cities having population of more than 100,000 will be covered by private FM radio services. UPDATED!
Budget: Prasar Bharati to get enhanced grants-in-aid

Even as the grants-in-aid for Prasar Bharati has been raised from the revised estimates of Rs 17.29 bn to Rs 21.80 bn, there is no separate investment by the Govt in the pubcaster.
 
 
Customs duty on imported STBs doubled
 
Excise duty on mobile phones above Rs 2000 raised to 6%
 
Exemption of service tax to be limited to films exhibited in cinema halls
 
Fox Traveller to launch the ‘Un’ campaign in March
 
Network18 offloads Yellow Pages and AskMe to Getit
 
 
The Great Gatsby set to release by May
Puducherry to felicitate Ang Lee and team
 
PTC Punjabi Film Awards to be telecast live on 1 March
 
BSkyB and BT acquire EPL rights for Ireland
 
Sony LIV launches app on Nokia OVI Store
 
Natpe sets up digital advisory board
 
Dharma Productions' 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein' goes on floor
 
News Releases
Verse Innovation wins the GSMA Global Mobile Award 2013
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
Google fast replacing grandparents as ‘advice guru’
DTH, cable companies fear higher cost burden
Universal Music enters merchandising
Network18 in pact with GETIT to sell stake in local search biz
Prasar Bharati gets Rs 2,180 cr as grants-in-aid
Shemaroo does a Houdini — again
Source: Hindu Business Line
   
Facebook buys Microsoft ad technology platform
PC on PC: Priyanka Chopra on P Chidambaram's Budget
Budget 2013: Partial relief for film producers
Budget 2013: Import duty hike on set-top boxes to push up costs and delay digitalisation
Budget 2013: Prasar Bharati gets Rs 2,180 crore as grants-in-aid
Budget 2013: Film exhibition will be exempted from service tax
Budget 2013: Import duty up on set-top boxes by five per cent
Budget 2013 :Cable and DTH operators to shell out 10% as import duty on set top boxes
Source: Economic Times
   
Bollywood moves out of Bombay
Source: Hindu
   
Ajay Devgn’s television victory
Source: Hindustan Times
   
National broadcaster Prasar Bharati gets Rs 2,180 crore as grants-in-aid
Source: IBN Live
   
Neo bags New Zealand Cricket rights until 2020
Source: Hindustan Times
For sale: big, bold US dailies at knockdown prices
Steven Spielberg to head Cannes festival jury
Source: Livemint
   
Dish TV, Hathway unshaken
Source: Business Standard
   
Citi upgrades Dish TV to 'buy', shares gain
Mumbai attack: 'Kuber' boat owner serves notice on Ram Gopal Verma
Source: Financial Express
   
UAE refuses to release Ram Gopal Varma's The Attacks of 26/11
Bigg Boss gets Kannada makeover
Source: DNA
   
Facebook to show ads based on your offline shopping habits
The Attacks of 26/11: UAE censor board rejects RGV's film
Ashley Lobo to judge 'India's Dancing Superstar'
Rohit Roy to produce show for TV
Diya Aur Baati Hum crosses 400th episode
Source: Times of India
   
Neo bags New Zealand Cricket rights until 2020
T-Series acquires music rights Salman Khan's Kick and Mental
UAE banned from showing Ram Gopal Varma's The Attacks of 26/11
'Ek Thi Naayika' will have Smriti Irani and Sakshi Tanwar together
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge's 'Chutki' Pooja Ruparel to star in television series 24
Stay on Arasu TV’s plan to collect subscription online
Source: Indian Express
 
International News
Longtime TV Exec to Head AOL Brands
'The Office' Actress Gets Lead in Fox Project
Source: TV Week
   
Movie, TV industries launch media awareness campaign
Movie Network GO launches in Canada
Source: Advanced Television
   
Nivea to sponsor The Cube on ITV
Source: Media Week
Sinclair's Chesapeake TV Acquires Barrington Stations
Source: Broadcasting & Cable
   
Google adds 'send to TV' option to YouTube for iOS
Source: CNET
   
Channel 2 wins bigs, but TV viewing levels drop
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
   
Fox's 'American Idol' Draws Least Viewers in 10 Years
Source: AdAge.com
 
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