8 May 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 38 - Issue No: 63
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
News TV industry opposes parliamentary committee recommendation to muzzle media

A parliamentary committee's recommendation to bring the news industry - both print and TV - under a media council to clamp down on the beast called 'paid news' has got the news TV industry's goose.
Recruitment in media, advertising, entertainment witnesses increase in April 2013

Companies in the sector are hiring again, reveals the TimesJobs.com Recruitment Index. This rise indicates the hitherto restrained job market may be reviving.
History TV18 elevates Sudheer K G to VP & head programming

In his new role, Sudheer will oversee & drive the programming strategy for the channel; he will report to A+E Networks| TV18 programming head Ritu Kapoor.
 
 
Revamp Press Council or set up statutory body to check paid news: Parliamentary Committee
 
BSkyB executive and father-of-four killed in speedboat misfortune
 
Coke Studio@MTV returns;, launches talent hunt gig
 
Mithun Chakraborty to host Bigg Boss on ETV Bangla
 
Another TV executive bites the TV producer bullet
 
IBN Network launches special shows for Karnataka polls
 
Prime Focus Tech pockets cloud computing orders from broadcasters & studios
 
Matthew Perry honoured for drug court advocacy
 
DEN Networks to raise $160 million through share sale
 
BigFlix records 1 mn registered users
 
Isobar works with Facebook to develop SeeitShopit
 
Fun2shoot - A new age video social netwking platform
 
Waapasi bags best film award at Dada Saheb Film Festival
 
Kaushik Ghatak to direct Samrat And Co for Rajshri Productions
 
News Releases
Vodafone superfan junior contest takes your child centrestage at the IPL Grand Finale
BBC World News Horizons examines the growth of Wikipedia
Vdopia recognized as the No.1 video AD network! Graded as the top network with maximum number of audience
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
PVR planning to take its luxury format Director’s Cut to Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong
Zaakpay launches mobile payment processing solution Mpay
Microsoft extends Yahoo's US search revenue guarantee
YouTube set to launch pay channels within weeks
Source: Economic Times
   
Sudheer elevated as V-P, History TV18
Prime Focus Technologies bags orders for Rs 200 crore
Source: Hindu Business Line
   
TV actors gear up for Bollywood
DTH operators benefit from cable cutting menace
Source: Times of India
   
Reality TV shows prosper on Arab TV channels
Source: Zee News
   
Shah Rukh Khan turns inspector for Dish TV ad
Source: post.jagran
   
YouTube going paid soon
Source: India TV News
   
Arasu TV warns cable operators against collection of excess fee
Source: Hindu
   
Reality TV shows prosper on Arab TV channels
Source: PTi News
   
Critical Media Expands In U.K. With Licensing of Sky News Channel Content
Source: IT News Online
   
I&B Ministry has done little to curb paid news: parliamentary panel
Source: Hindu
   
McDonald's ties up with Chhota Bheem to lift desi image
Prime Focus gets 3 new clients for hybrid cloud platform
Source: Business Standard
   
YouTube to soon launch paid channels
Shootout At Wadala manages fair start at the box office
TV actors gear up for Bollywood
Mithun Chakraborty to host Bigg Boss on ETV Bangla
Newbie Priyanka Kandwal to enter Pavitra Rishta
Source: Times of India
   
Mariah Carey to quit 'American Idol'?
Salman Khan, Shahid Kapoor to work in 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero'
Former Indian Idol Abhijeet Sawant out with Punjabi album Farida
Source: Indian Express
   
YouTube set to launch pay channels within weeks
'Iron Man 3' finishes with $174.1 mn opening weekend
Source: Financial Express
   
YouTube said to plan subscription channels in coming weeks
Microsoft sells 100 million Windows 8 licences, preparing update
Source: Livemint
 
International News
Two Key Cast Members Ready to Walk From CBS's 'Criminal Minds'
TNT Orders Michael Bay Drama Series
Source: TV Week
   
Aereo files pre-emptive CBS lawsuit
BT Sport free for superfast subs
Source: Advanced Television
   
Zurich hires IPG for creative, media and digital duties
Source: Media Week
Nielsen to include Internet viewers in its definition of TV homes
Source: LA Times
   
CBS and Turner announce future NCAA tournament broadcasting schedules
Source: College Basketball Talk
   
Univision’s Saban Seeks to Triple Asia Investments in Two Years
Source: Bloomberg
   
Fox Cable Sports Channel Taps Canadian Anchors
Source: AP
 
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