Headlines
Sahara may enter ground distribution

Mid Day eyes entering TV channel fray
One more media company takes position to ride the recent spurt of TV channels....More

'Jeet' to replace 'Khullja...' from 10 October
Jeet, a new one hour drama based on Fox's Boston Public, will fill the 8.30 pm slot vacated by the Aman Verma hosted game show Khullja Sim Sim...More

Star Sports-ESPN shows on Wisden Awards
Star Sports-ESPN will feature a series of six programmes in the run up to the Electrolux Wisden Awards to be held in Mumbai on 30 October...More

News radio stations eye Worldspace platform
WorldSpace Radio, that already has Sahara's proposed news channel on board is now in talks with many Indian content partners...More

ESPN, WTA in new TV rights agreement for US
The WTA Tour and ESPN have reached a multi-year agreement for the cable network to broadcast the season ending WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche...More

Hallmark gears up for new kids show
Now preschoolers can have their very own playdate with some of their favourite Sesame Street friends every day. Featuring Ernie, Bert and Grover, Play With Me Sesame, an interactive half-hour series produced by Games Productions...More

Viacom lowers forecast for full-year profit
This is bad news for US networks who strongly rely on local advertising as a source of revenue...More

WWE signs deal with Fox8 for Raw content
Australian channel Fox8 and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) have announced the addition of WWE’s sports entertainment franchise Raw to the channel’s programme line-up...More

Fox over hot water over Sean Connery movie
It is not just India that is battling with lack of respect for intellectual property rights. In the US Rupert Murdoch's Fox has landed in trouble over its adventure film...More

ITC closes public consultation on programme code
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has announced that its public consultation on proposed changes to its Programme Code has now ended....More

Escotoonz to work on 2D animation series
Escotoonz Animation Studio, a part of the Escorts Group, has signed a co-production deal with Europe's CyberDodo Productions for a 2D animation series on children's rights...More

'Gap in mobile network security raises hacking'
Criminals or hackers can track your calling pattern on the mobile and create a "digital DNA" of yours that they can use to hack into your data or finances...More

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
Sachin, Fardeen & Kareena together in new Pepsi ad More
Veena Gidwani is Madison PR's new CEO More
Sachin and Sehwag star in new TVC for Boost More
LG Electronics announces exciting Diwali promotion More

Daily Media Stock Watch (26 September)
Bulls romp back into the ring More

Tube Talk
InMumbai to telecast Preeti-Pinky show More
Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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