9 December 2004 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 12 - Issue No: 23








Executive Dossier


















"Competition has grown the market"
Interview with E-City CEO Atul Goel

Headlines
FIPB clears hike in NRI stake in K Sera
FIPB formally clears transfer of 18.15 per cent shares in production company K Sera Sera to NRI investors.

Star on rebound in 9pm band; slot share up 14%
Plus' 9-10 pm band had seen a dip in ratings in the recent past but over the last month its slot share is up 14 %.

Times' Pradeep Guha appointed Zee Telefilms CEO
Now official that Times Group president Pradeep Guha taking charge as CEO at Zee Telefilms in January.

Yantra Media to venture into Hindi content

NDTV captures popular music of Ind Diaspora in docu.

Broadband seminar in Delhi on Thursday

Indian girl outspells rivals in BBC competition

Jack Abernethy is Fox Stations CEO

Vijay TV features Carnatic music festival

CNN to set up bureau in Pakistan

Rapper Kanye West tops Grammy's nominee list

Formula One records uneven TV ratings for the year

Telly Chakkar
"I have been approached by Star for something very big"
Telly Gupshup - Mandira roots for Sachin
Short Takes - Poonam Joshi
Akashdeep's arm-twisting lands Gauri in hospital
Is Sachin Tyagi the new man in Kashish's life?
Interview with Mihir Misra

Media Stock Watch
Media scrips slide

Tube Talk
Main Hoon Na-The inside story to air on Star Plus on 18 Dec
'History Rocks' on The History Channel this December

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (21 November 2004 to 27 November 2004)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (21 November 2004 to 27 November 2004)
Star Plus
Sony Entertainment
Sun TV
Zee TV
DD Sports

Source: www.indiantelevision.com
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
FIPB rejects B4U’s share transfer plan

FM radio privatisation: Centre keen to end litigation in phase II
Trai notifies differential tariff for off-net & on-net calls
Sony to bring production of LCD chips in-house
  Source: The Financial Express
   
Live telecast of Parliament proceedings from December 14
Implement upgraded pay scale: AIR staff

'Little Terrorist' hopes for Oscar

Film director C.S. Rao is dead

  Source:The Hindu
   
Pradeep Guha is Zee Tele CEO
Jobstreet.com new service for subscribers
  Source: The Hindu Business Line
   
Times group`s Guha joins Zee Telefilms
Business India`s publisher held
  Source: Business Standard
   
The jangle of Nausheen's bangles
Nethra to aid Jassi makeover
Hatim's second coming
Dheeraj Kumar goes Hub Dub...
A role to die for
Kahaani serial ki
  Source:Mid-day
 
Pradeep Guha to be Zee Tele CEO
Vivendi, ex-CEO fined e1m for 'fraud'
No kids' play! Cartoon biz gets serious
Liberty Media in talks to divest stake in News Corp
  Source:The Economic Times
   

Bad road woes? Go to BCC site
  Source: Times of India
   
Raj TV staff urge Centre to restore teleport licence
  Source:News Today
   
Parliamentary channels to go on air soon
Seer case: TV actress appears before police

Bhuj:"Transmitters on, villages go without DD

Still just the girl next door
IFFI Bazaar flops at box office
  Source:IndianExpress
   
Trai ends tariff bias in Internet service
  Source:Telegraph
   
´Mujhse Shaadi Karogi´ Nominated For 7 ´MTV IMMIES´
  Source:Planet Bollywood
International News
Pearson in $114m windfall from CBS MarketWatch sale
  Source: Independent
   
CBS Wins Total Viewers Tuesday
MTV to hit 'Beach' again
CORRECTED: New York Inks Tourism Deal with History Channel
  Source: Yahoo News
   
Rohrer Reassigned at MTV Nets
ABC Moves Life As We Know It
Turner: Cable Driving TV Viewing Growth
E!, TV Guide Hit the Red Carpet
  Source: Media Week (US)
   
MPs call on Ofcom to rethink regional strategy
'Shrek 3' delayed until 2007
  Source: Digital spy (UK)
   
Martha Stewart, NBC in TV deal?
  Source:Dow Jones/Excite
   
Louis J. Horvitz to direct Oscars telecast
Time Warner chief calls '04 'very good'
  Source:Big News Network.com
   
SINGAPORE: SPH and MediaCorp laying off about 200 employees
SINGAPORE: 'Substantial change' to Channel U's offerings next year
AUSTRALIA: Woman may be new TV watchdog
  Source: Asia Media
UK: B4U Music Becomes First Asian Service To Launch Picture Interactive
  Source:MB Asia
   
DirecTV's departing vice chairman to get $12 million
  Source:www.siliconvalley.com
   

Digital Satellite platforms gain subscribers

BBC 'shake up' gets mixed reaction

NTL and Telewest: married in 05?
  Source:Advanced-Television
   
Dutch competition authority rules against KPN in cable-TV case
  Source: DM Europe
   
Hong Kong: TVB granted reprieve for pay-TV unit
  Source:The Standard (HK
   
Vivendi's SFR Cegetel Has 3,000 Workers on Strike, Unions Say
  Source:Bloomberg
   
Australian Idol helps Ten to record quarter
  Source:Fairfax Digital
   
Germany's TV giant tries to send out a better signal
  Source:Financial Times
   
TV Times launches board game
Daily TV Marketplace - Heist nicks 1.7m in opening shot
  Source: Media Week (UK)
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