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Mumbai cable TV shut as operators protest police clampdown
Protest against police raids on their headends & sealing of nine movie channel decoders for allegedly showing adult content.

Cancelled tri-series costs Ten Sports Rs 500 mn in ad revenue
The cancellation of the one-day cricket series in Sri Lanka likely to cost telecast rights holder Ten Sports dear.

Percept bags three BCCI tenders for Malaysian Tri-series
Percept bags BCCI tenders worth Rs 750 million for Malaysian tri-series featurung India, West Indies and Australia.

Executive Dossier
'Our target is to reach the number one position in Kerala market within the next two to three years'
Interview with Amrita TV director & CEO Sudhakar Jayaram

Pix looks to grow further through original content

DD to air 'Meeting a Milestone' on Ustad Bismillah Khan

Star Gold launches 'Rang De Basanti Salaam'

2 new DD satellite channels for North-East India mulled

Zee TV International introduces Middle East band

Times Now to feature vision of 'Bangalore Tomorrow'

Zee scholarship to Kidzee L’il Champs winners

Ben appointed as official event mgmt. agency for IFFI

HBO dominates Creative Arts Emmys

Channel [V] appoints Anirban Bhattacharyya as EP

Star World catches singer Michael Bublé in the act

Zee Business institutes Pinnacle Awards

China to announce terrestrial digital TV standard soon

Webaroo introduces enhanced version of free mobile offline web

Global net TV firm Internet Broadcast offers searchable global news broadcasts

Disney Channel rings in Teacher's Day celebrations


Highlight - Dheeraj Kumar readies Ghar ki Laxmi Betiyaan for Zee
Are Neha and Vinod a couple???
Aparna plays real life doc for Shveta
Interview with Rucha Gujarati
Grapevine - What's in a name?
The Week Ahead - What next on Resham Dankh?

Technology Update
SPL Innotech to showcase MediaMagick IPTV tech at IBC 2006

News Releases
Airtel announces strategic tie-up with Microsoft
Will Smith is the date doctor in HBO- 'Hitch'

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (30/07/2006 to 05/08/2006)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (30/07/2006 to 05/08/2006)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Star One
Sun TV
Zee Cinema
Sony Entertainment TV
Gemini TV

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    		• Airtel ties up with Microsoft to offer MS Office on mobile
    		• Color Chips to raise Rs 46 cr via FCCBs
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    		• Color Chips to raise Rs 46 cr via FCCBs
    		• Digital projectors helping film makers countern priacy
    		• BEN bags IFFI-2006
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    		• TV Today Network to issue 29 lakh shares under ESOS
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    		• 9 film channels go off air
    		• 360 degrees in cinema
    		• Nettlinx launches VoIP services in Andhra
    		• Twist in the plot
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    		• Yash Chopra bags a BAFTA
    		• DD-Lucknow treasures Ustad in CDs
    		• Army wives go on air with in-house cable channel
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    		• Mumbai cable operators pull the plug
    		• Illegal Pakistani radio broadcasts fanning violence
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    		• UTV inks largest co-production deal with Hollywood studios
    		• Resource persons focus on use of newspaper as a teaching tool
    		• Hyderabad : Low-cost VoIP service launched
    		• AIR specials for the celebrations
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    		• TV channels get tax reprieve
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    International News
    		• Dick Robertson to Retire as Warner Bros. Syndication Boss
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    		• China: Trials of TV broadcasts on mobiles set for 2007
    Source:China Daily
       
    		• Disney calls Net TV effort a success
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    		• Gandolfini Signs With HBO, Launches Attaboy Films
    		• Cable Sales Focus Shifts to Scatter
    		• Fox TV "Blinks" With Two-Second Radio Spots
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    		• FT launches online club for subscribers
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    		• Italian body to co-ordinate digital switch over
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