Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 30 January 2006 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

First Take

CNN-IBN: Combining speed with solidity
Rajdeep Sardesai's CNN IBN makes jab at success in a cluttered news market with a fresh approach.

Executive Dossier
'The advertising pie is large enough to be shared and sustain everbody'
Interview with CNN-IBN's editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai

Headlines
Cricket ad row: ICC chief meets Pawar
ICC, BCCI meet to sort out ad signage issues on two venues for Champions Trophy; no solution yet.

Zoom acquires show on Playboy founder Hefner
Zoom has acquired from E! the rights for the 15 episode show 'Girls of the Playboy Mansion'.

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India

	"Law only provides for takeover of MSO operators"
	Disney stars thrill their fans
	Film on AFSPA in Mumbai film festival
	An `animated' passage to India
	FM station goes on air
	Newspapers as a Public Trust
	Kochi : Film technicians form trade union
	Source: The Hindu

	Portable players: ways to fill tiny screens
	A film festival for peace
	Cables: Spiralling demand for a booming economy
	Hoping for many more blockbusters
	Kingfisher Radio rejects Herbertsons price
	Music marketing gets digital tune-up
	Two better than one
	Source:Financial Express

	PHDCCI plea to implement broadcasting code
	Source:The Hindu Business Line

	Multi-media campaign launched
	Source: Newindpress

	Sahara`s Filmy to charge high ad rates
	India Infoline eyes Gujarat
	Dorab R Sopariwala: A bad loser goes to court
	Inox - blockbuster?
	Source:Business Standard

	Snigdha's Nagpur yatra
	Source:Mid-day


	Radio Mirchi ups tempo to fever pitch
	Star to take legal action against India TV
	BCCL to invest in India Infoline
	Source:Economic Times

	Jaya refutes charge of partiality in cable network takeover
	Source:NewKerala.com

	STAR shrugs off KBC2 controversy
	Sony puts robot dog Aibo to sleep
	Move over Kareena, Kulraj’s here!
	Lyricist Joshi chosen young global leader 2006
	Source:DNA

	TN govt acted in an impartial manner on cable bill, says Jaya
	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa hits the wrong notes?
	PROFILE: Rajesh Kumar
	Perfect comic timing
	Ear Shot
	Interview
	Source:Indian Express

	Festival films get Censor exemption
	'Content on TV is really sad'
	Of sobs and soaps
	Source: Times of India

	UTV launches anti-piracy operation
	Source: www.indiafm.com

International News

	AOL lands new high-speed Internet partnerships
	CBS sees annual profit increase
	VNU board to discuss buyout value with investor
	Source:Reuters

	BBC, C4 lobbying for terrestrial spectrum
	New head of channel development at C4
	No Sky launch for Ireland's Channel 6
	ABC's Woodruff, Vogt "in stable condition"
	Malcolm Wall poised for position at NTL
	New Sky Movies screens launch on Telewest
	Source:Digital Spy (UK)

	Thailand: Government moves to block cable news station and website of critical media owner
	Source: www.ifex.org

	British Sky Broadcasting Selects Soundfield Microphones
	Source:DMN Newswire

	New BBC site to showcase budding comedians
	Source: Netimperative

	Internet threatens Canadian broadcasters: report
	Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

	Middle East : CABSAT to begin on March 7
	Source: Khaleej Times Online

	Bell ExpressVu Lets Viewers 'Discover' HD Programming
	Source:www.cablecastermagazine.com

	Internet protocol coming to the tube
	Congress unlikely to ease TV rules for US telcos soon
	ABC News anchor, cameraman stable after Iraq bombing
	Actors Guild to Honor Its Own
	Source: Yahoo

	BBC Arabic radio and online goes on tour in February to meet Arab youth
	Source:AME Info

	Mediaset probed by Italy's antitrust authority over Europa TV
	Source: Forbes

	SINGAPORE’S BIG BUY: Temasek may sell off ShinSat, iTV
	Source: The Nation - Thailand

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