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Indian Television 2005



 


 

Southern TV space: Sun shines through; rivals gear up
Southern TV market grows 4.8 % in revenues; Sun retains top slot even as numerous channels launch.

Headlines
Ten Sports moves SC on cricket rights
Issue of sharing cricket with DD swings back into SC lap. Ten challenges court order & govt norms; hearing on Monday.

ICC to discuss India cricket telecast rights

Interview
"We don't want to look at tomorrow's market with yesterday's eyes"
Interview with Britannia marketing head Richa Arora

Ten Sports invites former cricketers for 'Straight Drive'

FremantleMedia signs deal with Sundance Channel

Warner triumphs at the box office

Motorola, Google align for mobile search

Bravo to launch doc series 'The Real Housewives...'

BBC Worldwide in deal with Eurosport

Fox partners with DirecTV for on demand content

Granada Intl sends 'Nanny 911' to Middle East, Turkey

Intel, Google to beam video search tec to living room

Guinness World Records TV signs deal in Italy

Highlight - Poonam turns entrepreneur!
Single and ready to mingle!
Nationalite's are Khiladi No 1
Bon Voyage! - Kanchi Kaul


Hit Entertainment in global licensing appointments

News Releases
Star Gold begins the New Year with a bang

Technology Update
LG launches Time Machine DMB phone
SBI Card Now 2 million strong and growing
Sling Media develops Pal version of Slingbox
Toshiba drives automobile infotainment with 40GB HDD
Samsung debuts high-end DLP front projectors for home theater market
Panasonic, Comcast announce deal for enhanced Ocap HD-DVR STBs and Ocap software license

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (18/12/2005 to 24/12/2005)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (18/12/2005 to 24/12/2005)
Star Plus
Star One
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment
DD1
Zee Sports

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
Intel, Eros tie up for Bollywood on demand
BPOs to make H'wood animation films
Fast forward to future: US gears up for Hi-Def Age
  Source:Economic Times
   
Now, AIR stutters on cricket broadcast
ISRO in sight of foreign satellite contract
FM radio: Will ad flow be music to bidders?
Mobile ringtone biz goes off tune as piracy creeps in
  Source:The Hindu Business Line
   
Small screen's big man!
BBC forecast for Delhi not so foreign
Miffed channel seeks legal recourse
Watch your favourite soap in jungles!
'Sony and I had a difference of opinion'
  Source:Times of India
   
Anil Ambani`s enterprise in for makeover
Sanjeev Nayyar: Don`t regulate broadcasters
Google may search for Buddha
  Source:Business Standard
   
New direct TV technology for automobiles
  Source:Hindustan Times
   
FDI cap of 26 pc to stay for media: Minister
  Source:Mumbai Mirror
   
Players may not do exclusive work for TV channels
  Source: Malayala Manorama
   
Ten Sports files petition in SC
  Source: NDTV
   
Grah Pravesh: Aamna's got a new address
Kumkum, Prerna, Anjali woo Zayed
  Source:Mid-day
 
   
Supreme Court to hear Ten Sports' plea today
TEN Sports ropes in Imran, Boycott
Channels must pay for film clippings
Indian TV channels invade Britain
Sterling Media expands films division
US film critics pick "Capote" as best picture
Round-the-clock TV channel of Parliament from March-end
Kozhikode : Workshop on film, media inaugurated
Preparing for new-age TV transmission
  Source: The Hindu
   
Telcom firms, cable operators ring in triple play this year
Primetime fiesta
A slice of Bollywood in Israel
Google moves on to online video store sphere
Asian cos challenge iPod's dominance
Intel to make PCs more entertaining
  Source:Financial Express
   
The new kid on the box
New year resolution? What’s that?
Ear shot
Smile, You’re on candid camera
Times and choices of Gudiya
  Source:Indian Express
   
Sun group makes a splash in FM
Asian Network radio gets a mainstream look
China to launch digital cinema server
Radio City plans to break even in three years
Who’s in a soap?
  Source:DNA
International News
TiVo uncharacteristically quiet at TV-dominated CES
  Source:Miami Herald,
   
Paramount may sell DreamWorks library to Soros: WSJ
'Ethiopian Idols' Offers Hope Amid Poverty
  Source: Yahoo
   
Warner moves global construction design center to China
HDTV to outsell analog units: US industrial group
  Source: Peoples Daily Online
   
Branson launches Virgin Comics with India appeal
  Source: Guardian
   
BBC science magazine to run six-month podcast trial
  Source: www.revolutionmagazine.com
   
EchoStar boss denies plan to sell company--report
  Source: ABC News
Springer mulls dropping ProSieben TV bid - paper
  Source: Reuters
   
Galloway under fire for joining Big Brother TV show
  Source: Scotsman
   
UK box offices beat cinema slump
  Source: Digital Spy (UK)
   
Italy's Berlusconi prepares TV blitz as vote nears
  Source:Malaysia Star
   
Ofcom alert on mobile calls from abroad
  Source: Times Online (UK)
   
Egyptian Barakat wins BBC award
  Source: BBC
   
Coming soon to TV land: The Internet, actually
  Source: CNET News.com
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