22 May 2006 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 16 - Issue No: 61





Headlines




Chandra to transfer foreign holdings
ZTL chairman Subhash Chandra will be transferring his foreign holdings to an investment company in India.
 
 

Special Report
Sony, Star One bid to get back on narrative track
Public disenchantment with format shows send two channels slipping on downward ratings spiral.

Special Report
Ms Media: 25 Women Who Matter - Kacon Sethi
Profiling industry's power ladies, this issue takes a look at K Sera Sera CEO Kacon Sethi.

Ted Turner bids adieu to Time Warner

Arbitron, CBS Radio ink agreement for ratings services

ESS, adidas search for Fifa fair play flag bearers

Ghosh launches website to co-produce Hollywood film


Karan Johar revs it up in Cannes
Goa officials study Cannes festival
CII throws producers networking party at Cannes
'Provoked' parties on with Aishwarya Rai
Sunstone does sale for three flicks
Animator Gitanjali Rao's Cannes adventure




Disney Publishing Worldwide names Hampton as president

Highlight - Karishma Randhawa in Suno...Harr Dill...
Woh Rehne Wali....goes the Aitraaz way!
Viewers vote in Sanjivani on Star Utsav
Zee News to air documentary on Rajiv Gandhi
Avaghachi Sansar launches on Zee Marathi
Mamta has a little angel!
The Week Ahead - Watch out for more drama on India Calling

News Releases
Zee News to air documentary on Rajiv Gandhi
NDTV 24X7 to air 'The Two Year Mark' on 21 May
Ten Sports to air Moto GP live on 21 May

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (24/04/2006 to 30/04/2006)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (24/04/2006 to 30/04/2006)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Star One
Gemini TV
Zee Marathi

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• SET India to go for public float
    		• Sreelatha Menon: Dasmunshi code
    		• Samsung set to tap football craze in West Bengal
    		• Airtel launches Tamil SMS service
      Source:Business Standard
       
    		• KBC-II halts Star Asia revenue growth
    		• Action time dawns on couch potatoes
    		• Back to the Internet
    		• Borrowed formats, desi shows
    		• ‘It’s a safe bet to use a successful formula’
    		• Indians hunt for Cannes breaks
    		• Dreamgirls casts spell over Cannes audience
      Source:Financial Express
       
    		• Now realty takes space in ad mkt
    		• Chinese filmmaker risks 5-year ban over Cannes entry
      Source: Economic Times
       
    		• TV companies betting big on FIFA World Cup
      Source: NewKerala
       
    		• Airtel unveils music video downloads
      Source: The Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Hussain's believe it or not
    		• Going Fearlessly without make-up
    		• Monaz follows dad's path
    		• Pankkit ready for the big league
    		• Delayed or scrapped?
      Source: Mid-day
     
    		• Hit Disney musical goes Hindi for India
    		• Chinese cable TV to go fully digital by 2015
    		• Multiplex boom: More the merrier
    		• I'll always be Aroonaji's first choice: Sangeeta
    		• Bollywood belles open Cannes of worms
    		• Tintin is enlightening: Dalai Lama
      Source:DNA
       
    		• Educational radio network to be launched
    		• Adoor criticises representation for commercial films at IFFI
    		• Ahamed inaugurates 3-D theatre
      Source: The Hindu
       
    		• When it’s breaking news, you have to be heard above the herd
    		• Opinion poll shows Singh ahead of Sonia as PM material
    		• TALKING POINT with Kundan Shah
    		• Age control formula
    		• Field Work
    		• TALKING POINT with Natasha Rana
    		• SEX Sells
    		• CHATTER BOX
    		• Shaan quits Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
    		• Spoons and needles
    		• TALKING POINT with Maaninee Mishra
    		• Ear Shot
      Source: Indian Express
    International News
    		• No soccer on TV = no gambling in prison
      Source: Independent Online
       
    		• BMG Music Publishing sale to start soon -sources
      Source: Scotsman
       
    		• Time Warner sticking to AOL overhaul - CEO
    		• CanWest to sell stake in TV3 Ireland for C$381 mln
    		• Premiere, D.Telekom to show soccer over Internet
      Source: Reuters
       
    		• BBC Wales to install networked digital news system
      Source: www.4rfv.co.uk
       
    		• BT's TV ambitions date back to a £600m bid for ONdigital
    		• Fathers 4 Justice storm BBC's live lottery show
      Source: Independent
       
    		• AT&T announces move into TV service
      Source: Monsters and Critics
       
    		• Nepal: SC dismisses restrictive media policies
      Source: www.nepalnews.com
    		• 'EastEnders' sweeps board at British Soap Awards
      Source: Digital Spy (UK)
       
    		• Daughter of TV Bounty Hunter 'Dog' Dies
    		• Idol" fever hits climax after triumphant season
    		• Hail to "Cory" spin-off at Disney Channel
    		• 'Da Vinci Code' Hauls in $224M Worldwide
      Source: Yahoo
       
    		• British Museum joins puzzle craze as host to TV gameshow
      Source: Guardian
       
    		• Universal, Sony BMG Settle UK Lawsuit Over `Da Vinci' Musict
      Source: Bloomberg
       
    		• TV networks blissfully ignore TiVo problem
      Source:CNN
       
    		• Venezuela-China cooperation in movies, TV, broadcasting, drama, acrobatics
      Source: VHeadline
       
    		• Saira Khan to front new business series
      Source: Asians in Media
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