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Great cricket auction begins, ICC cash registers to ring
 Meetings with broadcasters, agencies for great cricket auction begin; bidding to range anywhere between $ 1.7 to $ 2 billion.

Headlines
LG using Tom And Jerry to create cricket buzz
 LG Electronics to use iconic cartoon characters Tom & Jerry in its brand campaign, which coincides with the ICC Champions Trophy.

Special Report
Optimystix has format down pat; looks to widen view
Profiling Optimystix, which completes six years this October; and is set to venture into films & advertising by early next year.

UTV to launch 2nd feature film division UTVPost in Oct

MIB inaugrates PIB's Audio Visual Unit

Harvard, India Today bring HBR South Asian edition

CBS, PBS triumph at Emmy for news, documentaries

Animal Planet travels to explore fauna and flaura

Viacom revises employment agreement with Redstone

Mipcom announces nominations for annual Mobile TV Screenings and Awards

Discovery expands content offering on Google Earth

Google opens video marketplace

BBC Worldwide in content deal with Amazon.com

Yahoo India launches Yahoo! Search Marketing

Cartoon Network inks deal with Tata Indicom for VoD service
Hungamathon 2007 to kick off in January; Kolkata also to host
Buena Vista Games creates video games around Disney characters


Highlight - TV's Bong brigade usher in Durga Puja!
Ashish Kaul turns writer

News Releases
Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak come together on the small screen after eight years
HMV Saregama releases the music of 'Vivah'
John Wright to add special ‘insider’ touch to Extraaa Innings for the ICC Champions Trophy on Max

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Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (10/09/2006 to 16/09/2006)
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• TDSAT notice to Centre on unified FM radio frequency
    		• Too many FM stations spoil the party?
    		• BCCI piles up record total in FY06
    		• Walt Disney to roll out Disney Jeans for kids
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Yahoo India’s Neville Taraporewalla quits
    		• MS and Yahoo marry their IM services
    		• MSN to air webcast concerts live
    		• 'It is after all the month of Ramzan'
    		• Jhatkas no more!
    		• Soaps score over ‘L’il Champs’?
    Source: DNA
       
    		• BIG 92.7 FM launched in Chennai
    		• The new era of direct-to-home TV dawns
    		• 3G, wireless broadband auction to fetch Rs 9,500 cr
    Source:The Hindu Business Line
     
     
    		• K Sera Sera to target wider audiences
    		• Clarify single frequency allocation, says TDSAT
    		• Watch TV as you shop
    		• LG, Samsung overtake China’s TCL as global TV leaders
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• FM radio: TDSAT notice to govt
    		• Search engine marketing
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Pankaj Kapur teams with wife Supriya Pathak on screen after 8 years
    		• 'AFSPA 1958' continues bagging international awards
    Source: The Hindu
     
    International News
    		• China approves NewsCorp's sale of stake in Phoenix TV
    Source: Today Online
     
    		• Nielsen commercials ratings get US launch in November
    Source: Brand Republic
     
    		• Intel Partners With DirecTV
    Source: www.mediacenterpcworld.com
     
    		• Pak: Govt planning to curb TV coverage of parliament
    Source: Pakistan Link
     
    		• BBC under fire for £1.2m image change
    Source: The Herald
     
    		• CBS reorganizes TV distribution group
    Source: www.hemscott.com
       
    		• MSN broadcasting live concerts in October
    Source: MarketWatch
     
    		• Vivendi makes €2.5bn offer for PTC stake
    Source: www.euro2day.gr
     
    		• ESPN Adds Nascar To Its Extensive Sports Syndication Catalogue
    Source: www.broadcastbuyer.tv
    		• News Corp.'s stake in BSkyB rises to 39 pct
    		• Naspers sells 15 pct stake in pay-TV unit to blacks
    		• Argentine producer eyes Mexico's pay TV market
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Ofcom publishes outcome of TV access services review
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• MTV plans 2nd year for `Two-A-Days'
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• MySpace Ranks First in Online Video Viewings
    		• Univision Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Investor Group
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• MTV Canada Staging Online Auction to Fight AIDS
    		• Canada: Radio Broadcast Year Ends with 6.3% Revenue Gain
    Source: www.broadcastermagazine.com
     
    		• VOD Net here! Starts Gay/Lesbian Video Channel
    Source: Media Week (US)
     
    		• THAILAND: Mcot board resigns 'for Thaksin broadcast'
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• SES ASTRA contracts UK’s Five for additional capacity
    Source: Advanced - Television
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