28 December 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 21 - Issue No: 56




Headlines



Govt must set deadline for voluntary Cas to take off: Trai
 Trai suggests government to set deadline for rolling out voluntary Cas in 55 cities; phases to spread over 3 years from October 2008.

FM radio auction deferred to 14 January
Government postpones financial Bidding for remaining 97 FM radio stations across 48 cities; new dates are 14 and 21 January.

Maker of Sthree Shyam Sunder dies
 Maker of Malayalam popular serial Sthree and Asianet Suvarana's chief creative officer Shyam Sunder dies at the age of 44.

Tare Zameen Par goes tax-free in Delhi
 Aamir Khan's Tare Zameen Par is declared tax-free in Delhi; film rakes in around Rs 150 million at the box office in the first 3 days.

Sakaal to foray into TV broadcasting biz in 2008

Two FM stations hit airwaves in Puducherry

Chennai Open 2008 to air on 16 TV channels

Animal Planet to launch Planet Wild on 31 December

BBC invites pitches for youth shows in UK

BBC Worldwide takes 'Blue Planet' to a bigger scale in 2008

Jump Games launches mobile game on Return of Hanuman

Games2Win launches Fantasy Cricket

Goa launches broadband network programme

Fox to sign movie rental deal with Apple's iTunes

The Golden Compass swings past $100 million in box office

NDTV Good Times offers Kingfisher swimsuit calendar on bid

SMRT launches Tunnel TV in Singapore


Disney-MGM Studio to be called Disney Hollywood Studio from January
Kelloggs looks to hook kids with Xbox

Highlight - I don't deserve to be eliminated-Chhavi Mittal

'Jersey No.10' Bat for Indian cricket team
"I don't go by trends" - Parakh Madan
No private talk please!

News Releases
Jersey No. 10 cast wishes good luck to Indian Cricket Team
With CNN-IBN, reminisce the best of 2007
Watch Amrita Rao on Amul Star Voice of India on 28 Dec
Mithun does an item number on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (09/12/2007 to 15/12/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (09/12/2007 to 15/12/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
DD1
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Zee Telugu
Neo Sports


Source: www.indiantelevision.com

 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Trai wants CAS dates specified for 55 top cities
    		• ADAG to produce regional films
    		• Ageing rockers outshine newcomers in 2007
    		• EPL loses millions of fans
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• Operators may have to shell out more for spectrum
    		• Apple in online film-rental deal with Fox studio
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• BCCL picks up Lok Construction stake
    		• Om Malik among world's top 25 web celebrities
    		• India's first mobile soap opera
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• Internet database not the last word, says Ansari
    Source: Finanical Express
     
    		• IPTV may go the Hong Kong way or head towards American tragedy
    		• 'The Return of Hanuman' to begin new era of animated movies
    Source: DNA
     
    		• ‘Web 2.0? What’s that?
    		• ‘Set deadline to get voluntary CAS rolling’
    Source: The Hindu Business line
     
    		• 'The Return of Hanuman' to begin new era of animated movies
    		• World newspapers just at the touch of a button
    		• It’s FM wave all over
    		• Action-packed month on HBO
    Source: The Hindu
     
    International News
    		• Tune in to digital for Scotland, broadcast bosses told
    Source: The Herald
     
    		• NewsCorp's Imedi TV to stop broadcasting
    Source: finchannel.com
     
    		• New administration will allow newspapers to own broadcasting companies
    Source: english.hani.co.kr
     
    		• Pay-TV turns off China football fans
    Source: BBC
     
    		• Arabic-Speaking Nebbish Hits Prime-Time Television in Israel
    Source: www.forward.com
     
    		• Hupo.TV to manage Chinese pop radio site
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• China sets up satellite company
    Source: CCTV
    		• Oscars show "will go on"
    		• Garraway, Du Beke appear in new GMTV series
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Former Condé Nast CEO Florio, Dead at 58
    		• Nielsen: Nearly 60% of Web Searches on Google
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• Fox Films Available to Rent on iTunes
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Sri Lankan minister storms TV station for not broadcasting speech
    Source: Earth Times
     
    		• Vivendi's Canal Plus Signs Agreement to Buy Occade Sport
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• Return of late night, or train-wreck TV?
    Source: Reuters
     
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