31 December 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 21 - Issue No: 58






Headlines



Anil's Reliance Mutual Fund holds 9% in Hinduja Ventures
 Anil Ambani's Reliance Mutual Fund holds 9.17% in Hinduja Ventures; buys from market in Co. which has interest in cable TV.

Percept to invest Rs 350 million in Hanuman 3
Percept Picture Company to pump in Rs 300-350 mn for Hanuman 3; the sequel of the untitled 3D film is set for release in 2010.

Divine predictions 2008
 Tarot card reader Dr Soniyaa P Bhaagiyaa offers predictions for 2008 for different stars and channels.

Welcome grosses Rs 572 million in opening week
 Welcome grosses Rs 500 mn in opening week in India; UK accounts for Rs 42.8 mn while Rs 29 mn has come from North America.

Time Warner likely to spin off cable-TV division

ITV to target upmarket viewers, signs new hosts

Wal-Mart shuts online movie download service

AOL to end Netscape Navigator support

DirecTV adds 2 HD sports channels

Nokia delays N-Gage gaming service again

Warner Bros tops box office with $2.2 billion in 2007

Coca-Cola in promotional tie up with ExerciseTV


Disney to air viewer-generated content on New Year's Eve

Highlight - Gaurav Chopra to play a cameo in a 'special' film

Karan Mehra expresses shock at Virrudh's closure
Sweta Keswani enters Baa Bahu Baby
I want to be like Shankar: Sid Makkar
Jai Mata Di

News Releases
Watch the America’s Prosecutors Special: The Boneyard on 1 & 2 January on Zone Reality
Speed Dheena becomes Chennai's most popular Rj

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
    		• Starbucks products in India via PVR tie-up
    		• Big Music & Home plans Bengali film foray
    		• Big Music & Home eyes 40 per cent share in home entertainment
    		• Bloggers drive Indian IPR agenda
    		• Gaming finally catching Indian fancy
    		• Hanuman to assume another dimension
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Small films hold their own in Telugu film industry
    Source: The Hindu Business line
     
    		• Pak channel airs photos of two men involved in Bhutto’s assassination
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		• Print-visual media awards
    Source: The Hindu
     
    		• Consolidation could be small channels’ saviour
    		• Power Women
    		• Starbucks enter India through PVR tie-up
    Source: Finanical Express
     
      
    		• Jeevan TV to start news channel in near future
    		• DTH players cry foul as taxes mount
    		• Reliance Entertainment to rock the regional film circuit
    		• Bollywood rakes in Rs 4 bn profit in 2007
    		• Sun Direct, 5 new channels mark the year 2007 in TN
    		• Shemaroo inks $6.6 mn satellite deal with Zee TV
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Harry Potter tops 2007 book and DVD best sellers lists
    		• ‘Vamps add spice to TV’
    		• Pak channel airs photos of suspects
    Source: DNA
     
    		• Media 8.0 | Riding a high-decibel growth wave
    		• Media 8.0 | Small screen takes big leap into the future
    Source: Livemint
      
    		• Box office 2007: Year of experiments
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• ITV signs Paul Merton as channel heads upmarket
    Source: Times Online
     
    		• Shares of EchoStar's spin-off effective Jan. 1
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Ladbrokes ready to sign up with Turf TV
    Source: Telegraph
     
    		• Santa Barbara Arts TV Forms Content and Advertising Partnership with YouTube
    Source: TMCNET
     
    		• TV's best and worst of 2007
    Source: San Francisco Chronicle
     
    		• iBiquity Asks FCC To Require HD In Satellite Receivers
    Source: www.radioink.com
     
    		• China to release online video sharing and broadcasting policy
    Source: www.abu.org.my
    		• TV news male dominated, survey finds
    		• Ofcom to investigate Tate complaints
    		• WGA reaches agreement with CBS talk shows
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• R.I.P. to Court TV, hello to truTV
    Source:Yahoo
     
    		• CCTV to launch Olympic Channel
    Source: Xinhuanet
     
    		• Equity Media's RTN Adds a Media General Affiliate in Providence
    Source: FOX News
     
    		• 28 arrested across Spain in Television copyright swoops
    Source: Typically Spanish
     
    		• NAB Seeks Entries for International Broadcasting Excellence Awards
    Source: www.tvtechnology.com
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