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SET Discovery targets Rs 4.5 billion in FY07 on back of World Cup
Riding high on the ICC cricket World Cup wave, SET Discovery expects to garner a revenue of Rs 4.5 billion in 2006-07.

Ratings: AXN maintains lead in English ent.; Star World, Zee Café neck and neck
While AXN leads in English entertainment, Star World, Zee Café neck and neck; DTH, Cas expected to clarify vieiwng habits.

Blackout continues, Karnataka cable ops plan rally
The blackout of Tamil channels by the cable TV trade in Karnataka continues following the Cauvery water verdict.

Special Report
It's a 'Mag' world!
Niche magazine genre catches eye of intl publishers who are stepping in promising global standards with a twist of desi.

A busy year for newspapers around the world

MTV to be shut down 3 ethnic channels targeting Asians

8 docu makers for 'International Trailblazers' at Mipdoc

ESS launches SportsCenter in Malaysia

DTL journeys through China this month

CCTV renews deal for the Oscars

THC to launch 'Crime & Investigation Network' in Africa

Gore, Diaz throw weight behind 'Live Earth' concerts

ImaginAsian to distribute Korean thriller, Chinese drama

FCC report suggests limiting of TV violence

Banff World TV Festival, NHK announce partnership

Blackout continues, Karnataka cable ops plan rally

Most rapid DTH growth to come from Asia

Two convergence meets on the anvil next month

Sony Pics to take 'Ghost Rider' across intercity highway

US toy manufactures lure internet savvy kids


Highlight - Interview with - Annu Kapur
Grapevine - Friends? Nah!!
How silly a rumour can be!
The Week Ahead - Bouquet of flicks on Zee Studio

News Releases
Design and innovation unite Motorola's announcements at 3GSM World Congress
Times Now interview with Bal Thackeray

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (28/01/2007 to 03/02/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (28/01/2007 to 03/02/2007)
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Zee TV
DD1
Sun TV
Star One
Sahara One
Gemini TV

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  • Doordarshan to telecast cricket World Cup live
  • Shilpa biggest draw in Zee Carnival also
  • Rajinikanth’s life to be made into animation
  • SAARC members aim for $20-billion regional trade by 2010
  • Rehaan’s brush with fame
  • Google sues Polish poets
    Source: DNA
     
  • DD to add more channels with new satellite hook-up
  • Tata Tetley's Vijay Singh to join STAR as prez
  • Another show-cause notice to Nimbus for "racial" ad
  • Erasmic finds limited partner in Google
    Source: Economic Times
     
  • Click online for classics
  • The puppet breaks free
  • Yahoo! plans to devote 100 sites to entertainment
  • All the world’s a stage—that includes the internet
  • Intel puts 80 cores on one chip
    Source: Financial Express
     
  • Asian TV channels degrading English of UK minority kids, claims British MP
    Source: NewKerala.com
     
  • Shock marketing backfires, or does it?
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
  • GSM operators vie for mobile games pie
    Source: Business Standard
     
  • Blackout of Tamil TV channels may continue for some more time
  • Court: why delay in deciding on deputation to Prasar Bharati?
  • Nellore: 24-hour real estate TV channel soon
  • Journalists debate role of media
  • China bans film shooting in nature reserves, scenic sites
  • `Media education is essential for media professionals'
  • View `animated' 3-D cricket on the Web
  • CPI (M) wants ban on Tamil channels to go
    Source: The Hindu
      
  • Gulf NRIs unhappy with Indian TV channels
    Source: NewIndPress
     
  • HC asks govt to clarify on cricket advt
    Source: Times of India
     
  • Big B roped in for Zee gameshow?
    Source: Ibn Live
      
  • BBC poll finds Islam-West tension political, not religious
  • Toons make way — it’s time for the World Press Cartoon Exhibition
  • Arra... ra... Daksha is back!
  • A thin man with gelled hair, in a grey suit appears...
  • Pro-file: Malini Kapoor
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
  • Google said ready to buy Adscape, a game ad boost
  • Ofcom to consult on BSkyB's Freeview plans
  • Spike TV hungry for gorging contests
  • Kurdish action series dropped from Turkish TV
    Source: Reuters
     
  • Miranda HD System Selected For South East Asia's First HDTV Terrestrial Platform
    Source: www.broadcastbuyer.tv
     
  • Yahoo Korea CEO to Resign
    Source: hankooki.com
     
  • FOCUS Spain's TV, mobile operators eye mobile TV amid demand concerns
    Source: www.euro2day.gr
     
  • Global and APTN Host National Aboriginal Achievement Awards
    Source: Broadcaster
     
  • Pakistani journalist gets BBC award
    Source: Daily Times
     
  • Apace forms Balkan Media JV with Sweden's MTG Broadcasting
    Source: ABC Money
  • Simon Cowell wants to work with Shilpa
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
  • Fox opens competition with CNBC with jab
    Source: Yahoo
     
  • YouTube Snitches on Users Who Uploaded Fox Shows
    Source: Marketing Vox News
     
  • BBC urged to resist website ads
    Source: BBC
     
  • Channel 4 forms alliances with social network sites
    Source: Marketing Week
     
  • Sky and Sony sign Steven Gerrard for HD promotion
    Source: Brand Republic
     
  • MTV & Vice Launch Online Channel
    Source: iMedia Communications
     
  • Showtime reaches for the EchoStar subscribers
    Source: ZDnet
      
  • Inventor of TV remote switches off at 93
    Source: Independent

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