19 January 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 18 - Issue No: 63










Headlines










Ban on AXN: IBF seeks meeting with I&B minister
IBF seeks urgent meeting with I&B minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, following ban on AXN channel.

Advertisers go 'Radio Ga Ga': Tam AdEx study
Among all communication channels, growth curve for ad revenues on radio emerges on top in 2006 with 58%.

Big Bro loses sponsor over racist bullying row
Carphone Warehouse pulls sponsorship plug on Celebrity Big Brother; Ofcom gets 27,000 complaints.

Marar replaces KS Sarma as Maa TV CEO

NDTV floats subsidiary in Netherlands; Q3 net profit up 85% at Rs 48.8 million

HC adjourns Sony case against Trai to 24 Jan

Star unveils downloadable video content on indya.com

IMG acquires CSI sports

ICC to begin sale of sponsorship rights

BabyUniverse & HarperCollins Publishers ink video content partnership deal


Highlight - On racist digs and Shilpa's dilemma
Grapevine - Sumeet's in a chill out zone
Raj's kicked about Kittu...
Nigaar Khan takes refuge in comedy
The Week Ahead - Babul Supriyo in Titan Antakshri

News Releases
"Miss Rang De Sankranthi" cow crowning contest by Radio Mirchi
Hugh John Mungo Grant in a tete- a- tete with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio this Sunday on PIX
CNN IBN discusses India's icons
Zee Business wins coveted ABCI award

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (31/12/2006 to 06/01/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes


Top 100 Programmes (31/12/2006 to 06/01/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Star Sports
Star One
Sony Entertainment TV

Click here for free subscription!


Source: www.indiantelevision.com

 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Sun TV may go for QIP to cut promoter holding
    		• AXN ban sparks debate over ‘laws of obscenity’
    		• Reebok scores a Goal with UTV
    		• Stop playing the moral cop
    		• HarperCollins drops Regan book imprint
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• NDTV plans to pump in $130-160 m FDI thru group co
    		• Pritish Nandy gains on board nod for sale of equity
    		• Malaysia's Astro eyes Indian DTH market in tie-up with Sun TV
    		• NDTV posts 4-fold increase in December quarter net
    		• INOX opens its 13th multiplex in Chennai
    		• Fabmall.com acquires US-based online shopping firm
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• Big Brother sponsor pulls out after Shilpa faces more of mates’ four-letter fury
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		• INOX opens its 13th multiplex in Chennai
    		• TV anchor's wife ends life
    		• "Big Brother" sponsor pulls out
    		• BSNL launches Internet in WLL
    		• Puducherry: Cable TV customers resent rate hike
    		• 9 foreign-language films advance in Academy Award race
    Source: The Hindu
     
    		• I&b mulls ban on channels flouting legal provisions
    		• Is AXN ban order tenable?
    		• I&B has other channels in crosshairs
    		• Is live sex on-demand coming to hotel TVs?
    		• Big Brother pays for Shilpa's tears as sponsor pulls out
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• Tata Sky ends entertainment tax confusion
    		•  Radio hogs limelight as ad revenues surge 23 per cent
    		•  Maxis chief visits India, to partner Sun for DTH
    		•  GBN issue on a roll, subscribed nearly 42 times
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• Radio tries to make hay while CAS shines
    		• Two shooting stars and a soap opera
    		• Microsoft to offer online downloads for Vista
    		• The iPod as currency markets index
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• Media Alert: GameTap to Launch New World for ‘Myst Online
    Source: TechWack
     
    		• Peter Mukerjea may star in Mukesh’s television
    		• Satyajit Ray's 'Feluda' to star BBC radio play
    		• Belgian editors now go after Yahoo
    		• Shilpa Shetty episode not to impact India-UK ties: FM
    		• Shilpa, critic nominated for eviction
    		• PETA activists bare all to support Shilpa in racism fight
    		• Main sponsor pulls out of Big Brother
    		• TV viewers sick of moral policing
    		• Mean queen Roshni Chopra
    		• Rajeev’s ultimatum to his producers!
    		• 'We are in a deep relationship'
    		• No more arm-twisting
    Source: DNA
     
    International News
    		• BBC licence fee to rise no more than 3 pct a year
    		• Time Warner to Cut 289 Magazine Jobs
    		• NBC executive sees network turning corner
    		• Web newspaper blog traffic triples in December: study
    		• Ostrowski to be new Bertelsmann CEO - sources
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• DreamWorks Taps Christine Birch as Marketing Head
    Source: Animation World Network
     
    		• Vivendi's 'Caesar' Awarded Best ’Strategy’ Mobile Game of the Year
    Source: home.nestor.minsk.by
     
    		• Sky Angel service now available to Canadians via IPTV
    Source: Channel Canada
     
    		• China limits foreign satellite channels in hotels
    Source: Shanghai Daily
     
    		• Two Way TV to provide interactive services, games for Cartoon Network
    Source: DMasia
     
    		• MySpace to offer parental notification software
    Source: ITnews
     
    		• BLOOMBERG TV Now Available in Washington DC on Comcast
    Source: Broadcast Newsroom
    		• VNU Changes Name to the Nielsen Company
    		• 'American Idol' Producers to Introduce New Twist
    Source: TV Week
      
    		• Premiership in new £625m TV deal
    Source: BBC Sport
     
    		• American Idol Records Second Solid Night
    Source: Media Week (US)
     
    		• Ofcom boss comments on 'BB'
    		• Virgin Media launches website ahead of ‘V-day’
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
  		• Monster buys Norwegian jobs site
    Source: UPI
     
    		• THAILAND CENSORS CNN, BLOCKS CNN AND BBC WEBSITES
    Source: www.contactmusic.com
      
    		• Star DTO site for India
    Source: Advanced - Television
     
    		• Global digital music sales doubled in 2006
    Source: www.canada.com
      
    		• SINGAPORE: HD shows on broadband TV coming soon
    Source: Asia Media
    Every endeavour is made to make sure that the links given are valid. However, since the archiving systems differ across not cross various sites, Indiantelevision.com cannot guarantee their validity after a day of posting.   Subscribe to this Newsletter: Click here
    For Feedback: Click here
    Unsubscribe to this Newsletter: Click here
    For Archives: Click here
    Indian Television Dot Com Pvt Ltd, 318, Kuber Complex, Opp. Laxmi Industrial Estate, New Link Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai-400 053, INDIA.
    Tel: 0091-22-40666777 Fax: 0091-22-2674 0644
    The TV Linx Reporter is an Indian Television Dot Com publication.
    © 2001-2007 All Rights Reserved
    www.indiantelevision.com
    *If you are not able to see the mailer, please click here
    Please add tvlinx@es1.indiantelevision.com to your Address Book to ensure that this newsletter does not land in your bulk folder.