Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 22 January 2007 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

Headlines

Zee TV to soon have ent. channel sibling; Zee Next working title
Launch of sibling to Zee TV expected within next three to five months; channel given working title Zee Next.

No cricket on DD as Nimbus refuses to buckle
The home cricket series kicked off today without the telecast being available on national broadcaster Doordarshan and All India Radio.

Last-ditch attempt on for cricket broadcast on DD, AIR

Pix "handpicks Bangalore" as potent market to unveil mass media campaign
Movie channel from Sony stable set to go whole hog in Bangalore with mutli-media campaign that breaks on 22 January.

Special Report
Television woos Marathi Manus
Marathi regional language channel genre an open field and almost every television network has set sights on it.

News Releases
Rakshanda Khan, Ranvir Shorey to run the marathon to support a cause Make-A-Wish Foundation of India
SaharaOne telecasts premiere of Khosla Ka Ghosla on Sunday 21 Jan at 11 am with a repeat at 8 pm
Ajay Bijli among top Indians nominated for Young Global Leaders 2007 by World Economic Forum

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)
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India

	Nimbus gets Rs 550-cr foreign feed
	Is cricket for public or Nimbus to make money?
	ENIL net up 14% on 31% rise in Oct-Dec sales
	World’s biggest entertainment industry
	First day, flop show: Cricket goes on the blink
	Source: Economic Times

	DTH having better of CAS for now
	I&B minister calls Nimbus "unpatriotic"
	It`s official, top bosses quit Star
	Source: Business Standard

	New reality show to kick off on Sony TV
	Radio Mirchi Q3 net profit up 14%
	Nimbus gets $125m
	Special law on cricket telecast likely
	Channel 4 may axe Big Brother
	TV leaves fans at sixes and sevens
	Even Dish TV viewers will miss out
	Source: Times of India

	Nimbus, DD fall out on India-WI match telecast
	Shringar Cinemas net at Rs 3.6 cr
	Zapak scouts for acquisitions
	Ghatothkach in animation
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Banned TV goes on air with violence
	Kolkata: Prince back, city misses bang in Neo blackout
	Eyeing more revenue, big media firms start social networking
	The Champ and the Contender: Big Bachchan vs Super Shah Rukh
	PRO-FILE: Harsh Chaya
	Source: Indian Express

	Idiot box outshines 70-MM screens
	Source: www.indiaenews.com


	New reality show to kick off on Sony TV
	TV producers' council formed
	VTU programmes may be telecast in Germany
	When reality television turned unexpectedly serious
	BCCI maybe party with Nimbus in case against Prasar Bharti
	Nimbus agrees to give live feed; Says DD encrypt signals
	Source: The Hindu

	Multiplexes, film producers talk to solve revenue issues
	It’s official: Mukerjea, Nair to quit STAR group
	Small screen action beyond the box
	Controversy spices up reality TV
	Radio’s future is clear and varied
	‘Yahoo research uses artificial intelligence everywhere’
	Source: Financial Express

	Actors, directors irked with AXN ban
	Notices to NDTV, Zee TV in copyright case
	Mukerjea in new avatar as HR wiz
	Nimbus ‘unpatriotic’, says Dasmunshi
	Now STAR says they have gone
	'Shilpa should quit show if she can't stand the heat'
	Board to decide Big Brother’s fate
	World media condemn China's satellite shooting
	Glorifying rule benders: Stardust clouds Mumbai
	Jade Goody admits she was a racist bully
	Source: DNA

	Butterflies over KBC
	Source: Calcutta Telegraph

	DMK councillor demands govt to take over cable TV
	Source: Newindpress

International News

	Samsung Electronics signs tie-up deal with Time Warner Cable
	Source: english.yna.co.kr

	Disney hires iTunes man as music group director
	Source: Marketing Week

	Virgin mobile TV fails to sell 10000 handsets
	Source: mad4mobilephones.com

	GE's NBC Universal reports profit up 5%
	US judge denies XM Satellite bid to dismiss suit
	Source: Market Watch

	SES Astra wins contract with Canal Plus for French pay-TV market (to check)
	Source: The Australian

	Warner Bros Records to Release "300" Motion Picture Soundtrack
	Source: Sohood .com

	NeuLion and Hawaii IPTV Launch Global Hawaii Television Network
	Source: Broadcast Newsroom

	James Murdoch to exit BSkyB mid-2007: report
	HBO Latin America preps first Mexico series
	Source: Reuters

	Fox launching new morning program
	Source: Yahoo

	Ofcom website crashes due to flood of Celeb BB complaints
	Source: Brand Republic

	Korea: Broadcasting Commission Chief Under Fire
	Source: Hankooki

	NYC sets film, TV production record
	Source: Hemscott

	China looks to reality TV to find Olympic team members
	Source: The Peninsula Qatar

	Foxtel sweetens pot for AFL deal by extra $10m
	Source: The Australian

	Toy Story could be the next big ride at Disney-MGM Studios
	Source: Sun-Sentinel.com

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