3 January 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 18 - Issue No: 49








Executive Dossier










'Investors are waiting for Cas to roll out before they come up with definite valuations'
Interview with IMCL director-in-charge Ravi Mansukhani

Headlines
Cas: MSOs strain to meet demand for boxes
Multi-system operators are under stress and strain to meet demand for set-top boxes as Cas comes nto effect .

Year Ender
'Cricket needs to evolve into a global sport'
Thawani holds forth on the emergence of regional sports broadcasters as major players.

IE, CNN-IBN journalists win MS Oberoi media awards

IBN 7 rebrands 'Breakfast Show'

Zee Sports to launch cricket talk show

CNN-IBN celebrates the few who made a difference

Iraq orders closure of TV station office

Shemaroo releases comedian Bhalla on VCD, DVDs

Tata Sky, Zee Turner case: TDSAT asks for Trais’s position on DTH operations

Insat 4A services disrupted due to minor glitch

Times Group launches 'India Poised' campaign

Hot money from Fever 104 FM in Delhi

CNN & Autocar announce 'Guess the car' of the year

Toon Disney is FTA in Chennai, Trai clarifies
FiddleFork Online to launch new cartoon series


Highlight - Sexiest Telly Hunk of 2006: Rajeev Khandelwal
Bond......oops, resolutions 007!!!
Short takes - Shaleen Bhanot

News Release
Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM rules Kolkata airwaves

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (17/12/2006 to 23/12/2006)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (17/12/2006 to 23/12/2006)
Star Plus
Star One
Zee TV
Sun TV
Star Sports
Sony Entertainment TV

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Which would you rather? DTH or Conditional Access System
    		• STB short supply hits TV access
    		• Ektaa Kapoor to set up acting school
    Source: DNA
      
    		•  DTH providers cash in on CAS confusion
    		•  `Amitabh is more popular choice for KBC`
    		•  In expansion mode
    		•  Talkathons on air
    		• Time to (un)lock the show?
    		•  Pantaloon launches e-retailing portal
    		•  Godrej products to be available online soon
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• CAS status report sought
    Source: Telegraph
      
    		• YouTube failed to install any content identification system
    Source: TechWhack
      
    		• Preet Bedi joins Percept Picture Company as CEO
    		• Mobile value-added services to touch $1 bn mark
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• TRAI told to look into pricing for TV channels under DTH
    		• Insat-4A overcomes minor glitch
    		• Radio Mirchi tops in listenership
    Source: The Hindu Business Line
      
    		• First listed MSO WWIL on bourses next week
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• Several South Delhi viewers dissatisfied with CAS
    		• Journalists stage protest in Hassan
    		•  TDSAT seeks TRAI view on DTH prices
    Source: The Hindu
     
    		• Channel raps Chavez, he revokes licence
    		• TDSAT seeks Trai’s view on regulating channel prices
    		• Digital Campus
    Source: Indian Express
      
    		• Radio Mirchi rules metros
    		• 'My first love has always been TV'
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• China produces 81,000 minutes of cartoons in 2006
    		• Foreign journalists embrace China's new media freedom
    Source: Xinhuanet
     
    		• Disney plans makeover for its Web site
    Source: IHT
      
    		• ABC Greenlights Mr. and Mrs. Smith Pilot
    		• IMG Snaps Up Tennis Week; Plans Relaunch
    		• Sirius Adds 2.7 Mil. Subs in 2006
    Source: Media Week (US)
     
    		• PBA worried by govt move to bring in foreign channels
    Source: Daily Times
     
    		• Italy power shift gives Murdoch leg up
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• Copyright vow going down the YouTube
    Source: news.com.au
     
    		• Global IPTV Subscribers to Hit 63 Million in 2010
    Source: www.sda-asia.com
    		• BSkyB's Sky+ service passes 2 million mark
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Turner Pulls Court TV from Dish Satellite Service
    		• Time Warner, Fox News Ink Carriage Deal
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• BBC show under fire after damning verdict on NHS
    Source: Guardian
     
    		• CNN apologizes for mistaken headline
    		• `Wheel,' `Jeopardy!' renewed to 2012
    Source: Yahoo
      
    		• Thompson: 'Real disappointment' over licence fee
    		• Ofcom's Channel 4 finance review due in March
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
    		• TV stars losing sleep over rise in HDTV popularity
    Source: www.sltrib.com
     
    		• Finnish regulator to issue programme licences for mobile TV
    Source: DM Europe
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