9 January 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 18 - Issue No: 54









Executive Dossier










'Expanding home video relationships with the Hollywood studios into other areas will be a big ticket for us'
Interview with RPG Enterprises - Ent. Sector president and CEO Subroto Chattopadhyay.

Headlines
Star Plus prepares ground for 'KBC' arrival

Paving way for King Khan to make his grand re-entry onto the small screen with KBC, Star Plus rejigging week day prime time line up.

FTA subscription sharing: TDSAT for expanded review by Trai
TDSAT returns case related to share of Rs 77 subscription in basic tier under Cas for expanded review by Trai.

Discovery focusses on 'Planet Earth' with an in-depth portrait
One of Discovery's biggest shows of the year kicks off 1 Feb; 11-part show filmed across 200 locations, took 5 years to make.

Indian marketing pundits dwell over changed paradigm
Business modules need serious stock taking if business to be conducted in today's changed envt.: Indian Marketing Summit.

SC tells ESPN to call on it, if govt. seeks to coerce

CNN-IBN announces nominees for final three categories

Times Now show 'The Game' sports new look

BBC World invites entries for show on Indian weddings

Lance Armstrong to feature in CNN special on cancer

Zee's 'Ravan' to get spicier as Interactive Realities Intl. partners production studio

New season of Desperate Housewives & Lost on DVD

Fujitsu Siemen's launches new product

Grouper joins Sony to put user-generated video on TV

Panasonic,Comcast join to test digital cable-ready TV

Verizon looks to take convergence between TV, mobile, net to the next level

Iamai to organise digital summit later this month

Sony Electronics focusses on transformation this year

CN crowns video gaming champ at 'Toonami: Game On'


Highlight - Kittu's track is gaining ground
The hottest kisser in tellydom
Masti ki paatshala...a big ticket for the Bigg Boss finale!
The Week Ahead - Zee Cafe unleashes new shows

News Releases
McDonald's opens its 2nd outlet in Bombay Central

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (24/12/2006 to 30/12/2006)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (24/12/2006 to 30/12/2006)
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  • FM radio sector wants customs duty waiver
  • TV Today surges on bulk deal
  • Re-look CAS revenue share rules: TDSAT to Trai
  • Movie halls give way to malls
  • Interactive learning to hook kids to Tata Sky
  • Guruji.com to raise $10mn
  • Fun Multiplex to open 50 centres
  • Changing colours
    Source: Business Standard
      
  • Bandh hits CAS rollout in Kolkata
    Source: Economic Times
      
  • Succour for ESPN-Star on live feed
    Source: Times of India
      
  • Big B’s simply the best ‘host’ of KBC3
  • Zee News, WWIL to list on Wednesday
  • Xbox 360 to double as a television: Bill Gates
  • Reliance plans biggest online gaming contest
  • Google, Samsung team up
  • US teenagers hooked to networking websites
  • ‘It’s a big turnaround’
  • Navin’s new act
  • Do your kids need a bodyguard?
    Source: DNA
     
  • SC asks Centre to issue notice to ESPN before taking action
  • TV Today gains after block deal
  • Nasscom animation meet tomorrow
  • Radio One looks to take 25 pc of radio ad market in Chennai
    Source: The Hindu Business Line
      
  • Kerala Govt. to take all steps to protect film industry
  • 'Teenage girls most avid users of social networking sites'
  • The state and fate of cinema houses
  • Interactive TV now takes new turn
  • Microsoft unveils slew of new products
  • Zee News, WWIL to list on Jan 10
    Source: The Hindu
      
  • Shift to digital regime or face action, says Trai
  • Delhi: Severe STB shortage in Capital
    Source: Indian Express
     
  • Out of TV and into the malls
  • The year of the big spender
  • 'Xbox 360 game console to double as a TV'
    Source: Financial Express
     
     
    International News
  • Comcast Offers TiVo Features for DVR Service
  • CNN.com Launches Life After Work
    Source: Media Week
     
  • Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation celebrates 40 years
    Source: World Music Central
     
  • MediaFLO USA Partners With Viacom's MTV Networks to Bring MTV
    Source: Earthtimes.org
     
  • Vongo And Microsoft To Offer Downloaded Movies On TVs
    Source: Forbes
     
  • AT&T Signs Fiber Optic Television Distribution Deal with YES Network
    Source: teleclick.ca
     
  • Vivendi sees more value in media than mobiles
    Source: IHT
     
  • S. Korea plans to finalize bill on Internet TV by this month
    Source: english.yonhapnews.co.kr
     
  • Kuwait: CNN headline news come to cell phones in the region
    Source: www.kuna.net.kw
     
  • Geraldo Rivera will return to FOX News Channel
    Source: Monsters And Critics
  • Yahoo offers consumers mobile Web search: paper
  • CES - Sony to enable TVs to play Internet video
  • CES-Sling Media to link PCs to TVs
    Source: Reuters
     
  • CES: Gates expands Microsoft's digital home plan
    Source: ITworld.com
     
  • FCC Agrees to Complete Localism Study
  • Ahn Promoted to VP, NBCU TV Network Distribution
    Source: Media Week
      
  • Orange signs up for ITN news service
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
  • `Apprentice' reject sues Donald Trump
    Source: Yahoo
     
  • STMicroelectronics unveils 'world's first' dual HDTV decoder chip
    Source: DM Europe
     
  • China's .com Web addresses vanish
  • HONG KONG: Net users could be hit with higher fees following quake
    Source: Asia Media
     
  • MediaFLO adds FOX to mobile service
    Source: Advanced - Television

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