7 June 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 19 - Issue No: 80






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GBN considers $125 mn GDR issue, JV with Viacom to launch Hindi movie channel
Global Broadcast News is considering a $125 mn GDR issue; JV company with Viacom plans to launch a Hindi movie channel.

UTV plans business news channel
 UTV plans to launch a business news channel; in talks with international broadcasters and financial investors.

Nachiket Pantvaidya quits Disney India
 Nachiket Pantvaidya has resigned from Walt Disney Television Intl. (India) as ED production and programming.

Sab TV ropes in Anuj Kapoor as business head

Farhad Wadia joins Network 18's events division as CEO

HBO promotes senior executives

'Cricket Star' calls for participation for season 2

Sony BMG signs up four music artists

Two new FM radio stations hit Vadodara

Zone Reality launches 4 shows; adds local appeal

Seventymm acquires Madhouse Media

Microsoft kicks off consumer promotion for Xbox 360

MyToons.com upgrades to Flash animation uploads

Sify partners O4 corporation for mobility solutions

Safety risk more in sponsored search results: Study

Microsoft unveils latest web conferencing service

Indiagames, Microsoft join hands for Xbox 360

Makemytrip.com goes mobile with PayMate

IronPort launches email security appliance

Yahoo!'s 'Big Shot in Cannes' contest announces winners

Radio One Chennai adds BBC content to breakfast show

Big FM installs WideOrbit to reduce ad & sales traffic

Berger Paints & CN unveil character based range 'Berger Kidz'


Highlight - "I am not scared of playing an older character" - Narayani Shastri
Bobby vying to be in Australian Big Brother
Shruti's Singapore jaunt
Grapevine - Yes Boss finds its new Meera !

News Releases
 'Let's Talk' with the 'Desi Jennifer Lopez' - Sameera Reddy, only on Zoom
Coca Cola Speed Jamming rocked the city of dreams, Mumbai

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (20/05/2007 to 26/05/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (20/05/2007 to 26/05/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Star One
Sony Entertainment TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Pritish Nandy to foray into multiplexes
    		• Pritish Nandy Comm enters exhibition business
    		• Cong enters channel war in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
    		• Starcom, Pier 3 get together to revolutionise entertainment
    		• IIFA awards: Yorkshire set for Bollywood blast
    		• Sony to invest 60 bn Yen in Sensor production
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Vodafone launches mobile Internet in UK
    		• Pritish Nandy Comm to enter exhibition biz
    		• Shri Adhikari FCCB issue
    		• `India on the edge of PC gaming boom'
    		• DoT to rope in various Ministries
    		• Visual Computing focusing on TV commercials
    		• Sony unveils High Definition digicams, handycams range
    Source:The Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Sale of domain names a hot business in India
    		• Berger taps CN to tempt kids
    		• Network 18 launches events division
    		• UTV plans biz news channel
    		• Sony aims for top slot in LCD market
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Radical leader held for raid on Star News
    		• Sanjay Gupta plans birthday party for Ekta
    		• Harry Potter first edition to be auctioned June 26
    		• Seventymm acquires Madhouse Media
    		• Home ministry reviews threat from Google Earth
    		• Pakistani journalists receive international backing
    Source: DNA
     
    		• Cartoon Network eyes Kolkata for third theme park
    		• Haryana to soon have its community radio station
    		• India's mobile web usage doubled: Study
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• Kerala TV awards announced
    		• Spider-Man creator Stan Lee signs exclusive deal with Disney
    		• Amrita TV tops list in television awards
    		• Cable TV operator robbed
    		• Angry journalists shake up Pakistan Parliament
    		• Book on Kannada cinema to be republished
    Source:The Hindu
     
    		• Kyunki the 'ideal Indian woman' is TV soap fantasy
    Source: CNN-IBN
     
    		•  Stone's Basic Instinct act TV's most paused moment
    		• 'Nauk Out' offer from TimesJobs.com
    		• Radio Mirchi goes on air in Vadodara
    		• I will not muzzle news channels: Dasmunsi
    		• Bush winks at Mush's media crackdown
    		• Channel snubs royal request
    Source:Times of India
     
    		• Stupefied: eBay moves HC, says Potter author ‘harassing’ site
    		• Google rival pits man against machine in search for right answers
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• BBC celebrates three Webby awards
    Source: BBC
     
    		• Jupitermedia acquires user-generated content Web sites
    		• Disney to keep $1.35 billion cash from Citadel deal
    		•

    Swisscom says IPTV not profitable before 2009-paper

    		• Universal Studios COO Meyer signs five-year deal
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Disney net taps consumer VP
    Source : Variety
     
    		• Kenya: Entry of GTV Sets Scene for Pay-TV Battle
    Source: All Africa
     
    		• OpenTV Selected By Astro To Launch PlayJam Channel
    Source: Earth Times
     
    		• Warner Bros. buys 'Shannara' books
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• China Netcom, European Broadcasting Union in Olympics broadcast deal - report
    Source: Hemscott
     
    		• Sinclair, Cox Communications in Deal
    Source: Chron

    • Nielsen Wireless Will Measure Mobile Use

    • Lewis Shifts to Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution

    Source: TV Week
     
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    NBCU to Roll Out News, Entertainment Widgets

    Source: Media Week (US)
     
    		• New TV reality series a Gillette brand showcase
    Source: IHT
     
    		• Apple TV Not Priced for Profit, Study Says
    Source: PC World
     
    		• THAILAND: Thai TV gets a nanny
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• Ofcom criticised by radio industry
    		• Channel 4 announces 'Big Brother' charities
    		• London 2012 animation 'breaches Ofcom rules'
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
    		• Disney steams into China with venture-capital firm
    Source: Herald Tribune
     
    		• Italy to tender 40% of DTT capacity in July
    Source: Advanced - Television
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