Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 8 June 2007 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

Headlines

SET gives comedy a second shot
Sony to launch Comedy Circus on 16 June; reality based comedy format to air at 9.30 pm on Saturdays.

Radio Mirchi, Radio Mantra join hands for ad sales
Radio Mirchi in deal with Dainik Jagran's Radio Mantra to provide sales and support across eight cities.

Moser Baer in co-production deal with Anubhav Sinha for 12 movies
Moser Baer signs co-production deal with filmmaker Anubhav Sinha for 12 movies; plans to invest Rs 5 billion over three years.

News Releases
Tribal animals on Animal Planet in three part series
Trace the Origin of the Popular Tandoori Chicken In 'A Matter of Taste with Vir Sanghvi'
WorldSpace spins to tunes by female pop icons of the 80's
Watch Preity & Bobby on Koffee with Karan, this Sunday night
LIVON present [v] Get Gorgeous - The search for India's hottest face begins

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

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	ENIL ties up with SPML
	BBC’s English teaching mission may now cover India
	Goldstone Tech aims 60 pc share in film colourisation
	TV18 Group enters entertainment, events space
	First edition of Harry Potter likely to fetch a magical sum
	TV code violates right to expression
	Source: Economic Times

	Saregama produces Aparna Sen's The Japanese Wife
	Google for raising H-1B visa cap
	Source: Financial Express

	Rlys gets rules on track for film shoots
	Big Brother contestant kicked out over racial slur
	Pak Govt puts off media curbs for now
	New search engine Aflatoon launched
	Source: Indian Express

	Bangalore gets a new tabloid
	ENIL teams up with Shri Puran Multimedia
	Big Brother in fresh race row
	Hubby gives new Tulsi the thumbs-up !
	Telly Makeovers: As real as it gets!
	Source:Times of India



	PVR Q4 net up at Rs 2.20 cr
	NDTV allots shares under ESOP
	TV18 Group enters entertainment, events space
	Caught in the `Net'
	Source:The Hindu Business Line

	Google searches for great minds
	Pakistan to review TV regulation ordinance
	Online game spoofs Paris Hilton's jail term
	Sify ties up with Australian firm
	TV18 group floats E18
	Source:The Hindu

	Google urges US govt to raise number of H-1B visas
	Percept MD held in Dubai for possesion of drugs
	Moser Baer unit bags orders worth $100 mn
	Contestant thrown off 'Big Brother' for racism
	Rupali Ganguly may tie the knot
	Did Ram lobby for Gautami?
	Source: DNA

International News

	NHL, Sling Media enter video partnership
	Source: Business Week

	U.S. network TV showing a stronger feminine side
	Source : Scotsman News

	Murdoch's News International cuts UK editorial jobs
	Sony game unit says plans to cut jobs in US
	Monster names new CFO, shakes up management
	Source: Reuters

	BET Networks Begins Global Brand Expansion
	Source: Earth Times

	Unique property web TV channel launched
	Source: Easier.com

	FINE partners with Walt Disney Company to launch new range of facial tissues in the Middle East
	Source: www.arabianbusiness.com

	IBA cuts may force English news off the air
	Source: J Post

	Priceless Bob Barker ends record TV run
	Source: Yahoo News

	Apple iPhone To Advance Mobile Video Adoption
	Source: TV Week

	Microsoft sued by French TV company over Vista name
	Source: www.pcworld.ca

	Discovery Channel gets a boost from Oprah
	Source: CNN.com

	Abu Dhabi establishes Dh100m media firm
	Source: Gulf News

	CNN veteran Jon Petrovich named head of US broadcast operations for AP
	Source: The Star

	THAILAND: TV channels adjust to new regulations
	Source: Asia Media

	Disney Channel signs IPTV programming deal
	ITV2 named channel of the year
	Virgin 'close' to sports news channel deal
	Source: Digital Spy (UK)

	HDTV and DVRs boost IPTV STB Market
	Source: Advanced - Television

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