21 March 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 19 - Issue No: 14






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Dish TV to pump in Rs 10 billion for DTH ramp-up
Dish TV is planning to pump in Rs 10 billion over the next two and a half years as it aggressively plans to ramp up subscribers.

Govt. to be asked to rationalise tax structure for ent. & media
Govt will be urged to rationalize entertainment and other tax structures for the industry at forthcoming Ficci-Frames in Mumbai.

Ficci satisfied with goverment moves on entertainment & media

Executive Dossier
'Our aim is to come up with total telecom solutions'
Interview with Essar Telecom Retail CEO Rajiv Agarwal.

HK's Filmart sees growth in numbers

Zee Turner CEO Arun Poddar quits

Non fiction brings weekend ratings for Vijay TV

Star Gold celebrates comedy

Blood donation camp gets overwhelming response

Jason Siu named GM of Star Taiwan

Al Jazeera to host forum - 'Media and the Middle East'

Intelligentsia hope DD Urdu will be 24-hour soon

Amritraj's 'Premonition' breaks US box office records

Google names Shailesh Rao as India MD

India has emerged as knowledge superpower: Hussain

VH1, Nokia premiere 'user generated' music video

CNN hits the streets for marketing 'Eye on India'

Taraporewalla joins Publicitas as CEO digital media

No service tax on sale of advertising space in newspapers

Disney ride wins Thea award


Highlight - Interview with Pooja Ghai
In love with that corset, Tina?
Star Gold provides comic relief in April
Grapevine - Goody sms!!!
The Week Ahead - Rani Mukherjee's Janamdin

News Releases
 Cricket Star grand finale on 27 March
Miditech produces AIDS docu for NGC with Ashley Judd
SRK meets 'Bombay Ki Britney Spears' on KBC

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (04/03/2007 to 10/03/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (04/03/2007 to 10/03/2007)
Star Plus
MAX
Zee TV
Sun TV
Star One

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Taraporewalla is CEO of PPN’s new entity
    		•  Channels face Rs 400-cr hit from cricket fever
    		•  Radio Mirchi maintains its top position
    		•  Google yet to decide on blurring key Indian sites
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Nimbus may burn finger on spicy curry ad
    		• Marketers now target Internet savvy women
    		• India-Bermuda match garners record viewership
    		• TV series by Indian-American in race for Emmy
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• Travelocity launches web site
    Source:The Hindu
     
    		• Watch this! TV on your train ride
    Source: CNN-IBN
      
    		• India’s first Walt Disney
    		• Toon much
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		• Nimbus seeks one-third cut in cricket fees
    		• Google logs into rural India
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• Plea for open sky policy in satellite services
    		• Outsourcing: media joins the boom
    		• Hyderabad all set for film fest from Friday
    		• UTStarcom bags BSNL contract
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• Essar Telecom Retail ties up with Virgin Group
    		• Publisher goes green on Harry Potter US editions
    		• TV series by Indian-American nominated for Emmy
    Source: DNA
     
    		• Radio Mirchi maintains its No. 1 position
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• Bangladesh bans broadcasting of Indian television channel
    		• UAE company releases most advanced mobile satellite phone
    Source: People's daily online
     
    		• Comcast Web site gets bids for search, ads--source
    		• Disney probe finds Pixar backdated options
    		• National Geographic TV probing humans, dinosaurs
    		• Yahoo jumps ahead of Google on mobile phone search
    		• CBS Corp. $700 million debt offering
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• MTV's 'TRL' no longer totally live
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• Gray Television completes $1B financing
    Source: ABC Money
     
    		• Sarah Murdoch to farewell TODAY
    Source: www.ebroadcast.com.au
     
    		• Fox Business Channel Draws on Lambiase
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• 'Idol' judge Simon Cowell to create scripted drama for British TV
    Source: www.realitytvworld.com
    		• Ofcom to investigate pay TV industry
    		• MyToons.com launches online community for animators
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• Nat Geo Channel Brings New Series, Specials to Upfront
    Source: Media Week (US)
     
    		• Arqiva secures Top Up TV contract
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
    		• CHINA: Website with news broadcasts shut down
    		• CHINA: Free media for Games = media free of bad news, one city says
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• PM Lee suggests Singapore, Japan co-produce cultural TV programme
    Source: Channel NewsAsia
     
    		• TV Guide names Evangeline Lilly, Patrick Dempsey sexiest on TV
    Source: www.shreveporttimes.com
     
    		• Samsung And Partners Plan Wireless, High-Definition Set-Top Box
    Source: www.informationweek.com
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