11 May 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 19 - Issue No: 57






Headlines





BBC sews IPTV deal for new channels
 BBC Entertainment and CBeebies will be carried on IOL Broadband IPTV platform; deal also with Tata Sky for DTH.

Disney appoints Antoine Villeneuve as India MD for TV biz
 Antoine Villeneuve is appointed as MD of Walt Disney Television India; he will oversee all the television channels in India.

NEO Sports shares Indo-Bangla cricket feed with DD
 Neo Sports is providing a clean feed of the India-Bangladesh cricket series without channel logo or commercials.

Rajya Sabha adjourns over Sun TV attack

Discovery to launch Everest reality show on 12 May

Govt ads to audio-visual media drop

Committee to consider viewing hours for adult content

Zee Café to showcase popular old shows

Shringar Films acquires single screen in Bangalore

Bollywood awards in New York to be telecast by Sony

Zee Business to launch lifestyle & mobile shows

Amrita TV's Super Dancer on air from 14 May

ibnlive.com declared best news website

ClickJobs appoints Jose Felix as Sr VP sales

DVD pricing to be affordable: CII seminar

Trai suggests NIC to handle unwanted telemarketing calls

TV consumers prefer value features: Study

CNetworks hops on board News Corp, NBC for online video

Trai fixes ceiling for roaming charges

Kishore Lulla wins award for taking Bollywood overseas

Big FM runs 'cool maal' contest

POGO launches M.A.D merchandise


Shemaroo's Cannes ambitions

Highlight - Kasautii's latest leap…what's in store?
Sachin, who's now Krishna, enters Saat Phere
Back to School: Zee Café showcases yesteryear's glory
Grapevine - Manish Raisinghani !
The Week Ahead - The Kapoor family on Koffee With Karan

News Releases
 Star Gold Comedy Honors premieres on 12th May
European leg begins with Spanish Grand Prix

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (22/04/2007 to 28/04/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (22/04/2007 to 28/04/2007)
Star Plus
MAX
Zee TV
Sun TV
Star One
SAB


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Sony signs deal with Bollywood Group
    		• Neo Sports shares cricket feed with DD
    		• Moser Baer acquires copyrights of 7,000 films
    		• TimesJobs.com fair starts today
    		• Internet services may become expensive
    		• Trai move may hit growth in net usage
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Dish TV to defend pole position
    		• Hamas TV refuses to axe copycat Mickey Mouse
    		• 25 arrested for attack on Dinakaran office
    		• Now, learn Indian languages on TV
    		•  Percept partners Murdoch for talent management
    		• Internet access tariff may rise 6-24%
    		• Raj Kapoor’s 'Awara' leads Bollywood’s global appeal
    		• New twist in Woolmer murder case; Pak channel hints at Mustaq's role
    Source: DNA
     
    		• India, China among global leaders in print media
    		• Trai wants ISPs regulated with a licence fee regime
    		• Sony signs exclusive rights with B'wood group
    		• Kishor Lulla wins Asian Business Award
    		• Time Warner fires HBO chief
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• Walt Disney Television India appoints new MD
    		• TRAI tightens screws on Internet service providers
    		• Award for Eros Intl co-founder
    		• Media-evasion games
    		• Off track with media
    		• Mission to make Pune global animation, gaming hub
    		• Lachlan Murdoch enters India thru Percept Talent
    Source:The Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Trai norms to make Net surfing dearer
    		• Bharti to launch set-top boxes for WiMAX, IPTV
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Walt Disney Television India appoints new MD
    		• Sony signs deal with Bollywood Group to carry film awards
    		• ECB objects to India-SA series over telecast clash
    		• Hearing on case against Mandira Bedi on Monday
    		• Increase solatium, demand journalists
    		• Congress condemns attack on Dinakaran
    		• TRAI suggests entry fee for ISPs
    		• Legal notice to Sun TV
    		• Journalists mark protest against arson attack on Madurai newspaper office
    		• PM inaugurates broadcast of 'Gitanjali' on DD
    		• Police ignored our complaint, says Dinakaran
    Source:The Hindu
     
    		• Telecom regulator wants FDI cap for ISPs cut to 74%
    		• Monkey’s birthday to survey, DMK war fought via media
    		• Pune to be packaged as next animation, gaming hub
    		• Global newspapers defy Net & TV, India among leaders
    		• Journalists demand action against attack at Dinakaran
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		• TV actor on dark phase in life
    		• Global newspaper circulation up
    		• TV shows fail to tickle
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• DirecTV profit jumps but shares fall
    		• Nancy Grace wraps Court TV "Arguments"
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• SAG, AFTRA at war over cable TV
    Source: Variety
     
    		• BBC buys stake in British film company
    Source: Monsters and Critics
     
    		• News Corp. Third-Quarter Profit Rises 6.2% on Films
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• Warner opens net movie service in Asia
    Source: Australian IT
     
    		• APTN Launches 'APTN Open Call'
    Source: Broadcaster Magazine
     
    		• ROK TV introduces VoD for 2.5G GPRS
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• AOL Canada Launches New Music Channel
    Source: Mediacaster Magazine
    		• Viacom quarterly profit falls 36 percent
    		• MPAA adds smoking as film-rating factor
    		• LaKisha Gets the Idol Kiss-Off
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• CBS, Viacom, others invest $45 million in Internet TV service Joost
    Source: AOL
     
    		• Crown Media Holding Reports Q1 Results
    		• 'Idol' Producers Start 'Search for Next American Band'
    		• NBCU Names Madison Diversity Executive VP
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• ESPN's Rooney Joins Dow Jones as Chief Revenue Officer
    Source: Media Week (US)
     
    		• Digital radio owners up 43%
    		• Discovery launches 'Prime' strand
    		• Listeners slip but Terry remains breakfast show king
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
    		• IPTV in 700,000 Latin America homes by 2011
    		• Deutsche Telekom and Neuf Cegetel agree on T-Online
    Source: Advanced - Television
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