16 May 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 19 - Issue No: 61






Headlines







Six channels get landing rights nod
 ETC Punjabi News, BBC Entertainment, Cbeebies, News Time, Blessing TV & B-TV get landing rights permission.

ESPN targets 100% revenue growth from affiliate sales in 2007
 ESPN Star Sports hopes to double its revenue from affiliate sales in 2007; drive to start from June with schemes for cable operators.

Parliament passes Bill making LSTV carriage a must
Parliament has passed The Cable Television Networks Amendment Bill making it mandatory for cable operators to beam 3 channels of DD and Lok Sabha TV

UTV ropes in Bahl to head film production unit Spotboy

Raja to head communication and IT ministry

Endemol sold to consortium for $ 3.5 billion

Thomson agrees to buy Reuters for $17.2 billion

MySpace video to launch branded channels

Univision, Disney to co-produce 'Desperate Housewives'

Tech Mahindra, Sun join hands for IPTV lab

Mobile video subscribers to cross 46 mn by 2010: study

Gary joins MGM as co-president of Worldwide Television

Newspapers refuse to print PSU ads

Mattel unveils 'Hot Wheels Hot Box' offer


Brand India at the Cannes Film festival

Highlight - We the live-alones
Interview -" I don't want to play a mom anymore" - Smita Bansal
Grapevine - Ambitious man

News Releases
 ‘Ye Kaisa Insaaf hai?’ campaign Wins prestigiousRAPA award 2007
Asia’s best known casual game now on Zapak, ‘Zuma’ available free-to-play and for download
Vasudha stabbed in 'Virrudh'
Adding an extra zing with EXTRA COVER during the ongoing India - Bangladesh ODI cricket series

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
    		• Nimbus planning Rs 300 crore IPO
    		• Ex-owner of IceNet may venture into IPTV
    		• Moser Baer to buy 15-25% of new film releases
    		• Hollywood banks on `dubbed for India`
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Pay channels aired flouting CAS norms
    		• Thomson will take Reuters for $17.2 bn
    		• Govt-TDSAT differ on DTH price norms
    		• Spielberg, Jackson to breathe life into Tintin
    		• Sony to air Indian Idol's Kolkata audition on May 18
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		•  Trai asks I&B for CAS rollout timeframe
    		• Dow Jones bid is Murdoch's to lose: Diller
    		• Bhutan wonders if TV really helps bring happiness
    		• 'The Godfather' tops 'greatest' films survey
    		• Cartoon movies set to woo children and adults, this summer
    		•  Two New York radio hosts fired for Asian slur
    		• Shonali acts funny
    Source: DNA
     
    		• SC notice to TRAI, Hathway Datacom
    Source: Indlaw.com
     
    		• Indian Cricket League: BCCI to wait and watch
    		• Colombo ire over channel
    		• YOU Telecom buys IceNet's ISP business
    		• CAS in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata by January, says Dasmunsi
    		• DMK-AIADMK clash over Dinakaran issue
    		• Prime suspect in Dinakaran office attack case held
    Source:The Hindu
     
    		• 71 pvt satellite channels to uplink from India
    		• SC issues notices to Trai, MSOs on ESPN's plea
    		• Govt won't let TV channels take risque
    		• Reuters okays £8.7 bn thomson offer
    		• 'The Godfather' tops 'greatest' films survey
    		• Spidey caught in Web of piracy
    		• Sun TV under political cloud, loses Rs 937 cr in mkt cap
    		• Yahoo! expands reach of its mobile search service
    		• Tintin to be produced in series of three films
    		• Cannes rolls out the red carpet for 60th festival
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Spice Girls might reunite for charity concert and TV documentary
    Source: NewKerala.com
     
    		• $17 bn deal makes Thomson-Reuters No 1 in financial data
    		• Six Asian films vie for Cannes glory
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		• 222 private TV channels allowed uplink facilities
    		• Thomson, Reuters agree on merger terms
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• SC issues notices to TRAI, MSOs on ESPN's plea
    		• Gotham Comics' investment plans
    		• Sun shines on Raj TV
    		• Bharatmatrimony's new CTO
    Source:The Hindu Business Line
     
    International News
    		• 'Desperate Housewives' gets Spanish makeover
    Source:ABC Net
     
    		• BBC axes online education jobs
    Source: Independent
     
    		• Motion Picture Association raises awareness of film piracy in Asia
    Source:www.canada.com
     
    		• Disney Channel Signs Second Cable Deal In Poland
    Source: www.4rfv.co.uk
     
    		• Comcast dropping Microsoft TV software
    Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
     
    		• U.S. TV networks to woo viewers with political debates
    Source: Xinhuanet
     
    		• SAMC denounces attack on Aaj TV office, journalists
    Source: Daily Times (Pak)
     
    		• Cheung expands Asia Disney duties
    Source: Variety
     
    		• BBC tops UK mobile web love
    Source: Silicon
    		• AOL buys mobile ad company Third Screen Media
    		• TV may test broadband on power lines
    		• News Corp. to offer board seat to Bancrofts
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Telemundo to Offer Four Cross-Platform Opportunities; Will Add Weekend Dating Game Show
    Source: Media Week (US)
     
    		• XM suspends Opie and Anthony for 30 days
    		• ABC network adds 11 new series
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• BBC gets new controller of mobile
    		• NBC to meet with Trump over 'Apprentice'
    		• Shetty sisters and Gere appear on Star
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
    		• Swisscom invests in online TV service
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• KOREA: TV evolving into multimedia device
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• More than 25,000 Italians receive Sky via IPTV
    Source: Advanced - Television
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