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




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WWIL plans to pump in Rs 10 billion over 4 years
Wire & Wireless (India) Ltd plans to pump in Rs 10 bn over 4 years in a reworked biz strategy after Deepak Chandnani took over as CEO.

Big names bid for Indian Premier League franchise
 Shah Rukh Khan & Lord Swaraj Paul reportedly among 90 bidders for Indian Premier League's offer of franchise for owning cricket teams.

Jab We Met back with a vengeance
 The poor performance of Saawariya has forced multiplexes to increase the number of shows of Jab We Met.

Red FM case: Tdsat grants I&B time till 3 January

UTV ropes in Prabhu as COO for digital media venture

Synergy Adlabs FY'07 net at Rs 13.74 million

Radio City launches in Coimbatore

Zee Muzic to kick off 'Best of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge'

Disney operating income for FY 2007 up 23%

Star News ropes in Afridi and Zaheer for 'Wah! Cricket'

Zapak brings Kuma war games to India

Huawei replaces Tata Teleservices' Delhi CDMA network

UFO Moviez wins Singapore's Global Entrepolis award

US dominates pay HDTV market

Promodome ventures into film-production

Dus Kahaniyaan postpones release

Its a first: IFFI 2007 to screen Pakistani film

Tijori casts Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu for next film

MTV, Vodafone tie up for marketing

Radio City partners with Gillete's gaming website


Hungama TV holds first board meeting for this year's Captains
Nick announces winners of 'Nick ChakDe Ninja'
CN, Pogo to air special shows on Children's Day
Nicktoons expands Keith Dawkins role to SVP programming partnerships

Highlight - Kirti Gaikwad Kelkar enters Solhah Singaarr

“Life is a rollercoaster” Krystle D’souza
Krushna-Kashmeera back on Nach Baliye 3?
11th jodi to be added on Nach Baliye 3
Grapevine - Alexx-Sweta out of Nach Baliye 3?

News Releases
 Watch ‘Gujarat & The Art Of Living’ on Documentary 24x7
Children's day celebration at BIG FM
Abhishek Bachchan on CNN's Talk Asia this weekend
Hyderabad’s Radio City spreads light this Diwali

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (28/10/2007 to 03/11/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (28/10/2007 to 03/11/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Sri Lanka state TV to sponsor cricket
    		• Singer threatens to sue news channels
    		• AIR announces choral singing competition
    		• Telugu journalists found prima facie guilty: Minister
    		• Online gaming is the teen buzzword
    		• Friendly internet Spider-Man: Marvel, other comics go online
    		• 'Secret Sunshine' named best film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards
    Source: The Hindu
      
    		• DTH firms rope in durables cos for promotion
    		• BIG 92.7 FM to launch programme on local issues
    		• Film merchandise a hit at retail boxoffice
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• On the backfoot
    		•  Bollywood bug bites Majidi
    		•  Shantanu Narayen to head Adobe
    		•  Biyani sees bright future in media
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Indian American is new Adobe president
    		• Punjabi singer to sue news channels for defamation
    		• Shah Rukh among bidders for IPL franchise
    Source: DNA
     
    		• Tata Sky expects major shift from cable to DTH service
    		• Govt gets time to study 'Red FM' petition against ban
    		• CII to project India as global entertainment portal
    		• Kids invading TV screen
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Players can't have stake in IPL teams: BCCI
     Source: Hindustan Times
     
    		• Times Financial launches Window2India
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• India TV viewers taken for a ride by advertisements during matches
     Source: Merinews
      
    		• Children’s film fest from today
     Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• ICL gets Railway ground in Mumbai for camp
    		• Red FM plea: ministry seeks more time to reply
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• Al Jazeera chief slams 24-hour news media
    Source: www.arabianbusiness.com
     
    		• Chinese Internet use pushes television towards extinction
    Source: www.china.org.cn
     
    		• Fujitsu launches embedded-FRAM LSI for digital TV
    Source: Japan Today
     
    		•  Gemstar-TV Guide Signs Syndication Deals
    Source: CNN
     
    		• Microsoft says in talks to buy Musiwave
    		• Liberty Media say quarterly QVC cash flow slips
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Zodiak Television Announces Senior Executive Appointments
    Source: www.4rfv.co.uk
     
    		• EchoStar Falls After Customer Growth Misses Estimates
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• BBC launches music podcasts
    Source: Marketing Week
    		• Court TV to Move Web Trial Content to CNN
    		• Sirius, XM Shareholders Approve Merger
    		• FCC's Martin Proposes Change to Media Ownership Rules
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• Marvel, other comics go online
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		•  Comstar UTS acquires RTC
    		•  Trust publishes independent report on BBC's preparedness for digital switchover
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• Off-Network Hours Clearing for 2008
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• US strike show status: 'Damages' news
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Nickelodeon Partners Up
    Source: Broadcastnewsroom
     
    		• MRG IPTV Global Forecast: Stronger Market
    Source: Advanced - Television
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