Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 17 November 2007 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

Headlines

Ram Kapoor, Prachi Desai take top awards at Indian Tellys
UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala conferred Contribution to Television Award; Synergy Adlabs' Siddhartha and Anita Kaul Basu inducted into Hall of Fame.

Pragya to launch in November-end; banks on interactivity
Pragya Vision to launch a spiritual and lifestyle channel in Nov-end; banks on subscriber retention measures to build loyal viewership.

NFDC plans script deveplopment workshop at IFFI
The NFDC is organizing a Script Development Workshop, Screenwriters Bloc, at IFFI this year.

Box Populi
Bol Baby Bore
Star One's Bol Baby Bol fails to live up to its first week promise; right now, lack of pace is killing it.

News Releases
Star Gold presnt IDEA sabsey favourite kaun 2008
The CNN-IBN citizen journalist show - Be the change!
Indigenous Cryogenic Stage Successfully Qualified

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

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	John Abraham signs up for ESPN-Star
	Prasar Bharati to roll out HDTV by 2010
	Bollywood takes to hedging to cope with rising rupee
	'Indian media victim of marketing whims'
	India climbs to 15th in ad ranking
	Source: Economic Times

	Advertising key to putting Internet in every cellphone
	NatGeo to beam state’s wildlife
	It's 'Happy Days' for Telugu box office
	Source: DNA

	Prime Focus to buy US studio
	Refreshingly new
	Fixing it on FM
	Source: Business Standard

	South film houses averse to corporatisation
	Source: Finanical Express

	Pressure from Pak behind shutdown: Geo News
	TV a turn-off in S Korea
	Source: Times of India

	Sri Adhikari shares re-listed on NSE
	Mumbai film fest on Feb 3-9
	Source: Hindu Business Line


	By 2009, ISRO satellite to beam TV to your mobile
	ICL big guns land in India
	Channels back on air with certain conditions
	Talking point with Indrani mukerjea
	Source: Indian Express

	Study shows Google favored over other search engines by webmasters
	No interim relief for BCCI, Nimbus on Indo-Pak series
	Editors Guild flays Pakistan media curbs
	Two city boys on NatGeo Channel
	Hooda announces awards for journalists
	BCA joins list of BCCI's affiliates to own website
	Showcasing genius on screen
	Media gave 'distorted' picture of Parliament: Somnath
	ICL camp gets underway
	Source: The Hindu

	Shweta Shinde’s Diwali blues
	Malavika to host Saregama Super Dancer
	Interview with Supriya Pathak
	Same formula, new equation
	Cashing in
	Source: Screen

International News

	HBO and ABC top Producers Guild nominees
	Media General may have to sell properties -analyst
	Pakistan's private Geo TV says forced to shut down
	CBS asks judge to dismiss Dan Rather's $70 mln lawsuit
	Source: Reuters

	Sony Pictures Television Clears Judge Karen in 45% of Country
	Source: HollyWood Reporter

	SET India sweeps Promax's Asia nods
	Source: Daily Times

	Cablevision Launches Caller ID on iO TV(R)
	Source: CNN

	FTC approves purchase by Discovery Communications
	Source: Biz Journal

	MediaCorp bags 4 gold awards at Promax BDA Asia 2007
	Source: Channel NewsAsia

	Guardian website joins Radio Academy
	Source: Gaurdian

	CNN's Dem Debate Draws Record Audience
	Farrar Upped to President, Nielsen Business Media
	Source: Media Week

	'Hell's Kitchen' chef signs ITV deal
	Freeview launches TV ad campaign
	Source: Digital Spy

	Hollywood writers strike claims first film casualty
	Source: Yahoo

	Al Jazeera English celebrates anniversary of ‘journalistic success’
	Source: Gulf Times

	Vivendi, Sony Team Up For 'Ghostbusters' Video Game
	Source: xbox360.themanroom.com

	BBC backtracks after baby cries dubbed in TV report
	Source: Guradian

	Coms launches VoIP solution for businesses
	Source: DM Europe

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