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TV18 Group to invest $90.5 million in Viacom JV
TV18 Group's wholly owned subsidiary BK Holding Mauritius to put in $90.5 mn upfront; GBN to invest $40 mn in the JV over 3 years.

Zee network rejigs senior management
 Zee Network rejigs senior team; Punit Goenka is network operating officer, Tarun Mehra elevated to Zee TV business head.

Community radio operators get permission extended to 5 years
 Under new guidelines, existing community radio operators can get their broadcast permission extended to 5 yrs from the present 3.

OSO and Saawariya neck-to-neck
 Multiplex owners are gung-ho about the opening day collections for Om Shanti Om, Saawariya as advance bookings look promising.

Compact Disc inks $20 million deal with iMedia

Delhi HC issues restraint order on YouTube and Google

Endemol appoints Venita Coelho as head of fiction

Radio Mirchi upgrades transmission in Mumbai

Murdoch's REA Group acquires Dubai real estate website

Lenovo, AT&T Williams F1 partner to launch Thinkstation

Yash Raj Films ventures into full movie downloads

Promodome Communications forays into films

Film buffs to miss out at Iffi 2007

Nokia ties up with 'Om Shanti Om' for Vas

Starcom is media AOR for Sahara One's Firangi


Nick introduces special shows for Diwali

Highlight - Negi’s desire for hockey academy

Nach Baliye with SRK
Guppshup over a cup of Coffee
Lara Lappa on Doordarshan

News Releases
 B4U Network to air a special Diwali event to air on 9 Nov
Reliance Communications Launches "Diwali Dhamaka"
Kiwis take on South Africa live on Ten Sports
This Diwali, 'Zindagi Live' celebrates the spirit of achievement

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (21/10/2007 to 27/10/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (21/10/2007 to 27/10/2007)
Zee TV
Star Plus
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Sports feed to DD not to be encrypted for 4-5 yrs
    		• Capital18 invests $4 million in 24x7 Learning
    		• CDI inks $19.80 mn deal to animate sci-fi
    		• Govt relaxes community radio norms for existing players
    		• Eros plans to tap Indian markets in June next
    		• Indian films to be special attraction in Dubai festival
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Radio creates positive vibes
    		• National Children’s Film Awards from next year
    		• Journalists stage protest against KIMS director
    		• Sify ties up with Yatra Online
    Source: The Hindu
      
    		• US slams Yahoo CEO for identifying Chinese dissident
    		• Child jury to feature at Hyderabad film festival, scrutinise 40 movies
    Source: Indian Express
      
    		•  Bhansali's Saawariya to be screened at Mahindra-IAAC film fest
    Source: DNA
     
      
    		•  T-series moves Delhi HC against YouTube over copyright
    		•  Network18 ties up with Viacom
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• Pay TV revenue leakage touches $1 bn in India
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• Viacom In, Network18 form jt venture in India
    		• Compact Disc secures new animation contract
    		• TV advertisement volumes post steady 33% climb in Jan-Sept
    		• Entertainment channel 9X set for launch on Nov 12
     Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Cricket-based drama on SAB TV
    		• Magicbricks.com does magic again
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• Murdoch snaps up Dubai real estate website
    Source: www.arabianbusiness.com
     
    		• Romania pay-TV firm RCS & RDS pulls IPO
    		• DirecTV profit falls; shares up as subscribers grow
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• OpenTV Announces Deal with Sun Direct TV in India
    		• China YouTV JV Partner Signs Agreement to Launch New Music Channel on CnBoo
    		• Harmonix and MTV Games Launch New Music Based Game for the iPod
    		• CinemaNow and Sonic Partner to Enable Secure Movie Download and Burn
    		•  Walt Disney Starts Legal Action Following Hoax In Argentina
    Source: CNN
     
    		• National Geographic promotes Prince
    Source: Variety
     
    		•  Japan Hour is now available on Channel NewsAsia International
    Source: Channel NewsAsia
     
    		• VOOM HD expands via pact with Measat Satellite
    Source: The Star Biz
    		• Discovery's 3Q Rev. Up 3% to $475 Mil.
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• News Corp. Revenue Up, Earnings Down in First Quarter
    		• NBCU Promotes Manfredi to Exec VP
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• 4oD to carry 20th Century Fox films
    		• Virgin Media adds 13,000 customers
    		• Blinkx to launch internet TV service
    		• Virgin Media adds 13,000 customers
    Source: Digital spy
     
    		•  21m Brits spend 1.2 bln minutes on video sites in September
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• EBay's StubHub inks deal with ESPN.com
    Source: Biz Journal
     
    		• PAKISTAN: Journalists condemn media curbs
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• Spain: 9m DTT by year-end
    Source: Advanced - Television
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