6 February 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 21 - Issue No: 88




Headlines




Web18 plans ADR issue, to dilute 10-15%
 TV18 Group's Web18 plans to list in the US; to dilute 10-15 per cent in the ADR issue and is in talks with merchant bankers for this.

IBN 7 for look makeover to catch aspirational young viewers

Tata Sky slashes set-top box prices by 50%
 Tata Sky drops hardware prices by 50% to Rs 1,499; records over 1.5 million subscribers and plans to launch PVR service this year.

K Sera Sera MD Rajesh Pavithran quits
 K Sera Sera Productions MD Rajesh Pavithran is serving notice period till 28 February; to join a media house in March.

Sun TV's SFM launches in Thiruvananthapuram

New realty channel Space TV to launch on 16 February

Zee Café premieres final season of 'The Orange County'

Star World to telecast 50th Annual Grammy Awards live

ESS starts grassroots football league for school

Warner Imaging, Prime Focus form strategic alliance

Reliance Telecom acquires licence for CDMA in Assam, NE

Web18 launches online shopping portal Storeguru.com

Online retail sales touch $175 bn in US: Forrester

TV revenue can ride on mobile to get a $2 bn boost in US

Bose launches Lifestyle V-Class home theatre systems

Satlink boosts European presence on Eutelsat W2

New distribution ways obviate dependence on state: IDPA

FTII, SRFTII to receive Rs 300 mn for status uplift

BPCL, Future Media sign out-of-home marketing deal

Max promotes 'Ab Tak Bachchan' festival, launches website


Cartoon Network to open theme park in Kuwait

Aneek, Sanchita survive car mishap

Now Varun is directing and scripting
When Sharad & Kamya were terrified

I don’t want to work outside Balaji

Kinshuk enters Sapna Babul Ka...
Action replay

News Releases
BIG 92.7 FM, Patiala concludes "Big RJ Hunt"
NDTV Profit presents NextGen's Budget
South Africa’s very best live on Ten Sports
Chennai to host the second annual Earthsync festival
This week, Idea Dhoom Macha De is "Zara Hatke"
Airtel Chak De Yaara on 9 February only on Star Gold

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (20/01/2008 to 26/01/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (20/01/2008 to 26/01/2008)
Zee TV
Star Plus
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
DD1
Zee Telugu


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Trai mulls raising foreign investment cap for FM radio
    		• RCom to test-launch DTH service Big TV this week
    		• KolkataTV keen to expand
    		• Bertelsmann brings GEO to India
    		• Portal to help you find doctor
    		• BPCL, Future Media launch TV at petrol pumps
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• ESPN-Star goes to HC against news channels' using footages
    		• Govt mulling watchdog for TV channels
    		• Nokia starts gaming, networking sites
    Source: Times of India
      
    		• Reality show winners injured in accident
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		•  Ramayan puts NDTV Imagine ahead of peers in TRP race
    Source: Livemint
     
    		•  Dishing out a price war
    		•  Prime Focus joins hands with Warner Bros MPI
    		• Navjot Singh Sidhu to act in films
    Source: DNA
     
      
    		•  Nimbus in talks with investors to dilute equity
    		•  Tata Sky hits back in DTH price war
    		•  TRAI for letting FM radio channels air news
    		•  TRAI 'broadcasts' to I&B for increasing penetration
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• IPL title sponsor bids likely to top Rs 150 cr
    		• Cable cut: Bloggers smell conspiracy
    		• Tata Sky cuts hardware prices
    		• Yahoo keen to partner with entrepreneurs
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Warner Brothers inks 2 post-production pacts
    		• IPL player auction in mid-Feb; no live show
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		•  Adhere to truth, Somnath tells media
    		• 20 TV channels on cellphone soon
    		• No takers for community radio programme
    Source: The Hindu
     
    International News
    		• News Corp. posts flat second-quarter profit
    Source: Martket Watch
     
    		• China Digital TV Updates Investor Relations Website
    Source: www.foxbusiness.com
     
    		• Murdoch 'rules out bid for Yahoo'
    Source: BBC
     
    		• MTV & Verizon Team Up for an MTV VOD First on Verizon FiOS TV
    Source: CNN
     
    		• Big Brother 9 Cast Announcement On CBS Early Show
    Source: www.realitytvmagazine.com
     
    		• Cable companies sue FCC over digital channel ruling
    		• Cablevision to air some movies on DVD release day
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Cons Media opens books to Murdoch consortium
    Source: Ninemsn
     
    		• New online TV channel to promote Arabian tourism
    Source: Malaysia Sun
    		• Vogel Steps Down as Dish President
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• CNN Smashes Records; USA Wins Ratings Overall
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• BBC Three revamp date confirmed
    		• David Elstein resigns from Virgin board
    		• Pre-broadcast 'Lost' suffers sound hitch
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Vanity Fair cancels annual Oscar party
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• KOREA: Herald Media chairman resigns
    		• SINGAPORE: StarHub axes seven more analog channels in digital move
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• Google 'troubled' over proposed Yahoo acquisition
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• Sky Italia up to $4.43m in profit turnaround
    		• Three for pay Danish pay DTT
    Source: Advanced - Television
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