24 July 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 23 - Issue No: 28







 

Headlines







Zee News Ltd has Rs 2 bn investment plan
 Zee News to launch Telugu news channel; pipeline includes English biz & global English news channel.

Zee to pump $210 million into film biz
 Zee to invest $210 mn in movie biz over 3 years; activity to be under Zee Entertainment Studios.

Big FM in 'Adda' mood to capture Kolkata
 Big FM Kolkata intoduces 'Mojar Adda' format in the station; to add more humour & interactivity.

Zeel Q1 net profit up 98% at Rs 1.61 billion

Ten Sports signs syndication deals with Zee International

ICL's Royal Bengal strikes alliance with Howrah Union Club

Walt Disney, ERT conclude free TV content agreement

Roly Keating is BBC director of archive content

Tata Sky, BharatMatrimony offers Actve Matrimony

SPE Asia launches English GEC on Now TV

Badhniwalla is Mauj Mobile consumer marketing head

Digitas launches second agency in India

Boeing delivers fourth HDTV satellite to DirecTV

Online viewing drives more audiences to network TV

Tivo, Amazon teams up for product purchasing on TV

Goa to host Tri-continental film festival 2008

Big FM Delhi to launch Coolest Fresher contest

MQ Networks signs MoU with IndiaTales

NBC to hold presentation ahead of the upfront week


Nickelodeon signs content deal with Dailymotion

Shaleen Bhanot to be replaced in Naaginn
Aastha Choudhary in double role
Priyamvada and Puneet in Shhh...
Neetu quits Raja Ki.. for Aajaa Mahi..
I'm back at being myself Shweta Tiwari
My dream wedding

News Releases
Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav wins one crore on Paanchvi Pass
BIG 92.7 FM RJ Archana Jani creates a ‘Life Banao’ moment by visiting a lucky listeners’ house with Singer Sunidhi Chauhan
Ugly Betty all-day marathon on Star World
Watch 2nd season of In High Spirits on NDTV Good Times
Watch ‘The TechTree show’ on UTVi and experience another dimension on the web with “Lively.com”

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (06/07/2008 to 12/07/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (06/07/2008 to 12/07/2008)
Star Cricket
Star Plus
Zee TV
DD1
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine
Sony Entertainment TV
9X


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Times Now has best GRP during confidence vote
    		• Changing face of terrorists in Bollywood potboilers
    		• Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines
    		• Same script, 2 films: Big B movie caught in legal row
    		• Tech Frontiers bags rights for Sri Lanka series
    		• Indian press hails government win in confidence vote
    		• Tech Frontiers bags rights
    Source: Economic Times
      
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    Tata Sky teams up with BharatMatrimony

    • Cleartrip.com’s global product

    • New channel Colors gets high ratings in midst of political drama coverage

    • Interactive platform gets good response, says Tata Sky official

    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• Tata Sky, BharatMatrimony join hands
    		• Media is biased towards Obama, says McCain
    		• One wi-fi set-top box to link all gizmos
    		• Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland
    Source:The Hindu
      
    		• Yahoo pulls editorial operation out of Chennai
    Source: Times of India
      

    • The Olympics dream: losers and winners on the ad field in China

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    West Bengal government goes on national TV to woo investors

    Source: Livemint
     
    		• Everett, Wash., Awards Video Franchise to Verizon
    Source: IT News Online
      
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    ‘Zee Entertainment Studios to receive Rs 1,000cr over 3yrs’

    Source: Moneycontrol.com
      
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    Ten Sports gives Zee rights in Britain for Sri Lanka series

    Source: Smash Hits
      
    		• Matrimony bets on DTH
    Source: Howrah News Service
     
      
    		• ZEEL net profit up 98%
    		• News channels` ratings zoom
    		• Shield consumers from tariff hike for 1 yr: Trai
    		• Brands value online presence
    		•  Gaming sites target international gamers
    		• Social gaming makes an entry
    		• Ballmer`s web spending leaves investors cold
    		•  Picasso Studios` Bal Bheem to hit screens by `09 end
    		• Grameenphone plans SMS to voice service
    Source: Business Standard
      
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    Radio gaga

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    HC raps Meeran for media bytes

    		• TV actor hurts himself during shoot
    		•

    Those rogues on TV are us

    		•

    SRK's acting teacher ditched!

    Source: DNA
      
    		•

    CAB defends top official despite ICL connection

    		•

    Indian blogger’s series to be published in Pak textbook

    Source: Indian Express
      
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    Trai asks DoT to review termination charges

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    Indian digital cable TV mkt to rank 2nd in Asia

    		•

    'Cricket series like the IPL really affected the movie business’

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    Broadcasters fare pretty well in ad sales

    		•

    Yahoo!, Google reach agreement

    		•

    Indian film industry absorbs market shock

    		• Britain now flirting with French cinema
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		•

    Ekta defends her Mahabharat

    Source: Buzz18 India
      
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    NEC to deliver Digital TV transmitters to Broadcast Denmark

    Source: Prdomain Business Register
     
    International News
    		• Protesters denounce Fox News as racist
    		• NBC, Fox file copyright lawsuit against video site
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• INDIA: 9.5L witness high drama on Lok Sabha TV
    		• THAILAND: TV news team may take govt to court
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• Web TV becomes regular TV
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• CBS Puts More Classic Shows Online
    		• Obama Buys Olympics Ad Time
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• CBS Radio Launches New Web Video Push
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• TNT picks up Surnow's 'Night And Day'
    		• 'Dexter' man leads sibling crime drama
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Anita Anand signed up for top politics show
    		•  Bollywood goes from Slough to Edinburgh
    Source: Asians in Media
    		• BBC Appoints Archive Director
    		• Sony Entertainment Television to Launch in Hong Kong
    Source: World Screen
     
    		• Disney names new hosts to replace Ebert and Roeper
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Kenya in advertising deal with CNN
    Source: BD Africa
     
    		• XM Satellite Radio posts smaller 2nd-quarter loss
    		• Journal Communications 2Q profit falls 36 percent
    Source: Forbes
     
    		• Paramount creates Worldwide Group
    Source: Variety
     
    		• SACA getting new cable TV channel on Comcast
    Source: Lancaster Online
     
    		• ABC launches free net TV service
    Source: Australianit
     
    		• News Corp. COO: 'Scarcity' key to online advertising
    Source: CNet
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