29 July 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 23 - Issue No: 32







 

Executive Dossier







'A price war will expand the DTH market'
 Interview with Bharat Business Channel Ltd CEO Anil Khera

Headlines
Dish TV Q1 net loss at Rs 1.25 billion
 Dish TV posts net loss of Rs 1.25 billion for the first quarter on gross revenue of Rs 1.64 billion.

Manav Dhanda to head Big Broadcasting's kids channel
 Big Broadcasting readies for kids channel launch; Manav Dhanda moves from Big FM to be biz head.

Mindshare emerges as agency of the year at Emvies 2008
 Mindshare bags four gold & eight silvers at Emvies i2008; Maxus India wins four gold and two silvers.

NDTV Good Times launches on Sri Lanka's Dialog TV

IBN18 Q1 net loss at Rs 93.4 million

Big FM elevates Sonu to VP programming

Star Gold lines up mythological films in August

History Channel launches series on Indian heritage sites

DD's Kalyani wins 'News Show of the Year' award

ICL launches training camp for forthcoming season

Sag board backs negotiators demands over new media

Marcus Wolter is Endemol Germany MD

Mohideen is BBC head of knowledge multiplatform

Getty Images is photographic agency for Beijing Olympics

netCore Solutions, Tata teleservices tie up for SMS alert

Adlabs launches India’s first 6D cinema at Agra

Shawn Yue & Ekin Cheng win best actor awards for Rule 1

Percept/H wins creative duties for Yardley and Finesse


Nick declares winners of Nick Fundoo Superstars

Bachchan stalker Jhanvi Kapoor in Bigg Boss 2
Rizwi family ousted
A new love story in Kahaani Ghar..
Left Right Left comes to a halt
Reena Kapoor is being haunted
Saas bahu for Yash not me - Gauri
The strategist Varun Saini in Splitsvilla
Shweta keeps it bare and basic

News Releases
Nazneen Barodawala is Corporate Voice|Weber Shandwick GM, Mumbai
Mahi & Yuvi on Gini & Jony Chak De Bachche grand finale
CNN Reveals Lives of U.S. Presidential Candidates

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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    		• Ormax Media forays into entertainment business
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    NDTV ties up with Sri Lankan DTH firm

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    Dish TV Q1 net loss at Rs 125.4 crore

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    DoT plans separate 3G policy for CDMA players

    • BIG 92.7 appoints Nirupam Sonu

    • Dish TV posts higher losses in first quarter

    • Print advertising of cellular phone services down by 25%

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    		• Censor board for TV sought
    		• Stratford's 2 musicals offer a study in contrast
    Source:The Hindu
      
    		• India has 4.38mn broadband users
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    Raj wants to play Bollywood censor

    Source: Calcutta Telegraph
      
    		• Cablevision Now Offering iO TV(R) Digital Cable Customers 60
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    Central European Media Enterprises Enters Bulgaria

    Source: IT News Online
     
    		• ESPN STAR Sports secures TV rights
    Source: Navhind Times
      
    		• Film stars passe, TV actresses in Vogue
    Source: IBNLive.com
     
      
    		• BCCI to make inaugural season a money-spinner
    Source: Livemint
      
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    BIG 92.7 FM appoints Nirupam Sonu as Vice President - Programming

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    iPoint-media signs teaming agreement with Asia Pacific systems

    Source: India PRwire
      
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    ONN.tv Gets Inside the Trader Brain with Neuroscience Expert

    Source: TechWhack
      
    		• Ex-Googleers unveil Cuil, a new search engine
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    Industry may seek time to send representation to Trai on TRP

    Source: Financial Express
      
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    Caught in the Net? The onus is yours

    Source: Business Standard
      
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    ECB sticks to its guns even as Modi muscles Champions League to India

    Source: Indian Express
      
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    Bollywood unites behind Muslim actors

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    Dark Knight set to sink Titanic record

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    Idea hopes to cash in on Mumbai churn 03

    Source: DNA
      
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    Content to push revenues in European mobile market

    Source: CIOL
     
    International News
    		• ‘CBS Evening News’ to broadcast in high-definition
    Source: JS Online
     
    		• BBC appoint external comms boss for Media City UK
    Source: How-Do
     
    		• Los Angeles Leads Redemption Of Digital TV Converters
    Source: How-Do
     
    		• Wi-Fi TV Updates Hundreds of Live TV Stations at Wi-FiTV.com
    Source: TMC Net
     
    		• Network news presence at Beijing is NBC, the rest
    Source: LP
     
    		• Overview and Analysis of Australia's Digital TV - Set-Top Box Industry
    Source: Digital Media Net
     
    		• ESPN STAR Sports Names Chief of China Operations
    Source: World Screen
    		• Screen Actors board backs negotiators on new media
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Al Jazeera series on Africa from today
    Source: Gulf Times
     
    		• Foxtel chief opens up his cupboard of channels
    Source: SMH
     
    		• China Mass Media launches $75 million US IPO
    Source: Finance Asia
     
    		• IPG and Microsoft Unit to Link Up
    Source: WSJ
     
    		• James Kerley to host new Channel Ten show Taken Out
    Source: News
     
    		• MGM Launching New Digital Channel
    Source: Broadcasting Cable
     
    		• Time Warner Cable Names Rachel Welch Group as VP
    Source: Trading Markets
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