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30 July 2008

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Volume 23 - Issue No: 33

Headlines

UTV to buy 2 US-based new media companies for $30 million
UTV is investing $75 mn in gaming biz; to buy two US-based new media companies for $30 million.

Balaji Telefilms Q1 net up 20.7% at Rs 222.57 million
Balaji's Q1 revenue up 22.9% to Rs 916 mn; says Star JV for regional chnls not yet on due to issues.

News Releases
Henkel India announces 'Eco-Petition' - Henkel Enviro Care Award
Delhi's 100 Chartbuster Station kick starts 'Coolest Fresher Kaun' Contest at Delhi University Campus

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (13/07/2008 to 19/07/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (13/07/2008 to 19/07/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine

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

	UTV Software to invest $75 mn in gaming biz
	Moser Baer arm to raise $50 million
	'Entertainment sector to grow 18 pc annually'
	Doordarshan misses Olympian ad opportunity
	HP, Intel, Yahoo team up to make Web a utility
	Toronto's show into Guinness records
	Yukta Mookhey to direct films
	SRK & Sallu Bhai in Khiladi's way
	Big B thanks media, fans for his tour's success
	Source: Economic Times

	IBN18 Broadcast posts higher Q1 losses at Rs 9.46 cr
	Raj Television Q1 net rises to Rs 5.6 cr
	TV Eighteen Q1 net up at Rs 3.44 cr
	Ranjan Kapur to get first AAAI lifetime achievement award
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	CT Broadcasters want ICC to ensure full-strength teams
	Reliance Globacom ties up with Internap Network
	Tendulkar to act in a Bollywood film
	Yukta Mookhey may don director's hat soon
	Source:The Hindu

	Reality show star Ishmeet Singh drowns in Maldives
	Source: Times of India

	Nickelodeon Makes Its Classic Hits Available on the iTunes Store
	Source: IT News Online

	Star Trek Online announced by Cryptic Studios
	Source: TechShout

	BCCI set to finalize CL details
	Source: Indiatimes



	Tata Sky plans tie-ups with Sony Pictures, Fox for content
	Source: Financial Express

	UTV profit surges 176%
	TV18 posts Q1 net loss of Rs 9 cr
	The Kinng can do no wrong
	Source: Business Standard

	Terror mail to TV channels has police on the edge
	Source: Indian Express

	Television Eighteen Q1 net up 17% at Rs 3 cr
	Voice of India winner drowns
	Dhoni, Yuvi to be guests on reality show
	Mumbai is a lazy riser to FM radio
	Spoof on Ekta Kapoor, upsets Tusshar
	Baweja plays cricket with star sportsmen
	Source: DNA

	News channels cheer UPA win, advertisers
	Source: Moneycontrol.com

	Real Madrid to launch radio station
	Infosys to invest Rs 1300 crore in Mysore
	Source: Newindpress

	RBI orders probe into how policy decision leaked out
	Source: Livemint

International News

	'Newsnight' editor quits BBC for Google
	Ofcom 'to allow' ITV regional news cuts
	Atkins slates "laddish" TV presenters
	Source: Digital Spy

	NBC's "Talent" top show among viewers last week
	Fifth of TV viewers watching online: survey
	Source: Yahoo News

	NYC Produces Gas Station TV’s Next BroadcaSTAR
	Source: Digital Signage Weekly

	Viacom Q2 Revenues Up 21% to $3.86 Billion
	Source: TV Week

	ESPN Preps Olympics Highlight Coverage
	Source: Media Week

	Trevor Phillips launches action plan for media diversity
	Source: Asians in Media

	KOREA: TV directors probed for gambling tour abroad
	Source: Asia Media

	Sky social media sites
	Government aims to cut pirate P2P 80
	Source: Advanced Television

	Sony in talks to buy out Sony BMG Music: report
	Source: Reuters

	Toshiba to end direct-to-handset satellite broadcasts
	Source: Network World

	Microtune Surpasses 100 Million TV Tuner Chips Shipped
	Source: Market Watch

	InterContinental Renews Deal To Fund BBC Show
	Source: Asia Media Journal

	CBC and ABC pair up for sitcom '18 to Life' about teen newlyweds
	Source: Google

	FCC will bar Web firms from blocking file sharing
	Source: Boston

	Nickelodeon picks up Eisner series
	Source: LA Times

	Independent Television Festival ITVFest Opens Network TV Door
	Source: PR News

	AT&T asks FCC to block WiMax deal
	Source: VNU Net

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