8 July 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 23 - Issue No: 14







 

Headlines


NDTV promoters buy 20.28% for Rs 5.57 bn, up stake to 71.38%
 NDTV promoters acquire 20.28% shares for Rs 5.57 bn; up their stake via open offer to 71.38 per cent.

Pradeep Guha launches OOH outfit
 Pradeep Guha launches OOH marketing division Street Culture; will continue as Zeel CEO.

Colors signs deal with Eros for 16 movies
 Viacom18's Colors has inked a 16-film deal with Eros; list also includes forthcoming movies of Eros.

Executive Dossier
'The branded slots, big movies have fetched revenues and viewership for the channel'
 Interview with Zee Cinema business head Mohan Gopinath

Dasmunsi to be discharged in two days

Sony to launch fantasy series on 13 July

NBC to buy Weather Channel for $3.5 billion

World Movies acquires rights to Steven Soderbergh's 'Che'

BBC to celebrate life and work of Charles Darwin

Karen Mok to host MTV Asia Awards 2008

Terra gets new media rights for Olympics

Vivendi's mobile game is around 'The Bourne Conspiracy'

Playspan CEO to address Edinburgh Interactive Festival

Smith's Hancock scores $66 million over weekend

Big FM launches campaign to address social issues


Cartoon Network to launch Capeta on 14 July
Disney channel to start ‘Talk Out Loud’ initiative on 12 July

Shekhar Suman’s marathon show on Imagine
Garry Bhinder’s sad demise
Sachin Sharma’s Gandhigiri
Mahaabhaarat ke side-effects
Is Maninee to be replaced in Zara...
Simple returns as Sunehri on Sunn...
Ali family ousted from Waar...
Neha Desai to enter Rajkumar Aryan
Another hunt on Vijay TV
Talking money with Mayank Anand
Gaurav Chopra gets difficult

News Releases
ICICI bank presents CNBC-TV 18's fourth edition of the 'emerging India awards London 2008' powered by Crisil
Radio City 91.1FM - India's melody FM station turns seven

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (15/06/2008 to 21/06/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (15/06/2008 to 21/06/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Zee Cinema
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine


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    		• TTD’s Bhakti channel goes on air
    		• Subsidy for Tamil movies announced
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    		• Microsoft would reopen Yahoo talks with new board: Icahn
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    NBC Universal buys Weather Channel for 3.5 billion dollars

    Source: TopNews
      
    		•  Global multichannel hypercompetition predicted
    Source: CIOL
     
    		• Song list of Rock Band 2 leaked
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    		• Social networking becomes double-edged weapon for Obama
    		• Viacom’s watching you
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    		• All-Williams Wimbledon final raises TV ratings
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    		• Madison Avenue likes what it sees in the mirror
    		• Coke settles lawsuit for $137.5 mn
    		• ‘Season two of IPL will be bigger, better’
    		• Sun DTH arm garners 1 m subscribers in 200 days
    		• Niche sports need to bring in revenue
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    Amitabh Bachchan now on a live world tour

    Source: Financial Express
      
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    Dish TV gears up to take on MPEG 4 competition

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    'IPL may become a match-fixing hub'

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    UTV launches 'Mumbai Meri jaan' campaign

    		•  Big-hitting Napier eyeing IPL big bucks
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    Ekta’s pilgrimage continues!

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    Microsoft is prepared for talks with Yahoo!

    		• Abbas-Mastan remaking Italian Job
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    Virgin Mobile announces vBling offer for youth

    		• Prince Charles to celebrate his 60th birthday on TV
    		• 'Friends' big screen adaptation on the way?
    Source: DNA
      
    		• AirCheck Launches Radio Monitoring Service in India
    Source: Media Newsline
      
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    Moser Baer to hive off entertainment

    		• Shyam Tele gets radio frequencies
    		• Virtual bites: Digital piracy robs Bollywood
    		• Microsoft may revive Yahoo talks if board replaced
    Source: Business Standard
     
    International News
    		• Digital Switch Puts FCC Bosses on Air
    		• Civil Rights Group Blasts Weak Promo Campaign for Digital TV Transition
    		• NBC Brings Hunter Aboard as Senior VP
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    		• A course for television people
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    		• Jamila Hunter Joins NBC in New Digital Programming Post
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    Source: Media Week
     
    		• MTV partners with Cadbury, Dish Network to serve up iTV
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    		• TV and film business facing dark days: analyst
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• Industry awaits AFTRA vote
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• Broadband improvements show ‘Neilsen’s Law’
    		• Portugal Telecom to manage FTA DTT
    Source: Advanced Television
    		• Canal+ Group signs Algerian IPTV deal
    Source: Broadband TV News
     
    		• ZDF revamps digital channel
    		• Disney launches new channel for Spain
    Source: Rapid TV News
     
    		• Japan's Nintendo, Sony to explore Asian game market
    Source: Quamnet
     
    		• Microsoft, Yahoo mull media partner options
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Tonga Broadcasting Commission Launches Second TV Channel
    Source: Red Orbit
     
    		• Sky writes off £600m as ITV shares plunge
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    		• .Online rights row delays sale of BBC venture
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    		• Mobilizing opinion through Facebook
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