17 May 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 22 - Issue No: 73




Headlines







FIPB clears OTV for 7% indirect FDI
 Orissa Television Ltd, sister company of Ortel, gets FIPB nod to regularise indirect FDI of 7.25 per cent.

Zeel resets FCCB conversion price from Rs197 to Rs 153
 Zee Ent. Enterprises Ltd. resets FCCB conversion price from Rs 197.23 to Rs 153.45 per share.

Aditya Birla Nuvo enters apparel retail biz
Launches Peter England People; plans to invest Rs 4 billion over 5 years with a chain of 80 such stores.

NDTV to air 3 African award-winning documentaries

UEFA EURO 2008 to kick off live on ESS

Ten Sports to telecast women’s hockey championship

Tony Burman is MD of Al Jazeera's English channel

Trai extends last date for views on spectrum pricing

CBS to acquire CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

Qualcomm sets up standards on multi-mode mobile

UTStarcom extends aid to China

IIFA to honour Benegal, Rahman & Mumtaz

PVR launches new multiplex in Mumbai

Adlabs Cinemas opens in Nagpur and Sholapur

INX News launches marketing campaign for NewsX

Sony launches music video of 10 Ka Dum


Sesame teams up with CAICC to help kids fight illness

Latest evictions on Jalwa and Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar
Anthony Bourdain has no reservations
Chinki Jaiswal enters Kahe Naa Kahe
Vidya’s father suffers heart attack
Rakshanda plays Amba in Mahabharat
Murli-Ashwini together on big screen
Rati in a film with Jackie Shroff
Guess what Ragini has in her genes
Rajeev’s Aamir has to wait
War of Teen Bahuraniyaan
Siddarth Shukla Be- Car

News Releases
Comedy ka baap Ehsaan Qureshi in Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar comedy special on Saturday
Sreekar Reddy joins brand-comm as Branch Head – Hyderabad
ZoomTV.in emerges as India's No 1 online video brand
Network 18 Joins in the World's Richest 10 K Race in Bangalore

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (27/04/2008 to 03/05/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (27/04/2008 to 03/05/2008)
MAX
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Zee Cinema


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• UTV begins work on its firts solo film, Ex-Terminators
    		• Reliance Big Entertainment to spend $1 bn on films
    		• INX launches campaign for NewsX
    		• Income Tax Department sends notice to BCCI over IPL taxes
    		• PII shifting operations to Chennai
    		• Mumbai night club Blue Frog makes tunes to jazz up biz
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• UTV Motion announces first solo Hollywood project
    		• Sun TV shifts registered office
    		• TDSAT seeks DoT views on halting spectrum allocation till July
    		• Vodafone tie-up for Dasavatharam
    		• Cell phone services top TV ad volumes in January-March
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• TDSAT seeks spectrum delay
    		• Raja rings PM, FM to clear 3G spectrum jam
    		• Gauri not going to host a show!
    		• Indian Premier League to conduct dope test on players
    		• Take 'vulgar' ads off air: Govt to TV channels
    		• 60% turnout in Karnataka 2nd phase
    Source: Times of India
      
    		• BGSBU launches Arabic Satellite Channel
    Source: GreaterKashmir.com
     
    		• Indian offbeat films seek to grab eyeballs at Cannes
    		• INX launches campaign for NewsX
    		• Pistorius can compete for a place in the Olympics
    		• IPL’s kind gesture to blast victims
    		• Now CA pitches in for IPL-like T20
    		• Treat for radio lovers
    		• ESPN-Star to telecast Euro 2008
    		• Billionaire launches bid for control of Yahoo
    Source:The Hindu
     
      
    		• UTV begins work on its firts solo film 'Ex-Terminators'
    		• Yahoo door ajar, Microsoft can swoop in as white knight
    		• Microsoft to finally give software for low-cost laptops
    		• Cricket Australia mulling over its own IPL
    		• Godman surrenders after threatening journalists
    		• Stringent security measures in Jaipur for IPL match
    		• Google translator now understands Hindi
    		• Is American Idol still the best reality show?
    		• Sameer Kochhar wants betting legalised
    Source: DNA
      
    		• Trai favours MVNO services
    		• World cinema comes to India
    		• Making music together
    		• DoT makes pre-approval of VAS mandatory
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Your browser bar’s red, then something’s phishy!
    		• Yahoo, fighting takeover, forms partnerships with WPP
    		• TDSAT asks DoT whether spectrum allotment can be halted
    		• Viacom18 Color has task cut out
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• The singer has been roped in as one of the judges in Indian Idol 4
    Source: Mumbai Newsline
      
    		• Pak needs its daily dose of IPL too
    Source: Hindustan Times
      
    		• Discovery Promotes Marina Anglim
    Source: Media News Line
     
    International News
    		• Eros inks online deal with Jaman
    Source: Variety
     
    		• CRTC mulls regulation of 'new media'
    Source: Globe and Mail
     
    		• Disney builds virtual bridge for interactive games
    		• Comcast acquires social network pioneer Plaxo
    		• Al Jazeera widens reach, eyes U.S. cable deals
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• 50 Cent Reportedly Negotiating $300 Million Deal With News Corp.
    Source: Baller Status
     
    		• Yahoo and WPP announce multi-year advertising partnership
    Source: RTT News
     
    		• Nickelodeon and Group M Close to Upfront Deal
    Source: Adage
     
    		• Kangaroo Media appoints new Chief Financial Officer
    Source: News Wire
    		• Al Jazeera sets its eye on millions of homes
    Source: Gulf News
      
    		• Comcast loses appeal of FCC TV set-top rule
    Source: Aastocks
     
    		• Time Warner chairman likely to step down
    Source: Business Spectator
     
    		• Parkinson, Kemp star in Sky+ TV ads
    		• Shoppers pushed to take Freesat install
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• New shows in the works from "Idol" creator Fuller
    		• Kelly Preston fired up for HBO suburban satire
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• Qualcomm picks up UK spectrum
    Source: Advanced-Television
     
    		• Cable Industry Donates $2 Billion
    		• Comcast Lands MGM HD
    Source: TV Week
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