Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 20 May 2008 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

Headlines

Tdsat sets aside IMCL petition for interim injunction
Tdsat sets aside IMCL's petition for injunction; case relates to MSO's distributors for reconnection of feed.

Trai starts consultation on satellite radio policy
Satellite radio policy envisages two types of licenses: for service provider & for radio channel registration.

Lagardère acquires 70% in WSG for $150 million
Lagardère Sports acquires 70% in Singapore-based World Sport Group Holdings Ltd for $150 million.

Executive Dossier
'Asia contributes 25-28 per cent of our ad revenues out of which 10 per cent comes from India'
Interview with CNN International exceutive VP ad sales Jonathan Davies

News Releases
YRF Ad Cell Honoured at Awards Show
NDTV Good Times launches brand new show 'Cracking The Code' with actor Sameer Soni

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

Top 100 Programmes (04/05/2008 to 10/05/2008)
MAX
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV

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

	PVR screens global production giants
	Sony plays the big shots for IPL finals
	Dish TV to roll out HD technology platform by year-end
	US studio acquires rights for Gandhi, My Father
	Movie trade holds up in Cannes despite market woes
	'IPL represents pulse of 'Youngistan'
	India is still hot, says Ashok Amritraj
	IndiaTales kicks off India operations
	Shooting in trains to cost Rs 1 a day
	Source: Economic Times

	Reliance ties up with Hollywood production cos
	TDSAT seeks explanation on condonation of delay suit
	Microsoft considers fresh Yahoo! deal
	Subex launches new ROC, products
	Event management team for Volvo Ocean Race appointed IPL winner’s trophy
	TRAI seeks views on draft satellite radio policy norms
	Piracy dents taxman’s demand on Microsoft
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Dish TV plans to launch HD platform
	Source: Livemint

	IPL takes measures to ensure team owners can stay with team
	Source: Hindustan Times

	Ekta sets her eyes on reality TV
	Source: Sify

	IPL steps in to ensure team owners can stay with team
	Fan votes shouldn't decide winner : Kenny Chesney
	IPL winner's trophy unveiled
	Rudrapatna gets music centre
	Training in JAVA, Linux
	Nothing ‘surprising’ about IPL testing
	IPL clears deck, SRK can cheer from dug-out
	Source:The Hindu


	MTV plans to increase blending of ads & shows
	Warner Bros to close two divisions
	TDSAT seeks DoT explanation in TTSL case
	Troubled stars seek redemption through TV
	“The viewership we are building is not fickle”
	Microsoft revives talks with Yahoo!
	Source: Financial Express

	Trai initiates work on satellite radio policy
	Telecom outsourcing deals under Trai lens
	Dish TV to start high-definition TV by yr-end
	The man who put a local face on Google
	Microsoft renews approach to Yahoo
	Vodafone, Garnier to sponsor 10 Ka Dum
	Indian diplomacy tunes into Bollywood hits
	Cheerleaders on the airwaves
	Source: Business Standard

	Dish TV to roll out HD technology platform by year-end
	‘It’s Prachi’s credit not mine
	Is IPL the route to Team India
	Ekta Kapoor forays into reality shows
	Nokia partners WWF-India to save tigers
	IPL clears deck, SRK can cheer from dug-out
	Microsoft to challenge Google again;considers fresh Yahoo deal
	Source: DNA

	Microsoft move unlikely to win Icahn favour: Report
	Online game that debunks HIV myths
	Guess what Sallu earns on TV?
	Source: Times of India

	Facebook raises independence issues amid Microsoft talks
	Microsoft proposes alternative Yahoo deal
	Source: Indian Express

International News

	News Corp. Starts Internet Ad Network for Financial News Sites
	Source: Bloomberg

	Qualcomm Grabs UK Spectrum for Mobile TV
	Source: Broadband Reports

	Samsung plans premium mobile TV device
	Source: BD Africa

	TinselVision Adds UTV Film Library to Premium, Free Offerings
	Source: Sun Herald

	New look BBC Films in good shape
	Source: Variety

	Sony Computer Entertainment Introduces A New President
	Source: Games are Fun

	Zany HIV cartoons head for TV
	Source: The Times

	Sky Plus holds key to challenging iPlayer
	Source: Telegraph

	SINGAPORE: Won't pay TV licence?
	Source: Asia Media

	Billboard magazine developing reality TV show
	TV networks, studios get creative for Emmy season
	Fox News mounts "assault" on GE: report
	WWE's `SmackDown' to land on MyNetworkTV Oct. 3
	Source: Yahoo News

	New pay TV channel hires ex-Showtime executive Greenberg
	Source: SMH

	White House Blasts NBC Broadcasts
	Source: TV Week

	Virgin 'to replace TV platform' in 2009
	Source: Digital Spy

	Univision Nets to Roll Out 1,000 Additional VOD Hours
	Source: Media Week

	News Corp. ups Premiere stake to 25.01%
	Source: Dm Europe

	Orange TV will cover 98% of French households
	Source: Advanced Television

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