30 May 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 22 - Issue No: 84





 

Headlines







Zee to launch movie channel specifically for Middle East market
 Zee Ent. Enterprises to launch movie channel with Arabic subtitles; Zee Aflam targets the Middle East.

9X sails past 100 GRPs to consolidate third spot
 9X with 103 GRPs holds firm in the third spot;NDTV Imagine stands fifth with 77 GRPs in week 21.

Neo Sports steals show at PromaxBDA with 11 awards
 Neo Sports Broadcast comes out on top with 11 awards at Promax/BDA; bags 4 gold and 7 silver.

Integrate content with advertising to beat ad avoidance

Brand promotion: Answer lies with the right positioning

Chinese broadcasters use Olympic to promote their chnnls

Turner elevates Siddharth Jain, Monica Tata

Noreen Naqvi to hold charge as Doordarshan DG

MTV to launch romance reality show Splitsvilla

My FM hires Naqvi as programming head

Maa TV to launch game show Bommarillu on 2 June

Star News ropes in Akhtar for IPL expert comments

HC issues notice to Rediff.com on BCCI petition

Disney-ABC in licensing deals with 6 chnls for Army Wives

OnMobile launches phone backup product

TiVo to offer Disney movies

Adlabs net at Rs 470 mn for FY’08

iDream to release 3 films this year

PVR Ltd gets operating license in Gurgaon

Big FM launches anti-tobacco campaign


Disney channel to become FTA in Spain

Lalu impresses all in Shah Rukh Sir’s class
New entrant in Kahaani…
Benjamin Gelani to appear in Hadsaa
MTV Splitsvilla
Kunika aims to make a comeback on TV
Jay Bhanushali in Ek Packet Umeed
Go girls!
I have invested heavily in my marriage – Indraneil Sengupta
I can eat anything from the streets – Neha Bamb

News Releases
Krazy Kiya Re Tune in to the rocking show only on SAB
CNBC-TV18 presents ‘Invest the Happionaire Way’ powered by Network 18 Bestsellers

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (11/05/2008 to 17/05/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (11/05/2008 to 17/05/2008)
MAX
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Pvt broadcasters finalise self-regulatory guidelines
    		• PVR Revitals moviegoers
    		• Harman, Imran make their silver screen debut on July 4
    		• Is Aashayein losing hope?
    		• NDTV promoters revise open offer dates
    		• Scary prospects for newspapers: Thomson Reuters CEO
    		• Oscar Films don Ravana’s hat to wreck Dashavatar
    		• Rajasthan Royals may yield profits from year two itself
    		• Microsoft no longer interested in merger: Yang
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• 'Dasavatharam': Madras HC dismisses petition
    		• Morgan, Lorgat for IPL final
    		• India’s dream team from the IPL
    Source:The Hindu
      
    		• PVR gets licence for new multiplex
    		• Dish TV to increase authorised share capital
    		• DoT asks RIM to find solution for Blackberry
    		• India, an emerging TV market for football: UEFA
    		• Top-level promotions in Turner India
    		• Challenge of getting more Asians online
    		• Telecom players divided over WiMax spectrum pricing
    		• Dish TV can borrow more
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• Times Now wins PROMAX awards
    		• IPL doubles BCCI profit, set to top ad rates for T20 WC final
    		• Private channels come up with regulation code
    Source: Times of India
      
    		• AIR, Leh gets enhanced reach; state of art TV studio to be inaugurated soon
    Source: News Agency of Kashmir
      
    		• 9X crosses 100 GRPs
    Source: Campaign India
      
    		• India TV Neck-to-Neck with Aaj Tak
    Source: Business Wire
     
      
    		• 94.3 MY FM welcomes Shailja Naqvi as National Programming Head
    Source: India PR Wire
      
    		• NDTV promoters revise open offer dates
    		• Revenue sharing row keeps IPL matches off big screen
    		• No scope for two IPLs in a year: Pawar
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• Despite IPL, entertainment channels hold fort
    		• Down the broadband highway, WiMAX makes snail's progress
    		• Local and regional portals to boost online advertising
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• Adlabs earns consolidated net of Rs 47.47 cr
    		• Mahabharat wages a hi -tech war
    		• India’s flop show at Cannes
    		• Nepal media welcomes new republic
    		• Pawar dismisses possibility of two IPLs
    		• TV reporter hacked to death in Jaffna
    		• 'MTV Roadies' winner - heads for Bollywood
    		• Bhajji gets a piece of Ajay Devgan’s mind
    		• Ayesha Takia to walk the ramp at IIFA
    Source: DNA
      
    		• IPL fever: Police bust betting racket
    Source: Indian Express
      
    		• Hrithik signed as a goodwill ambassador for NDTV Imagine's new show
    Source: IndiaFM
      
    		• Ekta Kapoor to do a cameo in C-Company
    		• Murdoch predicts Democrats landslide
    		• Rajeev invites Ekta for Aamir's premiere
    Source: Hindustan Times
     
    International News
    		• Apple to Announce Hollywood Deal for Film Downloads, Times Says
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• NBC Sports, MTV Team Up for Action Sports Tour
    Source: Pro Momagazine
     
    		• GE-Vivendi JV NBC Universal to launch most successful TV channels in Russia
    Source: Hemscott
     
    		• Premiere lines up banks against Murdoch
    Source: Telegraph
     
    		• AOL signs on to OpenSocial developer standard
    		• Microsoft denies Windows Media blocks digital broadcasts
    Source: Cnet
     
    		• Time Warner CEO: Company Doesn't Want To 'Unload AOL'`
    Source: CNN
     
    		• Daktronics to be on Discovery Channel
    Source: Argus Leader
     
    		• Discovery Home Channel becomes Planet Green
    Source: Scripps News
    		• Disney Channel goes FTA in Spain, not UK
    		• Sky unveils new high definition EPG
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Apple adds French TV programming to iTunes
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• NEPAL: Editorials of major dailies cheer republic
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• Rapper to shoot MTV reality show before jail term
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• China 3G licensing plans
    Source: Advanced-Television
     
    		• NBA Finals Helps TNT Post Big Ratings Gain
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• Sci Fi Unveils Gaming Site Fidgit
    		• AFTRA Lays Out New TV Contract Terms
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Sony Electronics Inks Interactive Cable-TV Deal
    Source: News Factor
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