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'The price war has come at an early stage of the DTH game'
 Interview with Tata Sky MD & CEO Vikram Kaushik

Headlines
Sun Direct launches DTH service in Delhi; eyes 3 mn subscribers by FY'09
 Sun Direct launches in Delhi & NCR; crosses 1.7 mn DTH subscribers and plans to have 3 mn by FY'09.

Percept Picture ropes in Rajan Vahi as COO for animation
 Tdsat directs Tata Sky to pay Neo Sports on the basis of RIO for each month starting September.

Tdsat directs Tata Sky to pay Neo Sports on RIO rates
Rajan Vahi joins Percept Picture as COO for animation; he was with Prime Focus.


ETC Networks Q2 operating profit at Rs 55.8 million

Total Sports Asia to box for Muay Thai TV

ESS to air award function to felicitate T20 players

Sky Italia bags rights for 2016 Olympics

Comcast signs raft of deals in Asia Pacific

Nat Geo, Channel 4 to continue 'In The Womb' franchise

Trai recommends government to cancel ESPN licence

Comcast launches Style on Starhub, New Media Group

News Corp reorganises mobile content biz

Spice launches musical handset Spice S-580

Gideon Bierer is MTV executive VP digital media

Globecast, Chunghwa Telecom to deliver World Games

Disney to air The Cheetah Girls One World on 28 October

Juhi, Krutika among Saas vs.. finalists
Producers stop TV shoots
Monaz is the new Babli
Jay Soni in Bali Umar Ko Salaam
Kapoor sisters together on Nach

News Releases
Femina goes all gold for its bumper anniversary
Entries invited for 2009 World Press Photo contest
Essar Steel Infrastructure Excellence Awards 2009 to crown Infrastructure Companies for excellence
 'Let's Dance' Waltzes Gracefully into the Grand Finale
This Diwali on UTVi, 'Techtree' goes to the Times AV Expo in Mumbai to get a low-down of the hot and happening gadgets and gizmos in the industry!
'Golmaal Returns' with Tushar Kapoor on Chak De

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

Top 100 Programmes (05/10/2008 to 11/10/2008)
Colors
Star Plus
Sun TV
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
NDTV Imagine
Maa Telugu
Gemini TV
Neo Cricket
Zee Cinema
Star One
Sahara One
9X
Udaya TV
Zee Marathi
Kalaignar TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
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    Big TV charts plan to bring HD content into India

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    Websites seek to transform audiences into profit

    Source: Financial Express
     
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    DD, AIR staff to stage protest

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    Branded labour

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    TV producers ignore call for strike

    • Hero Honda CFO quits to join Emaar

    Source: Times of India
     
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    'Rang Rasiya' to be screened at London film fest

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    Cinema prize for Dardenne brothers

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    Yuvraj's dad to act in 'Bobby' remake

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    Yahoo to cut 1,400 jobs

    Source: The Hindu
      
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    Aus outplayed, out-verballed in Mohali: Oz media

    Source: Indian Express
      
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    TV eating into fans’ reading of cricket

    Source: Khabrein
     
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    Yahoo to cut 10% jobs

    Source: Business Standard
     

    • Zee Entertainment Q2 net up 84% on tax refund

    • Yahoo net income dips 64%, to slash 1,500 jobs globally

    • Airtel scores with DTH campaign

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    Big FM’s event management unit

    • It’s business as usual for WorldSpace in India

    • Big FM’s event management unit

    • Sun Direct enters National Capital Region

    Source: The Hindu business Line
     
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    TRAI seeks cancellation of ESPN licence

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    Disney releases first Indian-made animation feature

    Source: Economic Times
     
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    Mithun revels in team effort

    • Sun DTH to go national by Nov end

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    Australian media scathing of Ponting's men

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    Shweta Tewari irks her colleagues

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    Laxman signs up with Lancashire for season 2009

    Source: DNA
     
    International News
    		• McCain, Obama Lend Voices to World Series
    		• Telemundo, Chevrolet in Product-Integration Deal
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Sumner Redstone faces a battle to hold on to Viacom
    Source: Times Online
     
    		• ESPN unveils online video player
    Source: DTG
     
    		• Outage hits Virgin Media TV service
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• INDONESIA: Journalists on alert for execution of Bali bombers
    Source: Asia media
     
    		• Namibia: NBC Radio, the Namibian Top Media
    Source: All Africa
    		• Samsung Scraps $5.85 Billion Offer to Acquire SanDisk
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• Mexican Media Moguls Launch Channel Targeting Central Americans in U.S.
    Source: Broadcast News Room
     
    		• Microsoft cracks down on pirating in China
    Source: IT Examiner
     
    		• Court annuls EU executive ruling on Danish TV aid
    Source: Guardian
     
    		• Louis Page leaves Asia Television Ltd
    Source: Varietyasiaonline
     
    		• Time Warner adds Cartoon Network HD to channel 145
    		• Comcast debuts city guide service
    Source: Biz journals
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