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6 Sep 2008

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Volume 23 - Issue No: 64

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Headlines

BCCI to announce Champions T20 League rights on 8 September
BCCI to announce rights holders for Champions T20 League on 8 September; this will include TV, radio.

HBO is most popular English movie channel among digital viewers
HBO is top English movie channel among digital viewers; Star Utsav is 2nd in Hindi GEC space.

Nick's Q1 revenue jumps 66% as audiences grow
Nick's Q1 revenue up 66% over year ago; channel share up from 9% in Jan 2007 to 21% in June 2008.

News Releases
Zara Nachke Dikha: Join the thrill with the Chatpati Paani Puri couple

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (10/08/2008 to 16/08/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (10/08/2008 to 16/08/2008)
Star Plus
Sony Entertainment TV
Zee TV
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine
Gemini TV
Maa Telugu
Ten Sports

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	Big Pictures set to reel out Rs 1,000 crore for 70 films
	Offbeat cinema's September show continues
	Post-T20 success, broadcasters complain of loses in Test, ODI
	Master prints of Tapan Sinha, Mrinal Sen classics missing!
	Bryan brothers deny Paes US Open doubles double
	Bollywood offers foreign tourists a spot in the limelight
	Source: Economic Times

	TV channels under scanner
	ATP, WTA sign joint online venture
	Farooq Sheikh stresses on need for good scripts in Bollywood
	BCCI cautions junior players over IPL contracts
	Source: Hindu

	IBN18 plans raising funds for expansion
	Bharti, Tata Comm come under DoT scanner
	Pressmart gets $6-m funding
	Newspaper publishing outsourcing industry on growth mode
	Govt to issue IPTV guidelines
	Online job portal launched
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	AT&T U-verse Expands Video On Demand Library With HD VOD Titles
	Source: prdomain.com

	BRS Media Named as One of the 5,000 Fastest Growing Companies in America by Inc.
	Source: Techwhack


	BSNL IPTV service to cover 100 cities by Mar
	Broadcasters to split feed for DTH platform
	Source: Business Standard

	Real-time TRP rating starts with DTH viewers
	In-film placements the emerging ad mantra
	Music taste defines your personality
	Source: Financial Express

	Film body issues letter to Ram Gopal Varma
	Dharavi film at UK fest
	‘Making a film is important, but making it successful is more so’
	Arjun Rampal in blogger’s spot
	Bollywood pitches in for Bihar
	No 'Jashn' for Prachi Desai!
	Now, learn Sa Re Ga Ma Pa online
	Farooq stresses on need for good scripts
	Source: DNA

	TV18’s Infomedia to launch Entrepreneur magazine
	Source: Livemint

	Palestine TV calls off airing of first Palestinian soap opera
	Source: Top News

	Wal-Mart arms retain biz with tech power
	Source: Commodity Online

International News

	French film to open 46th New York Film Festival
	Italy's Mediaset has eyes on ITV
	Santosh Sivan loves human-animal bond tales
	Source: Yahoo News

	BBC One to air 'Little Britain USA'
	Source: Digital Spy

	Kanye West ends brief boycott of MTV video awards
	Source: Reuters

	PAKISTAN: SPYO slams 'media trial' of Asif
	NEPAL: Media's role vital in building new Nepal
	Source: Asia Media

	Comcast sues FCC on shaping rule
	Source: Advanced Television

	’Wal-Mart Stores launches an in-store web-based promotional TV network
	Source: Internet Retailer

	Video-Game Graphics to Enhance ESPN Analysis
	Source: Broadcast News Room

	News Corp said launching Japan satellite TV channel
	Source: The US Daily

	Liberty Media Details Plans To Split-Off Liberty Entertainment
	Source: Forbes

	HDNet and HDNet Movies Announce Affiliation Agreement With Comcast
	Source: Market Watch

	Microsoft and 12 others invest in Japanese TV
	Source: Cnet

	Studios wary of big budget auteurs
	DreamWorks waiting on Reliance
	Int'l broadcasters call CBS' 'Doctors'
	Source: Variety

	Publishing superpower emerges in UK
	Source: Video Game Media

	Incentives for digital TV takeup
	Source: SMH

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