1 April 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 25 - Issue No: 31
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Dossier
'We will build on our global franchises and get other local content to create an environment for ratings'

Interview with Walt Disney TV International (India) SVP & MD Antoine Villeneuve

Headlines
NDS to tap Indian cable ops with special pricing; ties up with HCL
Alliance to help NDS come out with cheaper digital pay-TV solutions for the Indian cable TV market.
 
Sahara syndicates 60 movies to Star and Real

Star and Real pay Rs 50 million apiece in a one-year syndication deal; roster includes Guru and Nishabd.

 
 
CNBC-TV18, Mint in content sharing deal
 
Star Movies to play out blockbusters after IPL matches
 
Zee 24 Gantalu to officially launch on 2 April
 
Radio Indigo COO Jayyant Bhokare quits
 
Pix beefs up movie library ahead of IPL2
 
Sony to mix comedy with cricket in ‘Comedy Circus 20-20’
 
Neelam Kapur to hold charge of principal DG in PIB
 
T-Series drags Triveni Media to court
 
Disney ABC-ESPN TV signs multi-year pact with M-Net
 
Bob Neuhaus appointed as TNS global head finance
 
Real rolls out on Sun Direct from 1 April
 
Trai rejects higher entry fee for internet telephony
 
Disney to upload video on YouTube
 
Tata Indicom subscribers to get TV service on mobile
 
Ballantyne distributes GDC's cinema server in Americas
 
Percept gets Mirah Entertainment to participate in 8X10 Tasveer
 
Mickey Mouse ears get redesigned for charity
 
The fool-ish feature - How stars fool their friends intelligently
Salman Khan back with Dus ka Dum 2
IBL to air on MTV
The young breed of actors fears talking to the media: Hritu Dudani
I can not see anything without my contact lenses: Rakshanda
Nikhil finds heaven in Moon
 
News Releases

Jaya Anand & Nehal Parikh declared as the winners of the prestigious Royals Diva contest!!
RJ Anuraag Pandey now on Fever 104 FM!
Catch Rahul Bose on April fool's day only on Bindass live 2

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (15/03/2009 to 21/03/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (15/03/2009 to 21/03/2009)
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
MAX
Sun TV
Zee Telugu
Gemini TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Zee Cinema
SAB
Star One
NDTV Imagine
MTV
DD1
Zee Marathi
Maa Telugu
Cartoon Network
Udaya TV
ETV Marathi
 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• TRAI failed to observe transparency: TDSAT
    		• TDSAT upholds dual spectrum allocation policy
    		• Sanjay Behl is Big TV’s new CEO
    		• Net telephony: TRAI against entry fee on ISPs
    		• IPL venue shift: Recession-hit cos may back out first
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Global box office hit record $28.1 bn in '08: Group
    		• HCL, NDS join hands for cable TV digital services
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• RCom elevates Sanjay Behl to head DTH and IPTV operations
    Source: TelecomTiger
     
    		• Sustaining the rural boom
    		• ‘I am nobody’s stooge; I will not prostitute myself’
    Source: Livemint
     
    		• SeaChange continues rollout of IPTV services in India
    Source: Trading Markets
     
    		• Disney Channel March and Q1 2009 Highlights
    Source: TVbytheNumbers
     
     
    		• Advertisers eye reality for returns
    		• Trai rejects higher entry fee for Internet telephony
    		• TDSAT upholds govt policy of dual technology
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• The award goes to Priyanka Chopra
    Source: DNA
     
    		•  TDSAT upholds dual-spectrum policy
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Tanla And Zed To Invest Rs. 63 Crores In 50:50 Indian JV; Implications
    Source: MediaNama
     
    		• NDS finds partner for Indian cable
    Source: Rapid tv news
     
    		•  GSM, CDMA operators unhappy over MTC cut
    		•  Will Google get it right?
    Source: Business Standard
     
    International News
    		• FX gets TV rights for DreamWorks animated films
    		• `Idol' judges distracted by Iraheta's funky outfit
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• Riz Ahmed starts in new film Shifty, releasing April
    Source: Asians in Media
     
    		•  BBC told to improve licence fee ad tone
    		•  Real Estate TV to close down
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• FX Lands DreamWorks Animation Films Through 2012
    		• CNN Ratings Down; Fox, MSNBC Grow
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Vodafone Portugal to launch IPTV in Q3 2009
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• YouTube wins out in the race against Hulu for ABC content
    Source: Charged
     
    		• MTV renews "Real World" for four seasons
    		• Disney to launch ad-supported channels on YouTube
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• AMC Entertainment will use Sony digital projection systems
    Source: BizJournals
     
    		• GroupM China Appoints Search Marketing Head
    Source: Asia Media Journal
     
    		• Networks pledge a digital TV date
    Source: Australia Nit
     
    		• Film exhibitors: Hard to move forward
    		• Fox rebuffs costs of 3-D glasses
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
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