7 April 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 25 - Issue No: 36
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Zee to pull down shutters on radio biz in UK
Zee Radio to cease broadcasting from 30 April after a year's existence in UK; Zee Gujarati to also close down.
 
Zee launches news channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand

Zee has launched on 5 April Hindi news channel for UP and Uttarkhand; channel titled Zee News Uttar Pradesh.

 
Manoj Padmanabhan is Ten Sports ad sales head

Manoj Padmanabhan replaces Gargi Kaul as head of national ad sales at Taj TV India.

 
Executive Dossier
'If you don’t innovate, somebody else will take it from you'

Interview with BBH chairman & worldwide creative director Sir John Hegarty

 
 
India Cements sees IPL in SA as brand building scope
 
Kingfisher Airlines appoints 3 tour partners for IPL2
 
BBC to make election journey with 'India Election Train'
 
Star Sports to telecast World Combat League from 7 April
 
Network18 acquires advisory biz of Capital18 Media
 
Polish channel bags TV rights for Euro 2012
 
Singapore invites bids for Motorsports initiative
 
Anne Mensah is BBC head of independent drama
 
AB Intl. Distribution acquires action show Rush
 
Star World to premiere 3rd season of Bones from 8 April
 
JWT wins Grand Prix; O&M tops metals list
 
Indiagames plans to launch full game download service
 
Airtel offers 16 Mbps broadband in India
 
Google wins IPR case against two Indian firms
 
Lehren to be available on Nautanki.tv
 
Google, HT Media to launch online election centers
 
Netflix, MTVN to show Comedy Central & Nick series
 
Motorola, Time Warner Cable partner for DVR solution
 
Aa Dekhen Zara hits DTH within two weeks of release
 
SPE to release Angels & Demons on 15 May
 
Ormax Media launches programme-awareness tracking tool
 
UK’s RDF Kids inks multiple distribution deals for Tricky TV, Finger Tips
 
Tabassum, Vinay Pathak offered Ladies Special
Dr.Armaan switches to defensive mode
Apara and Nupur to enter in Raja Ki..
'Haughty’ Neha Mehta and her tantrums
 
News Releases

Champions League quarters live on Ten Sports
NDTV Convergence launches Election site
Election Commission supports Zee News for its Voting Awareness Initiative
Big 92.7 fm chennai's new 'slow motion sunday'
Fever 104 FM - No. 1 FM station in Delhi: RAM
‘Main Miss India’ on Superstars Superlives
An Easter Feast From Amrita TV

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (22/03/2009 to 28/03/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (22/03/2009 to 28/03/2009)
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
MAX
Sun TV
Zee Cinema
NDTV Imagine
Sony Entertainment TV
Gemini TV
Star One
SAB
Udaya TV
Maa Telugu
Zee Telugu
ETV Marathi
Cartoon Network
 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• EA Games now on Indiagames
    		• We have reached leadership position in many areas’
    		• DoT to tighten revenue reporting norms for telcos
    		• IPL venue shift no major concern, says India Cements MD
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Satyajit Ray's films to be showcased in New York
    		• Super Kings to take full squad to South Africa
    		• `Star war' expected in Patna seat as Shekhar takes on `Shotgun'
    Source: Hindu
     
    		• DTH service providers come to the rescue of film producers
    		• Toonz tie-up with Spectra
    		• Major German broadcaster wooing Indians with lifestyle channel
    		• Bharti's $750 mn IBM IT deal touches $2.5 bn mark
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• German broadcaster woos Indians with lifestyle channel
    Source: Frontline
     
    		• Lehren channel on Nautanki.tv
    		• NICT and media trend: Developmental Implications-I
    Source: Merinews
     
    		• Sequel on a firm wicket
    		• With straight talk, ads turning taboo-busters
    Source: Livemint
     
     
    		• Big Pictures readies to take India’s regional films abroad
    		• It’s TV time, folks
    		• What’s Selling on tv?
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• Telekom Malaysia to bid for EPL broadcast rights: Report
    		• HCL Tech bags $170M Microsoft contract: Report
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• DOT to introduce 11 digit mobile number in India
    Source: Khabrein
     
    		• BIG TV announces world DTH premiere of Aa Dekhen Zara
    Source: PR-Inside
     
    		•  Jagjit Singh to appear on small screen
    Source: Spicezee
     
    		•  Reality remix
    		•  Videocon targets 10% DTH subscription for first year
    		• 70 per cent of stadium tickets for IPL sold out
    		• Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Selling entertainment on the net
    Source: Business Standard
     
    International News
    		• Live 3DTV Debuts in United Kingdom
    Source: Television Broadcast
     
    		• Half of homes pay for extra TV channels
    Source: The Herald
     
    		•  ‘NBC in Transit’ Comes to N.Y. Stations, Trains
    		•  Charter Adds NBC Shows to on-Demand Menu
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Orange may buy Kangaroo technology
    		• Moyles nominated for top radio award
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• The (untold) Southall Story
    Source: Asians in Media
     
    		• Orange eyes Kangaroo technology
    Source: Advanced Television
    		• BBC World Service shelves television expansion plans
    Source: Guardian
     
    		• Sony PS3 outsells Nintendo Wii in March in Japan
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Pirated blockbuster debuts on Internet
    Source: Dispatch
     
    		• Animal Planet Announces 24 Original Series
    Source: TV Next
     
    		•  TV soaps influencing names in Qatar
    Source: NDTV
     
    		•  Classic Disney Animator Dunham Dies
    Source: Animation Magazine
     
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