5 Feb 2009 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 24 - Issue No: 86
 
 
 
 
 
 



 

Executive Dossier
 
 
 
 
 

'GEC space will see turmoil this year'
 Interview with MSM president (network sales, licensing & telephony) Rohit Gupta

Headlines
Disney's Q1 financials: Magic fades?
Revenues, profitsare down as it grapples with the economic recession and changing consumrs.

Fifth birthday cake for Facebook
 The social networking site celebrates its fifth birthday with a free gift for its 150 mn users,

Colors gets daring with 'Khiladi' sequel

Sony Ent to launch 'Ek Safar Aisa' from 9 February

Amrita TV to reveal 'The Truth' via chat show

NDTV ventures into media education biz

E! announces reality show with Kendra Wilkinson

Scrase-Dickins is BBC Worldwide Channels VP acquisitions

Tokyo 2016 could break Olympic TV viewing records

CD compilation series 'Now' joins forces with Fuller

Southern TV group launches broadband in North America

AT&T, DirecTV launch Quad-Play bundle service

AP archive goes multimedia

10 semifinalists in Academy, MTV's Oscar Correspondent Contest

Film Fest on disability issues commences in capital

Court blocks bid to stop Sag, AMPTP talks

Disney’s KidSense 3 unlocks the emerging ‘codes’ of tweens in India

Mohe Rang De-ad
Fear Factor 2 coming your way in 2009
Sharad Kelkar injured
Kamya grows old in Dulhann
Rajeev Paul wants to be a singer
Surilie to take a break from Meet…
Amit Paul's Pyaar Ki Dastaan
I have invested in my relationship with Daljit..Shaleen

News Releases
Dishtv Offers Action Packed Hollywood & Bollywood Blockbusters First Time on Indian Television
Prime Focus creates the "evil within" Raaz2
England’s Caribbean crusade live on Ten Sports
'Slumdog Millionaire' actor Anil Kapoor tours 'his' Mumbai with CNN's 'My City My Life'

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (18/01/2009 to 24/01/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (18/01/2009 to 24/01/2009)
Colors
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Zee Cinema
Zee Marathi
MAX
NDTV Imagine
Sony Entertainment TV
Gemini TV
Eenadu TV
Sahara One
Star One
ETV Marathi
Maa Telugu
SAB
Udaya TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
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    Bouchikhi to rock One Tree Festival with gypsy music

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    Film fund seeks nod to raise $40 m overseas

    • It’s Bollywood calling for Rajasthan Royals

    • And now, Slumdog... a reality TV show?

    Source: Economic Times
      
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    Dev Patel's mum urged him to strip off for TV show

    Source: DNA
      
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    Emmy Awards open field to more nominees

    Source: Indopia
      
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    There's gold in them, thar TV ads

    Source: The Money Times
      
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    Telcos draw Trai ire on frequent call drops

    Source: Financial Express
      
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    Cross-Platform Services to Intensify Cable/Telco Battle, Report Finds

    Source: IT News Online
      
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    Latin America gets first Russian TV station

    Source: Times of India
     
      
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    Dannii Minogue : Dannii Minogue ‘faces axe from X Factor’

    Source: Entertainment and Showbiz
      
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    Wireless India, Dish TV rise on talk of foreign investor

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    Sexuality and Victorian school values

    Source: Livemint
      
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    KBC crosses the floor to Sony

    • Second IPL innings puts reverse swing on slowdown

    Source: Business Standard
      
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    Time Warner Cable to expand trial of bandwidth limit

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    Fox Soccer Channel Scores on the Biggest Sports Sunday of the Year

    Source: TechWhack
      
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    Excess TV & computer effects child's mind

    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• Online Video Viewership Hit High of 14.3 Billion in December
    		• Fox to Host TV Land’s ‘Cougar’
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• US House approves digital TV delay
    Source: news.yahoo
     
    		• DISH widens Fox News reach, picks up Fox Business
    		• TV actors get one more shot at an Emmy nomination
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Cardinals Super Bowl most watched TV program in Phoenix history
    Source: Bizjournals.com
     
    		• ABC Launches More Convenient and 'Relaxed' Audit Process
    Source: editorandpublisher.com
     
    		• Tribune Co. to combine operations of 2 TV stations
    Source: Forbes
    		• AOL Ad Head Clarizio Out–Being Replaced by Former Yahoo Sales Head Coleman
    Source: allthingsd.com
     
    		• DreamWorks Unveils Official Monsters vs Aliens Poster
    Source: firstshowing.net
     
    		• Dish Adds Fox Business and Fox News HD
    Source: Multi Channel
     
    		• Bob Costas to join MLB Network
    Source: detnews.com
     
    		• ESPN Radio Gets News Sales Manager
    Source: mediapost.com
     
    		• Disney 1Q profits drop 32 percent; shares slide
    Source: Google
     
    		• Time Warner Inc.'s AOL taps new head of online ads
    Source: iht.com
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