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6 Feb 2009	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 87

Headlines

Star Plus claws its way back, Colors slips
The gap between the two has widened this week on the back of the Star Screen Awards' ratings.

Yukki Bhambri: Advertisers delight?
The Aus Open Jr title is in his pocket. Will brands cash in on this potential new tennis star?

TV and the waves of change
Zee Turner CEO Dinesh Jain says that television and content are undergoing transformation.

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

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	'Slumdog Millionaire' now in Tamil
	BIG Pictures acquires rights to fly Kites
	Source: Economic Times

	MTNL launches 3G services in Delhi
	UTV promoters pledge most of their stake
	Pitch ready for IPL auction in Goa
	HC issues notice to TRAI on spectrum policy
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	'Slumdog Millionaire' now in Tamil
	17 players to be bought, One Over Eliminator to debut in IPL
	Source: Hindu

	Indian TV journalists assaulted in Pak
	Source: Times of India

	MTNL rolls out 3G services commercially
	Source: Business Standard

	Dhoni spearheads Vijay TV's Chennai Super Kings talent hunt
	Source: tamil.galatta.com

	Congress passes digital TV deferral
	Source: The Money Times

	Sony Ericsson partners Zapak, Xbox for 'World Gaming Day'
	Source: Indopia

	Adlabs in trouble
	Source: DNA



	Tribune Forms Online Entertainment News Bureau
	Philadelphia Residents Major Step Closer to Cable TV Choice
	AmericaFree.TV Sponsors Boulder International Film Fest
	Source: IT News Online

	New things about IPL 2009
	Source: Hindustan Times

	1 million Xbox owners already using Netflix
	Source: TechWhack

	News Corp posts quarterly loss on writedown
	Indian TV journalists attacked in Pakistan
	Source: Express Buzz

	MTNL launches 3G mobile phone services in Delhi
	Source: domain-B

	Namitha makes a comeback to television!
	Source: Sify

	TV campaign supports TERI's 'Greenathon' project
	Source: Smash Hits

	Saved by the brew
	Source: Livemint

International News

	News Corp. Expects Operating Income to Be Off 30% for Fiscal Year
	Source: TV Week

	ITV Ripper drama grabs 8.1m
	Source: Digital Spy

	Zon triple play gains
	Sky: ‘Ofcom must back off’
	Source: Advance Television

	Networks to keep TV in analog amid DTV delay
	Source: news.yahoo.com

	Costas leaves HBO, joins MLB Network
	Source: usatoday.com

	Time Warner Cable to expand trial of Internet caps
	Source: Google

	Social networking users want TV airtime
	Watch TV on your iPhone with TubeStick
	Source: Cnet


	BSkyB buys U.K. soccer rights
	Source: Variety

	S&P cuts Walt Disney rating outlook to negative
	Source: forbes.com

	CBC broadcaster Russ Germain dies at 62
	Source: USA Today

	Beijing launching a 'Chinese CNN' to burnish image abroad
	Source: csmonitor.com

	Canwest considers possible sale of 5 TV stations across Canada
	Source: The Canadian Press

	Estrella TV signs Texas affiliates
	Source: rbr.com

	DIRECTV Launches Customer Referral Program
	Source: xchangemag.com

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