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14 Jan 2009	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 68

Headlines

'2009 promises to be more about consolidation in challenging economic times'
Indian broadcasters will look at profit & loss accounts against huge rights fees of '08, says Taj TV senior VP Peter Hutton. YEARENDER!

News channels urge PM to scrap proposed curbs
TV news editors write to PM seeking suspension of the proposed curbs; favour self-regulation.

News Releases
India's No. 1 Business channel, CNBC AWAAZ, turns four
NDTV.com declared ‘Most popular website of the Year’

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (28/12/2008 to 03/01/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (28/12/2008 to 03/01/2009)
Star Plus
Colors
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
Zee TV
MAX
Zee Cinema
NDTV Imagine
Gemini TV

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

	Marathi film industry now plans overseas release
	McDonald takes 'natural' approach with latest packaging
	Slumdog Rahman rules golden globe
	Source: Economic Times

	‘Slumdog Millionaire’ to release in theatres next week
	News channel editors write to PM
	Promoters of Pyramid Saimira sell some stake
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	UTV to release 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'Taare Zameen Par' in Taiwan
	Salman or Akshay better suited for 'Ghajini': Aamir
	‘ECB has made English cricket a laughing stock’
	IPL hearing: Asif awaits permission
	Pakistan MPs' panel seeks ban on Indian TV channels
	Pietersen hurt by media comments
	Source: Hindu

	Vodafone UK offers free mobile internet TV services for six months
	Source: Telecom Tiger

	'It's a return of censors'
	Yahoo Inc names Carol Bartz as new CEO
	IPL hearing: Asif awaits permission
	Meltdown hits art world
	Wall Street slips on worries over weak economy, earnings
	Lack of language skills saved Italians from meltdown: Minister
	Source: Times of India


	Meltdown spices heat up Hollywood
	Mobile number portability launch too delayed by a yr
	When glitz meets good cinema
	It is a win for India: Anil Kapoor
	Source: Financial Express

	News channels oppose amendments to Cable TV Act
	DoT suggests higher 3G spectrum auction price to Cabinet
	CC2C producers leave nothing to chance
	Source: Business Standard

	Global ride on 4-Globe Slumdog
	Source: Calcutta Telegraph

	Small ad agencies win big tickets due to economic slowdown
	New metrics to evaluate TV programmes needed
	Source: Livemint

	Slumdog Millionaire bigger on the screen than the book
	AR Rahman has made Indians proud: Lord Paul
	Shah Rukh's craze for video games knows no bounds
	Manoj Bajpai doing Telugu film, facing language problem
	Global cinema's Indian script
	Source: DNA

International News

	Fox Reality Ups Rudman
	SAG Waits on Strike Authorization Vote Date
	Source: STV Week

	"24"s Jack Bauer gets conflicted on torture
	Ozzy Osbourne family to return to TV-- reloaded
	Source: Yahoo News

	Sling Media founders quit EchoStar
	Source: Digital Spy

	NEPAL: Media rights watchdogs suspect Maoist hand in journalist Uma Singh's murder
	Source: Asia Media

	Portugal to speed launch DTT pilot
	Source: Advanced Television

	Pak: Senate committee seeks ban on Indian channels
	Source: Daily Times

	Sony Pictures, Starz extend pay tv agreement
	Source: The Futoncritic

	Pemra goes too far in awarding FM radio licences
	Source: The News

	TV Guide Drops MTV, CW Listings
	Source: TV Week

	Channel M joins race for new digital licence
	Source: Manchester Evening News

	Garfield Named SVP of CNN Research
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

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