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2 Jan 2009	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 58

Headlines

2008: 10 TV Execs who mattered
Which professionals impacted the television industry the most in the year just gone by?

Trai extends date for comments on QoS
Trai extends last date for comments on QoS issues for cable in non-Cas areas and DTH to 10 January.

Star, Bedi in legal fued over Mahabharata
Star takes Bedi to court; stops him from disposing off land he had acquired for producing Mahabharata.

News Releases
Catch this episode of Salaam Zindagi with Twins & Triplets
Margazhi Raagam, starring TM Krishna and Bombay Jayashri,to take Carnatic music to theater viewers across the world
Chicks on Flicks reviews the best Hollywood movies of '08

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (14/12/2008 to 20/12/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (14/12/2008 to 20/12/2008)
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
Neo Cricket
Sun TV
Gemini TV
NDTV Imagine
Zee Marathi
Zee Cinema
Sony Entertainment TV
Star One
Udaya TV
MAX
Maa Telugu
Eenadu TV
Zee Telugu

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	BSNL rolls out Internet TV services
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Panel to monitor private TV programmes
	BSNL to launch Internet Protocol Television soon
	Source: Hindu

	Bollywood pins hope on biggies in '09
	Colors may soon replace Star on top
	Films to look forward to in 2009
	DTH cos call for licence fee cut
	Source: Economic Times

	BSNL offers IPTV services
	TRAI starts review of intra-operator charges, mobile tariffs likely to fall in 2009
	FBI set to present proof to Islamabad
	Small screen, big change
	Source: Times of India

	Prachi Desai already has a Life Partner
	Source: Hindustan Times

	Turkey launches Kurdish-language television station
	Source: TopNews

	BSNL announces Pan-India launch of IPTV service
	Source: Khabrein.info


	Anil Ambani tops Forbes' biggest-losers list
	Image makeover@ramalingaraju.com
	FinMin asks DoT to double 3G reserve price
	Multiplexes to maintain investment tempo
	'Our business model allows scaling in a declining market'
	Source: Business Standard

	Bollywood walks the path to revival in 2009
	DNA journalist exposes deadly jihadi tactics in new book
	Much-hyped Kambakkth Ishq to release on May 29
	Ghajini cast celebrates success
	A switch in time for the fashion shows
	Source: DNA

	Viacom, Time Warner reach agreement
	Source: The Money Times

	'3G, though a move forward, should’t slow down 4G'
	Finmin tells DoT to double 3G bid
	Madonna, Celine Dion top world-wide tours
	Unlikely newsmakers of ’08
	Source: Financial Express

	STAR Plus presents `Lux Arre Deewano Mujhe Pehchano`
	Source: India Infoline.com

International News

	Harmonic buys Scopus
	Tiscali TV over in Italy
	Viacom channels off TW Cable in dispute
	Source: Advanced Television

	Bernie Hamilton, 'Starsky and Hutch' captain, dies
	Viacom and Time Warner reach deal to avoid blackout
	Source: Yahoo News

	Nintendo to take on broadcasters with Wii TV
	Source: Times Online

	TV channel, host and guest being sued in Pakistan, US & UK
	Source: The News

	Viacom, Time Warner Reach Agreement
	Source: TV Week

	High stakes for TV networks in digital dividend
	Source: WA Today

	Viacom plans to pull its networks from Time Warner Cable
	Source: RTT News

	Fox News stays ahead of CNN in viewership
	Source: AJC

	Apple could launch a media server this MacWorld
	Source: TechWhack

	Sky Tries 3D TV
	Source: Television Broadcast

	Nickelodeon hotel hoists its own flag
	Source: Biz Journals

	Heidi and Spencer To Host MTV Wedding Special
	Source: Film

	Hollywood's Digital Dawdling
	Source: Business Week

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