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28 Jan 2009	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 79

Headlines

UTV: Q3 profits up, broadcasting squeezes margins
UTV Q3 net profit up by 29% to Rs 299 million; TV content, movies & gaming divisions trigger growth.

Sun Network: healthy rise
Sun TV Network's net profit up by 9.71 per cent to Rs 1.12 billion in Q3 ended 31 December 2008.

Ten Sports pockets Sri Lanka Cricket TV rights

News Releases
Suspense and Supernatural thriller hovers over March with BIG Pictures two films 'Sikandar' and '13B'
Preity Zinta on Superstars Superlives…
BBC World News takes Spirit of Golf tournament to fourth year

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (11/01/2009 to 17/01/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (11/01/2009 to 17/01/2009)
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
Sun TV
Gemini TV
NDTV Imagine
Zee Cinema
Sony Entertainment TV
MAX
Zee Marathi
Maa Telugu
Star One
Udaya TV
Sahara One
SAB
Zee Kannada
Kalaignar TV
Eenadu TV

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

	Cable TV channel hosts live classroom for Class X students
	'Luck By Chance' - a behind-the-curtains Bollywood tale
	Source: Hindu

	Indian Film Co's dissident shareholders may gain concessions at EGM
	Sun TV net profit up 9.72% in Q3
	Source: Economic Times

	Digital delay a relief to TV networks
	DD, AIR should air programmes on govt schemes, says Sharma
	New puzzle challenges come to PlayStation Network
	Source: Indopia

	No cards, no cables, just camcord it
	India cannot insulate itself fully from global developments
	Source: Livemint

	BIG Synergy bringing wacky new talent hunt TV show
	Source: Newspost Online

	Nation's transition to digital television delayed
	Source: The Money Times

	Compression schemes for HD movies
	Source: EE Times India



	Sun TV net up 9% to Rs 112 cr
	47% of internet users in India not sure if it’s useful
	Muscle & Fitness aims to pack a punch in India
	Source: Business Standard

	Megan Fox may replace Angelina as Lara Croft
	Bapu's legacy on screen, again
	Aishwarya and Akshay talk about their being awarded Padma Shri
	Source: DNA

	Trai seeks stakeholders’ view on licence of next generation network
	Wikipedia may tighten online editing rules soon
	Slumdog dwindles as Raaz gains at charts
	Source: Financial Express

	Sky News, BBC won't broadcast Gaza charity appeal
	Over 70,000 job cuts announced in a single day
	Source: Indian Express

	MTV Networks Launches the 'Comedy Tribe,' Its Newest Vertical Ad Network
	Source: PR Domain

International News

	"Flight of the Conchords" defy struggling TV story
	Digital delay a relief to TV networks
	Source: Yahoo News

	CMT dilutes Telefonica network obligations
	Source: Advanced Television

	Daily Newspapers Challenge TV Broadcasters' Claims
	Source: Voxy

	Reality Producers Should Focus on Creative, Executives Say
	SAG Awards Hit 3-Year Ratings Low on TBS, TNT
	Source: TV Week

	Bloomberg joins Freesat EPG
	Ex-5 Live chief Shennan to run Radio 2
	Source: Digital Spy

	News Corp interactive media cuts jobs-WSJ
	Source: Reuters

	ABC leads nominees for GLAAD Media Awards
	Source: Google

	MGM, Weigel add affils for new digital service
	Source: Hollywood Reporter

	Sony ups Jim Amos to president
	Source: Variety

	WVU Project to be Featured on National Geographic Channel
	Source: Wowktv

	MEN7 Network Announces VOD Channel With Comcast
	Source: Earth Times

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