Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 7 Jan 2009 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !


7 Jan 2009	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 62

Headlines

Top 10 Film Executives in 2008
Which executives made a mark in the Bollywood industry the most in the year just gone by?

HT Media's radio demerger plan in wake of losses
HT Media shareholders to meet on 28 Jan to take ahead demerger proposal of its radio business.

Executive Dossier
'We want to be strategically well entrenched in the Bollywood market'
Interview with UTV Motion Pictures CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur

News Releases
Carling Cup semi-finals live on Ten Sports
BIG 92.7 FM Bangalore, the undisputed No. 1

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (21/12/2008 to 27/12/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (21/12/2008 to 27/12/2008)
Star Plus
Colors
Sun TV
Zee TV
Neo Cricket

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

	Sanraa Media signs euro 2 mn deal with Endemol
	'Slumdog' nominated for 'Best Picture' by US Guild
	DTH market: Big names homing in
	Source: Economic Times

	HomeShop 18 tunes into a wider audience with Colors
	Cable producers for uniform taxation, procurement norms
	Pune international film fest to kick off tomorrow
	Cable cut: RCom gives update
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	TV channel complex attacked, Rajapaksa orders probe
	Source: Hindu

	Law readied to gag TV in crises
	RCom moves TDSAT over GSM
	Source: Times of India

	Fragmentation impacts TV’s cost effectiveness
	Source: Livemint

	Govt to wait and watch on NBA implementation of guidelines
	Source: Zee News

	Xbox 360 achieves record sales with 28 million consoles sold out
	Source: TechShout

	Adobe, Broadcom bring Adobe Flash platform to TVs
	Source: CIOL

	Arasu Cable seeks police action against snapping of cable
	Source: Indopia



	Imax to make movie experience in India more enthralling
	Pyramid co-founder Kotecha sells 10% stake
	Armed men attacke private TV channel in Sri Lanka
	Govt accuses Big 3 tel cos of impeding competition
	RCom moves TDSAT against DoT refusal on GSM spectrum
	For political cartoonists, bad news is good news
	Source: Financial Express

	Armed men attack private TV channel in Sri Lanka
	Madonna returns in shocking green
	Source: Indian Express

	Slumdog gets Best Picture nomination from US guild
	Ganguly to be a judge on SRK's new talent show
	Luck by Chance is a slice of bollywood life: Zoya Akhtar
	Web blogs turned into books
	Bollywood and Hollywood blockbusters to clash
	Source: DNA

	Sony may not meet LCD TV sales target
	FII-TO-FII TRADES: TV 18 traded at 7% premium
	How Dish TV is striving to stay ahead
	Source: Business Standard

	MySpace still wants to be your space
	Source: Deccan Herald

	Maa to debut on Zee TV
	Source: Real Bollywood

International News

	THAILAND: 2008 'a nightmare' for Thai journalists
	CHINA: Crackdown on websites
	Source: Asia Media

	CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Eyed for Surgeon General Post
	HBO Gets Exclusive Telecast of Jan. 18 Inaugural Kickoff
	‘Rock of Love Bus’ Scores for VH1 in Debut
	Source: TV Week

	NBC and John Wells on "Police" beat
	Source: Yahoo News

	LG to produce Freesat TVs
	Source: Digital Spy

	No ads for France, strike looms
	BT defends Vision slow growth
	Source: Advanced Television

	Netflix, LG in HDTV venture
	Source: CNN

	Online video viewing jumps 34 percent
	Source: Cnet

	Ex-EBay chief Meg Whitman quits board seats
	Lionsgate to acquire TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com
	Source: LA Times

	Al Jazeera teams up with Sony Ericsson to provide RSS feeds
	Source: Editorsweblog

	Monster.com To Create Job Sites With Sun-Times Media Group
	Source: Huliq

	CSG extends Dish deal
	Retro programming joins WFLA’s digital offerings
	Source: Biz Journals

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