18 March 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 25 - Issue No: 19
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Trai issues norms for non-discriminatory access to content
Digital cable, DTH, IPTV can't demand carriage fee and still get the chnnl under "must provide" clause.
 
Policy on HITS, phase III FM radio will be only after LS polls
Some pending projects to be considered after the LS polls, says MIB additional secretary Uday K Varma.
 
Hearing over, Sony waits for HC verdict

Bombay HC reserves order; till such time BCCI can't enter into any fresh deal on IPL telecast rights.

 
 
Virgin Media to replace Trouble with new Living channel
 
ITN appoints John Hardie as CEO
 
Star mobile entertainment head Viren Popli quits
 
Isro to add 36 transponders in one year
 
DTH wants govt to cut down on taxes
 
Govt needs to have policy on new delivery technologies
 
Mega Reach to distribute CNEB channel
 
Moser Baer launches MP3 players
 
Exhibitors favour performance-linked revenue share model
 
Priyanka Chopra to receive Nielsen Box Office Award
 
Film producers, distributors to shun multiplexes from 4 April
 
Disney launches official community 'D23'
 
Meet television’s Bebo
Jaspal Bhatti for PM
A grand night of partying for...
Sushmita Mukherjee back in Gunwale..
 
News Releases
Star Plus announces the Laadli Week
Chaitanya Datla all set to create history by becoming the first woman to sail on an Indian Navy Warship
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan live on CNN’s Talk Asia from Mumbai
Tune into 'Ride the Recession' on NDTV 24x7
"Chicks on Flicks" review the latest Hollywood movies this week
TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (01/03/2009 to 07/03/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10 
Top 10 In All TV Homes 
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (01/03/2009 to 07/03/2009)
Colors
Star Plus
Zee TV
MAX
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Gemini TV
NDTV Imagine
Star One
SAB
Zee Telugu
ETV Marathi
Zee Cinema
 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Dish TV plans to add 3 million subscribers
    		• TRAI revises Telecommunication Interconnection Regulation 2004
    		• BBC journalists to strike for two days
    		• An industry that always stays ahead of the regulator
    		• Nano catches Bollywood’s fancy too
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Internet media opening up new vistas
    Source: Hindu
     
    		•  Priyanka Chopra to be honoured at the Asian Film Awards
    		• BCCI demands Rs 137-crore compensation from SET
    		• I don't think Shah Rukh ever was 'King Khan': Aamir Khan
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Multiplexes say no to producers' demands
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• Mohit Raina is third time lucky with Star Plus
    Source: Oneindia
     
    		•  Revised IPL schedule submitted to home ministry
    		• Journalists and bubbles
    Source: Livemint
     
    		• TDP complains against Sakshi TV
    Source: Siasat Daily
     
    		• Slowdown-hit DTH industry seeks government intervention
    Source: Mangalorean
     
     
    		•  Broadcasters can curb content if operators demand fee: Trai
    		• Disney puts expansion of Hong Kong theme park on hold
    		•  Ad agencies posture ahead of IPL imbroglio
    		•  Nokia to layoff 1,700 employees globally
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• DTH for commercial subscribers too
    		• Deepa Mehta gets rejected
    		• 'TV will continue to play second fiddle'
    		• Jennifer Aniston to play next Bond girl?
    Source: DNA
     
    		• Hustler TV announces high-definition broadcast service
    		• Azercell Telekom to expand LiveScreen Media channel
    Source: Media News International
     
    		• E! Entertainment TV donated $250k to Jolie-Pitt Foundation last year
    Source: Entertainment and Showbiz
     
    		• Trai revises interconnection norms for broadcasters
    		• IPL organisers submit revised schedule to home ministry
    		• BSNL to expand WLL service in south Orissa
    		• Pyramid Saimira files revised returns
    		• We ended Sony deal due to last year's IPL coverage: BCCI
    Source: Business Standard
     
    International News
    		• 'Sopranos' creator David Chase returning to HBO
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		•  Time Warner Cable Inc. to Report First-Quarter 2009 Results
    Source: Globe Investor
     
    		• Virgin Media to axe Trouble channel
    		• BBC Trust warns against licence fee freeze
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• NAB to Honor Mary Tyler Moore
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Want to pitch your documentary/film idea?
    		• Veena V starts pregnancy show
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Virgin Media tidies for sale
    Source: Advanced Television
    		• Sony Classics picks up 'Chanel' film
    Source: Variety
     
    		• Sci Fi Channel changing name, logo
    		• Disney puts Hong Kong expansion on hold
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• BBC journalists threaten to strike
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• China Mobile ordered to crack down on mass SMS ads
    Source: Network World
     
    		• Price joins Disney on education initiative
    Source: Baltimoresun
     
    		• Irish St. Patrick's celebrations to be shown on US television
    Source: Telegraph
     
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