3 March 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 25 - Issue No: 7
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Network18 promoter's Rs 2 bn infusion to pave way for further fund raising
Network18 promoter holding to go up; move to support further fund-raising activities for expansion.
 
IPL to adjust schedule for Lok Sabha elections
Matches that clash with polling dates in same city to get rescheduled; tourney window remains unchanged.
 
Real is available on Dish TV, Tata Sky
The Hindi entertainment channel to expand its original programming slot with two new shows.
 
 
 

TV industry should opt for disruptive consolidation
Cost control, innovation important in combating recession
Govt mulls on speedy clearance for UK films
Danny, Bollywood actors awarded FICCI IIFA awards
Bebo to launch in India next month
Digitisation to pave India's TV growth
Ex-Balaji creative head Basu joins Colosceum Media
 
Nat Geo to screen 'Kingdom of the Blue Whale' on 8 March
 
BBC News tops at RTS Journalism awards
 
Govt gives nod to Chaudhary Devilal University for CRS
 
Sony rejigs, puts more power behind Stringer
 
WWE's Smackdown to show on Sweden's TV4 Sport
 
Trai issues guidelines on internet service
 
 
Prime Focus gets a global marketing dir
 
CNN-IBN launches website for general election
 
BSNL expands 3G service to 11 cities
 
Etisalat, Tata Comm partner for ethernet in UAE
 
Cinemax to use Microsoft's ERP solution
 
Hyde Park Group, Platinum Studios start production on 'Dead Of Night'
 
Filmfare honours Jodhaa Akbar with best film award
 
French Consulate General to organise cartoon film fest in Ho Chi Minh City
 
Laado, Nanni Pari to launch on 9 March
Sitaron Ko Choona hai: It’s REAL
Prithviraj to end on March 15
Ram Kapoor now wheel-chair bound
Sourabhee is Indian Idol 4
Impatient Dimple to quit Kitani…
An unexpected turn in Monica Mogre
Grihasthi to end
Shilpa, from Bindiya to Rajuben..
I carry enough to pay the auto fare - Maninder
 
News Releases
The Northpoint Centre of Learrning announces a "Postgraduate Programme in Advertising,Media and Marketing Communications"
 
TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (08/02/2009 to 14/02/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (08/02/2009 to 14/02/2009)
Neo Cricket
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
Zee Marathi
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV
DD1
NDTV Imagine
Zee Cinema
Gemini TV
MAX
SAB
Sahara One
Star One
Maa Telugu
Udaya TV
ETV Marathi
Zee Telugu
 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Free Range Studios exploring scope for digital marketing in India
    		• Power yoga, the fitness mantra of Bollywood beauties
    		• Slumdog brings Hollywood closer to Bollywood
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• Den Networks keen to extend reach in digital cable space
    		• Network 18 Media shares advance
    		• TRAI norms for better broadband service
    		• Film legends
    		• BSNL’s 3G phones in Vizag soon
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• Hail the youth-focused digital entertainment network
    Source: What is the Word
     
    		• REAL to be made available on Dish TV and Tata Sky
    		• British reality TV star to have surgery
    Source: Indopia
     
    		• Sourabhee Wins Indian Idol, Rs 1 crore contract with Sony TV
    Source: Khabrein.info
     
    		• VisionChina Media Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Results
    Source: IT News Online
     
    		• TV may do no harm or good to babies, says study
    		• Boyle returns home, toasts Oscar success
    		• Coca-Cola, PepsiCo battle turns fruity
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• Big TV rolls out rural Andhra campaign
    		• UAE firm to launch TV channel on beauty, cosmetics
    		• Trai moves to ensure broadband speed
    		• Vodafone-Essar, AI top ECB users in Jan
    		•  Moser Baer PV to enter US, expand in Europe
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• BIG TV on expansion mode in rural areas
    		• `Malayalam films have lost the Malayali touch'
    		• Rahman to be awarded honorary doctorate
    		• Slumdog's profit to be used for slum children
    Source: Hindu
     
    		• Jade Goody suffers setback, Slumdog Millionaire rides on
    Source: IBNLive.com
     
    		• 'Music industry cheapening pop with semi-naked acts'
    		• UTV and Yash Raj lock horns?
    Source: DNA
     
    International News
    		• ABC Radio Networks Statement on the Passing of Paul Harvey
    		• Lifetime renews "Rita Rocks"
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• ABC Gives 'Life on Mars' a Finale
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• TAIWAN: NCC weighs media monopoly
    Source: Asia media
     
    		• Vivendi posts Q4 loss, C+ steady
    		• Telenor rejects demands to block Pirate Bay
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• Brother of Mumbai hostage makes rap video response
    Source: Asians in Media
    		• Michael Chang To Head Digital, Aegis Media China
    Source: Asia Media Journal
     
    		• Network 18 okays issuing debentures to promoters
    		• Media mergers, acquisitions poised for drop in '09
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Sony cuts cost in Japan, Malaysian staff keep their jobs
    Source: The Star
     
    		• Maroc Telecom acquires 51% capital of SOTELMA
    Source: African Manager
     
    		• Gaming moved into larger Sony division
    Source: Zergwatch
     
    		• RFD-TV Parent Launches Rural TV On Sky In U.K.
    Source: MultiChannel
     
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