Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 9 March 2009 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

9 March 2009

Volume 25 - Issue No: 12

Headlines

Fitch downgrades TV18

Fitch raises concerns over TV18's deployment of cash balances to support subsidiaries & group firms.

Marketing spend goes up three-fold; initiatives include DVD, team song, movie and sporting gear.

Zee shuffles Saath Phere to 9 pm slot; Kasam Se ends on 13 March & new show to air from 16 March.

News Releases

OOH Media partners with WOW Awards 2009

TV Ratings

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	Kids go blazing at Vijay TV Chennai Super Kings Juniors show
	Rang de Basanti to be screened at SAARC Film Festival
	Ensure Internet access speeds, insists TRAI
	Musical show strikes the right chord Out of the Box
	‘Black’ on ETV Out of the box
	Source: Hindu

	BSNL, MTNL 3G services hit security hurdle
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	ACK Media to invest USD 15-20 mn for expansion
	Channel of women, by women, for everyone
	Sony to resume talks with Big TV for on-air ad deal
	US' Databazaar to make films in India
	'DCompany still active in Bollywood'
	Rang De Basanti to be screened at SAARC Film Festival
	'Slumdog Millionaire' puts Bollywood in spotlight for Hollywood filmmakers
	Source: Economic Times

	Atlas TV awards announced
	Source: Express Buzz

	Will cricket win over terror fears?
	Source: Livemint



	eBay: being environment friendly is intrinsic
	DoT asks BSNL, MTNL to stop 3G services
	Producers to remain in negative zone: Ficci
	Trai explores tariff regulation options in DTH sector
	Sex, lies and the internet
	Primates on Facebook
	Source: Financial Express

	Media planners tense as ad cycles get shorter
	Source: Business Standard

	Dangling cable wires pose a threat to motorists across city
	Source: Times of India

	Awaara to AR Rahman, Bollywood on upswing in west: UK expert
	Cameron Diaz shows her funny dance moves on TV
	Big B to skip Holi celebrations
	Brand Rahman goes sky-high
	Source: DNA

International News

	Virgin sells TV amid debt woes
	India's Zee net expands in the US
	Source: Reuters

	U.S. pay TV landscape hits 80 million
	Source: Fierceiptv

	Icahn eyes Lionsgate board
	Source: Hollywood Reporter

	ABC funding delays digital radio
	Source: Individual

	Bollywood, Hollywood Tightening Film Ties
	Source: Washington Post

	AT&T, Univision ink programming deal
	Source: Biz Journals

	Fox to Unleash Marmaduke Movie
	Source: Animation Magazine

	Rob Thomas is Seeing Starz
	Source: Forbes

	San Diego declares March 16 'Sony Online Entertainment Day'
	Source: Games Post

	Nielsen to launch television metering service for Dubai
	Source: Emirates Business

	Losses at commercial TV stations near NIS 150m
	Source: Globes

	Agent featured on television reruns
	Source: Chattanooga Times

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