29 Oct 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 27 - Issue No: 2
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Dossier
'Consolidation in the multiplex sector will happen when the real value of the business is captured'
Interview with Cinemax India senior vice president business strategy Devang Sampat
 
Headlines
HUL repeats roadblock on Star channels
Ad exclusivity on 29 Oct. to also include Star's south chnls; Lux to occupy centre stage as HUL pushes its 20 brands.
 
NDTV narrows Q2 net loss to Rs 118.5 mn
NDTV's standalone income from operations falls 6.2% to Rs Rs 693.5 mn; expenses drop 13.2% to Rs 781.5 million.
 
Sun TV Q2 net up 20%, income surges 35%
Sun TV Network posts consolidated net profit of Rs 1.31 billion; Q2 revenue up 34.7 per cent to Rs 3.2 billion.
 
Zee TV to launch 'Saregamapa Mega Challenge' on 30
 
Dutch govt looking to build ties with Indian M&E industry
 
Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globe Awards
 
Former test umpire David Shepherd passes away
 
BBC to sub-let spectrum capacity on Freeview plex B
 
The Trotsky wins prize at Tokyo film festival
Ricky Gervais named Golden Globes host
 
AOL names its board of directors
 
Eros appoints Ram Mirchandani as CCO
 
16th Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad from 14 November
 
Hindi film industry has just a handful of stars who click with audiences
 
Exploring stresses through film a major challenge for filmmakers
 
Bafta announces nominees for kids awards
 
Harbhajan Singh to produce DID 2
Uttaran clocks 8.2 TVR; Colors cross 350 mark
Ashwini Kalsekar returns with Bairi piya
 
 
News Releases

Night At The Museum 2 available on DVD and Blu-Ray
IBN18 Network and Sony Pictures present the ‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It’ Contest

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (04/10/2009 to 10/10/2009)

Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (04/10/2009 to 10/10/2009)
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
Sun TV
SAB
Star Sports
Sony Entertainment TV
NDTV Imagine
MAX
Zee Cinema
Gemini TV
Zee Marathi
ESPN
Zee Telugu
Star Jalsha
Star Pravah
Maa Telugu
Star Gold

 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• FICCI to hold meet on media business
    		• 'Mobile, TV are life enhancers'
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Sun tv's stocks perform well; DTH sub grows
    		• Jackson film 'This Is It' earns $2.2 mn on first night
    		• Digital advertising via click through banner ads turns 15
    `Source: Economic Times
     
    		• VIZIO Licenses Digital TV Patent Portfolio to SONY
    		• Zecco Names Former Schwab Executive Michael Raneri as CEO
    		• Mandalay Media, Inc. Appoints Mobile Gaming Veteran as President
    Source: IT News Online
     
    		• Time Warner arm may invest in NDTV Imagine
    		• Music industry wins India's biggest plea bargaining case: IMI
    		• Bollywood fans in the US can now watch free films
    `Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Star seeks to uplink non-news channels
    Source: DNA
     
    		• Sun TV subscription rev up 175%; sees 40% growth in topline
    Source: Moneycontrol.com
     
    		• Soni pitches for self-regulatory mechanism for media
    Source: SamayLive
     
    		• Colors attains highest viewership average
    Source: Livemint
     
    		• Sun TV Network Q2 net profit zooms 20%
    Source: Stock Watch
     
    		• Sudhir Pandey to enter SAB TV show Shree Adi Manav
    Source: Calcutta Tube
     
    International News
    		• Disney Offers Free iPhone App for Mobile Content
    		• New NAB President to Make First Speech at the Media Institute

    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Disney launching iPhone, iPod touch applications
    		• CBS digital chief stepping down; plans new firm
    		• CNBC`s New `Green` Reality TV Series Premieres 5 November
    		• Pace Set to Launch Multiroom DVR withMultiple Cable Operators
    		• Optibase IPTV Solution Deployed by a Leading Cable News Network
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• BT: Sky MUST help us compete... with Sky
    		• EC: DSO must aid economic recovery
    Source: Advanced Television
    		• UAE issues Gulf's first mobile TV license
    `Source: ZDNet Asia
     
    		• FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband
    Source: Wall Street Journal
     
    		• China accuses Google of 'malicious' censorship
    		• US plan would reclaim TV airwaves for iPhone
    Source: Register
     
    		• Comcast Puts Yellow Pages On TV
    Source: Forbes
     
    		• ProSieben Plans to Introduce Pay-TV, Chief Tells Handelsblatt
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• Last.fm moving into television with Last.tv
    Source: The Next Web
     
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