30 Sep 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 26 - Issue No: 79
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Ten Sports plans JV with Comcast for golf channel in India
Taj TV, in which Zee owns 50%, plans JV with Comcast for golf channel in India; also awaits govt. nod for Ten Sports 2.
 
Colors ropes in six advertisers for Bigg Boss 3
Vodafone is title sponsor; Lux, Garnier, Sunsilk, General Motors Chevy & Max New York Life are associate sponsors.
 
Aap Ki Kachehri sequel to end on 2 October
 
Saudi Prince values Liverpool at $559 mn, eyes 50%
 
ICC chief executives meet in Johannesburg this week
 
NBCU Global Networks launches channels in Australia
 
Singapore distributors head to Mipcom to trade Asian-made content
 
twofour54 launches production & broadcast facilities in Abu Dhabi
 
ITV Studios' crime drama lands new sales
 
Shaftesbury shuts new deals for teen comedy
 
Fox, Star partner Huayi Bros to make Chinese film
China picks 'Forever Enthralled' for Oscars
 
Obama to show support for Chicago 2016 Olympic bid at Copenhagen
 
Neo Cricket to air Irani Trophy next month
 
Arsenal profits up 24%
 
Airtel boosts broadband speed of triple play service
 
BBC Worldwide boosts Australia presence with 3 chnls
 
K Sera Sera board approves stake sale to Times Group
 
Oscar-winning director Megan Mylan coming to India
 
Prime Focus goes for global rebranding
 
Comcast appoints SPE as regional ad sales rep in Asia
 
Corus Entertainment to add Nickelodeon to its portfolio
 
After Mother Mary, what next?
Is this the reality behind Shreyas Talpade’s exit from Perfect Bride?
Roshni Chopra in a fashionable ‘mood’
 
 
News Releases

Keanu Reeves starrer Street Kings available on DVD and Blu-Ray
CNBC AWAAZ to felicitate ‘India’s most Preferred Brands’ at the Consumer Awards 2009
2010 Commonwealth Games will Be a historic success- Sheila Dixit

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (13/09/2009 to 19/09/2009)

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



Top 100 Programmes (13/09/2009 to 19/09/2009)
Ten Sports
Zee TV
NDTV Imagine
Sony Entertainment TV
Colors
Star Plus
Sun TV
Zee Cinema
SAB
DD1
Gemini TV
Maa Telugu
MAX
Star Jalsha
Star Pravah
Star Gold
Zee Telugu
Zee Bangla
ETV Marathi

 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• BIG TV adds eight Tamil channels
    		• Airtel launches 1 Mbps IPTV service
    		• Social networking sites attract brand campaigns
    		• K Sera Sera to set up own studios
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• 8 new Tamil channels on Big TV
    		• Go blogging on television
    		• Amitabh to play ‘Pop Philosopher’ in ‘Bigg Boss 3’
    Source: Hindu
     
    		• Google webcasts news programs of TV Asahi, TBS via YouTube
    		• Giving promotes inclusiveness: Nandita Das
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• TV9 distances itself from Kolkata TV on liquidation process
    Source: Livemint
     
    		• Big B dons Bigg Boss' role, waiting to crack the whip
    Source: IBNLive.com
     
    		• MindTree to acquire Kyocera Wireless' subsidiary in India
    Source: Business Standard
     
     
    		• NBC launches a new family-game show “Perfect 10?
    Source: Media News International
     
    		• CNN launches iPhone touch App for news junkies

    Source: Khabrein.info
     
    		• Intertainment Media's itiBiti and Hitviews Announce Strategic Alliance
    `Source: IT News Online
     
    		• Wall Street jumps on robust corporate activity, snaps three-day losing streak
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• King of Big Screen, Akshay Kumar, takes Number One spot on Small Screen!
    Source: Bollyspice
     
    		• Despite a high fever, Dutt promoted Ajay's film at a reality show
    `Source: Mid-Day
     
    International News
    		• Dan Rather's $70 Million Suit Against CBS Dismissed
    		• Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Joins ESPN

    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Sky planning 3D TV for pubs
    		• 8 out of 10 UK TVs now digital
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• UK Internet ad spend overtakes TV for first time
    		• Reality TV show to dump Jon, become "Kate Plus 8"
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Intel debuts Atom CE4100 media chip to digital TV industry

    Source: Taiwan Headlines
     
    		• Producer-director Sonnenfeld inks ABC deal
    Source: yahoo
     
    		• Online advertising 'overtakes TV'

    Source: BBC News
    		• NBC turns chores into game show

    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• Foxtel launches TV downloads, live streaming
    		• AUSTAR Next Generation TV product to launch 15 November
    `Source: Sydney Morning Herald
     
    		• Moody's Raises US TV Broadcasting Outlook To Stable
    		• Mexico's Actinver Starts Cable TV Firm Megacable At Buy
    Source: Wall Street Journal
     
    		• Virgin Media's Living launches online-only TV channel
    Source: New Media Age
     
    		• Dubai Media Incorporated Signs MOU with Qingdao Television Station of China
    Source: www.zawya.com
     
    		• 8 out of 10 sets say they prefer digital
    Source: Broadband TV News
     
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