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Digital Delhi High Court rejects MSM Discovery, Star Den plea HC not to interfere with Tdsat's orders directing Star Den & OneAlliance not to distribute Viacom18 & TV18 channels. (11 August 2010) Den plans to raise Rs 7.5 billion MSO plans to dilute 10-15% to build corpus for expansion; passes enabling resolution to raise up to Rs 7.5 billion. (11 August 2010) Astro awaits FIPB nod to up stake in Sun Direct FIPB defers proposal to allow Astro to pick up 37.5% in Kal Media Services; Astro to up stake in Sun Direct to 35%. (9 August 2010) SC to hear plea against Trai's tariff order next month Supreme Court asks broadcasters & MSOs to file additional affidavits within a month; matter relates to Rs 250 cap. (6 August 2010) Den Q1 net up 208% at Rs 100 mn as revenue jumps 16% Q1 consolidated income jumps 16% over earlier-year to Rs 2.5 bn; expenses up from Rs 1.91 bn to Rs 2.14 bn. (11 August 2010)  More Headlines 9X Media to launch Bengali & south music channel in rejig plan Plans to launch Bengali & multi-lingual south music chnnl; Pradeep Guha may take operational role after FIPB nod. (12 August 2010) Nat Geo launches Telugu feed After experimenting with language blocks on GECs, NGC launches Telugu feed; Chaitanya is brand ambassador. (12 August 2010) BAG Films' TV biz loss narrows amid lower costs TV broadcasting biz Q1 operating loss at Rs 40.3 million is lower than Rs 67.1 million a year ago; small dip in revenue. (7 August 2010)  GEC's Sony slips, bets on Indian Idol for next spike Sony back to fourth spot in the GEC space with 181 GRPs; bets on Indian Idol finale and readies for build up to KBC4. (11 August 2010) Colors ropes in Garnier Men Deodorant as title sponsor for Fear Factor Eyes 8 associate sponsors; Garnier Men Deo is title & Vodafone, Sony Bravia & MicroMax associate sponsors. (7 August 2010)  MAM Coca-Cola finds new partner in Lodestar UM Coca-Cola ends 11-year relationship with Madison & shifts media agency to Lodestar; size of account is over Rs 2 bn. (6 August 2010) Airtel moves account to JWT Airtel ends 15-year-old relationship with Rediffusion Y&R; JWT to shoulder telecom major's Rs 4 billion account. (10 August 2010) McD's leads TV ads in fast food outlet category with 35% share in H1 2010 Category grabs 29% TV ad volume share in services sector; within the category, McDonald's has 35% share. (9 August 2010) 65 mn viewers tune in for Micromax Cup Test series Third test gets TVR of 0.95, the highest rating managed for this series; the Micromax Cup average stands at 0.75 TVR. (12 August 2010)  Radio AIR, private FM radio ops ready for expansion Phase III to have 806 private FM radio stations in 216 cities; All India Radio commissions 320 FM radio stations. (10 August 2010) I&B revokes 20 licences of FM radio channels 9 belongs to Century Communications, 8 to Pan India Network, 2 to Kushal Global and 1 to Singla Properties. (9 August 2010) Radio Mirchi Q1 net at Rs 43 mn as revenue gains 14% ENIL's profitability comes on back of 14.2% jump in income from operations to Rs 571.24 million. (6 August 2010)  All About Cinema Reliance MediaWorks narrows Q1 net loss to Rs 536.45 mn Q1 consolidated revenue jumps 100 per cent to Rs 2.08 billion; expenses up 63.31 per cent to Rs 2.31 billion. (7 August 2010) Aisha nets Rs 105 million in opening weekend Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai collects Rs 340 million in the same week. (9 August 2010) Predators grosses Rs 53 million in opening weekend The film’s gross of Rs 53 million in its opening weekend was better than the opening of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. (10 August 2010)  Special Report Multiplex operators post weak recovery in FY’10 Combined turnover of 5 listed exhibitors up 21% to Rs 14 bn; profit drops 58% to Rs 179 mn. (7 August 2010)    AdEx Analysis IT Sector advertising on TV during Jan-Jun '10 TV ad volumes of IT sector up 64% during Jan-Jun'10 compared to Jan-Jun'09 - AdEx India Analysis. (10 August 2010) Executive Dossier 'Our goal is to increase our audience share to 25 per cent' Interview with Pix business head Sunder Aaron.

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