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12 July |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| NewsX Editor-in-chief Jehangir Pocha passes away |
| The pressure-filled TV news business has had another casualty. Jehangir Pocha, the co-promoter of IndiMedia Pvt Ltd, which earlier owned the NewsX channel, died earlier this morning in Gurgaon following a cardiac arrest. |
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11 July |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Sony Six bags World Kabaddi League broadcast rights |
| The sports arm of MSM has added World Kabaddi League to its kitty after IPL and FIFA World Cup. |
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REGULATORS | High Court |
| Delhi HC adjourns Kantar case till 26 August |
| The decision was taken after the judge was informed that the new government had not yet appointed a lawyer from its side for the case. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Taj Television issues switch off notice against Hathway |
| After Star India, now Taj Television has issued a public notice against the MSO which will affect its entire network. |
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SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| E-commerce gives thumbs up to Budget 2014 |
| FM Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech announced that manufacturing units will be allowed to sell products through retail including e-commerce platforms without any additional approval.. |
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REGULATORS | TRAI |
| Government takes legislative step to accommodate Nripendra Misra in PMO |
| The TRAI is being amended so that former TRAI chairman Nripendra Misra can be appointed as principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| 'Yudh' will rewrite Indian television history |
| The show marketed like a movie is already demanding high prices; 10 sec ad slot is being sold at Rs 3 lakh. |
| MOVIES | Hindi |
| 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'…Join the party Film Review |
| Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania is a joyride for youth and an entertainer that also caters to other age groups. |
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10 July |
| SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| FinMin gives Prasar Bharati enhanced grants-in-aid |
| The Rs 2421.58 grants-in-aid is meant for meeting the salary and salary related expenditure of Prasar Bharati. |
| SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| Online & mobile advertising service tax levy: Industry says ouch! |
| As the FM decides to once again bring online advertising into the service tax net, indiantelevision.com spoke to industry to get their reaction. |
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REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| Terrestrial TV to be opened for private participation: Javadekar |
| I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the Parliament that Doordarshan will digitise its analogue terrestrial network. |
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SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| Shocked by the retrograde budget proposal, says Indian Beverage Association |
| The Association has urged the government to reverse the hike as it will retard the progress of the industry. |
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SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| Government to invest Rs 100 crore in Kisan Television |
| Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the channel will be launched in 2014 to provide real time information on advanced agriculture system. |
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TELEVISON | TV Channels |
| BBC Worldwide production head Roshan Dutt resigns |
| He has shows like 'Indian Idol' and 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and many more to his credit. |
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09 July |
| SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| Cable digitisation to increase tax collection: Economic Survey |
| The survey states that entertainment tax collections are on the rise due to more declaration of subscribers. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Reliance Industries' execs meet Network18 employees |
| Employees were reassured that they need not fear reporting on anything and that RIL has great ambitions for the group. |
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SPECIALS | LEvent Coverage |
| Budget 2014: Hope and growth on marketers' mind |
| Indiantelevision.com speaks to marketers from across sectors on their expectations from the Finance Minister on Budget 2014. |
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SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| News channels reform before Modi’s big Budget 2014 |
| Although only Lok Sabha TV has the permission to cover the budget live, almost every channel in the country will be taking the beam from Lok Sabha TV and then adding its own analysis programmes. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Star India to switch off channels on Hathway |
| Through a public notice issued in the leading dailies of Delhi NCR, the broadcaster has said that the channels will go off air from Hathway in the next three weeks. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Kollywood sizzles at the eighth Vijay Awards |
| The entire event cost about Rs 8.5 crore and had Gionee as the title sponsor. |
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08 July |
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CABLE TV | Local Cable Operators |
| Kolkata LMOs to set up another cooperative post 2014 FIFA WC |
| The LMOs will set up their own control room which will cost around Rs 1 crore. |
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REGULATORS | TDSAT |
| DTH licence fee case adjourned yet again |
| TDSAT adjourned the case as it first wants to decide on a similar case relating to actual gross revenue in the telecom sector. |
| MAM | Media And Advertising |
| Sir Martin Sorrell shares 10 trends shaping the global ad business |
| WPP's founder and CEO on social media shared his views on the trends identifying the global marketing service industry. |
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SPECIALS | Event Coverage |
| Government should address the long-pending insurance bill: Sanjay Tripathy |
| HDFC Life senior executive VP marketing pens down five requests to FM from this Budget that he thinks will boost growth in the life insurance industry. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| FIFA World Cup: Sony Six & Sony Aath TVT & reach report |
| It could be because of lesser number of games and not because of disinterest in the game says GroupM Esp national director Vinit Karnik. |
| MAM | Marketing |
| #LikeAGirl, is not an abuse |
| Indian creative fraternity talks on how much did P&G's #LikeAGirl campaign touch their hearts and the challenges of being creative on digital. |
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07 July |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Raghav Bahl to continue as non exec director at Network18 group |
| With Reliance Industries completing the acquisition of the Network18 group's promoters holdings, all of them have resigned from the board excepting Raghav Bahl. New inductees on the board include non... |
| DTH | DTH Operator |
| Videocon d2h plans Rs 700 crore IPO by Diwali |
| Videocon Industries CMD Venugopal Dhoot says the DTH operator has turned EBIDTA positive, and needs the funds for expansion of its subscriber base to 20 million. |
| SPECIAL | Event Coverage |
| Axe the tax, say DTH ops & MSOs |
| The duo have rolled out a TV commercial which is running on all TV channels which seeks to garner public opinion against high entertainment taxes levied on the industry. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Network18 gets independent directors’ approval for open offer |
| The offer price is higher than the volume weighted average price of the equity shares for a period of 60 trading days immediately preceding the date of public announcement.
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REGULATORS | I&B Ministry |
| Biometric systems to check attendance in I&B Ministry, quotations invited |
| The bid has to be furnished in a two-bid system: technical bid and financial bid |
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MOVIES | Hindi |
| 'Ek Villan' and 'Holiday' cash-in at BO Box Office |
| For the other movies, it has been a dull week.
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iWORLD | Social Media |
| CricHQ.com's grand plan for Indian cricket |
| It wants to push its tech platform to associations and clubs in smaller-town India, as well as attract cricket crazy Indians to its social network. |
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05 July |
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MAM | Media And Advertising |
| Sunil Lulla will bring in a new dimension in our offering to clients: Nirvik Singh |
| For Grey Group Asia Pacific CEO Nirvik Singh, the newly appointed Sunil Lulla would play a critical role in integrating and strengthening the group’s offering. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| TV18 gets independent directors' nod for Reliance open offer |
| The green signal was given as the IDC felt that the open offer was fair and reasonable from the financial point of view. |
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CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| Jayalalitha again seeks DAS licence for state-run Arasu |
| The Minister has in a letter to PM Narendra Modi asked him to intervene to secure DAS licence for Arasu Cable. |
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MAM | Marketing |
| Taste of India available at Sony's 'Cafe Rio' |
| Amul, the main sponsor for Cafe Rio and Football Extraa on Sony Six, wants to associate with more sporting events to engage with the youth. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Interactive programming, the new trend |
| Hindi movie channels are going all out on innovation and interaction to hook on viewers and advertisers. |
