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28 February |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Neo Sports decides to break away from The One Alliance |
| The sportscaster is the first to go solo post the content aggregation regulation; The One Alliance says it would have renegotiated the deal at less than one tenth the current price. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| The whole movie acquisition game has gone for a toss |
| Not only the cost of television rights of Hindi blockbusters have become exorbitant, channels also have to buy dud films that come as part of the package |
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MAM | Marketing |
| Bajaj Corp posts highest percentage spend toward ASP in Q3-2014 |
| At 17.85 per cent of Income from Operations (Op Inc), this is the highest in the last seven quarters starting Q1-2013 to Q3-2014 |
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MOVIES | Hindi |
| ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’: A Yawn Fest Film Review |
| Shaadi Ke Side Effects has had a poor opening response despite much promotion; its reports won't help further its prospects any more. |
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27 February |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Sahara One on lay off binge, more to follow |
| The axe is being wielded at Sahara One Media and Entertainment. The loss-making entertainment vehicle of the Sahara Group has already issued pink slips to 17 senior employees in February and the head chopping is expected to continue in March with another 18 employees being laid off. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| The call of IPL7…. Chalo Bulawa Aaya Hai |
| "It is as if you cannot refuse a call from the god," is how Sony's Vyas describes the broadcaster's campaign for IPL 2014. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| South Indian films dubbed in Hindi more popular than English |
| South Indian films dubbed in Hindi comprise 25-30% of FPC of movie channels, says MAX's Neeraj Vyas. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Music genre to lose 15-20% inventory due to ad cap |
| Sony MIX's Penkar feels the ad cap will force music channels to change their programming for the better |
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26 February |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Sony interested in buying TV networks in India |
| A report by Variety says Sony Pictures’s Lynton late last year said the studio was going to pour more resources into its TV business |
| CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| Top management revamp clears path for investment in IndusInd Media |
| IndusInd Media promoter Hinduja Ventures on Wednesday decided to go ahead with its Rs 300 crore planned investment |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Making sense of the loss-making Bigg Boss |
| The reality show has had a rub-off on brand Colors and also on shows aired before and after the one-hour show. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Is blaming the watchdog politicos’ new defence matra? |
| The fourth estate, otherwise hailed as ‘the watchdog of democracy’, is at the receiving end of the political mud-slinging match. |
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25 February |
| MAM | Media and Advertising |
| Industry compliments Indiantelevision.com on its 14th anniversary |
| NBA president and NDTV executive vice chairperson Narayan Rao says Indiantelevision.com has been a reasonably important voice from the point of view of influencing people. |
| REGULATORS | TRAI |
| TRAI plea in SC for raising pay channel tariff cap |
| Pay channel tariff for cable TV subscribers in non-addressable areas has remained capped at pre-2009 rates. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Raj TV Telugu COO Swapna Sundari moves to Sun Group |
| She will be joining Telugu GEC Gemini TV as a consultant and host its new news show 'Newsroom'. |
| MAM | Media and Advertising |
| NBA asks politicians to keep political discourse civil and sane |
| NBA says intimidating the media amounts to interfering with the freedoms enshrined in and guaranteed by the Constitution |
24 February |
| MAM | Media and Advertising |
| Adversioning advertising gains currency |
| Geo-targeted ads now account for about 20% ad revenues of TV channels but the potential is seen to be much bigger given India's diversity |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| ‘Kyunki… ’ changed people’s viewing habits substantially: Kevin Vaz |
| The network has planned 100 hours of non-stop programming from the last day of polling till the formation of the government |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Business channels gain in Week 8: Chrome Data |
| The business head of Star English while talking about the current and upcoming programming of Star English Entertainment channels says it was Kyunki... that led to scrapping of the concept of weekly... |
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MOVIES | Hindi |
| Gunday continues its strong run at the box-office Box Office |
| With two fairly mediocre films releasing last week, Yash Raj's Gunday builds on its collections over the weekend. |
22 February |
| CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| Meghbela Cable to seed 10 lakh STBs in West Bengal by December-end |
| Multi-system operator (MSO) Meghbela Cable & Broadband Services aims to seed 10 lakh set-top boxes in areas earmarked for digitisation in phase III and phase IV. |
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| CNN-IBN, IBN7 and ETV to work in sync for upcoming elections |
| The network has planned 100 hours of non-stop programming from the last day of polling till the formation of the government
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| MAM | Marketing |
| PepsiCo, MSM attempting out of court settlement over 'Youngistaan' |
| Delhi HC will on Monday hear PepsiCo's plea against use of Youngistan as title of a film by MSM Motion Pictures
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| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| This Koffee will be served at 11 pm |
| If you thought Salman Khan's confession about being a virgin on Koffee with Karan was a bit much, wait till you see this one
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