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07 March |
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Specials | Event Coverage |
| A Celebration of Inspiring Women |
| As we celebrate Women's Day on Saturday, 8 March, Indiantelevision.com pays tribute to women who've broken the glass ceiling in Indian media even as they've managed to strike the right work-life balance. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Ten Sports eyes global market with ICC T-20 World Cup |
| With $20 million targeted in ad revenues, content syndication deals with BSkyB and a greater emphasis on superlative production the channel is bullish about the T-20 World Cup. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| NE Bangla becomes Focus Bangla, changes logo |
| Ahead of the 2014 General Elections, the 24-hour Bangla news channel has not just got a new name but a new logo and is gearing up to cover more aspects of news. |
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MOVIES | Hindi |
| Gulaab Gang: Colourless Film Review |
| With three releases this week, each quite different than the other, the audience will be spoilt for choice; the Monday collections will reveal which one worked its magic. |
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06 March |
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CABLE TV | Multi Cable Operators |
| Hinduja Ventures' Grant Investrade gets in principle approval for HITS |
| Grant Investrade needs six months to launch HITS service; to invest $100 million. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Zee TV dislodges Colors again from second position |
| Zee TV and Life OK are the only gainers of the week; rest all witnessed a dip in the Week 9 of TAM TV ratings. |
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REGULATORS | High Court |
| Hearing on Kantar petition adjourned till 11 July |
| The Delhi HC will now hear the petition challenging the government’s cross-shareholding norm for television rating agencies once a new government is formed after the elections. |
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CABLE TV | Multi Cable Operators |
| Television needs to reposition as convergence source with digitisation |
| Once all the 100 million cable TV homes at digitised, every stakeholder will benefit, says TRAI’s Arnold |
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05 march |
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CABLE TV | Local Cable Operators |
| Ministry seeks data on impact of digitisation from IBF, NBA |
| The ministry will conduct a survey to assess impact of digitisation on local cable operators, says joint secretary Supriya Sahu |
| DTH | DTH Operators |
| Dish TV launches Zing brand for regional markets; to also launch Dish Box Office |
| Zing first launched in West Bengal offering all available Bangla channels as part of packages; to soon start Dish Box Office offering six movies a day. |
| MAM | Marketing |
| Disclaimer ends the PepsiCo vs. MSM dispute |
| The two parties have come to a settlement where a disclaimer will be released not just in movie theatres but also along with the film's promotional activities. |
| DTH | DTH Operators |
| Tata Sky not to take legal action against ISRO for now |
| Tata Sky's Nagpal says shifting to MPEG 4 STBs has taken care of their capacity requirement for the next two years. |
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04 March |
| CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| Hathway launches ‘Hathway CCC Cine Channel’ |
| Hathway Cable & Datacom today announced the launch of 'Hathway CCC Cine Channel' on its all India distribution network. |
| MAM | Marketing |
| PepsiCo, MSM fail to reach amicable settlement over ‘Youngistaan’ |
| It's been more than a fortnight since PepsiCo first objected to 'Youngistaan' as the title of a film jointly produced by MSM Motion Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani-owned Pooja Pictures. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Ten Sports gets Sri Lanka cricket rights till 2020 |
| Ten Sports - the sports broadcasting channel under the Zee network - has joined hands with Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) for a seven year deal to broadcast SLC's international cricket matches. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| NDTV India piggybacks legacy to outdo competition |
| NDTV's focus will be on Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which could hold the key to 2014 Lok Sabha elections |
03 March |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| I also planned on being a rockstar but destiny had other plans: Ajay Trigunayat |
| Indiantelevision.com plays fly on the wall as Sony Pix EVP and business head Saurabh Yagnik grills Times Television Network CEO English Entertainment Channels Ajay Trigunayat on life, movies, and everything in between. |
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PIX’s focus is on social media conversations to build the channel
Sony’s Saurabh Yagnik says the challenge for PIX is to be a part of a viewer’s ecosystem on social media rather than aim to make the viewer a part of the channel’s system
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| IMG Reliance invites bids for Indian Super League football teams |
| Winning bidders for the top eight cities will be granted the right to own and operate a football club and participate in the Indian Super League. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| IPTL set to take the world of Tennis by storm |
| The brainchild of Mahesh Bhupathi has been described by Novak Djokovic as potentially ‘revolutionary’. |
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MOVIES | Hindi |
| Shaadi Ke Side Effects collects Rs 20.2 crore Box Office |
| Whatever patronage the film found was at few multiplexes in West and North with single screens rejecting the film.
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01 March |
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As a strategy we have never completely rested our fortunes on only India cricket: Rajesh Sethi
He worked with the likes of Tata Motors, GE Infrastructure, GE Money and Allianz Global before taking on the mantle of Ten Sports CEO in July last year
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| Cricket Packs could become universal |
| Subscription to Dish TV's Cricket Pack ensures the channel that has live India cricket gets switched on
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| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| TV turning bold? |
| While television is becoming more flexible in terms of broadcasting adult-based content, we attempt to find out if it's more to do with the audience acceptance of such content
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| TELEVISION | TV Shows |
| AXN set to reign Saturdays with ‘Hannibal’ and ‘The Voice’ |
| AXN strengthens its weekend line-up with 'The Voice' season 6 and 'Hannibal' season 2
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