Dish TV offloads 5% to Biyani's PE firm for Rs 2.5 billion
Dish TV dilutes 4.9 per cent stake to Indivision Capital, the private equity arm of Kishore Biyani's Future Capital, for Rs 2.5 billion. (5 Dec 2007)

Dish TV climbs 6% on preferential allotment buzz
Shares of Dish TV jump 5.5% to close at Rs 97.20; board to meet on 5 December to consider proposal for new equity capital infusion. (4 Dec 2007)

Zee Sports ropes in Microsoft, Havells, Timesjobs for ICL
Zee Sports ropes in Microsoft, Havells, Timesjobs as advertisers for Indian Cricket League; spots being sold for Rs 25,000 for 10 secs. (30 Nov 2007)

Zee Turner CFO Arun Aggarwal to join Moving Pictures as CEO
Zee Turner CFO Arun Aggarwal has quit the company; he is joining Moving Pictures Company (India) Ltd as CEO. (5 Dec 2007)

MSOs expect carriage income to double by FY'09
MSOs expect carriage revenues to more than double by FY'09 as broadcasters jostle for space on choked cable networks. (4 Dec 2007)

MSOs, broadcasters face action for non-compliance: Trai
Trai to take action against MSOs for not complying with itemised billing and b'casters if they don't report a la carte prices by 7 Dec. (1 Dec 2007)

Mukta Arts sells 12 films to Zee Cinema for Rs 220 million
Mukta Ars sells TV rights for 12 films to Zee Cinema in Rs 220 mn deal; eyes Rs 400 mn from 26 film library over 5-year window. (1 Dec 2007)

Eros's EyeQube Studios forays into visual-effects with Aladin
Eros's subsidiary EyeQube Studios forays into visual effects post-production with Bollywood film Aladin. (3 Dec 2007)

UP lifts ban on Yash Raj's Aaja Nachle
UP government lifts ban on Aaja Nachle as Yash Chopra apologises and deletes offending parts from prints across the country. (1 Dec 2007)

Meet the original diva Madhuri Dixit
The original diva is back with Aaja Nachle which hit cinema screens on Friday. Her fans await the film and she too awaits their reactions. (30 Nov 2007)

Bhushan Kumar signs Himesh for a 3 film deal
Spurred by the success of his debut film Aap ka suroor, T-Series has roped in Reshammiya to play the lead in three films. (5 Dec 2007)

Lessons learnt from OSO and Saawariya
Learning a good lesson from the clash of the two big Diwali releases is Ajay Devgan. His film Halla Bol is now releasing only on 11 Jan . (3 Dec2007)

And after the giants, the ants come marching in
All attention is now focused on two 'small' but promising films; Khoya Khoya Chand & Dus Kahaaniyan hit screens on 7 December. (4 Dec 2007)

3 Indian films to premiere at Dubai International Film Festival
4th Dubai Film Festival kickstarts on 9 December; Shoot on Sight, Red Hills and Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story to premiere at DIFF. (23 Nov 2007)

UTV calls off deal with Astro for Bindass
UTV Group calls off deal with Astro for Bindass; is in advanced discussions with investors for whole broadcast venture. (3 Dec 2007)

Sun's radio subsidiary plans to dilute 7% to foreign firm
South Asia FM, a subsidiary of Sun TV, plans to dilute 6.98% to foreign firm South Asia Multi-media Technologies for Rs 250 mn. (6 Dec 2007)

TV Today joins the One Alliance bouquet
The One Alliance to distribute Aaj Tak, Headlines Today and Tez; second bouquet to cost Rs 65, up from Rs 58 with effect from 1 Dec. (30 Nov 2007)

9X inks 3-year ad deal with HUL
INX Media's GEC 9X ropes in HUL for a 3-year ad deal; Club INX Platinum members also include RIL, Future Group & Vodafone. (6 Dec 2007)

Neo Sports plans to launch in US, Europe next year
Neo Sports plans to launch in the US next year & is in talks with DTH, cable & IPTV operators; following this will be launch in Europe. (5 Dec 2007)

B4U Network appoints India head
Dolby's Alkesh Kanani is business head India operations, Zee Network's Sanjay Agarwal appointed global CFO. (6 Dec 2007)

Filmy elevates Nilesh Bhanushali to national ad sales head
Filmy, the Hindi movie channel from the Sahara stable, has elevated Nilesh Bhanushali to national ad sales head. (4 Dec 2007)

Co-productions among Asian media companies set to rise
Asian programming is growing in global appeal & co-productions with Asian partners are on the rise, delegates at the ATF say.(1 Dec 2007)

Mobile TV revenue to stay sluggish, subscribers to shoot
Revenue in short term for mobile phone companies will be meagre while subscribers shoot up; Europe to lead with 42.5 per cent share. (3 Dec 2007)

Music channel musings
Every Hindi music channel has narrowed itself to a TG between 16-34. Can there be a channel for folks who are on the other side of 34?