'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' finale crosses TVR of 9
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2007 Challenge closes with TVR of 9.3; Zee's 355 GRPs tiptoe closer to Star Plus' 399 during the week. (20 Oct 2007)

Zeel Q2 net soars 362% at Rs 971 million
Zeel's operating revenue up 14% at Rs 3.99 bn for second quarter; net profit jumps 362% to Rs 971 mn on back of robust ad growth. (23 Oct 2007)

Zee News Q2 net profit up 97% at Rs 57 million
Zee News Limited has posted a standalone net profit of Rs 57 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2007, up 97 per cent as against Rs 29 million in the corresponding quarter last fiscal. (23 Oct 2007)

ICL 20 20 Championship kicks off 30 November
Inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament of Essel Group's rebel Indian Cricket League to take place from 30 Nov to 16 Dec in Chandigarh. (23 Oct 2007)

IPL holds 1st governing council meet; 4 new international player signings announced
IPL to complete tender process to secure media partner agreement by December; announces 4 new international signings. (19 Oct 2007)

Firangi acquires 2,000 hours of content at Mipcom
SaharaOne's world television channel Firangi buys 2000 hrs of content at Mipcom; completes first phase of acquisitions. (25 Oct 2007)

Madhur Singh Bundela is Firangi programming head
SaharaOne's world television channel Firangi is fortifying its production team. Madhur Singh Bundela has joined as the channel's programming head.(25 Oct 2007)

SaharaOne to bank on reality show 'Jjhoom India' for weekends
SaharaOne looks to strengthen its weekend primetime; music based reality show Jjhoom India to go on air from 27 October. (20 Oct 2007)

150 private FM radio stations will be running by year-end
120 private FM radio stations operational till September-end; total number to go up to 150 by end of the year.

Radio Mirchi Q2 net drops 87% to Rs 6.4 million
Entertainment Network's Q2 stand-alone net profit dips 87% to Rs 6.4 million; revenue jumps 30 per cent to Rs 531.98 million. (26 Oct 2007)

Bhaskar Group's My FM launches in Nagpur
My FM, the private FM radio operator from the Bhaskar Group, has launched in Nagpur; akes total to 13 stations across the country. (22 Oct 2007)

TV Today to absorb radio company; share swap ratio fixed
TV Today to merge group Co. Radio Today with itself; shareholders of Radio Today to get 5 shares of TV Today for every 9 shares. (26 Oct 2007)

Uday Shankar promoted to Star India CEO, Jagdish Kumar made COO
Star promotes Uday Shankar to India CEO; Jagdish Kumar, senior V-P finance, elevated to COO. (25 Oct 2007)

WPP's M Suku joins Reliance ADAG
Suku Murti, Regional Business Director ESP for WPP Media, has resigned and is joining Anil Ambani's Reliance ADAG "in a group role". (19 Oct 2007)

Walt Disney India appoints J&J's Mahesh Samat as MD
The Walt Disney Companyhas named Mahesh Samat as managing director.(25 Oct 2007)

SREI acquires 8% stake in Ortel
SREI Group picks up 8% stake in Ortel Communications; Orissa's leading MSO also raises Rs 250 million debt to fund its expansion. (20 Oct 2007)

9XM soft launches
Music channel 9XM becomes first channel from the INX Media stable to get off the block. (19 Oct 2007)

ENIL to raise Rs 5 bn for OOH biz; event management to move to new subsidiary company
ENIL's subsidiary Times Innovative Media to raise Rs 5 bn; to transfer events biz to new subsidiary Alternate Brand Solutions. (25 Oct 2007)

Sun TV Q2 net up 67% at Rs 802 million
Sun TV Network's Q2 net profit jumps 67% to Rs 801.6 million; total income at Rs 2.09 billion almost doubles from year-ago period. (24 Oct 2007)

Dish TV Q2 net loss at Rs 919 million
Dish TV posts net loss of Rs 919.39 million for quarter ended 30 September 2007; sees 54 per cent quarter rise in subscriber growth.

Network18 to invest Rs 350 million from rights issue in media sector
Bahl's Network18 to invest Rs 350 million in media & allied sectors out of the Rs 2 billion it proposes to raise from a rights issue. (22 Oct 2007)

Sab TV appoints new programming & marketing head
Uditanshu Mehta joins as programming head of Sab TV; Abhishek Verma is marketing head. (24 Oct 2007)

SET acquires world satellite rights of Yash Raj blockbusters of 2007
SET bags exclusive world TV rights of 5 movies from Yash Raj Films including Chak De India, Tara Rum Pum & Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. (26 Oct 2007)

Eros picks up international rights for Rakesh Roshan's 'Krazzy 4'
Eros International announces acquisition of international rights of Rakesh Roshan’s 'Krazzy 4'. (19 Oct 2007)

Bhool Bulaiyaa gets record overseas opening
Bhool Bhulaiyaa enters UK top 10 getting best overseas opening for any Hindi film in 2007; enters US top 25 grossing $512,000. (20 Oct 2007)

'Jab We Met' takes unique campaign track
Shri Ashtavinayak Cinevision starts marketing campaign for Jab We Met ahead of 26 October release; paints two trains with posters. (23 Oct 2007)

TV is main market for cinema in Turkey
Television is main market for foreign films in Turkey, says Deniz Ziya Temeltas at the Third International Eurasian Film Festival. (22 Oct 2007)

Nina Gupta on NFDC's Film Bazaar at IFFI 2007
At IFFI 2007, NFDC's Film Bazaar to have co-production market modelled on lines of CineMart, says Nina Gupta. ( 24 Oct 2007)

Who will lift the filmy 'World Cup' this festive season?
With four films releasing on Friday, Indiantelevision.com does a SWOT analysis of who could lift filmy World Cup before Diwali clash. (25 Oct 2007)