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News Channel

Reuters pulling out of Times Now JV
JV between Reuters & Bennett, Coleman in Times Global B'casting, which owns and operates Times Now, at an end. (31 Jan 2008)

Vir Sanghvi quits INX, to announce new news channel 'very soon'
Vir Sanghvi finally exits INX group; slated to announce the opening of another news channel very soon. (25 Jan 2008)

India TV CEO Chintamani Rao quits
Chintamani Rao has resigned from the post of CEO of Rajat Sharma's Independent News Service , which owns and operates Hindi news channel India TV. (25 Jan 2008)

NDTV Metro Nation Chennai to launch by mid-year
NDTV Metro Nation Chennai expected to launch by middle of this year; Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata to follow next year. (29 Jan 2008)

Government

Slew of media FDI proposals cleared; UTV gets government nod to raise Rs 4 billion
UTV gets nod to raise Rs 4 billion via FCCB and induction of FDI in company engaged in up-linking of non-news and current affairs channels. (31 Jan 2008)

Trai rules out 'must carry' on DTH, recommends STB interoperability
Trai clarifies 'must carry', a major irritant for broadcasters, is not part of DTH licensing conditions. (30 Jan 2008)

Zee Entertainment

Zee News Q3 operating revenue up 38.6 % at Rs 955 million
Zee News Limited has posted operating revenue of Rs 955.3 million on a stand alone basis for the quarter ended 31 December, 2007. (25 Jan 2008)

Zeel Q3 net up 18.4 % at Rs 1.13 billion
Zeel posts Rs 1.13 bn. net profit for quarter ended 31 Dec, up 18.4 % as compared to Rs 958 million for corresponding quarter last fiscal. (29 Jan 2008)

WWIL incurs Rs 31.6 million Q3 operating loss
Zee Group cable arm Wire and Wireless Limited declared unaudited consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended 31 December, 2007. (29 Jan 2008)

DTH

DishTV subscriber base at 2.7 million
DishTV adds 297,000 new subscribers during Q3, up from 278,000 additions in Q2; posts Q3 net loss of Rs 1.16 billion. ( 25 Jan 2008)

DishTV to access huge retail market in new alliance with Future Group
DishTV and the Future Group today announced a marketing alliance that will give the DTH giant outreach to a huge market through its established footprint of Future Groups' retail formats Big Bazaar, Pantaloon and E-Zone. (25 Jan 2008)

  Other Top Headlines

Nimbus elevates Digvijay Singh to CEO
Nimbus Communications Limited elevates Digvijay Singh to CEO with immediate effect; Akash Khurana to continue as MD. (29 Jan 2008)

VSNL, Yash Raj to premiere 'Chak De India' on web
VSNL and Bollywood major Yash Raj Films (YRF) have joined hands to release Chak De India! on the Internet platform. (28 Jan 2008)

Firangi to launch on 25 February; unveils logo
Firangi, the world TV channel from SaharaOne, has confirmed the date of its launch as 25 February. (31 Jan 2008)

Neo Sports CEO Shashi Kalathil resigns
Neo Sports chief executive Shashi Kalathil has put in his papers and will make an exit from the company at the end of February. (31 Jan 2008)

Lintas Media Group announces new leadership structure
Lintas Media Group announces plans for move into next leg with new and more robust structure and leadership team. (31 Jan 2008)

Jump Games ties up with Manchester United
Reliance Ent’s mobile gaming unit Jump Games makes step towards becoming major player within mobile entertainment arena globally. (25 Jan 2008)


New realty channel Property TV targets March launch
Singapore-based realty channel Property TV coming up this March; not to go for downlinking in the country at least till September. (28 Jan 2008)

200 companies confirm presence for Amazia trade event
Ten months before the trade event Amazia, 200 companies from around the world have confirmed that they will be in attendance. (28 Jan 2008)

Triveni ropes in Ravishankar, Alok Verma, S Iyer, Jaideep Goswami
3 top hires for Triveni channels - Ravishankar managing ed - lifestyle; Alok Verma managing editor and Jaideep Goswami is HR head . (28 Jan 2008)

Set-Discovery's Gurjeev Singh to head Den-Star
Set Discovery head Gurjeev Singh Kapoor has quit to join the recently formed distribution joint venture between Star India and Digital Entertainment Network as chief executive. (28 Jan 2008)

All About Cinema

Adlabs Films net profit at Rs 217.2 million
Adlabs Films posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 217.2 million; revenue stood at Rs 1.29 billion, up 23 per cent year-on-year. (30 Jan 2008)

Sony BMG enters Tamil market with 'Dhasavadhaaram'
Sony BMG has entered into the growing music market in Tamil Nadu by acquring the music rights of the Tamil film 'Dhasavadhaaram.'(30 Jan 2008)

 AdEx Analysis
Executive Dossier

Snapshot on TV Advertising in 2007 - Part 1
31 per cent growth in TV ad volumes during 2007 compared to 2006 - AdEx Analysis

'Shows that are optimistic, hopeful, aspirational resonate well with viewers'
Interview with SPTI Asia executive VP, MD Todd Miller

Special Report

'Big fight is in Hindi GEC middle rung
Hindi GEC: Star Plus and Zee fight for top position; Sony, Star One & Sahara One contendors for third spot.

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