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IPL
franchise rights bidder winners announced
Mukesh
Ambani gets Mumbai; GMR Group Delhi, Shah Rukh Khan
Kolkata; Vijay Mallya Bangalore; Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad;
India Cements Chennai; Ness Wadia/Preity Zinta Mohali;
and Emerging Media goes to Jaipur. Three bidders disqualified.
(24 Jan 2008)
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NBC
Universal to take 26 % stake in NDTV Networks
NBC
Universal signs MoA with NDTV Ltd to take 26% stake
in its UK subsidiary NDTV Networks Plc for $ 150 million.
(22 Jan 2008)
NDTV
Imagine goes on air; floods print ads across 50 cities
NDTV
Group launches its Hindi general entertainment channel
NDTV Imagine under stewardship of Sameer Nair at 7 pm
Monday evening.
(21 Jan 2008)
NDTV
embarks on world cinema adventure with NDTV Lumiere
NDTV
Lumiere is all set to take Indian cinema lovers on a
world cinema journey; to offer the best in world cinema
across different platforms.
(24 Jan 2008)
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Shyam
Equities takes 20% stake in Rajat Sharma's INS for Rs
1 billion
Rajat
Sharma's Independent News Service, holding company of
India TV, offloads 20 % to Shyam Equities Private Limited.
(23 Jan 2008)
IBN
Lokmat to launch by March; TG 'aspirational' audience
IBN
Lokmat, the Marathi news channel from the GBN stable,
is all set to launch, latest by March.
(23 Jan 2008)
Times
Now business channel sibling to launch in 2008 2nd half
Times
Global Broadcasting firms up plans for English language
business news channel; expects to beam in second half
of year.
(23 Jan 2008)
GBN
gets FIPB nod for 26% FDI
Network
18 Group's Global Broadcast News Ltd gets FIPB clearance
to induct up to 26% FDI (including FIIs) worth Rs 5
billion.
(21 Jan 2008)
3
'Cs' lord over politics on news channels
CMS
study highlights emergence and establishment of trivia
in news over politics.
(18 Jan 2008)
Right
wing religious outfit ransacks NDTV's office in Ahmedabad
Right wing religious outfit ransacks
NDTV's office in Ahmedabad to protest SMS poll on MF
Husain as a contender for Bharat Ratna.
(19 Jan 2008)
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Trai
puts a la carte rates on its website
Trai
posts on website filings by broadcasters regarding a-la-carte
rates and bouquet rates of their pay channels in non-CAS
area.
(18 Jan 2008)
Trai
recos on mobile TV: Broadcasters mull legal challenge
Broadcast
regulator Trai has recommended a license fee for mobile
TV players and broadcasters are planning to challenge
this legally.
(23 Jan 2008)
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Sun
TV to launch kids channels in Telugu, Kannada &
Malayalam
After
winning over kids in the south with Chutti TV, Sun TV
is now gearing to launch kids channels in Telugu, Kannada
and Malayalam.
(21 Jan 2008)
Media
scrips hit badly in stock market meltdown
Some
of the media and entertainment companies incur heavy
losses and for some it was the worst trading day in
last 52 weeks.
(22 Jan 2008)
FIPB
clears B.A.G Films' FDI proposal
B.A.G
Films' proposal for induction of foreign investment
and equity for its upcoming four channels gets FIPB
ok, forwarded to finance ministry. (19
Jan 2008)
Raj
TV to launch Hindi entertainment and English news channel
Raj
Television Network firms up plans to launch a Hindi
entertainment channel and an English news channel by
the end of the year. (24
Jan 2008)
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VisitBritain
launches 'Bollywood Britain Movie Map'
VisitBritain
launches Bollywood Britain Movie Map to celebrate film
locations featured in popular Indian movies across Great
Britain.
(23 Jan 2008)
Welcome
No. 2 Indian box office grosser in UAE, UK
Welcome
declared No.2 box-office grosser in 2007 in UK &
Ireland and UAE, making it the biggest of the 4 Akshay
Kumar releases last year.
(18 Jan 2008)
Pix
launches film-based reality show with Whistling Woods
After
months of preparation, English movie channel Pix all
set to kick off film-based reality show Gateway. Show
goes on air next month. (22
Jan 2008)
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'A battle to connect and speak the language
Kids genre: Hungama TV tops
HSM in relative shares, Nick sees best growth in HSM,
Chutti TV leads in south.
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