7 Aug 2010 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 29 - Issue No: 38
 
 
 
Headlines
SC to hear plea against Trai's tariff order next month
Supreme Court asks broadcasters & MSOs to file additional affidavits within a month; matter relates to Rs 250 cap.
 
Radio Mirchi Q1 net at Rs 43 mn as revenue gains 14%

ENIL's profitability comes on back of 14.2% jump in income from operations to Rs 571.24 million.

 
Coca-Cola finds new partner in Lodestar UM

Coca-Cola ends 11-year relationship with Madison & shifts media agency to Lodestar; size of account is over Rs 2 bn.

 
 
Ambika Soni rues malaise of paid news
 
UTV Television to launch 3rd Marathi daily Mi Lek
 
BBC to launch television screening event in China
 
UK’s Channel Five in deal with Warner Bros
 
 
127 Hours to premiere at Toronto fest
Layoffs in media jobs recede in July
 
Casbaa convention to debate on pay-TV potential
 
ESPN Star Sports ups marketing spend for Champions T20
 
Nat Geo begins the hunt for ‘Eco Heroes’
 
News Releases

Watch the Premier of ‘Anjaana Anjaani’ title track only on ZoOm today!

The Grand Finale of DID L’il Masters … PUNE! Superstar Anil Kapoor & Sonam Kapoor as special guests of honor

 
TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (25/07/2010 to 31/07/2010)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes




Top 100 Programmes (25/07/2010 to 31/07/2010)
Sony Entertainment TV
Star Plus
SAB
Zee TV
Colors
Sun TV
Ten Sports
Gemini TV
MAX
Imagine TV
Star One
Zee Marathi
Star Gold
Zee Cinema
Cartoon Network
Star Jalsha
 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		•  Reliance BIG TV special Onam offer
    		• Cable distribution stocks jump, but analysts are wary
    		• Social networking sites ‘cost UK economy £14 bn’
    		• Cable TV biz set to grow over 6-fold post digitisation
    		• BAG Films June quarter net loss at Rs 11.9 cr
    		• Cable stocks zoom 20% after TRAI’s statement
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Cable TV biz to grow over 6-fold to $7.7 bn by 2015: Report
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Android set to overtake iPhone
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• Ad recovery boosts revenue for broadcast, cable
    Source: Sify
       
    		• Big B to endorse ESPN STAR Sports
    Source: TV next
       
    		• Rajesh Khanna, Dimpy in Bigg Boss 4?
    Source: indiablooms
       
    		• TRAI come up with key announcements for cable industry
    Source: TopNews
       
    		• Viewer has the remote control
    Source: Hindustan Times
     
       
    		• Big B to add glitz to Champions League
    		• Who cares for the box office?
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Stakeholders must file objections on cable tariff order: SC
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• TRAI proposal to make cable biz structured: DEN Networks
    Source: Moneycontrol.com
     
    		• '3 Idiots' Most Successful in Indian Cinema; Sony Also Gains Rating
    Source: FV Current Waves
       
    		• Eros ties up with Music label T-series
    		• 'Indian Idol' contestant Swaroop Khan records song for Bappi Lahiri
    		• Zee TV : Hero Honda SA RE GA MA PA Singing Superstar new season
    Source: Calcutta Tube
       
    		• Salman is the new Bigg Boss
    Source: Deccan Chronicle
     
     
    International News
    		• 'Big Brother' Takes Top Honors on a Slow Night in the Ratings
    		• 'American Idol's' Lythgoe Apparently Won't Get His Wish--Abdul Barred From Returning as Judge
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Net neutrality disarray as FCC fumes and Google back pedals
    		• No commercial digital TV before 2013, says Irish authority
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• BBC to launch promo for new The One Show duo
    Source: The Guardian
       
    		• Virgin Media set to launch Comedy Central HD
    Source: Cable.co.uk
       
    		• GMG Radio cleared to combine Welsh stations
    		• MediaCom and Starcom split £100m GSK media brief
    		• US newspapers turn to content farms
    Source: Media Week
    		• Fox Television Studios' president exits for Shine Group
    Source: RealScreen Magazine
     
    		• Facebook buys $40m worth of social networking patents
    Source: Sydney Morning Herald
       
    		• Broadcasters Foundation Elects Three VPs
    Source: Radio Ink
       
    		• New satellite channel launches 'down 70%'
    Source: Digital Spy
       
    		• Sony and Channel 4 talking 4OD on PS3
    Source: ElectricPig.co.uk
       
    		• Telus debuts Xbox digital-TV service
    Source: Vancouver Sun
       
    		• Virgin1 to be renamed Channel One
    Source: New Media Age
     
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