8 Mar 2010Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 28 - Issue No: 9
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
IPL scraps bids for new franchises, invites fresh tender
IPL scraps existing tender; new one to drop $1 bn net worth clause and reduce advance guarantee.
 
Hindustan Media Ventures files for Rs 3 bn IPO
HT Media's subsidiary to raise up to Rs 3 bn; publisher of Hindi daily Hindustan and Hindi magazines files with sebi.
 
Cricket ratings hold steady
The two Test matches between India and South Africa fetch an average TVR of 1.19 on Neo Cricket.
 
July Systems, IPL tie up for mobile internet
 
IPL targets 80 licensing & merchandising deals this year
 
Sun launches FM radio station in Gangtok
 
Dravid to speak on changing geography of sport in Dubai
 
Proposals under review for reshaping BBC
 
RealNetworks to settle lawsuit with Studios
Publisists award to Cameron
 
MNC to air Disney branded blocks in Indonesia
 
Elisabeth Murdoch, Shields to give joint keynote at MipTV
 
Casbaa satellite forum in Singapore on 14 June
 
PVR opens multiplex in Allahabad
 
Mukta Arts decides to make two films a year with Whistling Woods talent
 
 
News Releases

Women's Day Special on B4U Music

Back again…Hosts Shah Rukh Khan & Saif Ali Khan At the 55th Idea Filmfare Awards
 
 
TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (14/02/2010 to 20/02/2010)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (14/02/2010 to 20/02/2010)
MAX
Sun TV
SAB
Star Plus
Ten Sports
Star Gold
Gemini TV
Maa Telugu
Star Jalsha
Zee TV
Colors
Zee Telugu
NDTV Imagine
Zee Cinema
Sony Entertainment TV
Neo Cricket
Zee Marathi
 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		•  IPL governing council scraps tenders for new franchises
    		• IPL to announce two new teams today
    		• TRAI move to charge new number allocation opposed
    		•  Tata Sky to launch HD services
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		•  Academy Awards under way; ‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker’ lead Oscar parade
    Source: Hindu
      
    		•  IPL googly: Rebid on March 21, financial clauses diluted
    		•  Disney's WABC pulls out from Cablevision in New York
    		•  IPL to re-issue tender for new franchises, eases terms
    		•  IPL: The $2 bn brand
    		•  Drives, hooks, sweeps ...Kolkata Knight Riders chase fan spends
    		•  Videocon, Adani bank on Bollywood hunks in IPL-4
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		•  Tata Sky to launch HDTV this year
    		•  IPL matches from March 13, cops finalise sec
    		•  Mahajan takes plunge Rakhi didn't, channel sees future in TV weddings
    		• Games panel looks at star-spangled cast to promote October event
    Source: Indian Express
     
      
    		•  `Alice in Wonderland' opens with $116.3 million
    		• Hollywood on edge as Oscars countdown begins
    		• Likely winners & losers at 82nd Academy Awards
    		•  Hollywood all set for the Oscars
    		• TV channels boycott IPL function
    		• It's 'Avatar' Vs 'The Hurt Locker' at 2010 Oscar
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		•  Ambika Soni talks on Indian media 'off the record'
    Source: Moneycontrol.com
      
    		•  IPL bid postponed till Mar 21; norms relaxed
    		•  Howzzat! Viacom 18 adds Colours to score a ton with IPL
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		•  Google introduces an affordable version of Nexus One
    Source: World News
      
    		•  ABC and Cablevision: New Yorkers might have to give the Oscars this year a miss !
    Source: Entertainment and Showbiz
     
    International News
      
    		•  WABC-TV back on for 3.1M customers as Oscars begin
    Source: The Associated Press
      
    		•  Sony digital TV channels added to BT Vision
    Source: Cable.co.uk
      
    		•  HDMI tunes into 3D TV broadcasts
    Source: Reg Hardware
      
    		•  Argentine Public TV to Start Digital Broadcasts
    Source: Latin American Herald Tribune
      
    		•  26% downloading digital media from 'legitimate' sources
    Source: Utalkmarketing
    		• Verizon FiOS TV Targets Cablevision Customers With Ad
    Source: BusinessWeek
      
    		•  TV3 pulls 'Play TV' as viewers turn off
    Source: Irish Times
      
    		•  Sun TV Network leads gainers in 'A' group
    Source: BloombergUTV
      
    		•  TiVo Victory Seen Boosting Royalty Revenue Streams >TIVO
    Source: Wall Street Journal
      
    		•  Bafta misses Channel 4 programmes off list of nominees for television awards
    Source: Telegraph
     
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