18 March 2011 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 31 - Issue No: 21
 
 
 
Headlines
NT Awards honours TV news industry

Rajdeep, Deepak, Karan Thapar and Vinod Dua win at the 4th NT Awards; Marathi industry also honoured.
 
Distressed, news channels seek rescue in digitisation

Stung by high carriage costs & slump in ad rates, news chnls look at tapping subscription revenues to drive growth.
 
Self-regulation has to come from within

Govt should restrict itself to penalising inaccuracies in reportage while allowing TV news industry to regulate itself.
 
 
Nimbus Sport partners with Indian Golf Union
 
Pogo to celebrate Chhota Bheem’s birthday on 1 May
 
BBC Entertainment to air The Royal Wedding on 29 April
 
BBC Vision’s TV audibility research out
 
Natural Selection bags SXSW Grand Jury award
Janet Jackson turns film producer
 
Close Up enters digital space with Zapak.com
 
Contests2win creates a new Facebook app for Dulux
 
Autodesk makes AutoCad for Mac available in India
 
 
Politicisation of TV news content in South India : Mahendra Mishra
Prasar Bharati: A year of controversies
The tough task of building a non-tabloid news channel in India: Jehangir Pocha
2010 a year of wait for FM radio
The crisis of news channels in Indi : Anurradha Prasad
Music channels face uncertainty
The day the music died : Prem Kamath
Testing time for sports broadcasters
2011 will be a challenging year for Indian sports biz : Peter Hutton
Be ready for more franchise properties : Atul Pande
TV ad revenue poised for healthy growth : Rohit Gupta
"What's On" in 2011... And What's Not : Joy Chakraborthy
Facts beyond Fiction: Shailesh Kapoor
 
Indian documentaries to show at Tiburon fest
 
Amir Bashir's film to screen at 54th San Francisco Intl film fest
 
81 million viewers tune in for India-South-Africa match
 
News Releases

Isha Koppikar to sizzle at PTC Punjabi Music Awards

MTV Roadies& airtel presents Bajao Raghu Challenge on19th March

 
TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (27/02/2011 to 05/03/2011)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (27/02/2011 to 05/03/2011)
Zee TV
Colors
Star Gold
Sony Entertainment TV
Star Plus
Star Cricket
SAB
Star Jalsha
Imagine TV
Zee Cinema
Zee Marathi
MAX
Star Pravah
DD1
Zee Bangla
ETV Marathi
 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		•  SAB TV assigns creative duties to Saints & Warriors
    		• Close Up, Zapak tie up for digital campaign
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Vijay TV's spiritual fest is back
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• Vikas Bahl, chief creative officer (COO) at UTV
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Dolby establishes prominent DTH footprint
    		• BIG TOSS comes to the small screen
    		• RBNL in pact with RTL of Germany for TV channels
    Source: Indian Express
       
    		• Fame India stock up 20%, hits upper limit
    Source: Financial Express
       
       
    		• Sify ties up with Saudi Telecom for network expansion
    		• New York Times to launch online pay model
    Source: Business standard
       
    		• Star Plus brings Survivor to India
    		• Netflix vying for first rights to new TV series
    Source: MSN India
       
    		• MTV's Iconic 120 Minutes Franchise Set for Re-Invention With Host and Music Personality Matt Pinfield on MTV2 and MTVHive.Com
    Source: IT News Online
       
    		• Ra.One TV rights sold for 40 crores
    Source: Galatta.com
       
    		• Mohan Joshi replaced!
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• 'Idol' Continues to Slip in Ratings, But Fox Continues to Destroy the Competition
    		• Sheen Sells Out Two New York Shows
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Turner Latin America launches truTV in Peru
    Source: Andina
       
    		• Jordan lands $1.3m deal to present US TV makeover show
    Source: Mirror.co.uk
       
    		• Shaw Direct launches online VOD service
    Source: CED Magazine
       
    		• ISBA: Ofcom to review TV ad trading in 2011
    Source: Media Week
       
    		• Music video website Vevo to launch in the UK
    Source: The Guardian
       
    		• Former Miss Canada to host Sun News Network's morning show
    Source: Toronto Sun
       
    		• Netflix in talks to offer original TV series
    Source: Fox News
       
    		• Disney Channels Add 13 Original Series for Next Season
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
       
    		• New Zealand 'Tribe' eyes Hollywood beachhead
    Source: Variety
     
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