20 Aug 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 35 - Issue No: 50
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Analogue consumers prefer moving to digital cable over DTH in 4 metros: TAM Study

Share of DTH in total digital TV homes slips in Mumbai and Kolkata; remains unchanged in Delhi and Chennai ahead of 1 November digitisation deadline.
AXN creates new position in India, Sunil Punjabi joins as biz head

Sunil Punjabi to manage AXN and Animax channels and report to Ricky Ow; he will also develop go-to-market strategy for new channels. UPDATED!
Sportscasters disappointed with hockey loss, brand endorses see opportunity from Olympic wins

Medals in boxing & wrestling to have very limited appeal while badminton may see some viewership growth; brand endorsement surge will depend on visibility of the sport & personality of the winners.
 
 
Nat Geo to kick off new season of 'Banged up Abroad'
 
HBO in distribution JV with Parsifal for Nordic countries
 
MTV to launch 'Road to Love'
 
ESPN3 to carry ICC World Twenty20 in US
 
Fox Networks COO David Haslingden calls it quits
 
MP & Silva to distribute Italian Volleyball league
 
Extension due to slow digitisation, state requests: Soni
 
 
Robert Downey Jr. injures ankle on sets of Iron Man 3
Kristen Stewart stripped of Snow White sequel
 
India to be top 10 on-demand TV market by 2017: Study
 
Netflix to launch in Norway, Denmark, Sweden & Finland
 
Zee TV creates FB app for Ramayan
 
PVR launches 5-screen multiplex in Nagpur
 
Sequel of Ek Tha Tiger on cards
 
MoMA to show two films of Mani Kaul
 
News Releases

Star Pravah launches 'Panchnama'

 
TV Ratings

Top 10 Programmes (27/05/2012 to 02/06/2012)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes


Top 100 Programmes (27/05/2012 to 02/06/2012)
SONY MAX
Star Plus
Z Zee TV
Colors Viacom18
SONY ENTERTAINMENT TV
SONY SAB
Life OK
Sun TV
Star Pravah
Star Jalsha
Disney XD
GEMINI
Star Gold
ETV Marathi
Z Marathi
 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• TV viewership numbers: TAM draws up action plan
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• After Garm Hawa, Muslims for the first time in Kashyap’s Wasseypur have been shown symbolizing the nation they live in
    		• German home entertainment brand Loewe enters India
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Satellite revenues of films to be hit if Censor Board formulates 11 pm policy
    		• Trai manages to block unwanted SMS
    		• Twitter changes lead to protests
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Digital TV platforms on the rise
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• TRPs need to be made more transparent: Ambika Soni
    Source: Zee News
    		• Twitter: Mars rover Curiosity spoof video goes viral
    		• Ekta Kapoor teams up with cousin Abhishek Kapoor
    		• Rizwan Sikandar, Priyal Gor & Rehaan Roy in Gumrah
    		• Mihir Mishra to enter Ek Hazaaron Mein...
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Social media should exercise self-regulation: Sachin Pilot
    		• TDSAT rejects RCom plea against spectrum auction guidelines
    		• 3D tech gives TV a new dimension
    		• Online privacy: Look who's watching you
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• IPTV ops turn-up heat with multi-screen TV
    Source: CIOL
       
    		• No sequel to Salman Khan's 'Ek Tha Tiger'
    		• Sequels, key to continued hits for Balaji Telefilms
    		• Shankar Mahadevan's son composes track for Deepa Mehta's next film
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• Digital pay TV company eyes Kenya's key towns
    Source: Bizcommunity.com
       
    		• Contract Dispute Between Direct TV and Northwest Broadcasting
    Source: FOX 40 News WICZ TV
       
    		• Eurovision Heads For Malmo 2013 Amongst Withdrawal Rumours
    Source: World Internet TV on PC
       
    		• Freesat to offer Channel 4's HD Paralympic channels
    Source: imediamonkey
       
    		• 'American Horror Story: Asylum' releases new teaser
    Source: Digital Spy UK
       
    		• Comcast digital conversion on tap for Seattle area
    Source: FierceCable
       
    		• Broadcasting revolution of the digital Olympics
    Source: BCC
     
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