4 Dec 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 36
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Dossier
'The news terminal biz is dominated by global players and we got a good price for NewsWire18'

Interview with Network18 head of investments Sarbvir Singh
Headlines
Discovery Kids kickstarts its localisation strategy with 'Mystery Hunters'

Discovery Kids' first local production, Mystery Hunters, to air daily at 6 pm from 22 December; channel available on all DTH platforms except Sun Direct.
News Corp's M&E co to be called Fox Group after split

News Corp split into media & entertainment and publishing companies; Chase Carey named president & COO of Fox Group with James Murdoch continuing as Deputy COO.
 
Network18 to sell entire stake in NewsWire18 to PE firm for Rs 900 mn
 
Harper Collins ends JV with Living Media, to go solo in India
 
ATN to launch Sanjeev Kapoor's Food Food channel in Canada
 
Fox International Channels completes 51% stake buy in EMM
 
AXN kicks off third season of ‘Top Chef Masters’ tonight
 
IMG gets Premier League rights for ships & planes till 2016
 
‘Space Dive’ lands with international broadcasters
 
CBS to take viewers ‘Under The Dome’
 
 
Twlight Saga romps in $48.8 mn in 3rd weekend
Angelina Jolie mulls giving up acting
 
Niloufer Dundh calls it a day at Hungama Digital
 
StarHub in multi-platform deal with ESS
 
Social media revitalising future of TV: Initiative
 
BO lukewarm towards Talaash; JTHJ, SOS cross Rs 1 bn BOX OFFICE!
 
Gangs of Wasseypur bags four nominations at Asia-Pacific Film Fest
 
Mira Nair gets Indian Cinema Centenary Award at 43rd International Film Festival of India
 
Dehradun to host Australian film festival
 
News Releases

Big memsaab season 6 garners strong support in Uttar Pradesh

NDTV hits prime time at the Asian Digital Media Awards

 
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
 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Network18 to sell entire stake in Newswire18 for Rs 90 crore to private equity firm Samara Capital
    		• Network18 to sell stake in Newswire18 for Rs 90 crore
    		• Internet freedom not to be curbed: UN telecoms head
    		• Facebook in talks to buy messaging app Whatsapp: Report
    		• China's Baidu, Alibaba better at tapping global funds than US gaints like Google
    		• US election, iPhone 5 and Kim Kardashian are top Yahoo! 2012 searches
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Google fine-tuning roadmap to net next 100 crore users
    		• MphasiS to buy US-based Digital Risk for $175 m
    		• MphasiS’ acquisition of Digital Risk: Deal to help cut dependence on HP
    		• Percept Live looks at NYSE listing
    		• Dolby, Sathyam Cinemas team up for 64-channel surround sound
    		• Network18 Media exits NewsWire18
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Caprese launches TV commercial featuring top end international models
    Source: Media Newline
       
    		• Turkey fines TV channel for "The Simpsons" blasphemy
    		• Shah Rukh Khan conferred with Morocco's Medal of Honour
    Source: Indian Express
       
    		• Soon 'Casual Vacancy' on BBC
    Source: Hindistan Times
    		• Facebook in talks to buy Whatsapp: Report
    		• Ready to join investigations: Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra
    		• Jagran Prakashan to raise up to Rs 150 cr via securities
    		• Network18 to exit news terminal business NewsWire18, sell stake to Samara Capital
    		• News Corp could split by end of year: report
    		• Pune student’s film bags jury award at Kyoto
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Murdoch keeps News Corp for new publishing company
    		• Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper chief leaves firm
    		• Ready to join Jindal case investigations: Subhash Chandra
    		• Facebook in talks to buy Whatsapp: report
    		• Network18 sells Newswire18 to Samara Capital for Rs.90 crore
    		• Who’s got the remote?
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Network18 to sell Newswire18 for Rs 90 cr
    		• Cafe Coffee Day TV ad debuts
    		• Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Media and its freedom of expression
    		• Facebook in talks to buy Whatsapp
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Turkey fines TV channel for "The Simpsons" blasphemy
    Source: Indian Express
       
    		• 'Talaash' mints Rs.48.99 crore with Aamir's Midas touch
    		• Facebook in talks to buy Whatsapp
    		• Rishi and Neetu Kapoor play Haryanvi cops in 'Besharam'
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• NBC Working on New Singing Competition Show, With Former Boy Band Member as Host
    		• Time Warner Cable CEO Threatens to Drop Networks
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• BSkyB’s Darcey new News International CEO
    		• Sky Italia doubles up X Factor
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• ITV attracts 10.6m viewers to I'm a Celeb final
    Source: Media Week
       
    		• New York Times Seeks Buyouts From 30 in Newsroom
    Source: New York Times
       
    		• 12 newspapers and 5 TV channels strike for freedom of expression
    Source: Ahram Online
       
    		• CBS's David Poltrack touts new golden age of broadcast TV
    Source: Los Angeles Times
       
    		• Murdoch opts for TV exec Darcey to run British newspapers
    Source: Reuters
       
     
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