5 Dec 2012 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 37
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Siti Cable gets KU Rao as CEO to drive digital biz

Siti Cable fills up CEO post after a year to keep pace with digital cable expansion plans; Rao was earlier CEO of Diligent Media, the company that runs DNA newspaper.
Effies 2012: Ogilvy tops 4th time in a row

O&M retains 'Agency of the Year' title and also wins Grand Effie award; McCann with 65 points ranks second, 215 points behind the winner; Lowe Lintas follows with 60 points.
DB Corp to buy out promoter groups in two subsidiaries

DB Corp to pay Rs 356 million for the remaining 45 per cent stake held by promoter group in IMCL and Rs 23.7 million for the remaining 43.10 per cent stake in SMEL.
 
Jagran Prakashan to raise Rs 1.5 billion
 
CIT Ministry studying roll back of spectrum fee for community radio
 
Zee Learn CFO Arun Kabra quits
 
Colors to replace ‘Kairi’ with a mythological show
 
DHX Media licenses Kids vs. Kat to Disney Channel in India
 
A+E Networks to take full ownership of Asian JV with Astro
 
CNN's Latino programming block to launch in US
 
NDS launches R&D campus in Bangalore
 
 
Zero Dark Thirty to release on 11 January
Mira Nair’s Reluctant Fundamentalist to open here in April
 
New Yatra.com app launched on Windows 8
 
Eutelsat's 70B satellite delivered into orbit
 
AsiaSat signs long-term contract with EBU
 
ESPNFC expands availability with Windows 8 app
 
Prince of Morocco presents Shah Rukh Khan with Medal of Honour
 
Ashok Amritraj open to Tamil films
 
Film tourism identified as niche area
 
News Releases

Sorento strikes Gold at The Rx Club Awards Only agency from India to bag a Gold

Sony Music makes available library of half a million Songs on iTunes Music Store, India

 
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
    		• John McClane to turn McMohan in dubbed punjabi version of 'Die Hard' 5 series
    		• Aamir Khan scales new high as 'Talaash' nets Rs 47.2 crore
    		• Yahoo buys more mobile expertise in latest deal
    		• Bally Technologies eyes online gaming co 3G: Report
    		• Google, Microsoft launch charity efforts
    		• Google partners e-commerce sites for 'Cyber Monday' on December 12
    		• Sachin Tendulkar's appearances in TV commercials coming to an end as career turns shaky
    		• Synacor partners with Zynga to bring social games to pay TV
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Microsoft nets 1 m Indian users after mail revamp
    		• Apple launches iTunes store in India
    		• Viacom18 Motion Pictures plans a slew of movies next year
    		• Tata Elxsi, UAE-based Brash Brands form tie-up for brand development
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Bollywood and TV stars at Colors Golden Petal Awards 2012
    Source: IBN Live
       
    		• Fine-tuning India's TV viewing experience
    Source: Money Control.com
       
    		• Cable TV digitization: Chennai to go digital soon as Madras HC refuses extension of deadline
    Source: Truth Dive
    		• iTunes debuts in India, download a HD movie for Rs 490
    		• Pak censor bans advertisements of Akshay Kumar's 'Khiladi 786'
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Apple launches iTunes movies, music in India
    		• James Bond’s ‘Skyfall’ may give Tata-JLR sales a push
    		• Facebook kicks off vote on new policies
    		• Facebook expands mobile messaging app to non-members on Android
    		• Murdoch iPad daily failure a lesson for digital news
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• AIR cuts down on Carnatic music
    		• Google partners e-commerce sites for ‘Cyber Monday’ on Dec 12
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• Apple's iTunes debuts in India
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Priyanka, Parineeti vie for 'most entertaining actor' title
    		• Pak censor bans advertisements of Akshay Kumar's 'Khiladi 786'
    Source: Indian Express
       
    		• 'Talaash' brings a halt to 'JTHJ' and 'SOS'
    		• Apple iTunes Store debuts in India, songs selling at Rs 7
    		• Terence joins Sajid to judge Nach Baliye-5?
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• Veteran Exec Terry Wood Joins Mark Burnett's One Three Media
    		• NBC Working on Remake of Another Vintage TV Series
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• Time Warner warns ‘underperforming’ networks carriage
    		• News Corp TV business becomes Fox Group
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Sky's Mike Darcey named News Int chief
    Source: Media Week
       
    		• Netflix takes Disney pay-TV rights from Starz
    Source: Los Angeles Times
       
    		• PlayStation 3 is 'largest TV-connected platform' for Netflix
    Source: CNET
       
    		• BBC 'reinvents' red button TV service so viewers can access iPlayer from their sofa
    Source: Daily Mail
       
    		• Tricolor TV looks to the future
    Source: Broadband TV News
       
     
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