19 Aug 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 39 - Issue No: 45
 
 
 
 
Headlines
DAS: Kolkata cable TV rates rise; consumers resist

Apart from the increased monthly subscription fee, the consumers will have to bear another 10% as amusement tax charged by the state government.

Uday Shankar's take on social responsibility

Star India’s Uday Shankar speaks on the network’s philosophy and how the country can do even more than the creative community in such situations.
Broadcasters delighted; want I&B minister to push through ad cap delay

The industry reacts to Information & Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari’s recommendation to TRAI to postpone the ad cap deadline.
 
Reliance Media Works reports lower net loss for April-June 2013 quarter
 
Saregama Q1-2014 results subdued: Film & TV soaps segment profitable for first time
 
Who will be India's Junior MasterChef?
 
Prasar Bharati spectrum issue may go to TRAI for final decision
 
NBC acquires Stringwire live video service
 
WB Sets 'Winter's Tale' For V-Day 2014
US-China resolve dispute relating to payment of two per cent rise in taxation
 
Doordarshan, MTV to telecast Coke Studio Season 3
 
Comcast Cable and Time Warner Cable join to manage software in STBs
 
Fox Sports Digital acquires assets of social startup fanhood
 
GSEAMS gets into a 3 movie marketing deal with Viacom Motion Pictures
 
TV industry targets heavy VOD buyers, TV valuable customer for commercials
 
News Releases
Come and showcase your Josh & Hosh skills to become ‘Malhar ka Atom’ at St. Xavier’s College’s annual festival
Star Pravah announces ‘MaharashtrachaDancing Superstar - Chhote Masters’
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
Facebook secures $6.5 b revolving credit from JP Morgan
Source: Hindu Business Line
   
Film industry-politics link: After Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam, Vijay starrer-Thalaivaa faces delay
Shah Rukh Khan's 'Chennai Express' breaks records in Pakistan
Trai to stick to August 23 deadline for DAS rollout
Source: Economic Times
   
Government asks TRAI to reconsider ad-cap for TV channels
Centre concerned about ‘systemic’ issues in TV broadcast sector
Tamil groups plan to oppose release of Madras Cafe
Source: Hindu
   
Pro-Tamil outfits not to allow John Abraham's Madras Cafe to be screened in state
Salman Khan's special appearance in Riteish Deshmukh's Marathi film
Yahoo appoints Maynard Webb as new chairman
Source: DNA
   
Murdoch’s UK unit could face hacking charges
Yahoo appoints Webb as chairman
Social network fraud: Virus targets Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn
Source: Financial Express
   
MSOs to begin direct billing for digital cable consumers from August
Source: IBNLive
   
Chennai Express reaches Rs 157-crore station in one week
Indian producers reap benefits of falling rupee
Protest against TV serial 'Jodhaa Akbar', police use force
Source: Business Standard
   
MSOs begin direct billing for digital cable TV consumers
Murdoch’s UK newspaper unit under Scotland Yard hacking probe
Facebook secures $6.5 billion revolving credit from JP Morgan
TV18 Broadcast cuts 300-400 jobs
Source: Livemint
   
Yahoo appoints eBay ex-CEO Maynard Webb as chairman
Alibaba buys stake in online shopping co ShopRunner: Report
Airtel launches 'Re 1 Entertainment Store'
Chennai Express crosses 171 cr at the box office
Prince Tuli issues legal notice to 'Zanjeer' makers
Sanskaar and Na Bole to make way for Bigg Boss-7
Source: Times of India
   
Sanskaar, Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha go off air to make way for Bigg Boss 7
Deepika Padukone bags Farah Khan's Happy New Year opposite Shah Rukh Khan
Siddharth Shukla eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Shah Rukh Khan's Chennai Express breaks records in Pakistan
Source: Indian Express
 
International News
Media: Internet Starting to Repair Industry Damage
Source: The Economist
   
Fox Sports Digital Acquires Social Startup Fanhood
Source: B&C
   
CW Launches CW Seed Digital Studio, Website
Source: Los Angeles Times
   
PlayStation TV: Sony to bring internet TV service to the PS4
Source: ExtremeTech
   
Boston-Based Startup Aereo Challenges Cable TV System
Source: WBUR
BBC Dramas, Kids Shows Among First to Benefit From U.K. TV, Animation Tax Credits
Source: Hollywood Reporter
   
Google Fiber TV Adds Walmart's Vudu TV and Movie Service
Source: Variety
   
'SATC' creator Darren Star returns to NY for latest TV series
Source: New York Post
   
BAI looks to revive commercial digital TV service
Source: Irish Times
   
Ukrainian, Turkish TV channels broadcast via Azerbaijani satellite
Source: AzerNews
 
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