6 Aug 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 39 - Issue No: 34
 
 
 
Headlines
Airtel Digital TV services Q1-2014 losses halve as compared to Q1-2013

Airtel's Digital TV services business contributes Rs 490 crore to Bharati Airtel's Q1-2014 total net revenues of Rs 20,2263 crore.
ESPN attempts to expand viewer base with IBL

Another attempt is being made to build viewership for another sport: badminton. Will the IBL work for ESPN and Star Sports 2?

Tara Newz looks for survival strategies

The Bengali news channel - which is currently surviving on government support - wants to launch a sponsored sport slot to bring in some revenues.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag inches towards Rs 100 crore club
 
Zee strengthens its primetime band with 'Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se'
 
I&B sector brings in over Rs 7965 crore between April 2010 and May 2013
 
Next version of Aakash tablets to be ready by January 2014
 
Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand's name suggested for Bharat Ratna by Sports Ministry
 
Cox said to discuss merger with Malone-backed Charter
 
James Cameron plans out an 'Avatar' movie quadrilogy
Ex-Fox studio executive Rothman to make films for Sony
 
DirecTV merger deal with Dish Network on the cards
 
GSAT signs new capacity on SES satellites NSS-11 and SES-9
 
Dimple Kapadia signs Homi Adajania's next
 
Siddhartha Basu in Bombay Velvet
 
News Releases
Watch the Mythology special this week on BIG FAME STAR
Commemorates Independence day with tribute to the country's wildlife
W appoints Focus Circle Brands Pvt. Ltd. For creative services
EnglishEdge ties up with NSW AMES for their online courses
Conax all-inclusive DRM portfolio for Latin America now includes in-the-cloud solutions for pay-TV operators and content distributors
Design meets Electronics at HOT, the 24/7 single largest electronics retail outlet in the country
Introducing redBus.in Windows 8 App
“GIPPI” World Television Premier On Friday, 09th August, 9PM Only on MAX
D’damas Brand Ambassador Sonakashi Sinha, Akshay Kumar, Acid Attack Victim Sonali Mukherjee walk for cause ‘Beti
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
YouTube to launch Graphic India's animated Mahabharata series
Source: Economic Times
   
PVP Ventures set to spread its wings
Newsweek to be purchased by IBT Media
Source: Hindu Business Line
   
Republicans to TV networks: Don't 'promote' Clinton
Source: Zee News
   
Google Chromecast Vs Apple TV; find the best video streaming service
Source: NVO News
   
NDTV narrows consolidated Q1 loss to Rs 24.04 cr
BCCI moves Supreme Court, challenges Bombay High Court order
Priyanka Chopra pays tribute to cops in special Zanjeer song
Kaun Banega Crorepati producer Siddhartha Basu in Bombay Velvet
Akshay Kumar's Once Upon A Time in Mumbai Dobaara sold for Rs 15 cr in north circuit
Source: Indian Express
   
IMImobile and Indiavision TV launch Live News Streaming on Idea network
Source: Voice & Data
   
Comcast's 'X1' transforms TV to an entertainment operating system
Source: CIOL
   
Anil Kapoor's 24 promo to hit theatres with Madras Cafe
Source: Hindustan Times
   
PurpleTalk to launch iOS game based on Hollywood sci-fi series
Chennai Express chugs into seven new markets
Hillary Clinton turns TV channels' darling
Never allowed 3G spectrum subleasing: DoT
Source: Business Standard
   
BCCI moves SC against HC order declaring probe panel illegal
Madras Cafe courts controversy with Sri Lanka war references
Source: Livemint
   
"Our ambition is to be a content producer across screens"
Source: Financial Express
   
Pratigya's son to play Eijaz's son in Punarvivaah
Chirag Thakkar to enter in Amita ka Amit
Sandit Tiwari bags Hats Off’s next as lead
Source: Times of Inda
   
Amazon founder to buy Washington Post
Source: Hindu
   
Parrvarish's Raavi as Pihu?
Salman Khan to shoot for Atul Agnihotri's next post Kick
Source: DNA
 
International News
Republican National Committee Threatens to Boycott NBC and CNN
Time Warner Cable Proposes Solution to the CBS Blackout
Source: TV Week
   
Sky boosts multi-device with 1 Mainstream deal
DirecTV backs TWC in CBS retrans row
Source: Advanced Television
   
Simon Poole joins ESI Media ahead of London Live
Source: Media Week
Time Warner Cable Makes a-la-Carte Proposal in CBS Dispute
Source: Bloomberg
   
David Levy Upped to President of Turner Broadcasting
Source: Hollywood Reporter
   
Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon
Source: Washington Post
   
Coen brothers to adapt Fargo for TV channel FX
Source: The Guardian
 
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