20 Dec 2013  |  Volume 42 - Issue No:46 |  Visit Indiantelevision.com

‘Hatim’ to return on Life OK IMG Worldwide acquired by WME-Silver Lake for $2.3 bn Cohn & Wolfe India appoints Rafi Khan as CEO 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 to be held on 24 January ‘Maharana Pratap’ bags yet another award Desperate Housewives alum Marcia Cross marks her return to TV Tata Sky’s 3D movies offering this New Year’s eve Lionsgate set to bring Twitter story on TV   India’s No.1 English movie channel turns 3 The Bollywood roundtable 2013- The Actresses Celebrate Christmas & bring in the New Year with loads of Love & Laughter! IIMC Commences Five Months Diploma Course in Urdu Journalism   IndiaCast UTV vs DishTV: Who really won? The aggregator and the DTH operator both claim that the TDSAT has ruled in their favour. But our question is: have we really seen the last of the slugfest between the two on DishTV's 'on-request channel' scheme. full story MSO Alliance launches ad campaign on monthly billing 19 Dec, 06:58 pm  What Colors intends to do post Bigg Boss 7 The channel launched Rangrasiya amid much fanfare in Jaipur. It is is hoping that the show along with Beintehaa will work as good replacement for Bigg Boss 7, which ends later this month. 20 Dec, 08:20 am  Week 50 ratings: Major GECs register a hike 19 Dec, 12:32 pm  Publicis' Levy gets bullish on India Maurice Levy whose firm is fusing with the Omincom group gets candid about Sorrell, his agency's India focus, and worldwie merger with the Omnicom Group 20 Dec, 08.00 am  19 Dec, 09:03 pm   Akshay Kumar & Ashvini Yardi to release Fugly on 16 May 2014 Wolverine actor to play legendary pirate Blackbeard in upcoming film Grazing Goat Pictures continues taking Hindi and regional cinema to new heights with a range of innovative and fresh projects like this. Warner Bros’ upcoming feature film is on the origin of J.M. Barrie’s classic creation Peter Pan, tentatively titled, Pan.     19 Dec, 08:30 pm   19 Dec, 08:23 pm   Digital cable subscribers to start getting monthly bills Global Government censorship requests rise 68%: Google Mark Zuckerberg sells first Facebook shares since IPO Microsoft ex-manager charged with insider trading Auctioning 800 MHz is a policy decision: DoT Source: Hindu Business Line     Sunburn music fest in Goa expecting 1.4 lakh footfall Viacom 18 to launch second entertainment channel Rishtey in January Spain watchdog fines Google for privacy 'violations' Google sees jump in government 'takedown' requests Source: Economic Times     Microsoft to create over 100 commercial apps in 6 months Facebook, Zuckerberg plan to sell shares worth $3.9 bn 'Facebook CEO & banks must face IPO lawsuit' Arasu Cable seeks stay on digitisation Soon, TV to be teaching aid for university students TV series about birth of 'Twitter' in making Source: Business Standard     Another controversy over Taslima, TV serial postponed Unlike films, TV keeps you on your toes: Anil Kapoor TV shows can’t make 100 crore in two weeks: Tia Bajpai CID Karnataka on Zee Kannada Source: Times Of India     TV series about birth of 'Twitter' in making Source: Zee News     FiOS TV app now available on Xbox One Source: CIOL     Clamour to delay ad cap on channels Source: Telegraph India     Mobile TV records 400% jump in viewership this yr: Survey Source: GreaterKashmir.com     Hulu's Sales Reach Major Milestone Series Order for New Unscripted Show Signals the Latest Reality Trend Source: TV Week     Hulu: 5m subs, $1bn revenues Mediaset mulls pay-TV ops merger Spain: Supreme Court demands DTT closures Netflix CEO worried on ‘over personalisation’ Viki partners with Baidu Source: Advanced Television     Sky buys Dolphin and takes on Sony sales contract News UK hit by £100m pre-tax losses for Times and Sun brands Source: Media Week     Zuckerberg to sell Facebook shares worth about $2.3 billion Sony home entertainment chief to leave studio in March FCC votes to consider end of sports broadcast blackout rule Exclusive: Dish eyes 2014 bid for T-Mobile - sources Source: Reuters     David Dobkin to Direct Hugh Hefner Biopic for Warner Bros. Source: Variety `   Nielsen: The Blacklist was Most Time-Shifted Show of 2013 in the U.S. Source: World Screen     Hulu Says It Has 5 Million Paying Subscribers and a Billion-Dollar Year Source: All Things D     Nickelodeon Retakes Kids’ Ratings Crown With ‘Paw Patrol’