7 Feb 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 88
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Times Group channels hop on to OneAlliance bouquet

Times TV Network ends contract with Prime Connect and inks distribution deal with MSM Discovery; Times Now, Movies Now, ET Now and zoOm hop on to OneAlliance bouquet even as Yogesh Radhakrishnan moves Delhi HC over termination. Indiantelevision.com analyses the deal.UPDATED!
Zee News Ltd Q3 ad rev strong, no big fall in carriage fee

Ad rev up 14.8% to Rs 595.6 million but ZNL CEO Alok Agrawal says slowdown yet to see significant turnaround; net profit up 14.2% to Rs 185.5 million.
BBC Global News creates new position in India, Preet Dhupar is made COO

Preet Dhupar gets the new COO position; to oversee BBC's commercial news operations including BBC World News and BBC.com/news.
 
 
‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ set to entertain East India
 
Pitroda Comm sets up eleven groups to study various aspects of Prasar Bharati
 
Animal Planet examines seas, oceans in a new show from 15 Feb
 
Giorgio Stock to join Turner Broadcasting as EMEA president
 
TV industry immune to 2012 slowdown : Rohit Gupta
Sports broadcasting: A sticky 2012 wicket
2012: Fighting for change in the media and ad biz
2012: The pace of change showed no signs of slowing in India : Peter Hutton
India heading towards oligopoly in sports broadcasting : Atul Pande
2012 : A year of agency consolidation
2012: Industry unites to avert deadlocks : Arvind Sharma
Recapping 2012
Kids TV genre needs to expand amid more channel launches : Monica Tata
Digitisation the potential game changer for kids TV : Nina Elavia Jaipuria
Kids broadcasters gear up to play in India's digital era
Infotainment, lifestyle genre gets sprightly
Specialised channels: The growing flavour of entertainment
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Nancy O'Dell to host Nab Show Television luncheon
 
All3Media's Stephen Lambert to deliver keynote at MipFormats
 
Bear Grylls returns to Discovery Intl
 
Star India claims solid engagement levels on its cricket portal
 
 
Obama speech writer Jon Favreau to turn to script writing
Ang Lee keen to direct biopic on Cleopatra
 
Twitter acquires social TV analytics co Bluefin
 
Free streaming gaining ground in the US
 
Netflix, Flavor Unit Entertainment in multi-year agreement
 
Indo-German film week opens in Berlin
 
News Releases

Dish TV as the Best Managed Company in Asia – Media Sector

Hollywood's most prestigious awards to be aired exclusively on Zee Studio!!!

 
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
    		• TV digitisation: Subscription revenue on the rise
    		• Liberty Global buys Virgin Media for $23.3 billion
    		• Microsoft, Huawei team up for African smartphone push
    		• Internet firms launch cyber safety campaign
    		• Google doodle celebrates British archaeologist Mary Leakey's birthday
    		• Majority of Facebook users have taken break: Pew
    		• Animation workshop
    		• ‘Yahoo! will focus on user-generated content’
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media for $15.75 billion
    		• Microsoft, Symantec disrupt cyber crime operation; halt searches
    		• Google Maps: Apple's iPhone lags Android version
    		• Google plans to litigate US tax dispute with IRS
    		• Internet users seeking more 'invisibility': Study
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Liberty Global creates a broadband giant by snapping up Virgin Media
    Source: VC Circle
       
    		• March 31 deadline for cable TV digital switch
    Source: Daily Pioneer
       
    		• Twitter acquires social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs
    Source: IBN Live
       
    		• US sanctions Iran's state broadcaster for 'censorship'
    Source: Zee News
       
    		• E-version of Employment News in Urdu launched
    Source: igovernment.in
    		• InMobi, Network18 partner to bring advertising to phones, tablets
    		• With Virgin buy, Malone takes aim at Murdoch in UK
    		• Times Group signs distribution deal for TV channels with MSM Discovery
    		• STAR India's cricket portal sees record views
    		• Sportspersons turn to 'trustworthy' talent mgmt firms
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Internet users seeking more 'invisibility': study
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• SC stays Bangalore court proceedings in FT case
    		• Times Television Network, MSM Discovery in strategic accord
    		• China bans TV, radio ads for pricey gifts in anti-corruption push
    		• Penguin to debut Partridge self-publishing imprint in India
    		• Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media for $16bn
    		• Mr Pitroda’s turn at Prasar Bharati
    		• Twitter buys firm tracking social network TV talk
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Deepika Padukone races from 2.6 to 5 million
    		• Google wins landmark advertising case in Australia
    		• Facebook app can track your location
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Remo hopes ABCD brings back trend of dance films
    		• Nautanki Saala to salute the three Khans of Bollywood