10 Jan 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 66
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Kids broadcasters gear up to play in India's digital era

Entry of preschool and 4 channel launches dot the landscape of kids TV in 2012; push for localisation and movie airings continue as viewership for genre grows at 4%. YEARENDER!
Govt penalises 3 channels for showing adult content

Govt bans SS TV for a fortnight from 15 Jan for showing trailer of an adult film; Zing and Enterr 10 channels banned for a day for broadcasting adult films.
Bollywood awards show widens genre leader Star Plus' lead

Star Plus with 287 GRPs is ahead of Colors by 34 GRPs as Big Star Entertainment Awards gets 5.9 TVR; Colors Golden Petal Awards gets 4.5 TVR.
 
 
Sony to launch 'Amita Ka Amit' on 14 Jan
 
Cartoon Network to premiere movies, air new shows in Jan
 
Fox digs up new season of 'Bones'
 
NGC US teams up with the Air Force for new show
 
Sony Pictures TV sells US talk show format to Trans TV
 
Infotainment, lifestyle genre gets sprightly
Specialised channels: The growing flavour of entertainment by Rahul Johri Senior Vice President & General Manager - South Asia Discovery Networks Asia Pacific
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BBC Asian Network launches new heritage show
 
Fox enters long form event series genre
 
RBNL announces 3rd edition of 'Big Tamil Ent Awards'
 
InMobi acquires UK's Overlay Media
 
Rise of IPTV cuts dominance of C&S in Canada
 
 
'Lincoln' leads Bafta nominations with 10 citations
DGA Award nominess announced
Tony Lip no more
 
Broadcom launches products, innovations at 2013 CES
 
WATMedia announces WATSummit 2013
 
Yash Raj Films signs three film deal with Dibakar Banerjee
 
Tips' Race 2 being readied for release on 25 January
 
News Releases

Magna Communications among various awardees of BIG Awards
 
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
 
 
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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• CCI rules out cartelisation, abuse of dominance by multiplexes
    		• Kamal Haasan postpones Vishwaroopam launch but holds his DTH line
    		• Google Earth helps put North Korea gulag system on map
    		• Skype to replace Microsoft Messenger in March
    		• Google drops key patent claims against Microsoft
    		• The challenges of Googling in North Korea
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Ad firm TBWA buys Magnon Group
    		• DoT asks telcos to pay one-time spectrum fee
    		• Pakistan Cricket Board to hold T20 league in March
    		• Mobile app launched for women in distress
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Prasar Bharati all set for a racy makeover
    		• Small screen stars’ big screen dreams
    		• Anurag Basu, Sonali & Vivek Oberoi to judge India’s Best Dramebaaz
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• A social innovation meets policy
    Source: My Digitalfc
       
    		• Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam DTH premiere postponed
    Source: Rapid TV News
       
    		• Vishwaroopam's DTH premiere postponed
    Source: India TV News
       
    		• Zee seeks direction for FIR by CBI against Jindal, others
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• TV-over-Internet service expands despite lawsuits
    		• China becomes world's No 2 movie market: media
    		• Omnicom group's TBWA acquires Magnon Group
    		• BBC World News launches new HD studios
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Kamal Haasan mulling same day DTH, theatre release of his film
    		• Why most Tamil films are unable to make it to the Rs. 100-crore club
    		• Suraj Sharma gets Bafta nomination
    Source: Hindu
       
    		• Enlisting the media
    		• ‘Vishwaroopam’ to be released on DTH and in theatres simultaneously
    		• Disney joins JAKKS, LA billionaire to bring toys to life
    		• Ethics is a bigger responsibility in advertising today: Kim Das
    		• Madras HC dismisses suit against Kamal Hassan’s movie release
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Twilight leading Razzie awards with 11 nominations
    		• Delnaaz Irani gets evicted from 'Bigg Boss'
    		• 'Lincoln' leads BAFTA nominations, 'Life of Pi' follows with nine nods
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• Fox Business Network Executive Dismissed, Escorted from Building
    		• NBC Prime-Time Shows Sink to Historic Lows
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• BT Vision signs Viacom channels
    		• Dish Network targets Clearwire
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• Freesat hires ITV marketer Paul Gilshan to top role
    Source: Media Week
       
    		• Microsoft’s IllumiRoom Project brings experiences out of your TV
    Source: BGR
       
    		• Olympic divers mix with celebs on reality TV shows
    Source: USA Today
       
    		• Anti-Chavez TV channel faces forthcoming sanction
    Source: miamiherald
       
    		• Comedy Central to show Facebook series on TV
    Source: Digital TV Europe
     
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