2 Jan 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 36 - Issue No: 59
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Videocon d2h earmarks Rs 4.88 bn of proposed IPO proceeds to buy STBs

Videocon d2h to buy two million STBs and associated equipment from group firm Trend Electronics; 1.6 mn STBs will be of standard definition and 0.4 mn STBs of high definition.
Karunanidhi defends denial of licence to Arasu

Karunanidhi defends govt's action based on Trai views; derides TN CM Jayalalitha's allegation that govt was denying licence to Arasu to benefit Maran family.
Salman magic works on the box office yet again

Dabangg2 collects Rs 1.16 bn in 10 days as no releases last weekend left the field open for the Salman Khan-starrer; Aamir Khan's Talaash collects Rs 938.1 mn in four weeks.
 
Colors extends three fictions to Saturdays
 
Life OK to air Indian version of Come Dine with Me soon!
 
Ten Sports acquires WTA rights till 2016
 
Discovery Science to launch Designing Nature in Jan '13
 
Fox Sports acquires SportsTime Ohio for $230 mn
 
Videocon d2h to air 'Vishwaroopam' on 10 Jan
 
 
Bond beats Jake Sully's record at the UK BO
 
Shailendra Singh to launch new website on 1 Jan
 
Ban on YouTube continues in Pakistan
 
DHX Media closes SVOD and VOD deals globally
 
Dan Wolman and Nitin Kakkar get best film awards at first DIFF
 
Zee Cine Awards 2013 nominations announced
 
News Releases

Honouring Indian States for their Stellar Contribution
 
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
    		• Vodafone, Idea, Philips and others bring TV commercials to life to double impact
    		• Gangnam birthplace Seoul wants honour in style
    		• 2013 to be year of sequels and remakes in Bollywood
    		• New Asia servers to make Google services 30% faster
    		• Internet quietly celebrates its 30th birthday
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Reliance Digital to increase store count to 500
    		• Cable landing fee cut to make international bandwidth cheaper
    		• Internet turns 30 today!
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
    		• Intel to Release Set Top Box & Cable TV Services in CES 2013: Apple is also in Plans to Release Apple TV
    Source: AEG India
       
    		• Bollywood newcomers to watch out this year
    Source: India TV News
       
    		• New Year resolutions of TV Stars: See Pictures
    Source: One India Entertainment
    		• Hero MotoCorp title sponsor of Hockey India League
    		• Owners of The Hindu consider Tamil daily launch
    		• Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: My media wish list for 2013
    		• Facebook drops flawed special New Year feature
    Source: Business Standard
       
    		• Facebook forced to drop flawed special New Year feature
    		• Tribune, out of Chapter 11, set to begin makeover as TV company
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• Sony stops making PlayStation 2 in Japan
    		• The Mint Newsmakers
    Source: Livemint
       
    		• Oscars 2013: Online voting suffers minor glitch
    		• Facebook fixes bug in Midnight Delivery service
    		• Kareena replaces Deepika in Karan- Ekta's next
    		• Colors adds more masala to the weekends in 2013
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Bollywood: 2013 to be year of sequels and remakes
    		• James Bond film 'Skyfall' joins the $1 billion club
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• Pepsi Supersizes Plans for Super Bowl Halftime Show
    		• Jeff Zucker Considering Poaching '20/20' Anchor for Key CNN Role
    Source: TV Week
       
    		• NBCU, NCTC agree carriage deal
    		• Disney, Charter agree fresh distribution deal
    Source: Advanced Television
       
    		• ESPN promotes the Cup Of Dreams as it enters the third round
    Source: Media Week
    		• Tiring of TV rubbish, Brit parents launch own kiddie channel
    Source: Catholic Online
       
    		• KESC asked to pay collected Rs295m TV licence fee
    Source: The Nation
       
    		• Tribune Co. Moves Toward Entertainment, Cable TV
    Source: NPR
       
    		• Sportscasting pioneer returns to TV after serious burns
    Source: CNN
       
     
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