18 July 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 39 - Issue No: 19
 
 
 
Headlines
Advertisers & TV Broadcasters grapple to get a resolution

There are just a few points on which they are struggling to find common ground. But it is not proving easy. An update.

Sony Six & NBA seek to JAM with Indian sports viewers

Realising the scope for increasing their base in India, NBA will try to engage the Indian audience to the alien sport

Big Magic to engage with audiences across HSMs

RBNL's Big Magic has inked distribution deals with leading distribution networks; will now reach out to hindi speaking markets across the nation.

Agnello Dais and Piyush Pandey get acting bug

The creative gurus have donned a new avatar: that of a cinema actor in good friend Shoojit Sircar's Madras Café. Industry awaits its release with bated breath.

 
Asianet to air reality show 'Stars' with TV actors as participants
 
BBC Worldwide reports 'steady' gains
 
Al Jazeera Sport scores Premier League rights
 
Hulu sale called off
 
ETV Kannada Sangeet Samman honours the luminaries of Kannada Music Industry
 
Reese Witherspoon set for Nick Hornsby's book adaptation 'Wild'
Toby Jones joins Fox's 'Wayward Pines'
 
Prime Focus World wins its biggest VFX contract
 
SES and MNC sky vision sign capacity deal for DTH market growth
 
Shruti Haasan scores a double whammy this Friday
 
Deewana to return after two decades
 
News Releases
ShirinJoharijoins TBWA\India as Creative Director
Saregama India Ltd. and ‘‘Home Entertainment Services by Sony DADC’ announces exclusive worldwide licensing agreement
BBC World News named #1 international news channel in India
ReStor Brings First HDD and SSD Repair Facility in India
Radio City Connect Crowns the ‘Cornetto Couple’
Akshay Kumar starrer blockbuster Special 26 premiers on BIGFLIX
Laughter Riot now online on HumaraComedy
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
Apple to develop technology that would let viewers to watch shows without ads
Facebook mobile users jumped around 20% in US, UK in June
'Mughal-e-Azam' named greatest Bollywood film in UK poll
Music directors slam labels for "stealing royalty", signing fake agreements
China has whopping 591 million internet users
'Microsoft got over 400 requests from India for info on IDs'
'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' earns $ 647,112 in first week
Source: Economic Times
   
Yahoo records rise in profits despite lower revenue
ESPN, Star made party in plea against sharing sports telecast
New updates available for Windows, Internet Explorer, Flash
Anand Mahindra is No 3 among ‘Top 30 CEOs on social media’
Source: Hindu Business Line
   
Chandigarh: Protests against TV serial 'Jodha Akbar' turn violent
Source: NDTV
   
Google eyes television over the Internet: reports
Source: Hindustan Times
   
David Beckham to make TV debut with kids show
Source: Zee News
   
Pranauti Pradhan to feature in Crime Patrol
Cabinet approves Rs 630cr for publicity blitzkrieg
TDSAT to hear broadcasters' appeal on 12-minute ad cap
Source: Times of India
Google said to weigh supplying TV channels
James Bond actor Paul Bhattacharjee goes missing from London
Yahoo turnaround plan hit by falling ad prices
Source: Financial Express
   
Aaj Tak launches music talk show
Sony Six and NBA announce NBA JAM
TV networks blink in war with advertisers
Hungama becomes Bollywood gateway
The Hindu readies for a Tamil avatar
Source: Business Standard
   
Rajesh Khanna's statue to be unveiled at Bandra Bandstand promenade
WhatsApp goes free on iOS, gets new features
Source: DNA
   
Google said to discuss own Web TV service with media executives
Hyderabad turns newspaper battleground
Google said to discuss own Web TV service with media executives
Hungama becomes Bollywood gateway for music providers
Source: Livemint
   
Govt to spend Rs 200 cr on publicity this year
Source: Deccan Herald
   
Big B is back with Kaun Banega Crorepati and a new tagline
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag team meets Maharashtra minister, seeks tax sops for film
Kundan Shah replaces Sujoy Ghosh from Kahaani sequel
Source: Indian Express
 
International News
Google's Over-the-Top Aspirations: Is the Online Giant About to Challenge Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Other TV Providers?
Time Warner Shakes Things Up, Names New CEO for Turner Broadcasting
Source: TV Week
   
BBC wins back FA Cup with BT Sport
NY court ends Aereo appeal
Source: Advanced Television
   
News UK adds FA Cup and England games to paywalled sites
Source: Media Week
Apple developing ad-skipping as part of TV plan: report
Source: The Age
   
Asiana drops lawsuit against TV station