15 Mar 2013 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 37 - Issue No: 19
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines
Govt firm on Phase 2 deadline, claims 60% digitisation in 38 cities

I&B secretary Uday Varma says 10 out of the 38 cities have 75% digitisation; pace slow in four cities including Ranchi, Srinagar and one in Tamil Nadu.
Court passes landmark judgement to protect digital sports rights holders against telcos

In a landmark judgment that will have long term effects on revenue sharing and monetisation, the Delhi High Court has said mobile phone companies can't provide to their subscribers live match updates for sporting content for which Star India has the rights.
Skewed biz model hampers electronic news media functioning

News channels are operating on a broken business model as they have to cough out high carriage fees while subscription income is low; digitisation is improving the scenario but there is a long way to go & journalists need to adapt to new media.
 
 
India needs to build a second sport
 
M&E industry needs to grow at more than 12%
 
Star Plus stays at the top; Colors a GRP away from Zee TV
 
Great Gatsby to open Cannes Film Festival
Danny Boyle plans Trainspotting sequel in 2016
 
Nimbus Sport bags production rights for Super Fight League
 
Football conference to take place in Goa
 
News Releases
Priyanka Chopra's item number, 'Babli Badmaash Hai' from Shootout at Wadala to premiere exclusively on UTV STARS and bindass
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
Canara Bank to seek CBI probe into alleged fund misuse at Deccan Chronicle
Walt Disney bets on Tech, Social media to widen reach in India
Government intends to control only misleading ads, not media
Source: Economic Times
   
Adobe launches creative cloud offering
Piracy, falling sales force Adobe to think outside the box
Chennai-born Sundar Pichai to head Google Android division
Source: Hindu Business Line
   
TV website Hulu elevates content chief to acting CEO
Ang Lee moves into TV after 'Life of Pi' Oscar win
Source: Money Control
   
March 31 is phase II digitisation deadline
Source: Two Circles
   
Riteish Deshmukh to host Marathi Bigg Boss?
Source: DNA
   
Television lacks in ad revenues
Film Chamber to boycott movies of stars who appear on TV shows
Microsoft Outlook, Hotmail suffer outage
Walt Disney bets on Facebook, Twitter to widen reach in India
Facebook may emulate rival Twitter with introduction of hashtags
Ranbir Kapoor to star in Dibaker Banerjee's short film
Source: Times of India
Court upholds Star India’s cricket rights on mobiles
Interview with Uday K. Varma
Interview with Ronnie Screwvala
Four arrested over hacking at UK’s Mirror newspapers: police
Google to shut down Reader web feed application
BlackBerry plans security feature for Android, iPhone
Source: Livemint
   
'Sports broadcasting needs to move beyond cricket'
Sector needs introspection: Screwvala
More changes at Google
Digitisation deadline will be met: I&B
Delhi HC gives landmark judgement on digital rights of sporting events
Source: Business Standard
   
Adobe launches creative cloud offering in India
Intel to launch 4th generation core processor in India
Source: Financial Express
   
Imtiaz Ali on a musical Highway with AR Rahman
Hiten Tejwani to host new season of Savdhaan India
Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal together on screen after 20 years
Bigg Boss winner Ashutosh Kaushik creates ruckus
Source: Indian Express
 
International News
Campaign to Fund Movie Based on TV Show Breaks Records, Raises $2 Million in Less Than 11 Hours
Move Over, Fox News: Another Conservative TV News Net Is About to Launch
Source: TV Week
   
Ofcom to charge for DTT spectrum?
BT heads for cloud via thePlatform
Source: Advanced Television
   
Trinity Mirror to invest £8m into 'digital' in 2013
Source: Media Week
U.K. Film Distribs Cut Advertising Spend by 6%
Source: Variety
   
CBS launches app for watching full episodes 8 days after airing on TV
Source: Washington Post
   
Comcast, networks collaborate on TV binge week
Source: Albany Times Union
   
Commissioner: SEC to announce launch of TV network in mid-April
Source: Yahoo! Sports
 
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