12 December 2006Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 18 - Issue No: 32








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UFO to raise $25 million, taps VCs
Apollo International subsidiary UFO Moviez raising venture capital funding of $25 million (Rs 1.13 billion); mandates Ernst & Young.

HC adjourns Star, Sony case against Trai to 18 Jan
Delhi High Court hearing on issues raised by Star/Sony on Trai's constitutional standing to be a regulator adjourned to 18 January.

Times of India Group to invest Rs 211 million in Mid-Day
Bennett Coleman Co. Ltd, owners of Times Group, will hold 6.65% in Mid-Day Multimedia for Rs 211.1 mn; alliance to cover ad sales.

Executive Dossier
'We will get into local movie production early next year.'
Interview with Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, Inc. Sr VP & GM Ian Diamond

CNN Young Journalists Award in mid-December

CNN Intl visits India for 'Art of Life' special

Sony Pictures reaches $3 bn box office for first time

The History Channel to demistify Sherlock Holmes

Natpe to focus on the theme of evolve and prosper

LG targets Rs 1 billion+ flat panel business by '07-end

President to inagurate India Telecom '06 on14 Dec

Alcatel-Lucent introduces a managed mobile interactive TV service in Asia Pacific

Metalink's chipset enables wireless distribution of digital entertainment at home

Zee Music ropes in John Abraham for brand extension

CNN clicks with Konica Minolta in online campaign

Nielsen seeks client views on commercial ratings

Pogo Amazing Kids Awards crowns little achievers; to air on Pogo & Cartoon Network on 17 Dec
Nick unveils two animated shows 'Go Diego, Go!' & 'Perman'


Highlight - "There is a very huge market for children's content" - Milind Soman
Grapevine - Rajeev's defence connections!
Delnaaz-Rajiv celebrate a decade of matrimony
Pakistani actors to shine with Indian veterans off shores
Shraddha gets into movie groove!
The Week Ahead - The greatest detective on the History Channel

News Releases
Gitanjali Group launches “BOLLYWOOD GOLD” from D’DAMAS at the Global Indian Film Awards
Javed Akhtar to deliver The Subhas Ghosal Foundation Lecture 2006

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• Times Group in strategic alliance with Mid-Day
    		• Madison buys 24.5% in Thai event management co
    		• BCCL, Mid-Day join hands
    		• Lights, camera, action!
    		• Orkut won't let cops hack terrorists
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• Air tickets most shopped online: Study
    		• Virtual workforce to drive online sales
    		• Past perfect
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• Big B & King Khan: the safest bets
    		• You can be SRK, too
    		• The Bollywood dream goes online
    		• Airline tickets top India’s online shopping list: Visa
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• High power TV transmitters to be set up in Kashmir
    Source: India eNews.com
      
    		• Bennett Coleman to invest Rs 21.11 cr in Mid-Day
    		• MIH buys 2 websites
    		• Warner Bros offers Sallu multi-crore deal?
    		• Reality TV star Nicole Richie held
    		• 'Kulvaddhu is my Christmas gift’
    		• ‘Bhabhi’ goes to Vaishnodevi
    		• Rakkesh apes Aryan!
    		• Shahenshah or Badshah?
    Source: DNA
     
    		• CNBC award for ICICI's Kamath
    		• LG aims at maximising profit in high-end display market
    		• ICC plans premium perfume brand around World Cup theme
    		• Mid-Day gains on fund raising plan
    		• Ashtavinayak issue opens Dec 14
    		• Pyramid Saimira plans entertainment centres
    		• A bigger, better KBC with Shah Rukh Khan
    		• Adobe to enter mobile market next year
    		• Shaadipoint recruiting more women
    Source:The Hindu Business Line
      
    		• HC fixes Jan. 18 for final hearing on TRAI's power
    		• Pyramid Saimira Theatre to expand into north India
    		• Protest against DD's neglect of serious cinema
    		• Telugu film industry in doldrums
    		• Tamil animated movie to hit theatres soon
    		• Dutch pull the plug on 'free-to-air' analog television
    		• LG launches `Time Machine TV'
    Source: The Hindu
      
    		• Times Group, Mid-Day sign strategic pact
    		• National Film Awards by next week
    Source: Times of India
      
    		• Mumbai to host 2011 Cup final
    		• Kaun Banega host with the most
    Source: Indian Express
     
    International News
    		• CNN International announces changes in newsgathering operations
    Source: Maktoob
     
    		• USTA Invests Millions in Tennis Channel
    Source: www.chron.com
     
    		• Vodafone launches new mobile TV channels
    		• America’s Next Top Model TV show turns into a mobile game
    Source: iTWire
     
    		• Tigers grab Tamil TV and radio stations in France
    Source: Asian Tribune
     
    		• BBC Scotland accused of dumbing down news programmes
    Source: Scotsman
     
    		• Korea: Downloading Movies Now Legal With Numerous Options
    Source: chosun.com
     
    		• China's major audio-video publishers ally to combat piracy with domestic standard
    Source: english.people.com.cn
     
    		• Al Jazeera challenge prompts call for Jewish television channel
    Source: The Peninsula Qatar
    		• Dubuc Replaces Davids as History Channel Chief
    		• Perry to Head CNN Baghdad Bureau
    		• Viacom, Time Warner Sign Carriage Deal
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Dutch pull plug on analog television
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• Viacom Agrees to Pay Outgoing CFO Dolan $9.8 Million
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• Baker Elevated to President of NBCU Distribution
    		• Daily Reel Inks Original Video Content Deal
    Source: (Media Week (US)
     
    		• Airey will leave Sky early next year
    		• Report: BBC channels fight over 'Torchwood'
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
    		• HBO show 'Inside the NFL' celebrates 30th year on television
    Source: www.cbc.ca
     
    		• Latin music aims for TV-show exposure
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Korea expects 21 million mobile TV users by 2012
    		• Sky TV channels on Italian mobile phones
    Source: Advanced - Television
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