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Udaya, Gemini to be merged into Sun?
Market expects promoter Kalanithi Maran to merge Udaya & Gemini TV, where he has significant equity interests, with Sun TV. Will he play to it?

Former Prasar Bharati chief KS Sarma takes charge as Maa TV CEO
Soon after restructuring its shareholding, Maa TV Network ropes in former Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma as its head.

Mobile sports content & services to reach $3.8bn by 2011
Global market for mobile sports content will grow from $1 billion in 2006 to $3.8 billion in 2011 at 27% average annual growth: study.

Digital TV conversion impacting TV market
International migration from analog broadcasting to digital marches on with a significant impact on TV set market: study.

Executive Dossier
'What we need to do now is concentrate on our week day prime time band'
Interview with Max business head Sneha Rajani

Amrita TV's Super Star Junior set to kick off

IBN7 ropes in Times Now's Sanjay Singh as Sr editor

Times Now launches two new shows

Lagardère in $ 1.1 billion buyout of Sportfive

AnyTime clinches VoD deal with IOL

IOL Broadband to hike share capital

Google 'Mobile Ads' come to India

Zee Network, Zee Arabiya in tie-up for Dubai Media

BBC World to showcase 'Incredible India To The World'

Ras-Al-Khaimah to host CNBC-TV18 CFO Awards

Infomedia launches 'CricInfo' annual diary & planner

Castrol BikeZone plays host to 'MTV Roadies'

Hungama TV's 'Oral-B John aur Kaun' to hit television on 2 December
Microsoft's Xbox 360 unveils 'Viva Piñata' in US
Kerzner ties with Discovery, MTV & Nickelodeon in bid for IR


Highlight - "Eeeeks, I ate this!!"
"I have a great respect for Ekta Kapoor" Salil Ankola
Indraneil's cricket sessions!
Grapevine - Mona does a play!

News Releases
Champions League action live & exclusive on Ten Sports
Shweta Tiwari hosts spiritual slot on Big 92.7 FM
Radio City brings ‘Asha & Friends’, Volume I

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (29/10/2006 to 04/11/2006)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (29/10/2006 to 04/11/2006)
MAX
Star Plus
Zee TV
Star One
Sun TV
Zee Marathi
Sony Entertainment TV

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    		• Karan Johar to make animation film
    Source: Financial Express
       
    		• BBC journalist reported missing in Pakistan
    		• Yahoo partners with 150 newspapers on advertising
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    		• The idiot box gets real!
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    		• China launches new high-speed interactive broadband network
    		• Film producer K.P. Kottarakara dead
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    		• Indians: Pride of all-new MTV generation
    		• Baby boomers piqued at TV's youth obsession
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Cable TV staff seek better service terms
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    		• Zee group co picks BEL set-top boxes
    		• Sun TV's merger plan
    		• `Net is used as much for e-mail as for info'
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    		• TV 18 fixes record date
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    		• Internet TV comes to India
    Source: domain-B
       
    		• DD to telecast Kashmakash Zindagi Ki
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    		• TRAI proposes national effort to deal with unwanted calls
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    International News
    		• Al Jazeera International chooses Apple Technology
    		• Orbit meets global aspirations in landmark deal with Rotana
    		• E-Vision celebrates advances in television technology
    Source: AME Info
     
    		• SC to hear petitions against vulgarity in PTV
    Source: Daily Times (Pakistan)
     
    		• i2 unveils world’s first TV station dedicated to mobile telecommunication
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    		• Register inks first-look deal at Cartoon Net
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    		• Internet ranks behind only TV for science news, study says
    Source: Globe and Mail
     
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    		• Murdoch Pulls Plug on O.J. Book, TV Interview
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    		• Yahoo inks ads, content deal with 176 newspapers
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    		• BANGLADESH: TV channels prepare for the polls
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    		• Real Madrid Agrees to Sell TV Rights for $1.4 Billion
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    		• Irish Times web TV deal with Kamera
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