Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 22 August 2007 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

Headlines

BCCI hikes domestic match fees, sacks Kapil Dev
BCCI increases pay of domestic cricketers to prevent further exodus to ICL; sacks Kapil Dev as chairman of National Cricket Academy.

Inter-ministerial committee to meet soon on IPTV issues
Inter-ministerial committee on IPTV to meet soon; to discuss status paper submitted to the PM by the Indian Media Group.

NDTV 24X7 now available in Europe on World TV
NDTV has expanded its presence in Europe with the launch of its English news channel NDTV 24X7 on GlobeCast's WorldTV platform.

News Releases
IBN 7 & CNN-IBN salute the 'real heroes' of our nation
The KLM Open - Live on Ten Sports
4 Radio City RJs off to London
Watch A.R.Rahman on CNN's The Screening Room

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (05/08/2007 to 11/08/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (05/08/2007 to 11/08/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
Zee Cinema

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India

	MTNL ties up with AOL
	INX Network unveils channel brand identities
	Google products with a ‘desi’ touch
	Radio stations lauded for their excellence
	ICL players excited about the new prospect
	It is ‘play’ time again on All India Radio
	Goldstone Tech ties up with Echelon Studios
	'Superbad' makes good with $33 million weekend debut
	Source: The Hindu

	Doordarshan to distribute two channels in UK
	It's for ESPN, Nimbus to sell EPL in India
	Warner goes local with Sippy tie-up
	Disney hits the high note with 'School' sequel
	Monster toys make it to the web
	Buddhist monks jazz up Tokyo club scene
	Source: Economic Times

	Orkut fakes turn to Sachins and Souravs
	Source: Indian Express

	Don't drop your guard in the digital world
	Animated version of Bollywood hits
	Meet the other Shweta Tiwari!
	Source:Times of India



	SouthAsian TV channel set for SAARC launch
	Source: Business-Standard

	NDTV 24X7 in Europe
	PVR Cinemas puts FCCB plans on hold
	Pyramid Saimira to invest Rs 25 crore
	Goldstone, Echelon tie up
	TBWA is creative agency for MAX
	Now AOL products for MTNL consumers
	Google unveils I-Day anniversary offerings
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	ICL players excited about the new prospect
	Daniel 'Potter' Radcliffe has bike problems
	Macbeth & Othello as comic heroes?
	Recalled toys, children's products resold online
	Source: DNA

	Disney Channel's Masti Ki Pathshala
	Media apartheid
	Source: Financial Express

International News

	HBO to Deliver 26 High-Definition Channels with Motorola
	Source: Asia.com

	BBC Worldwide signs TV shows deal with O2
	Source: Pocket-lint.co.uk

	Disney announces first BD Live titles
	Source: HDTV.uk

	Middle Eastern satellite TV providers embrace 360 Systems
	Source: Broadcast Engineering

	Retro Television Network to Launch in San Francisco
	Source: CNN

	ITV to stage film awards
	Source: Guardian

	China state TV launches weeklong campaign to defend reputation as safe exporter
	Source: China Post

	ESPN Star Sports loses GC to rights company
	Source: The Lawyer

	Judge tells DirecTV to lay off Comcast
	Source: Chief Tain

	Virgin Media CEO Burch Steps Down for Family Reasons
	Source: Bloomberg

	MTV, RealNetworks Challenge Apple Music
	Source: Sfgate.com

	YouTube Launches InVideo Ads
	Lifetime Taps Bibb, Goldstein as Co-Chief Marketing Officers
	Source: Media Week

	'Fry night' a hit for BBC Four
	ESPN snaps up rugby site
	'Little Devil' entices fewer viewers
	Source: Digital Spy

	Zagat Embraces Mobile With Ad-Supported Zagat.mobi
	Source:. Clickz.com

	'Ice Road Truckers' Finale Scores Big for History Channel
	Source: TV Week

	Digital Television and Communication in the 20th Century: Part 1
	Source: Dailytech.com

	Janeane Garofalo joining Fox's '24'
	Source: Yahoo

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