3 April 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 22 - Issue No: 36





Headlines





Zee sews 3-year distribution deal with Ten Sports
Ten Sports moves to Zee-Turner bouquet after expiry of its 3-year contract with Sony; Zee Group to pay minimum guarantee of around Rs 3.2 billion over three years.

UTV’s biz news channel in content pact with ABC News
Founder group of UTV Software inks strategic content tie-up with ABC News for English business news chnnl; UTVi, where UTV Software will hold 20%, is set to launch by April-end.

Madison takes 51% in Mediacom, to handle P&G account
Madison CMD Sam Balsara acquires 51% in Mediacom India to win account of P&G India; Madison to handle media buying biz of P&G while Mediacom will look after media planning.

UTV's Race rakes in Rs 900 million in 10 days
UTV Motion Pictures' Race grosses Rs 900 million within 10 days of release; India's contribution is Rs 700 million.


Granada to showcase new content at MipTV 2008
Shirley Maclaine, Sam Neill to lend star presence at MipTV

Triveni to launch lifestyle channel VOI Millionaire

Mohit Anand to join Channel [V] as head

SunTV’s SFM to launch in Mysore on 3 April

Big FM appoints Rohit Dhar as regional director, East

Eurosport extends distribution to Singapore with Starhub

Nat Geo acquires travel show 'Departures'

AFP adds video to 2008 Beijing Olympics, Euro coverage

Hathway can show Neo Sports only in Cas STBs

Raj TV ties up with Astro for launch in Malaysia

Sony Pictures TV to release six mobile games in 2008

Fox launches mobile entertainment portal

Hallmark Movie Channel HD to use Cisco technology

Verizon in tie up with Saavn for Bollywood music videos

Parthiban's 'A Pizza Story' bags the jury award in Jaipur

Paramount starts slew of initiatives on the mobile

Maneesh Mathur elevated to COO of P9 Integrated

Future TV launches Gone in 30 Seconds film contest


CN, Pogo bank on movies for sticky viewing
YTV commissions 'Survivorman Kids' to 9 Story Ent

Crème de la crème sign for Comedy Circus 2
Jamegi Jodi to go off air
When Faisal threatened to walk out
Left right left and Priyanka is out!
Nausheen & Gurdeep in race to play Bani
TV is more attractive these days - Ali Merchant

News Releases
Zone Reality's new series The Prosecutors
Amrita "Super Star global" final on april 5

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (16/03/2008 to 22/03/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (16/03/2008 to 22/03/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Gemini TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  • Reliance Entertainment's Big cinemas ready to open in US
  • Hollywood now outsources to India for visual effects
  • Real Estate TV invests Rs 1 bn for pan-India presence
  • They grumble, they gripe, they're angry journalists
  • UTV founders tie up with Disney-ABC for news content
  • TN cable TV operators to black out Kannada channels
  • How entertainment industry loses out to piracy?
  • UTV Software likely to pick up 20 pc stake in UTVi
  • Microsoft promises full Web browser for mobile
  • Yahoo adds voice commands to Web search on phones
    Source: Economic Times
     
  • Raj Television ties up with Malasian ASTRO-DTH
    Source: Myiris.com
     
  • Getting IPL into the FTP is one of my priorities, says Bindra
  • Hillary and Murdoch 'honeymoon' over forever?
    Source: Indian Express
     
  • Now a channel dedicated to realty
  • UTVi in content tie-up with Disney ABC TV
  • Broadcasting sector divided over foreign investment norms review
  • Pressmart signs pact with Curtis
  • Sahara One picks NDTV Media
  • Pricewaterhouse on expansion mode in India
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
      
  • Hathway submits undertaking over signal pilferage
  • Media, telecom firms divided on FDI hike proposal
  • UTVi on air by April-end, inks content deal with ABC
  • `Broadcast bodies tighten noose on errant ad firms`
  • Media firms divided over raising FDI limit
    Source: Business Standard
     
  • Intel makes a push into mini wireless Internet devices
  • Microsoft XML gets designation
    Source: Financial Express
     
  • Screen Actors Guild to start negotiations with producers
  • Phalke award for B.R. Chopra
  • IPL teams to sign ‘Spirit of Cricket’ declaration
    Source:The Hindu
     
  • Small-screen big packets
    Source: DNA
     
  • Cable operators not to black Tamil TV channels
    Source: Chennai Online
     
  • No blackout of Tamil channels
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
  • Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards sets records
  • CBS Corp. makes cuts
    Source: Hollywood reporter
     
  • Nickelodeon Arabia to participate in Character Dubai 2008
    Source: AME Info
     
  • MTV Networks Delivers 57 Million Mobile Video Streams in a Year
    Source: Sun Herald
     
  • Malaysia's TV operator to add more channels for Beijing Olympics

    Source: Xinhuanet
     
  • HBO programming now on Bell mobile
    Source: Digitalhome
     
  • Alba TV supplier forecasts £10 million loss
    Source: business.timesonline
  • BBC Launches New Channels in Indonesia
    Source: Asia media Journal
     
  • NBC Announces 2008-09 Schedule
    Source:TV Week
     
  • NBCU, Liberty Prep Marketing/Programming Push
  • NBC Webisodes Coming for Heroes, Chuck, The Office
    Source: Media Week
     
  • SABC agrees public-viewing World Cup 2010 deal
    Source: Sportbusiness
     
  • Vivendi sells $1.4 bln notes in 2 parts - source
    Source: Reuters
     
  • TAIWAN: San Lih TV chairman Lin leaves news desk
    Source: Asia Media
     
  • Portugal Telecom launches 70 channel DTH service
    Source: Advanced - Television

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