8 April 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 22 - Issue No: 40





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LIC ups stake in Zeel to 7% via market purchase
Life Insurance Corporation of India ups stake in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. to 7.08% through a series of market purchases; buys 2.71% of Zeel shares this year.

Miditech to foray into films, lines up four TV shows for the quarter
Miditech is foraying into films with 'Amir', produced by UTV Spotboy; has also lined up 4 TV shows over the next three months including reality series Extreme Makeover on Sony.

Eros to add muscle with 35 movie releases in 2008
Eros International to have an unprecedented line-up of 35 releases in 2008; list includes Drona, Aladin and Yuvraj.

Pyramid Saimira to produce 52 films in 2008
Pyramid Saimira Theatre to invest Rs 350-400 million for 10 Tamil films in FY'09; earmarks total of 52 films this year.

Executive Dossier
'We look at the IPL as a business and a media investment'
Interview with GroupM ESP managing partner Hiren Pandit

Soniya Kirpalani wins co-production challenge at MipDoc
Orange ready to launch Orange cinéma series
Disney ABC licenses 'The Fashionista Diaries' to Fiver UK
The Kitchen gears up for MipTV

Zee Turner clubs Ten with Zee Sports

Amit Arora elevated to senior VP of One Alliance

Sun TV’s SFM to launch in Guwahati on 8 April

BBC triumphs at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in UK

MGM CEO Sloan to deliver keynote at Amazia

Telcos need to sort out last mile for IPTV growth

Yahoo rejects Microsoft's ultimatum

Keep pricing low for IPTV

Microsoft issues 3-week deadline to Yahoo!

SintecMedia appoints Moses Zelniker as VP New Media

Fox Business's content to be available on MobiTV

YouTube teams up with Rolling Stones

Rush HD makes global debut on Sky platform

Sharang Sharma joins Saregama as distribution head

Paramount launches VooZoo in vMTV and There.com

Goldstone colourizes Guide and Satya Harishchandra


Walt Disney, CTC Media enter into licensing agreement

Urmila to host Sony’s Waar-Parivaar
In the boxing rink Farah Khan
Zee Next set for a revamp
Saurabh Pande has a change of heart
Winners of Mr and Miss TV

News Releases
Natrajan takes over as Nasscom chairman for 2008-09
GQ to be launched in India
[v] Campus Star gathers, 10, 00,000 votes
Roopa crowned Amrita "Super Star Global": Bags a mercedes
NDTV Imagine presents Sunsilk apsara the producers' Guild Awards
Himesh Reshammiya movie festival from 7 April - 18 April only Star Gold

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (23/03/2008 to 29/03/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (23/03/2008 to 29/03/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
Neo Sports


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  • Telcos to leverage network for DTH play
  • ECB chief rules out England players from 2009 IPL
  • IPL hullabaloo casts spectre over huge loss
    Source: DNA
     
  • Pyramid Saimira to produce 52 films
    Source: Economic Times
     
  • Editors Guild welcomes IPL decision
  • Media norms for IPL matches relaxed
  • Washington Post wins 6 Pulitzers, NYT receives two
    Source:The Hindu
      
  • GQ to be launched in India
  • Goldstone gives colour to Satya Harischandra
  • Pyramid Saimira to invest Rs 40 cr
  • PVR board to consider interim dividend
  • Zee Entertainment FY 08 results on April 15
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
  • Yahoo unfazed by Microsoft’s hostile takeover threat, wants better offer
  • IPL gets South Africa boost
  • IPL backs down, lifts restrictions on coverage
    Source: Indian Express
     
  • Moser Baer bets big on entertainment
  • Goldstone to launch IPTV in India
  • Pyramid Saimira to invest Rs 40 cr to produce 10 films
  • Traffic picks up on blog street
  • Murdoch Jr`s CMH buy-out collapses
    Source: Business Standard
     
  • 'We’d rather focus on TRPs'
  • BCCL ties up with Wasserstein
  • BCCL Picks up pref shares in Mantri
  • Yahoo rejects Microsoft's takeover deadline
  • Krazzy 4 runs into legal trouble
  • Karachi cinemas screening Indian films ransacked
    Source: Times of India
     
  • Tension continues to prevail at AOL
  • Pyramid to list film production biz
  • Microsoft-Yahoo war may spur Alibaba buyback
    Source: Financial Express
     
  • Court asks channel CEO to appear over fake sting operation
    Source: Mangalorean.com
     
    International News
  • TV fosters bad habits in children: study
    Source: Canada
     
  • Liberty Media increases stake in DirecTV satellite TV provider
    Source: IHT
     
  • U.K. Fremantle Finds Japan Partner to Sell `Pop Idol,' FT Says
    Source: Bloomberg
     
  • Comcast licenses 900 hours of TV in Asia
  • TWC launches international TV unit
    Source: Variety
     
  • CRTC to hold key hearings on broadcast industry as industry debates new landscape
    Source: Canadianpress
     
  • Cisco launches online TV programs for businesses in the Middle East
    Source: Ameinfo
     
  • City 7 TV Official Television Media Partner For GETEX 2008
    Source: Dubaicityguide
  • "Idol" charity show hopes to top $100 million
  • Pamela Anderson gets new TV show on E!
  • NBC: Olympic advertisers unfazed by protests
    Source: Yahoo
     
  • Nielsen’s VideoCensus Parses Online Viewership
  • France’s Orange Pay TV Service Lands Warner, HBO Product
    Source: TV Week
     
  • Samsung to Join Hands With YouTube
    Source: koreatimes
     
  • TAB Adds Research Suppliers Perception, MAP
    Source: Media Week
     
  • EU channel list to be made public
    Source: Digital Spy
     
  • blinkx partners with Deutsche Welle
    Source:DM Europe
     
  • ESPN, Sky Italia content agreement
    Source: Advanced - Television

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