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21 Aug 2008

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Volume 23 - Issue No: 51

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Headlines

WWIL plans Rs 4.5 billion rights issue
Wire & Wireless (India) Ltd board gives nod to raise up to Rs 4.5 billion through a rights issue.

Seventymm raises Rs 500 mn for expansion
Seventymm has raised Rs 500 mn; Series C funding round led by NEA-Indo US Ventures.

Koffee Break Pics to release 'Green Chic'
Koffee Break Pictures to release its second 2D animation film Green Chic–Finding Dad by Nov-end.

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (27/07/2008 to 02/08/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (27/07/2008 to 02/08/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
MAX
Sony Entertainment TV
Zee Cinema
Gemini TV
Star One
NDTV Imagine

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

	FDI cap in DTH may rise to 74%
	Yahoo unveils plan to mesh Internet and television
	Three Bollywood stars rule in Forbes list of cell celebs
	Rel ADAG to launch 20 TV channels to supplement DTH services
	Alliance Air to re-link Chennai, Visakhapatnam
	Jaipuria set to hive off Walt Disney business
	Source: Economic Times

	TDSAT asks telecom PSUs to file replies by Aug 26
	TRAI recommends choice of operator for STD, ISD calls
	TRAI seeks regulation over television content
	LiveJournal unveils writing contest
	Online travel advisor
	Seventymm raises Rs 50 cr for expansion
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Singh is Kinng crosses 1 million pounds in UK
	TRAI recommends choice of operator for STD, ISD calls
	TRAI favours calling cards
	Adam Sandler's film set for India release
	Source: Hindu

	Cabinet to discuss IPTV guidelines
	Source: Times of India

	BIG Pictures launches Navjot Sindhu in 'Mera Pind - My Home'
	Source: IBOS

	Reliance BIG TV targets 40 pc of DTH market
	IDF: Intel and Yahoo to bring Internet to TV
	Source: CIOL

	Bharti Airtel, RCom take rivalry to DTH television
	Source: Livemint


	Trai hangs up plans to implement CAC
	Reliance Big TV beams in North
	ADAG to launch its channels by year-end
	Source: Financial Express

	Phatak makes sure India’s cricket capital remembers the Don on his birth centenary
	Source: Indian Express

	Rel ADAG to launch 20 TV channels
	Anil circling US mobile gaming cos
	Trai junks carrier selection
	DTH cos say their war is against cable
	Film fraternity livid over Shabana Azmi’s comment
	Media overkill?
	Smriti Irani upsets Tushar
	Adam Sandler's film set for India release
	'Mom-n-pop stores bigger rival than BigFlix'
	Source: DNA

	ADAG`s Zapak Digital to have 1,000 gaming cafes by Dec
	IPTV likely to get government approval today
	Source: Business Standard

	9X to Launch Rubi , A unique fiction show
	Source: TV next

	AT&T and LG Mobile Phones Introduce Invision
	Sony Computer Entertainment America Announces Limited-Edition
	DISH Network(R) Introduces More Affordable Solutions for the Digital Transition
	Source: IT News Online

International News

	Virgin1 acquires Diddy reality show
	Sky adds more HD movie channels
	Source: Digital Spy

	Kent Brownridge Steps Down as Alpha Media CEO
	Ryan Seacrest Reups With Comcast
	GroupM Names Stephen Allan Chairman, CEO MediaCom Worldwide
	Source: Media Week

	Jay Sean headlines East London festival
	Source: Asians in Media

	Sky adding seven new HD channels
	Source: Advanced Television

	Robinson Steps Down as Gray TV CEO; Howell Assumes Title
	Comcast Expands Seacrest Deal
	Source: TV Week

	NEPAL: Over a dozen journalists arrested in Kathmandu
	Source: Asia Media

	Eutelsat Capable of Broadcasting NTDTV Again, RSF Says
	Source: Epoch Times

	Hollywood agency, TV writers settles age bias suit
	Source: Economy Finance

	Paramount eyes Famous fortune
	Source: Hollywood Reporter

	MTV Japan, Korea ups Greenberg
	Source: Variety

	NBC News Correspondent Named Anchor of New Public Television Newscast
	Source: NY Times

	Rachel Maddow to launch a nightly MSNBC talk show
	Chinese broadcaster treads water during Games
	Source: Yahoo News

	PBS to offer gavel-to-gavel DNC coverage
	Source: Biz Journals

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