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Headlines

 







Sahara One to revamp with three new shows
 Sahara One, the flagship channel from the Sahara stable, is set to be revamped in the next two months.

Animation & film folk to meet at AFF
 Animation Xpress' meet on 23 August to focus on the future of animation feature films in India.

Special Report
A Question of Balance
 Revenue pressures are forcing news chnnls to lower journalistic stds.

HC asks news chnnls to adhere to Olympic telecast rules

Emmys jury wraps up with the semi-final round in Mumbai

Actor Vishnu Manchu takes stake in ICL's Hyderabad team

iPhone enters Indian market with Airtel and Vodafone

IITL launches MeraMobi to service GPRS users

Mauj creates mobile content for 'Hijack'

MIB: 'Axe Dark Temptation Deodorant' ad is indecent

Microsoft ropes in Seinfeld in a $300 mn campaign


Nickelodeon partners Imation for tween-themed electronics

Akbar Ali ousted from Junoon
Sanjay Nirupam evicted
11 years and still going strong
Mrunal Jain is Ekta’s Lord Krishna
Gaurav Chopra gets award
Zee shuffles slots; Hadsaa axed
Marriage means fullstop to fun Meghna Naidu

News Releases
Bhopal and Indore to witness their Smart Investors

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (03/08/2008 to 09/08/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (03/08/2008 to 09/08/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Ten Sports
Sony Entertainment TV
NDTV Imagine
Star One


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
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    Admen, Doordarshan miss Olympics bus

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    Online video stealing TV's ad thunder

    Source: Economic Times
      
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    PVR subsidiary exempted from entertainment tax

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    Stake buy news activates Balaji Telefilms

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    No celebrity campaign for Reliance Big TV

    • Sify Tech defers merger of subsidiary with itself

    • Star may buy stake in Asianet; launches Bengali channel

    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
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    Hindi music set to relive golden era: Roop Kumar Rathod

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    Broadcasters set up Authority to enforce code

    • New media school

    • LiveJournal to strengthen India connection

    Source: Hindu
      
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    AT&T enters in-home tech support system for consumers in USA

    Source: TechShout
      
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    Broadcasters set up body on self-regulation

    Source: Howrah News Service
      
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    Yahoo, Intel Unveils Plan To Link Internet And Television

    Source: eBrandz
     
      
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    Reliance Big enters US mobile content market

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    HC reprieve for Sony TV over I-T

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    'Hindi music set to relive golden era'

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    Ashraf bids adieu as PCB chief

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    Kalpana’s a Hollywood item!

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    How Bollywood killed the music video star

    Source: DNA
      
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    Country’s first dialect channel to go global

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    Idea makes a splash in Mumbai

    Source: Financial Express
      
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    DD to claim damages for Olympics feed misuse

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    iPhone gets mixed response

    Source: Business Standard
      
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    I&B calls deo ad vulgar, wants it pulled off air

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    Broadcasters form panel to self-regulate news content

    Source: Times of India
      
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    Intel, Yahoo Partnering on Internet TV Concept

    Source: Tech2
     
    International News
    		• Fox.com Rolls Out Show-Driven Redesign
    		• Broadcast Battle Comes Into Focus
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Good to the Finish: GSD&M Idea City Lands Popeyes
    		• Spin's New Exec Fashion Dir. Rae to 'Advise' Editorial
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• Producer ready for Denver's Super Bowl of politics
    		• Likable leads lift thinly plotted mystery
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• TV shipments up 11% in North America
    		• TV habits unaffected by Web
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• Tigerstyle release music single ahead of album
    Source: Asians in Media
     
    		• ITV's director of television dismisses in-house production quota
    Source: Telegraph
    		• DreamWorks Animation, Intel tie up on 3-D movies
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• ESPN-ABC to make push for rights to 2014, 2014 Games
    Source: The Globe and Mail
     
    		• MTV signs 'Hustle' director to Web series
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• Interwoven moves into Digital Media Channel
    Source: CRN
     
    		• Big Ten Network agreement with Time Warner unlikely
    Source: Biz journals
     
    		• New CBC sports channel scores licence to air
    Source: Canada
     
    		• OMVC Expands Support for Mobile Digital Television Tests
    Source: Market Watch
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