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31 Dec 2008	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 57

Headlines

Reliance Communications to invest Rs 40 billion on 3G
Reliance Communications plans to invest between Rs 20 bn and Rs 40 bn on 3G gear; launches GSM.
Auction for 3G Spectrum delayed by fortnight

Excel to go national with home video retail outlets
Excel's movie retail division plans to set up 40 outlets in 2009; to distribute local content overseas.

Star Movies to don new logo from 1 January

News Releases
Get Set For The Biggest New Year Bash as Channel [V] Gets You DJ Suketu Exclusively On Channel [ V ] ONE NITE STAND
Reliance Communications announces World’s largest customer experience programme and launches GSM service in over 11,000 towns all over India
Saif Ali Khan on Bollywood Biographies

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (14/12/2008 to 20/12/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (14/12/2008 to 20/12/2008)
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
Neo Cricket
Sun TV
Gemini TV
NDTV Imagine
Zee Marathi
Zee Cinema
Sony Entertainment TV
Star One
Udaya TV
MAX
Maa Telugu
Eenadu TV
Zee Telugu

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	A roller-coaster ride for the media industry
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Ghajini sets overseas BO ablaze
	IMG Broadcasting to air Chennai Open
	Source: Hindu

	Ghajini mints $4 million in opening weekend overseas
	Slew of big releases lined up for Jan-Feb
	Source: Little About

	RCom planning to invest Rs 4,000 crore on 3G network
	Source: Times of India

	I&B turns down Trai proposal on monitoring cable service quality
	Facebook ban of breast-feeding photos sparks protests
	Website plays Cupid to battlers of the bulge in India
	Source: Financial Express

	Farhan Akhtar on the cover of GQ
	Source: ywood Spice

	TRAI proposes I&B ministry to look into complaints
	Source: Indopia

	Arabs cancel New Year's events in solidarity with Gaza
	Source: TopNews



	Broadcast industry awaits govt nod to key policies
	Cricketers know management principles, says case study
	'All corporate biz is not bad'
	Source: Business Standard

	Ashok Saraf's Ek Dao Dhobi Pachhaad to release on Jan 2
	Salman Rushdie says provoking people is in his DNA
	Ashley Cole voted 'Britain's Most Reviled Celebrity of 2008'
	I've always wanted to work with Hrithik: Bhansali
	Source: DNA

	Teen Bahuraniyan to go off air...
	Source: India-Forums.com

	Star TV takes Bobby Bedi to court over ‘Mahabharat’
	The return of a tyrant
	Source: Livemint

	Bollywood flashback: Hits and Misses of 2008
	Ex-pracharak to be Rajnath’s aide
	Source: Indian Express

	Comic caper 'Seeta Aur Geeta' now a TV show
	Source: Sakaal Times

International News

	Cable makes big headlines in 2008
	Americans stay away from TV on holiday week
	Source: Yahoo News

	Azerbaijan restricts foreign radio broadcasts
	Source: Radio Netherlands

	India's Reliance Comm says restores submarine cable
	Baseball TV network eyes home-run debut
	Source: Reuters

	MLB Network Joins Charter, Cablevision’s Digital Lineups
	Source: TV Week

	CBS sets 'Heckle' Web series
	Source: Hollywood Reporter

	Five 'to drop US sport studio shows'
	Source: Digital Spy

	News Corp Studio Sues Time Warner Over "Watchmen" Superhero Film
	Source: CNN

	Sony Shares Rise After Report of 35% PS3 Cost Cuts
	Source: Bloomberg

	CCTV.com Sued For Copyright Infringement In China
	Source: China Tech News

	MTV DROPS 50 CENT SHOW
	Source: NY Post

	ABC ringing in animated specials
	Source: Det News

	Hollywood box office defies gloom
	Source: The Australian

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