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4 Dec 2008	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 35

Headlines

News channels hit record viewership in terror week
TV news genre records highest viewership in terror week; Hindi channels enjoy 22.4% share in 4 days.

Arun Kapoor joins Essel Group as director, distribution biz
Arun Kapoor will head subscription & placement biz for Zeel, WWIL & Zee Turner; Dish TV is outside this.

Zee Muzic business head Irshwin Balvani passes away
Zee Muzic and ETC Network business head Irshwin Balwani succumbs to a massive heart attack.

Lessons from the terror front: Comments

Samir Kale, managing director, CMCG India

News Releases
Catch Taufiq Quereshi with his band ‘Mumbai Stamp’ only on www.planetradiocity.com
Miss World 2008 LIVE on Zee Cafe

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

	Zee News ties up with Voice of America
	‘Channel ratings tend to operate in a band’
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Sun TV shares soar 38 per cent in two days
	Cinemas question discriminatory tax slab
	Sun TV petition against Royal Cable Vision withdrawn
	Source: Hindu

	PVR plans to set up 15 fun centres
	Icahn says opposes partial sale of Yahoo
	What should be done with militants body, Bollywood debates
	Source: Economic Times

	Times Now leads in terror coverage
	Source: Times of India

	Brandy breaks 4-year recording hiatus
	Source: nhatky

	Mandira Bedi plays a cricket buff in Meerabai Not Out
	Source: IBN Live

	A family reunion for the TRPs
	Source: Indian Express



	IPTV provides advertising on demand
	Bhaskar in advanced talks for INX stakes
	Zee plans synergies to boost customer satisfaction
	Shyam Ponappa: The Coming 3G Auction Blunder
	Source: Business Standard

	News channels are non-sticky, says study
	Media firms brace for brutal year
	Source: Financial Express

	I&B Min discusses changes in private TV broadcasting
	Source: PTI News

	Latin America to Account for More Than 10 Percent of Global WiMAX
	Poland’s leading satellite TV provider tunes into mobile with Nokia Siemens Networks
	Source: Techwhack

	China Digital TV Partners Microsoft to Launch PC-TV Tuner Solution
	Source: Media Newsline

International News

	Broadcaster warns on new digital channels
	Source: Business Day

	Kangaroo "will restrict" VOD competition
	Source: Digital Spy

	TAIWAN: Sisy Chen may face legal action
	Source: Asia Media

	BSkyB Publications hires MPP to handle its mobile marketing
	Source: Brand Republic

	Producers use LA Times ad to toss salvo at SAG
	Source: Google

	Cyfrowy Polsat MVNO with Nokia Siemens
	Source: Advanced Television

	Murdoch Eyes N.Y. Times as its Website Thrives
	Source: Bnet

	Financial Cos Sue Paramount Pictures Over Financing Deal
	Source: CNN

	MySpace delivers video to mobile phones
	Source: Reuters

	Philippines bags 8 nominations in Asian TV Awards 2008
	Source: GMA News

	Stinchcomb to Exit Discovery Communications as Emerging Networks Group Revamps
	Source: TV Week

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