14 February 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 21 - Issue No: 95




Headlines




Turner gets clearance for Rs 850 million FDI
Turner Asia Pacific gets govt. approval to invest Rs 850 mn in India; Kid Media India also wins FIPB nod for Rs 780 mn.

DLF wins title sponsorship of IPL for Rs 2 billion
DLF will be title sponsor of BCCI's Indian Premier League, with winning bid of Rs 2 bn for 5 years; Percept, 21st Century Media and World Sport Group are other bidders.

Australia’s Ten Network bags rights for IPL

Emerging Media, Ogilvy come together for IPL

Special Report
Old question, new perspective: celeb vs non-celeb ads
Celebrity influence in an ad may be related to the nature of the product rather than the person.

Other Headlines
WGA strike comes to a close after over three months
Writers Guild of America votes overwhelmingly for lifting restraining order, ending their 100-day strike.

ICL lures Pakistani players with lucrative deals

Praveen Malhotra is national sales head Big FM

Murdoch sells 500,000 News Corp shares for $10 million

Goa's Pala Flicks launches infotainment series for TV

Tata Communications to invest $2 bn for expansion

Bharti Airtel dials to 60 million customers

MSN launches online contest to promote Jodhaa Akbar

Sunil Bharti Mittal bags GSMA Chairman's Award 2008 at MWC

SanDisk, SK telecom launch solution for mobile TV

Nokia unveils new converged devices, Internet services

IAAF launches a new site

BBC, 4 Digital Group confirm digital radio commitment

Cinemax's film production plans after getting 100 screens

PVR to release four movies in FY09

Indian Short Feature wins award at Berlin Filmfest

Tatarstan hopes to host Hindi film artistes

Time Warner's Kayse joins Discovery as digital sales EVP


Walt Disney Internet Group unveils six mobile games
Turner Broadcasting buys TV rights of animated Star Wars
Sesame Workshop, Cartoon Pizza announce 2nd season of 'Pinky Dinky Doo'
CBeebies announces pre-school quiz show

My unlikely Valentine
Rakhi-Abhishek split
Spoofing it the Suresh Menon way
Amit Sareen to essay SRK’s Baazigar role

News Releases
Hrithik Roshan on B4U Starstop with Vj Salil
Watch 'Where's Sandra' by Paromita Vohra on NDTV 24x7's Documentary 24x7
David Dhawan on Director's Cut on Zoom
This Friday, "Valentine's Day" celebration continues with "Idea Dhoom Macha De"

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (27/01/2008 to 02/02/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (27/01/2008 to 02/02/2008)
Zee TV
Star Plus
Star Sports
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Star Gold
Gemini TV
DD1


Source: us.indiantelevision.com

 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  • DLF wins title sponsorship rights for IPL
  • Network TEN wins IPL overseas rights
  • DQ Entertainment, Percept Picture to co-produce 3 animation films
  • Yahoo! asks 45 staffers in Bangalore to quit
  • Meow walks the talk shows
  • Web portals play cupid on Valentine`s Day
    Source: Business Standard
     
  • State Govts queue up for a broadcast show
  • DLF bags title sponsorship rights of IPL Twenty20
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
  • IPL puts ball in franchise court
  • Emerging media tie-up with Ogilvy Group
  • Danish newspapers reprint the controversial Prophet cartoon
  • BCCI flexes muscle again, Pawar wants Bindra as ICC CEO
    Source: Indian Express
     
  • T20 league gets Rs200 cr title sponsorships
    Source: Livemint
     
  • IPL will only have 'entertainment' value: Gilchrist
  • Animation training brand inaugurated
  • Sami, Mushtaq among eight Pak cricketers to join ICL
  • Vote to end writers strike clears path for TV shows, Oscars
    Source: The Hindu
     
      
  • Yahoo explores tie-up with News Corp: Report
  • DLF bags IPL title rights for Rs 200 crore
  • Emerging Media appoints Ogilvy Group for managing IPL team
  • NRI groups call for boycott of Jodha Akbar movie
  • Microsoft investors growing weary of Yahoo plans
  • Yahoo India sacks forty employees
    Source: Economic Times
      
  • Cinemas hope to cash in on mush factor
  • Players may walk away to play in IPL: Agent
  • Popping the question
    Source: DNA
     
  • Bhojpuri film wins Silver Bear at Berlin festival
  • Yahoo announces new mobile service
    Source: Times of India
     
  • IPL will boost global game, says chairman
  • Warne rubbishes Cricket Australia's IPL reluctance
  • Players may walk away to play in IPL, CA told
  • Comcast defends hampering file-sharing traffic
  • Internet undergoes changes as online video demands rise
    Source: Financial Express
     
    International News
  • French TV, radio unions to strike over reform
    Source: Reuters
     
  • Walt Disney Unit Agrees To Buy 20% Stake In Vocento's Net TV
    Source: CNN
     
  • Requisition submitted in Senate against PEMRA ordinance
    Source: www.onlinenews.com.pk
     
  • Arab TV broadcasters face curbs
    Source: BBC
     
  • Turner Buys Animated Star Wars
    Source: www.broadcastingcable.com
     
  • National TV losing out to DTT and IPTV
    Source: Advanced - Television
     
  • Taj Television launches its state-of-art Studio 2
    Source: AME Info
  • Yahoo exploring alliance with News Corp.
    Source: Yahoo
     
  • ITV orders first made-for-mobile cartoon
  • EU mulls major pay-TV regulation review
  • Gaming channel renames, expands to ents
    Source: Digital Spy
     
  • Back to Work: Writers' Strike Ends
    Source: TV Week
     
  • KOREA: Web TV to offer online game services
    Source: Asia Media
     
  • Brazil Plans to Open TV Market to Phone Companies, Estado Says
    Source: Bloomberg
     
  • Centris Study on DTV Glitch Called 'Misleading'
    Source: Media Week

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